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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
405. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of staff allocated to applying the vacant sites levy by local authority. [27212/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
404. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider re-introducing the eviction ban in the event that the public health advice is that persons do not leave their own county and limit their movement; if he will provide the legal advice received on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27210/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
403. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the promised review of co-living; the membership of the review group; the terms of reference of same; and the expected date for completion and the methodology and consultation being undertaken by the review group. [27209/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
402. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a further extension of time for planning permissions will be considered for housing developments due to the impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27083/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
401. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grant assistance available to assist long-term local authority residents who purchase a new property. [27070/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
400. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27056/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
399. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available to make it viable to upgrade existing uninhabitable housing stock nationally for affordable accommodation purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27032/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
398. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sheltered housing complexes that have been supported or supplied by his Department over the past ten years which provided accommodation for the elderly and those with a mental or physical disability by year in tabular form; his plans for the future of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27001/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
397. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will introduce to prevent approved housing bodies and the credit unions with which they hold accounts from sharing directors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26974/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
396. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current available supply of social and affordable housing; the number available in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26959/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
395. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to facilitating dialogue between local authorities in Dublin regarding the possibility of an intercounty housing transfer system for tenants wishing to seek a housing transfer from one Dublin local authority to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26931/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
394. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in relation to their eligibility for the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26883/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
393. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review into co-living; the person or body leading the review; the number of meetings that have taken place of the review group; the terms of reference of the review; and when it will conclude its work. [26868/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
392. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he plans to take to protect local authority development plans in view of the fact that the strategic housing developments system, which will continue in place until the end of 2021, is continuing to grant planning applications that do not align with current development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26844/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
391. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding under the multi-annual developer provided water services infrastructure resolution programme will be provided in respect of a housing development (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26839/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
390. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number on local authority housing waiting lists in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in counties Meath and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26783/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
389. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the national architect policy; and if a draft of the policy will be brought to the housing committee before agreeing same. [26764/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
388. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the designation of a historic site (details supplied) as a protected structure; if he will recommend the listing of the site on Dublin City Council’s record of protected structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26763/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
387. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend and reform the register of electors to reduce the incidences of duplication on same and to ensure that electors are not incorrectly removed from the register; if he plans to link the register with PPS numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26757/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
386. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to amend section 62 of the Electoral Act 1992, which was found to be incompatible with Article 16.3.2 of the Constitution during the 2020 general election 2020, when the death of a candidate in the Tipperary constituency required the signing of a special difficulty order to allow the election to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26756/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
385. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry for social, voluntary and temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
384. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional staffing resources requested from his Department by county and city councils nationally in each of the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive; the number that were granted in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26595/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
383. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the quarter 2 2020 social housing pipeline report will include the number of projects that will fall under the new one-stage approvals process; and the number of units that will be delivered by the fast-tracked projects. [26572/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
382. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the quarter 2 2020 social housing pipeline report will be published. [26571/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
381. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason houses that are not principal private residences are excluded from the mica pyrite scheme; if they were excluded in previous pyrite compensation schemes; and if the matter will be reviewed. [26348/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
380. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a project (details supplied); when funding will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26347/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
379. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to expand the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to include the refurbishment costs in addition to the capital costs of the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27130/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
378. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the degree to which he expects to be in a position to assist the public housing capital programme with particular reference to meeting targets in 2020 and subsequent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27258/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
377. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position in respect of a project (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27028/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
376. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork will be designated as a natural heritage area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26553/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
375. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied regarding the way the management plan is progressing for the special protection area and the special area of conservation at the Gearagh, County Cork; the next stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26485/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 September 2020
374. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when archaeological excavations will begin on the lands at Killlhill, Kill, County Kildare recently approved for residential development by An Bord Pleanála; if he is satisfied with the reduction of the perimeter buffer from 150 m to 10 m; if his attention has been drawn to the heritage and or archaeological justification for that reduction; if he is satisfied with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26302/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 39 homeless persons have died in Dublin to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26223/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
124. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish a copy of the licences to net and tag hares for the upcoming coursing season. [26206/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
123. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request Irish Water to give an exemption from water charges to community councils and voluntary groups which provide meals on wheels services and other services for those in need; if his attention has been drawn to organisations that have been billed for thousands of euro in the space of a few months; if his attention has been further drawn to the difficulties such organisations have in paying charges due to low income and the recent fall in funds due to Covid-19 restrictions; if his attention has been further drawn to the high water charges they are faced with regularly; his views on the way in which such organisations have been heroes of the Covid-19 pandemic; his views on recognising their efforts by providing such exemptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
122. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if issues faced by planning authorities will be reviewed regarding the taking in charge process particularly concerning developer provided infrastructure and management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26127/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
121. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the renewal of the national coursing licence; his views regarding the renewal of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26126/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
120. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active rental accommodation scheme tenancies. [26112/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the avenues of appeal available to people after An Bord Pleanála has delivered a verdict; if there is a higher planning authority or avenue through the Planning Regulator, the Houses of the Oireachtas, the courts or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
118. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for the Rebuilding Ireland scheme to date in 2020; the number of applicants who have been successful; and the number of those who have been refused. [26023/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
117. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be provided for the modernisation and regeneration of a flat complex (details supplied) to bring it up to the highest level of energy efficiency possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26193/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
116. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the person or body responsible for the eradication of Japanese knotweed if the source is on one property and is encroaching on a neighbouring property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2020
115. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Cork events centre. [26010/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
226. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands when the steering group which is to be established to review the suggested actions identified in the independent report on the pilot Town Centre Living Initiative will be operational; the details of the membership of the group; the terms of reference of the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25758/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
225. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the amount of funding paid out by her Department for the commissioning of the pilot Town Centre Living Initiative report by a company (details supplied) which was published in June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25757/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
138. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the funds saved following the transfer of recipients of rent allowance to HAP, leasing arrangements and RAS have then been transferred to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; the organisation responsible for the latter payments; and if so, the amount in each of the years since the commencement of the payments. [25693/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
107. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will be entitled to retain 100% of the local property tax in 2020 and 2021 as an emergency measure to ensure that revenue and services will be maintained during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25935/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
106. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if financial support will be provided to local authorities as an emergency fund to ensure that revenue and services will be maintained during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25933/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
105. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of ongoing or planned housing developments in County Roscommon; the location and the make-up of the developments; the estimated completion time for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25915/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 September 2020
104. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the issue of deer hunting licences (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25875/20]