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Question· writtenPQ 79asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
79. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider expanding the number of mortgage protection insurance providers available to local authority home loan applicants under the compulsory local authority mortgage protection insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62484/22]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if councils will be permitted to borrow funds to enable them to directly engage builders to construct meaningful numbers of dwellings on their land banks in relation to the announcement that local authorities will be offered €100 million to pay off debts on condition that they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the next two years (details supplied). [62439/22]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
77. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the debts that have been built up by local authorities, per local authority and the way that these debts were incurred in relation to the announcement that local authorities will be offered €100 million to pay off debts on condition they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the next two years; the person or body that will refund the local authorities; and the reason for the urgency for them to repay the debts. [62438/22]
Question· writtenPQ 76asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
76. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the amount that each council will receive in tabular form in relation to the announcement that local authorities will be offered €100 million to pay off debts on condition they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the next two years. [62437/22]
Question· writtenPQ 75asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
75. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of all fines, including the amounts, that his Department or agencies under the remit of his Department, have paid since the start of the 33rd Dáil term to the European Commission relating to cases for infringements of European Union law or failure to transpose EU law in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62424/22]
Question· writtenPQ 74asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the risk to public health caused by blockages on private drains which are no longer addressed as an environmental health hazard by the environmental health officers attached to the HSE, and which are not addressed by the councils or by Irish Water; and his views on whether this lacuna should be addressed by giving local authorities the power to serve a notice on all the houses connected to a blockage informing them that they have an obligation to address a potential public health hazard. [62769/22]
Question· writtenPQ 73asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2022
73. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of mortgage-to-rent approvals by provider to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62655/22]
Record· Divisionvote_142carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
Question put:
Record· debate2022-12-13published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Question· writtenPQ 439asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
439. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is no longer undertaking commercial letting agreements for housing of Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61741/22]
Question· writtenPQ 320asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
320. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 23 November 2022, the local authorities that have online choice-based lettings in place in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62347/22]
Question· writtenPQ 319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
319. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will consider the amendments made to the Wildlife Amendment Bill 2016 in Seanad Éireann; when he will complete his consideration of the Bill; when he will propose to Government that permission be sought to have this Bill restored to the order paper for Dáil Éireann’s final consideration; the reason for the four year delay in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62330/22]
Question· writtenPQ 318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
318. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department intends to review and change current regulations to include a specific percentage of wheelchair liveable housing. [62291/22]
Question· writtenPQ 317asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the regional homeless forum covering counties Cork and Kerry last met. [62278/22]
Question· writtenPQ 316asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
316. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will set out a list of all Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bills introduced and passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas since 2016; and if he will provide a short summary of each Act in tabular form. [62257/22]
Question· writtenPQ 315asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
315. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarification on the length of the tenancy for a cost-rental scheme (details supplied) under the Land Development Agency, LDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62212/22]
Question· writtenPQ 314asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
314. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the built heritage investment scheme allocation for Knocklofty House, Clonmel, has been returned to his Department. [62209/22]
Question· writtenPQ 313asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
313. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has had the opportunity to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the vacant apartments in New Ross, following his recent visit to the town; if he will set out the response that he has received from the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62170/22]
Question· writtenPQ 312asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
312. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person (details supplied) was only offered 60% of a local authority home loan, despite meeting all the criteria for a 90% loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62159/22]
Question· writtenPQ 311asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
311. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the remediation scheme for those who own defective apartments with fire risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62144/22]
Question· writtenPQ 310asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
310. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reimburse those who have funded essential fire remediation works on their properties that were defective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62143/22]
Question· writtenPQ 309asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
309. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to SI 309 of 2022 which provides for planning exemptions for temporary accommodation for displaced Ukrainians, if any proposals are being brought forward to streamline the required building regulations to ensure a timely turnaround on proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62135/22]
Question· writtenPQ 308asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
308. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he supports putting social housing tenants in modular forms of housing in the future. [62074/22]
Question· writtenPQ 307asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
307. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planned social housing output in County Tipperary for 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [62073/22]
Question· writtenPQ 306asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
306. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the recommendations that have or have not been completed from the review of An Bord Pleanála published in 2016, in tabular form. [62072/22]
