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Question· oralPQ 12asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
12. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the initiatives planned in 2018 to increase the number of homes available for persons saving for a housing deposit that wish to purchase a home but that are presently unable to afford to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52264/17]
Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
11. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which the increase in student accommodation is addressing the homelessness situation and the housing lists, particularly in Dublin. [52064/17]
Question· oralPQ 10asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
10. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the weekly actions he undertakes to put an end to child homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/17]
Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
9. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of income eligibility limits for social housing will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52195/17]
Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
8. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to the announcement by the Minister for Finance of the creation of Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI, if his Department has engaged with the Department of Finance regarding HBFI; the role he envisages his Department playing with regard to HBFI; if he has satisfied himself that HBFI will bring the required funding into the area of residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52273/17]
Question· oralPQ 7asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
7. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of households on local authority housing waiting lists at the end of November 2017, or October 2017 in the event November's statistics are not available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52066/17]
Question· oralPQ 6asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
6. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to ensure no more deaths occur among homeless people and rough sleepers; and his plans to re-open a location (details supplied) or similar to ensure there are no more fatalities during the winter of 2017. [52274/17]
Question· oralPQ 5asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
5. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his department's expenditure on all rental supports (details supplied) for 2017; the projected expenditure on same for 2018, by rental support heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52462/17]
Question· oralPQ 4asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
4. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans with regard to the housing crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52461/17]
Question· oralPQ 3asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
3. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria used in the calculation of returned voids; the number returned in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52433/17]
Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
2. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce a scheme for genuinely affordable rental and purchase housing in 2018; and the funding allocated and targets for units to be delivered. [52319/17]
Question· oralPQ 1asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2017
1. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the impact the potential reclassification of approved housing bodies as general Government debt will have on Government housing policy and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52432/17]
Question· writtenPQ 266asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
266. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the expenditure by his Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous expenditure not relating to set Department budgets pertaining to the headings. [52225/17]
Question· writtenPQ 265asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
265. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to meet with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss his Department's policy and procedural guidance for housing authorities in assisting victims of domestic violence with emergency and long-term accommodation needs and the way in which the guidelines are not being applied consistently across local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52159/17]
Question· writtenPQ 264asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
264. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the remaining 690 families living in hotel rooms will be moved into secure and appropriate housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52158/17]
Question· writtenPQ 263asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
263. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); if he is examining this model of providing affordable housing; his views on reports by it that the costs of construction are lower than that which is reported by the construction for profit industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52157/17]
Question· writtenPQ 262asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
262. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to compare the cost of HAP, RAS and rent supplement in 2018 and the cost of building permanent homes; the rationale for continuing high spending in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52156/17]
Question· writtenPQ 261asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
261. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated daily cost of HAP and RAS payments in 2018; the equivalent daily investment being put into building permanent homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52155/17]
Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
260. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation for a referendum to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution; if so, the timeframe for same; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52153/17]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
259. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will implement a local government direct contact email address for Members of the Oireachtas (details supplied) in view of the fact that many Members have questions about housing and homelessness and the difficulty of getting comprehensive and timely information from local authority management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52152/17]
Question· writtenPQ 258asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
258. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the report that his Department has on house building costs will be published; if this report will be presented to Dáil Éireann in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52148/17]
Question· writtenPQ 257asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
257. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to review the tenant purchase scheme in terms of the way in which it relates to rural cottages in cases which the dwelling was built on family land by a local authority and the tenant is in a position to purchase yet is prevented from doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52135/17]
Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
256. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason RTB funding was not awarded to County Wicklow in 2015, 2016 and 2017; his views on the fact that such funding was not granted in view of the fact that it was granted in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52132/17]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
255. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legal status of turbary rights; his views on whether they should be protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52123/17]
Question· writtenPQ 254asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
254. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the judicial review of An Bord Pleanála decision RL2969. [52122/17]
