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Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
263. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of completion certificates logged for social housing developments (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [52450/17]
Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
262. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeframe for the enactment of the European Union (Licensing of Large-Scale Extraction of Peat) Regulations 2016; his views on a legal case (details supplied), the outcome of which could cause negative implications on peat producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52435/17]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
261. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of for opt out once off single homes registered with the building control management system by local authorities to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52379/17]
Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
260. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of for completion certificates registered with the building control management system by local authorities to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52378/17]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
259. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the 50 to 100 commenced housing projects referred to by him in the Dáil Éireann on 13 July 2017 during the Second Stage debate of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017; the location and proposed number of units of each housing project listed; the number of units completed at each site before the Bill was introduced in Dáil Éireann; the manner in which in the case of each housing project, the obligations under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 are proposed to be discharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52377/17]
Question· writtenPQ 258asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
258. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the supports available to assist a person who has a house which is vacant for seven years and wishes to renovate it and bring it up to the required standard in order that they can rent it out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52332/17]
Question· writtenPQ 257asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
257. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the cold weather initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52434/17]
Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
256. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the revaluation Bill will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas. [52514/17]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
255. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of local property tax which is to be assigned to roads by each local authority in tabular form. [52436/17]
Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
64. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Finance the stamp duty that applies to a site of less than one acre which is intended for one off housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52382/17]
Question· writtenPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
52. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will introduce measures to deal with the numbers of vacant homes here; when he will have accurate figures for same; and if extra funding will be made available for local authorities and approved housing bodies to acquire or compulsory purchase such units. [52275/17]
Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
51. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to take vacant properties into public ownership in view of the worsening homeless emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52268/17]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
50. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the degree to which he expects to be in a position to meet the most urgent and pressing housing needs in the shortest possible time with particular reference to addressing the housing crisis; his views on whether he needs to invoke emergency legislation to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52280/17]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
49. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the findings of the 2013 departmental review into shared ownership schemes; the reason the report was never published; the actions he took following the report; and the advice that is being given to councils dealing with distressed shared ownership mortgages. [52164/17]
Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
48. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to a commitment given by an Taoiseach on 21 November 2017 that the report on defective blocks will be discussed at Cabinet before Christmas 2017, the position regarding the nature of the report he plans to bring to Cabinet before Christmas; if he will bring specific proposals to Cabinet; if the Cabinet will be discussing and asked to agree on the principal of establishing a redress scheme; the date on which he will present the report to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52070/17]
Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
47. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 7 November 2017, if he will reconcile the data on voids contained therein and in the 2016 NOAC report; and if an assurance will be provided that there is no double counting of regular voids and long term voids in his annual social housing output figures for 2014 to 2017. [52165/17]
Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
46. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has included lands currently administered by the Department of Defence in his review of publicly owned land that could be utilised for housing; and if he has had discussions with the Minister for Defence in relation to the long term optimal use of these sites. [52262/17]
Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
45. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for the low number of properties being offered across the four Dublin local authority areas for the repair and leasing scheme; his plans for changes to the repair and leasing scheme to increase the supply of offers in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52193/17]
Question· writtenPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
44. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the local authority housing construction programme will be made more transparent; if he will include expected completion dates with all schemes which would result in clearly identifying the schemes that will be completed in 2018 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52192/17]
Question· writtenPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
43. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeframe for the proposal to fast-track planning for data centres. [50381/17]
Question· writtenPQ 42asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
42. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the opening of emergency winter beds for persons that are on street homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52260/17]
Question· writtenPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
41. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress of his Department’s engagement with the EUROSTAT investigation in respect of the credit union investments in social housing and lending to approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50875/17]
Question· writtenPQ 40asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
40. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if, a year after it was introduced in Dáil Éireann, he will review the legislative base for rent pressure zones, in particular the tight criteria for qualification which excludes many parts of the country in which rents have increased substantially in the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52065/17]
Question· writtenPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
39. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the national planning framework; the way in which towns and regions will be selected for development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47233/17]