Question· writtenPQ 305asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
305. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on progress to honour a commitment made in the Joint Policy Statement on Housing Options for our Ageing Population in 2019 that 30% of all new dwellings would be built to incorporate universal design principles to accommodate Ireland's ageing population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62039/22]
Question· writtenPQ 304asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
304. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next round of the rural water programme will be published given that this programme is vital for extensions to local group water schemes and small sewerage schemes which are awaiting funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62013/22]
Question· writtenPQ 303asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
303. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the current loophole in the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2010 which permits hunting of deer with one dog should be removed as it is being exploited to engage in carted deer hunting. [61999/22]
Question· writtenPQ 302asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
302. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have legal authority to raise rents specifically for the intention of ringfencing the rent increase to fund local property tax. [61975/22]
Question· writtenPQ 301asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct local authorities to extend the fresh start principle for home loans with local authorities, to ensure that it is also offered to those whose mortgages were bought by vulture funds and are now trapped on high interest rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61905/22]
Question· writtenPQ 300asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
300. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that he has taken further to a number of allegations of conflicts of interest regarding currently serving board members of An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61731/22]
Question· writtenPQ 299asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
299. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if clarification will be provided regarding a situation of domestic violence in cases in which a person can have their violent partner removed from the tenancy agreement with their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61730/22]
Question· writtenPQ 298asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
298. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the situation in relation to a couple who are named tenants in a social housing house but who become separated; if it is possible to have one named tenant removed from the tenancy agreement; if so, the way that this is done; if each local authority operates in a different manner; and if this situation is covered by national regulations or by statutory instruments. [61729/22]
Question· writtenPQ 297asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
297. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether modular units like those being constructed for Ukrainian refugees could also be used for social housing tenants in the coming years. [61713/22]
Question· writtenPQ 296asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
296. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the fire safety defects uncovered at Phoenix Park Racecourse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61699/22]
Question· writtenPQ 295asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
295. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant sites identified in each local authority area to date in 2022; the amounts levied in each area under the vacant sites levy; the amounts collected under the levy; the amounts outstanding in unpaid levies in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61687/22]
Question· writtenPQ 294asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
294. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing capital underspend to date in 2022; the amount that he expects will be carried forward into 2023; if this will exceed the 10% cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61686/22]
Question· writtenPQ 293asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
293. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total spend on RAS, HAP, and long term-leasing to date in 2022, broken down by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61684/22]
Question· writtenPQ 292asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
292. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; the date by which each study, review and research project is scheduled to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61683/22]
Question· writtenPQ 291asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
291. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of cost rental and affordable purchase homes that have been delivered to date via Croí Cónaithe cities, affordable housing fund, Project Tosaigh, IDA new builds, cost-rental equity loan and, the serviced sites fund, broken down by cost of rent or buy and location in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61682/22]
Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
290. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61653/22]
Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
289. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the standards in rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61640/22]
Question· writtenPQ 288asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
288. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if grants or supports are available for research projects (details supplied); the way that funding can be availed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61635/22]
Question· writtenPQ 287asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
287. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that have been taken to bring the Old Baggot Street Hospital into use as accommodation for refugees given there is an extreme need for accommodation for refugees and asylum seekers; and the measures that he has taken since the feasibility report in relation to this site which was completed in March 2022. [61862/22]
Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
260. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that will be commenced this year. [61711/22]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2022
259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of modular housing units for housing Ukrainian refugees and or asylum seekers that were commenced under the contract signed with a company (details supplied) in each of the months from September to date in December 2022, in tabular form. [61710/22]
Record· debate2022-12-08published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2022
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Question· writtenPQ 282asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2022
282. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Red Cross has a query email relating to applications for Ukrainian housing for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61563/22]
Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2022
281. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application to provide housing for Ukrainian refugees to the Red Cross in the name of a person (details supplied) considering that this application was made a number of months ago and no reply has been received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61562/22]
Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2022
280. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application to provide housing for Ukrainian refugees to the Red Cross in the name of a person (details supplied) considering that this application was made a number of months ago and no reply has been received to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61561/22]