Question· writtenPQ 253asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
253. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he plans to issue revised rural housing guidelines to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52090/17]
Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 December 2017
252. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the examination on the right to housing which was referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52154/17]
Question· writtenPQ 531asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
531. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the lack of fire safety certificates in certain properties rented through the local authority housing assistance payment or HAP scheme and the steps that can be taken to ensure that all HAP properties are of the highest safety standards. [52058/17]
Question· writtenPQ 530asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
530. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on estate agents advertising unsuitable accommodation; his role in regulating the practice of landlords advertising properties with poor living conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52057/17]
Question· writtenPQ 529asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
529. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied with the turnaround time for local authority housing when being refurbished for new tenants; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some of the times are excessive in view of the scale of the local authority housing list and the national emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52056/17]
Question· writtenPQ 528asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
528. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for directly elected mayors for Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway; if Dublin's first direct election will be scheduled for summer 2019 with the European and local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52045/17]
Question· writtenPQ 527asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
527. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount his Department has spent and the number of additional housing units delivered over the past 18 months in each category (details supplied), in tabular form. [51972/17]
Question· writtenPQ 526asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
526. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will meet a group (details supplied); when a reply will issue to its letter on 18 October 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51955/17]
Question· writtenPQ 525asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
525. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to the findings of a report (details supplied), the number of households that have relinquished their place on the housing waiting list due to the fact they are in receipt of HAP; the number of those that sought to be placed on a housing transfer list; the number of households on this transfer list; the status of the transfer list vis-à-vis the social housing list, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51947/17]
Question· writtenPQ 524asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
524. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to fund the appointment by local authorities of additional staff in order that timely inspections of HAP properties can take place in cases in which persons make complaints regarding standards of accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51911/17]
Question· writtenPQ 523asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
523. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number in which the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number in which the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks in view of the fact that the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available, in tabular form. [51872/17]
Question· writtenPQ 522asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
522. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number of such requests that were refused. [51855/17]
Question· writtenPQ 521asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
521. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of a new affordable housing scheme; when the scheme will be introduced; the criteria that will be used to determine the persons who will be eligible for affordable housing; the way in which he will ensure affordable housing will be available in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51837/17]
Question· writtenPQ 520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
520. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the associated costs of funding one Housing First tenancy in tabular form. [51771/17]
Question· writtenPQ 519asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
519. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 28 November 2017, the details of activities covered by the funding from his Department to an organisation (details supplied). [51762/17]
Question· writtenPQ 518asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
518. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the percentage of the €2 million pro bono work that a company (details supplied) was to contribute to the Housing Agency that has been expended to date; the costs that make up this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51594/17]
Question· writtenPQ 517asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
517. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce a statutory time limit for all applications to An Bord Pleanála, and specifically projects involving substantial investment in the economy in circumstances in which undue delay may be detrimental to the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51534/17]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
516. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the proposed local government and county council electoral boundary changes; the rationale for such proposed changes; if such changes are to be introduced before the 2019 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51514/17]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
515. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure that the persons who have been forced into homelessness are registered to vote. [51507/17]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
514. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number or percentage of HAP recipients' topping up that is being made in payments directly to their landlords beyond the amount of HAP being paid on their behalf; the range and average of top-up payments being made by local authority area; the policy in relation to this situation; the monitoring of it by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51473/17]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
513. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps being taken to ensure that all persons sleeping rough are accommodated as a long-term measure rather than a short-term and reactive one over the Christmas 2017 season. [51471/17]
Question· writtenPQ 512asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
512. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding provided by his Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51440/17]
Question· writtenPQ 360asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
360. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the associated costs provided by his Department towards the funding of one Housing First tenancy. [51772/17]
Question· writtenPQ 247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
247. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the need to introduce legislation to regulate private management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/17]
Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that has responsibility for issues pertaining to housing and homelessness; and if he will consider establishing a dedicated Cabinet committee on housing. [50151/17]