Question· writtenPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
38. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of his Department's inquiry into allegations of planning corruption in County Donegal. [52161/17]
Question· writtenPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
37. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on expressions of concern by a group (details supplied) at a hearing of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government on the underfunding of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52277/17]
Question· writtenPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
36. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he plans to prepare and publish a plan or nationwide scheme to assist home owners in the carrying out of remedial works to defective housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52278/17]
Question· writtenPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
35. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the HAP scheme in its current form; if so, the details of the analysis; if he is satisfied the HAP scheme is helping to solve the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52270/17]
Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
34. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52196/17]
Question· writtenPQ 33asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
33. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has proposals to bring forward and accelerate the construction of local authority housing. [52071/17]
Question· writtenPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
32. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied that local government is sufficiently monitoring fire safety in buildings around the country to ensure they are compliant with fire safety standards and requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52166/17]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
31. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has given direction to Dublin City Council as to which arrangements could be considered optimal in the provision of affordable housing after the finalisation of the commercial agreement for the Poolbeg SDZ. [52263/17]
Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
30. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to resolve the difficulties brought to his attention regrading the manner in which in-fill testing is being conducted by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52265/17]
Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
29. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has met with Fingal County Council on the delivery of public housing. [52261/17]
Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
28. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will appoint a director for Housing First; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52068/17]
Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
27. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the local authority in County Wexford will only directly build three social houses in 2017; if he is satisfied with the rate of building of social housing by all 31 local authorities, if his Department will consider releasing extra funding to the local authorities specifically for the direct building of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52271/17]
Question· writtenPQ 26asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
26. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a policy of using public land to build public housing as opposed to private development on public land will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52258/17]
Question· writtenPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
25. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce a pilot scheme using the cost rental model developed by an organisation (details supplied) on one or more of the sites owned by local authorities in consultation with the relevant local authority and local residents groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52067/17]
Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
24. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if plans have been drawn up or considered to reinstate certain former borough and town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52276/17]
Question· writtenPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
23. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to bring forward changes to the law on ending a tenancy or increasing rent on the grounds of refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52257/17]
Question· writtenPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
22. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of properties acquired by the 31 local authorities to date in 2017; the number that are vacant at present; the average vacancy time for local authority acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52272/17]
Question· writtenPQ 21asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
21. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria he plans to establish regarding affordability in local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, funded developments and on publicly owned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52267/17]
Question· writtenPQ 20asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
20. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action that will be taken to reduce the number of stages of approval that local authority housing schemes must go through within his Department. [52072/17]
Question· writtenPQ 19asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
19. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding a previous commitment (details supplied) to implement emergency measures to rehouse home owners affected by the defective blocks issue that are concerned for their own and families' safety; his plans to address the issue of affected home owners having a mortgage when determining eligibility for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52069/17]
Question· writtenPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
18. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which Rebuilding Ireland plans to address the commodification and financialisation of housing; and his view on whether the reliance on acquisitions and leasing from the private market to supply a significant share of social housing will continue this trend. [52063/17]
Question· writtenPQ 17asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
17. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the possible redesignation of approved housing bodies by EUROSTAT and the CSO; the contingency plans in place to deal with this in order to meet his social housing targets; and his further plans to assist approved housing bodies secure land in order to meet their social housing targets as per Rebuilding Ireland. [52162/17]
Question· writtenPQ 16asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies created to date in 2017 throughout the country; the number of HAP tenancies created to date in 2017 in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52269/17]
Question· writtenPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
15. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of real social houses delivered to date in 2017 by scheme including council new build, council acquisition, council Part V, council returned void, AHB new build, AHB acquisition, AHB part V, and AHB returned void. [52163/17]
Question· writtenPQ 14asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
14. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he plans to publish the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme; the changes he plans to make to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52200/17]
Question· writtenPQ 13asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
13. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of expected new housing starts anticipated by the end of 2017; the number of such houses for families on local authority housing waiting lists; the extent to which he expects the lists to improve over the next12 months; the extent to which the problem of homelessness can be dealt with within that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52279/17]