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Question· oralPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
67. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the rate of homelessness among students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40067/24]
Question· oralPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
66. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties for which a vacant homes grant has been approved; the number of properties where a grant has been paid; whether he is concerned that the number of paid grants is much lower than the number approved even allowing a reasonable time to carry out the work; the steps he intends taking to deal with this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/24]
Question· oralPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
65. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the immediate and urgent actions that will be taken to address the high levels of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42665/24]
Question· oralPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
64. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce national guidelines to manage the development of large-scale solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41434/24]
Question· oralPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
63. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an overview of how many Croí Cónaithe applications have been made and processed in Cork city and county for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42877/24]
Question· oralPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
62. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he plans to enable local authorities to accelerate the provision of housing in Cavan and Monaghan considering that the Housing Commission recently reported the need for additional local authority housing of between 12,000 and 15,000 homes by 2050 and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42912/24]
Question· writtenPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
61. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a deposit protection scheme could be established to protect renters from having their deposits unlawfully withheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42667/24]
Question· writtenPQ 60asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
60. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation, and on how many new units of Traveller-specific accommodation have been delivered in each year since the report was published in 2019. [42861/24]
Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
59. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if data centres, as well as LNGs, will be designated as strategic infrastructure under the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42879/24]
Question· oralPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
58. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant in-situ applications approved in Cork city and county since the inception of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42876/24]
Question· oralPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
57. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42643/24]
Question· oralPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
56. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses that have been completed in Cavan and Monaghan during this Government's term of office and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42911/24]
Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
55. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on future plans for the development of cost rental housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42939/24]
Question· oralPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
54. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on revised social housing targets in Clare; the progress on the target of 153 new social homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42931/24]
Question· oralPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
53. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he is availing of modern housing production methods to facilitate the provision of additional supply of homes to the market in order to address the ever increasing demand arising from termination of tenancies or other factors which might make it difficult, or even impossible, for families to provide housing by other means, such as purchase or rental through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42873/24]
Question· oralPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what plans he has to make the defective homes redress scheme accessible for the difficult cases where it is more feasible to build a replacement home beside a defective property and then demolish rather than on the footprint of the damaged house, for example, with a house that has been adapted for a disabled child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43260/24]
Question· oralPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
51. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the price of the one-, two- and three-bedroom cost-rental units in Oscar Traynor Road, O'Devaney Gardens and Shanganagh Castle. [43228/24]
Question· oralPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
50. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an open market valuation is being used to establish the price of homes under the Government’s affordable purchase scheme rather than all-in development costs. [43227/24]
Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
224. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all social enterprise organisations or bodies funded by his Department in each year from 2021 to date in 2024; the amount allocated in funding to each during this time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42275/24]
Question· writtenPQ 223asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
223. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of prosecutions taken against landlords for breaches of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 since they were enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42238/24]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
222. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections carried out each month by the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42237/24]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
221. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP properties that have been removed from the system in each year since the HAP system was introduced due to breaches in the minimum standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42236/24]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
220. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the rights a HAP tenant has when a landlord does carry out necessary maintenance work; who is responsible for the enforcement of these rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42235/24]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
219. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the enforcement mechanisms available to local authorities in instances where a landlord does not carry out necessary maintenance works in a HAP property; particularly in circumstances where the nature of the maintenance is potentially harmful to the tenant such as broken water supply, broken heating system, broken access windows or doors, severe mould issues and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42234/24]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
218. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing supports available to victims of domestic abuse to assist them leave the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42222/24]
Question· writtenPQ 217asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
217. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42190/24]
Question· writtenPQ 216asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
216. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a fisheries matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42189/24]
Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
215. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a complex (details supplied) in Inchicore has still not had a surveyor visit although this was expected to happen in June as part of the fire remediation scheme; if he will acknowledge that apartment owners are not in a position to pay for this work despite an organisation’s pressure to do so with the promise that they will be reimbursed when funding has been allocated; to provide a timeframe for when funding will be made available for remediation works at this complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42177/24]
Question· writtenPQ 214asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
214. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a homeowner who has already been approved for funding vis-à-vis the defective concrete block scheme can expect to benefit from the improved terms of this scheme as agreed at a meeting of the Cabinet on 8 October 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42156/24]
Question· writtenPQ 213asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
213. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the cost of delivering 150 more refuge units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42258/24]
Question· writtenPQ 212asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
212. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the refuge units delivered by her Department since 2020, and to provide in tabular form the cost of each unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42254/24]
Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
63. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport his engagement with Cork County Council in progressing EV charging points for housing estates and apartments without parking spaces in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41416/24]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
151. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42461/24]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to contact co-operative housing and DLR with regard to the new social housing development called St. Germaine, in Ballybrack village, to investigate the complaints by residents of major and multiple defects in this new development including serious damp, potentially dangerous electrics and serious, reported fire hazards and many others, to investigate the necessity of an independent assessment and to ensure the residents are informed of these enquiries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42096/24]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
149. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the operation of the interim remediation scheme for apartments and duplexes with fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects; the number of applications that have been submitted; the number of applications that have been validated; the number of applications that have been rejected; the length of time on average it takes the Housing Agency to process an application upon its receipt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41993/24]
Question· writtenPQ 148asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
148. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the legislative timeline for the introduction of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41992/24]
Question· writtenPQ 147asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
147. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the review on current guidelines for wind farms will include changes to the minimum distances from private residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/24]
Question· writtenPQ 146asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
146. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any recompense for a community living in the shadow of a wind farm in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41904/24]
Question· writtenPQ 145asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41810/24]
Question· writtenPQ 144asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41792/24]
Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
143. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total costs associated for his Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [41755/24]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of the breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41737/24]
Question· writtenPQ 141asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
141. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his Department in relation to such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41719/24]
Question· writtenPQ 42asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
42. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 202 to 204 of 11 September 2023, if his Department has recently engaged with any local authorities or housing bodies in relation to the potential transfer of any vacant housing units within the Defence Forces portfolio; and if so, if he will provide details of same. [42003/24]
Question· writtenPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
41. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 202 to 204 of 11 September 2023, if the Defence Forces assessment of the vacant housing stock has been completed; if so, when will this be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42002/24]
Question· writtenPQ 565asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
565. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the international protection accommodation office or any official in his Department has received complaints or requests for assistance from persons housing beneficiaries of temporary protection or international protection applicants regarding subletting of property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41626/24]
Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
413. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the way she plans to address the increasing number of people who lose out on eligibility for the fuel allowance due to a member of their family moving home due to the housing crisis; the number of households have lost eligibility due to a family member moving in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41479/24]
Question· writtenPQ 375asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
375. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full-year cost of increasing the maximum housing adaptation grant to €60,000 based on current drawdown numbers and composition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/24]
Question· writtenPQ 374asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
374. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the international events and engagements he has attended at which members of the media were also in attendance as part of the Government delegation, since the formation of the Government; the media organisation they represented; the cost involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41605/24]
Question· writtenPQ 373asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2024
373. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of LIHAF applications received for Meath since its inception; the number that were approved and not approved, respectively; the status of all approved applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41539/24]