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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1299. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the approximate income from section 48 development levies in 2016 and 2017. [34000/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1298. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has examined proposals to undertake a comprehensive land and property survey detailing the utilisation, vacancy levels and-or occupancy of all property in each local authority area, as a means of identifying a number of issues relevant to the under utilisation of existing property, commercial or residential stock that are not covered by the census; and if he will initiate a pilot study of such a survey. [33999/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1297. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to incentivise the development of build to rent units to expand supply in the private rental market. [33998/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1296. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has a statutory or rule of thumb definition guiding policy proposals for affordability limits in terms of household income for renters. [33997/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1295. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated number of section 5 declarations given by each local authority in the latest year available; and the estimated number nationally each year. [33996/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1294. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the vacant housing strategy to be published. [33995/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1293. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the independent audit of housing construction costs to be published; and the stakeholder groups and independent experts whose views have been surveyed for the audit. [33994/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1292. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on housing demand assessments in relation to local area development plans (details supplied). [33993/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1291. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the assessment on page 81 of the expert report on concrete bricks (details supplied); and his plans to remove the opt out from the BCAR regulations. [33992/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1290. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of money which was spent by his Department in 2016 on external consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33905/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1289. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of mortgage to rent applications rejected on the grounds of ineligibility per year since the scheme's creation broken down by reason for ineligibility in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33758/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1288. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications to the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of mortgage to rent transactions that have been fully completed to date in 2017, by lender, local authority and approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33757/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1287. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to reintroduce a tenant purchase scheme to allow tenants of a specified number of years and that meet other criteria, purchase their home; when he will introduce such a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33715/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1286. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that has been spent under the local infrastructure housing activation fund to date in 2017; if he will provide a list of projects, a brief description and the locations of each; the areas in which funding was allocated; and the number of housing units each funding allocation has facilitated or will facilitate. [33714/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1285. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of vacant social houses brought back into productive use with aid from his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2016, and to date in 2017; the estimated number of long-term voids and short-term vacant social housing units to date in each local authority. [33713/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1284. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless households that have progressed from temporary emergency accommodation to permanent housing in the social housing or private housing sector in each month since January 2015 to June 2017 or latest date available for the Dublin region. [33712/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1283. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding for current and capital housing programmes from his Department in each of the years 2000 to 2016. and to date in 2017. [33711/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1282. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of households with children that have become newly homeless each month in Dublin since January 2014 to date in 2017. [33710/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1281. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP persons to date in each county and year. [33709/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1280. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department has explored the number of potential development sites held by investors due to the seven-year capital gains tax exemption; and his views on whether this is a significant source of land hoarding. [33708/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1279. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current average cost residential property sale price in Dublin city and Dublin north city. [33680/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1278. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current average residential property rental cost in Dublin city and Dublin north city. [33679/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1277. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current number of households in Dublin city in receipt of the housing assistance payment. [33678/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1276. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current number of homeless children in Dublin city. [33677/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1275. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current number of homeless families in Dublin city. [33676/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1274. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of affordable housing completions in 2016 and to date in 2017 in Dublin city. [33675/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1273. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of social housing completions in 2016 and to date in 2017 in Dublin city. [33674/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1272. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of private housing completions in 2016 and to date in 2017 in Dublin city. [33673/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1271. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if NAMA may again be approached with a view to the possible availability of extra housing to meet the pressing needs of local authority housing applicants throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33671/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1270. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which facilities are available to meet the housing needs of the indigenous rural population by way of ensuring an adequate number of houses in keeping with good planning principles to facilitate in so far as is possible the indigenous needs of those living in rural areas thereby reducing the impact on housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33670/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1269. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of houses and new housing starts in each of the counties immediately adjacent to Dublin city and county over the past 12 months; the expectation in this regard in the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33669/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1268. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to facilitate the urgent restart of development on house building sites throughout the greater Dublin area with particular reference to the urgent need to bring new houses onto the market as early as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33668/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1267. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of families rehoused by Kildare County Council in each of the past two years and to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33667/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1266. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if partially constructed building sites such as at the abandoned town centre at Naas, County Kildare are likely to be required to restart the planning process or rely on the existing permissions with obvious implications for the restart of the development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33666/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1265. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which plans are afoot to reactivate stalled building sites such as the town centre at Naas, County Kildare; if he will ensure ready access to the logistics required with particular reference to enabling the development to take place immediately after the ongoing disputes have been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33665/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1264. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which funding is available to Kildare County Council to address the local authority housing issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33663/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1263. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of homeless persons in County Kildare that have been offered and have received accommodation from the local authority in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33662/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1262. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the local authorities in the greater Dublin area that are responding most positively to the need for an urgent response to the housing shortage in terms of local authority and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33660/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1261. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which he entered into dialogue with the local authorities with a view to ensuring the immediate implementation of a local authority housing programme sufficient to address the problem of homelessness in addition to reducing the existing local authority housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33659/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1260. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which serviced or serviceable lands, zoned or unzoned, have been identified by each of the local authorities in the greater Dublin area to facilitate a rapid build housing programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33658/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1259. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when the various local authorities were requested to make the necessary arrangements to provide for an accelerated housing programme; the degree to which action has been taking place as a result; if he has satisfied himself that the response to date is sufficient to meet the requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33657/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1258. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the establishment of an electoral commission; if he has a proposed timeline or target date for establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33656/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1257. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to collate or mandate a public body to collate voter turnout statistics by demographic, particularly by age, to improve voter accessibility and information. [33655/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1256. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the level of research his Department has conducted on lowering the voting age to 16; and his views on the necessity for a referendum on the matter. [33654/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1255. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason no public consultation meetings were held regarding the application for a licence for the mechanical harvesting of kelp in Bantry Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33602/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1254. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the criteria for incremental increases as set out for an employee of a local authority that was employed in an acting-up role for a number of years and that subsequently was appointed to that role in a full-time capacity, in view of the fact that the local authority will not recognise the years they had been acting and subsequently they were not awarded incremental credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33601/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1253. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward changes to the tenant purchase scheme which will make this scheme more accessible for tenants of local authority properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33590/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1252. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the projects awarded funding by the social innovation fund by county and amount awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34693/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1251. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated annual revenue that could be raised from a tax on residential properties vacant for over one year of 3%, 6%, 10% and 20%. [34545/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2017
1250. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the estimated annual revenue that could be raised from a vacant site tax of 3%, 6%, 10% and 20% in 2018, 2019 and 2020. [34544/17]