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251 records in IE in 2017
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that covers housing and homelessness. [51712/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
221. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a decision has been reached in relation to the implementation of measures to ensure equitable treatment of persons and group water schemes and persons on public water supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
220. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation to give effect to the recommendations for Dáil Éireann constituencies in the constituency commission report 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51296/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
546. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the social housing targets committed to in Rebuilding Ireland under each of the categories (details supplied), by local authority for each of the years over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
545. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the social housing delivered under each of the categories (details supplied) by local authority, in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51242/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
544. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of a contract (details supplied) in view of recent statements from Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51176/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
543. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the income of an elderly person is taken into consideration when the discount under the tenant purchase scheme is being calculated in view of the fact that this person cannot purchase the house in their own right; the timeframe for when the report on the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51168/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
542. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the wind planning guidelines; the status of the strategic environment assessment on these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50961/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
541. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of residential houses in each category of the BER rating system. [50959/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
540. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will announce details of the new affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50851/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
539. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applications for change of use by apartment dwellers for the purposes of home sharing that have been lodged in local authorities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50822/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
538. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 618 of 21 November 2017, the provision of funds for land acquisition, by local authority; the funds used directly in relation to structures in separate tables, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50820/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
537. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the number of vacant homes is related to the ongoing backlog in the Probate Office; the data in regard to the number of homes affected in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50815/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
536. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of decisions before An Bord Pleanála that have been delayed over the past year; the number that involved the construction of residential units; the number of residential units impacted; the measures being taken to ensure that An Bord Pleanála will have increased capacity to make decisions; when he expects the delays will end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
535. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of enforcement orders that have been lodged against apartment owners for using their home for home sharing by local authorities to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50734/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
534. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost of waiving motor tax for electric vehicles for each year up to 2023. [51009/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
533. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of local authorities applying development contributions for telecommunications infrastructure as of November 2017. [50997/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
532. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of fines and-or prosecutions levied against building owners under section 65 of the Housing Act 1966; the number of unsuccessful prosecutions under this section, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50735/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
508. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding provided by her Department by way of rent support to families on local authority housing lists over the past fifteen years since responsibility for such payments in lieu of housing were entrusted to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51208/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
113. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of new housing units that will be built under Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47335/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
112. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance when Home Building Finance Ireland will be established; the funds that have been allocated to it to date; the projects it will deliver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47232/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
111. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Finance his plans to improve housing financing structures for new housing, in particular the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, to small and medium builders and the builders of apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40358/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2017
47. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that officers have due cognisance for the housing situation of persons on certain payments, who may be advised through Intreo to seek employment, which might be low wage employment but could put the person outside the qualification for rent support, which in today's inflated market would effectively render them homeless; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50547/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
729. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if all sections of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 have been commenced; if not when remaining sections will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50627/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
728. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the delay in appointing a traffic warden for a school (details supplied) despite the position being approved in June 2017. [50525/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
727. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department or local authorities have discretion to offer private developers more than a 10% deposit in advance of the purchase of turnkey developments for social housing; if deposits of above 10% have ever been sanctioned by his Department to facilitate the progress of such turnkey developments; and if he has given consideration to allowing the use of such discretion with respect to a specific development in a location (details supplied) in County Kerry. [50520/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
726. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to include a summary at the start of all future social housing construction status reports from quarter 3, Q3, 2017 providing the number of units that have secured planning permission, that have commenced, that have completed and that have been tenanted since the previous quarters reports. [50495/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
725. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the names of the special advisers employed in his Department; the names of special advisers to junior ministers or Ministers of State in his Department; and the annual gross salary of each adviser. [50441/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
724. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50404/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
723. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the income components and the anticipated income to the Local Government Fund in 2018; the expected expenditure items and total expenditure in 2018 following the enactment of the Water Services Act 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50360/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
722. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the motor taxation receipts received in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [50359/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
721. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress made to date on action 5.3 of Rebuilding Ireland on work with local authorities to speed up the refurbishment and where possible the re-letting of vacant social housing units; the number of vacant units in the south of Dublin city centre; the average length of time units are vacant in this area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50346/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
720. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of approved housing applicants; the number of these applicants accessing and using the choice-based letting system for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50343/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
719. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of SHCEP-funded leases in categories (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the annual cost for these leases each year; the target number of leases under these categories in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and the estimated cost of these leases in each of these years. [50288/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
718. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to include quarries under the critical infrastructure legislation thus allowing such developments apply directly to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission in view of the proposed changes to the critical infrastructure legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50264/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
717. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Question No. 497 of 14 November 2017, if applicants for local authority mortgages who are discharged bankrupts come under the prohibited categories of those deemed bankrupt or are subject to bankruptcy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50258/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
716. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Question No. 497 of 14 November 2017, the definition of a satisfactory credit record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50257/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
715. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the process followed by his Department in making a determination as to whether his recommendations have been complied with in the context of section 12(5)(a) of the Planning and Development Acts 2017 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50250/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
714. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the replication of elements of policy by other planning authorities is a consideration that falls within the express or implied statutory obligations of a planning authority when formulating an overall strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of its functional area; if so, the particular provisions within the Planning and Development Acts, associated regulations, guidelines or otherwise, that provide for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50249/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
713. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the wind energy development guidelines 2006 have been subject to strategic environmental assessment in line with requirements under the EU Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50248/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
712. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the planning section within his Department had sight of and considered a report endorsed by the planning authority of County Donegal entitled submission in relation to amendment document Option 3 revised to the working draft county development plan 2014 to 2018 prior to making its submission to the draft County Donegal development plan 2018 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50247/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
711. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action he has taken and the outcome in each individual case (details supplied) in which planning authorities altered wind-energy policies contrary to the advice contained in circular letter PL20/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50246/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
710. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has been informed of the recent position subsequent to April 2014 by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the proposed renewable energy export policy and development framework that is referenced in circular letter PL 20 2013 and endorsed by circular letter PL 05 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50245/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
709. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the policy and or objective in the wind energy development guidelines 2006 including specific references; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50244/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
708. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if statutory authority attributable to circular letters Pl20 2013 and Pl05 2017 is solely underpinned by the section 28 guidelines to which they refer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50243/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
707. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if circular letters Pl20 2013 and Pl05 2017 are advisory in nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
706. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legislative basis and specific statutory provisions under which circular letters Pl20 2013 and Pl05 2017 are issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50241/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
705. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the evidence base and reasoning that has been used to arrive at a setback distance figure of four times the tip height from residential property with respect to visual amenity as set out at key aspect 2 in the preferred draft approach of the targeted review of the wind energy development guidelines 2006 published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50240/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
704. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of part V units delivered in 2016; and the number delivered to date in 2017. [50159/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
703. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies active at the end of each year from 2005 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the annual cost of RAS tenancies for each year. [50157/17]