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Question· writtenPQ 702asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the schemes available to assist households in relocating from urban to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/17]
Question· writtenPQ 701asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
701. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adult persons who have exited section 10-funded homeless accommodation in the first six months of 2017; and the housing tenures to which they have exited. [50128/17]
Question· writtenPQ 700asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
700. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless HAP tenancies created in the first six months of 2017; the number of these used to prevent homelessness; and the number used to support individuals and families to exit section 10 funded homeless accommodation. [50127/17]
Question· writtenPQ 699asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
699. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some local authorities of providing families that are homeless but have not met the requirements of housing circular 41/2012 with emergency accommodation on a night-by-night basis only; if his attention has been further drawn to a legal reason a local authority cannot provide emergency homeless accommodation to a family that does not meet the provision of housing circular 41/2012 for four consecutive nights or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50126/17]
Question· writtenPQ 698asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
698. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the bodies under the aegis his Department in which his Department provides in excess of €1 million funding per annum to these bodies; the public funding received by these bodies; the bodies in which 50% or more of its income comes from public sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50118/17]
Question· writtenPQ 697asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
697. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has used a private email account to send or receive official documents or positions on Brexit; and if so, the details of this correspondence. [50062/17]
Question· writtenPQ 696asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
696. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if statistical analysis has been conducted on homelessness figures reported by local authorities; if this analysis has been used to identify potential issues with reporting; if these issues have been identified; if these issues have been investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50048/17]
Question· writtenPQ 695asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
695. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on issues identified in the reporting of homelessness statistics by local authorities, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50047/17]
Question· writtenPQ 694asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
694. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to ensure the necessary actions are taken to allow a housing body to purchase properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50034/17]
Question· writtenPQ 693asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
693. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the names of persons he has appointed to each State board under the aegis of his Department that have not come from the Public Appointments Service list of suitable candidates, in tabular form. [50001/17]
Question· writtenPQ 692asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
692. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the registered voluntary housing associations; the amount spent on administration of these associations in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49973/17]
Question· writtenPQ 691asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
691. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the capital investment by his Department in individual group water schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49954/17]
Question· writtenPQ 690asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
690. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding his Department provides to a group (details supplied) on an annual basis since the group was established. [49953/17]
Question· writtenPQ 689asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
689. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the ongoing review of funding supports for group water schemes; the length of time the review will take; the lead official in his Department working on the review; the organisations and persons that have been consulted to date; the opportunities available to individual group water schemes or interested third parties to engage with the consultation. [49952/17]
Question· writtenPQ 688asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
688. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the supports he has put in place to enable the development of residentially zoned lands in the Dublin 15 area of Fingal County Council to the south of the Dunboyne railway line at Barnhill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49947/17]
Question· writtenPQ 687asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
687. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacancies in each State board under the aegis of his Department, in tabular form. [49939/17]
Question· writtenPQ 686asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
686. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the engagement he has had with the implementation group of the boundary between Cork city and county councils; and the position regarding the negotiations between the two local authorities. [49925/17]
Question· writtenPQ 685asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
685. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department will allocate funding to Laois County Council for Mountmellick and other areas in County Laois following the recent flash flooding which has caused damage to homes businesses and roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50624/17]
Question· writtenPQ 684asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
684. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department will allocate more funding to Mountmellick following the recent flash flooding which has caused damage to homes, businesses and roads in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50623/17]
Question· writtenPQ 683asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
683. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2016 and 2017 Cork County Council drew down none of the money allocated for Traveller accommodation despite a clear need for new developments including in the case of persons (details supplied). [50489/17]
Question· writtenPQ 682asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
682. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the regulations that pertain to industrial style wind farm developments will be implemented; if these regulations will take account of the concerns regarding flicker, separation distance, height of turbines being proposed and the effect on rural landscapes including the impact upon the local heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50308/17]
Question· writtenPQ 681asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
681. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount that was loaned in mortgages for newly built homes over the past 25 to 30 years. [50237/17]
Question· writtenPQ 600asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
600. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to grants that are available to domestic abuse victims who are being housed in temporary supported housing which help towards the cost of furnishings and other goods needed for the accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50497/17]
Question· writtenPQ 292asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
292. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are grants for housing relocation for persons from Gaeltacht areas living away and returning home to build a family home. [49854/17]
Question· writtenPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
23. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee in which housing is discussed. [49077/17]
Question· writtenPQ 226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
226. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 15 November 2017, the meaning of his statement on advance funding in the case of Cork County Council (details supplied); the details of this approach; if it is available to each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49751/17]
Question· writtenPQ 225asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
225. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding the licensing of mechanical harvesting of seaweed and kelp in the Bantry Bay area; and the policy in respect of mechanical harvesting of these resources by private companies. [49739/17]
Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
224. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 7 November 2017, the criteria used to classify voids. [49710/17]
Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
223. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason a person's long-term social welfare payments cannot be taken into account when seeking to purchase a house from a local authority. [49688/17]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
222. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to address the anomaly whereby the maximum HAP allocation is between 23% and 47% less than the average rental price in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49673/17]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
221. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the review of the tenant incremental purchase scheme 2016 is now complete; his plans to introduce changes to the scheme; if he will review the minimum reckonable income of persons and allow long-standing tenants to purchase their homes whether on social welfare or not but with proof of savings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49664/17]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
220. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the wording has changed in the national planning guidelines 2020 to 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/17]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
219. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units directly built, and expected to be built, in each local authority area in each of the years 2015 to 2019, by social housing, affordable housing and housing by approved voluntary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49652/17]
Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
55. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which technology, education and the availability of suitable business and housing accommodation continue to be an issue in regard to the creation of further employment throughout the entire country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49784/17]
Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
28. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the negative reports internationally of Ireland's housing and rental market are impacting on the work of bringing foreign direst investment to Dublin and other cities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49517/17]
Question· writtenPQ 245asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2017
245. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding sought by local authorities in Counties Louth, Meath and Kildare for each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for the purposes of constructing new local authority houses; the moneys allocated to each of these authorities in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017 for the purpose of such construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49543/17]
Question· writtenPQ 244asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2017
244. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); the reason this increase has been introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49540/17]
Question· writtenPQ 243asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2017
243. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the LIHAF funding will be made available in view of the fact that south County Kildare needs funding for a new bridge. [49474/17]
Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2017
242. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the research that has been carried out on the effects of wind turbines on wildlife, in particular the effect of moving blades on bats and birds and the effect of tremors caused by turbines on livestock. [49637/17]
Question· writtenPQ 645asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
645. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the differences between RAS tenancies post-1 April 2011 and HAP tenancies; the differences between RAS tenancies that were in place prior to 1 April 2011 and HAP tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49332/17]
Question· writtenPQ 644asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
644. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 14 November 2017 if all sections of the legislation underpinning RAS have been commenced; the legal entitlement of persons in need of social housing support to access RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/17]
Question· writtenPQ 643asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
643. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 14 November 2017 if the €134 million provided in budget 2018 to support a further 600 new transfers under RAS is for new RAS tenancies or for tenancies transferring out of RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49330/17]
Question· writtenPQ 642asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
642. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 14 of November 2017 if persons with a social housing need remain entitled to RAS; if local authorities have a statutory obligation to approve a person for RAS once a landlord who is willing to enter the RAS has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49329/17]
Question· writtenPQ 641asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
641. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 14 of November 2017, the local authorities that have submitted plans for development of their sites; those which have yet to submit their plans; the timeframe for those plans to be published and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49328/17]
Question· writtenPQ 640asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
640. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of sites registered for the vacant site levy; the number of those which are under appeal with An Bord Pleanála by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49323/17]
Question· writtenPQ 639asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
639. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social houses built and occupied in each local authority area for the year to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49322/17]
Question· writtenPQ 638asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
638. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the review of Rebuilding Ireland has been completed; if so, if the findings of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49321/17]
Question· writtenPQ 637asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
637. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the expert group to develop plans for a cost rental model for housing has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49319/17]
Question· writtenPQ 636asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
636. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which a person can claim compensation under section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2010 in respect of a reduction in size of an original planning permission for a quarry and loss of income regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49269/17]
Question· writtenPQ 635asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
635. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the support available under the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 to fund a defence for a named party in a judicial review in relation to section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49268/17]