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Question· writtenPQ 634asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
634. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the requirements that are imposed on hotels and other accommodation providers in relation to the installation and upkeep of carbon monoxide alarms on their premises; if there is a requirement for such an alarm to be provided in each bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/17]
Question· writtenPQ 633asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
633. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2016 and to date in 2017; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2018 as a result of the funding increase announced in budget 2018. [49197/17]
Question· writtenPQ 632asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
632. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to proposed developments at St. Catherine's Park, Leixlip, County Kildare; if directions have been issued to the three relevant local authorities involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49189/17]
Question· writtenPQ 631asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
631. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the Irish Agrément Certificate 04/0198 which was issued initially in 2004 and updated in 2007 with respect to the construction of medium rise timber frame homes has not been updated since; if his attention has been drawn to the requirement for agrément certificates to be reviewed every five years; and if he will request a review of this certificate to be carried out in view of the serious fire safety defects discovered in several medium rise timber frame developments since 2007. [49154/17]
Question· writtenPQ 630asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
630. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49127/17]
Question· writtenPQ 629asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
629. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49046/17]
Question· writtenPQ 628asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
628. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of discretionary enhanced payments each month in each county since HAP was established and which are used to top up rental rates above local authority rent limits, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49035/17]
Question· writtenPQ 627asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
627. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the options available for affordable housing for persons not eligible for social housing; the way in which to access these options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49025/17]
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
626. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if it is a requirement that when a person is buying or selling a house in the private sector that they are expected to produce evidence that they paid the water charges bill in view of the fact that payments are being refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49021/17]
Question· writtenPQ 625asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
625. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the restriction regarding persons having to produce evidence that they have paid their water charges bill, notwithstanding that those who have paid are having their payments refunded, in cases in which a person is seeking to purchase their house from the local authority under the tenant purchase scheme will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48997/17]
Question· writtenPQ 624asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
624. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the provisions in place to ensure that increases in rent that will occur during the year are met; the way in which the topping up of rent in cases in which rent is above the prescribed HAP limits will be treated; the way in which it will be ensured that this does not occur for persons in receipt of the HAP over the course of the year; the date on which the HAP rates will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48993/17]
Question· writtenPQ 623asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
623. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the foreshore licence planning application and the subsequent foreshore licence granted pertaining specifically to the cameras and cable end equipment currently in use and attached to a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48982/17]
Question· writtenPQ 622asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
622. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the screening reports for the environmental impact assessment for planning applications (details supplied); the names of the persons involved in the screening assessment for the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48981/17]
Question· writtenPQ 621asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
621. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the prior assessment carried out when allocating LIHAF in respect of ensuring that housing is affordable; the definition of affordable in this regard; if the definition differs throughout the country; if so, the way in which it differs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48969/17]
Question· writtenPQ 620asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
620. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimate for the various rent supports - RAS, HAP, rent assistance and so on - in each of the years from 2018 to 2021; if increases over and above the current levels of assistance are envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48968/17]
Question· writtenPQ 619asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
619. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the domain names registered to or owned by his Department or through a third party company. [48946/17]
Question· writtenPQ 618asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
618. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount paid in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017 to housing authorities and local authorities for the provision of dwellings, including houses, flats, maisonettes and hostels by the authorities; the amount paid for the improvement or reconstruction of dwellings provided by the authorities; the amount paid for the acquisition of land for the provision of dwellings, by location, by year and in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48919/17]
Question· writtenPQ 617asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
617. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a bibliography of all sources used to arrive at the conclusion that homeless figures here are low by international standards as per his recent public statement. [48827/17]
Question· writtenPQ 616asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
616. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year and in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48809/17]
Question· writtenPQ 615asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
615. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the preparations made in his Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU; if such preparations involve the drawing up of detailed and specific contingency plans in the event of a hard Brexit and a trade regime based on WTO tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48780/17]
Question· writtenPQ 614asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
614. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the purpose of bodies (details supplied); the reason each local authority is required to pay funds to these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48761/17]
Question· writtenPQ 613asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
613. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to set out the level of funding from the Residential Tenancies Board to Wicklow County Council in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [48760/17]
Question· writtenPQ 612asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
612. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to set out by county the number of persons registered under the Residential Tenancies Board. [48759/17]
Question· writtenPQ 611asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
611. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline his plans for the introduction of a new affordable housing scheme to assist those on modest incomes to buy a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/17]
Question· writtenPQ 610asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
610. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the national rent scheme will be introduced to County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/17]
Question· writtenPQ 609asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
609. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline his plans to amend legislation on planning applications for companies that have been shown to engage in tax avoidance or poor building practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49151/17]
Question· writtenPQ 608asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
608. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to set out the number of applicants to date for the domestic wastewater treatment scheme for domestic septic tanks, as announced by the previous Government in 2013; the number of grants that were approved for individual applications in County Donegal; the number that are awaiting approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49051/17]
Question· writtenPQ 607asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
607. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to set out the number of persons under 18 years of age with severe physical disabilities who are living in the family home in which the family is in receipt of HAP or RAS payments in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48758/17]
Question· writtenPQ 606asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
606. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to state the expected start date of the public consultation process on wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48710/17]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
259. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an application was received to remove large amounts of sand from the area of the River Boyne adjacent to a club (detail supplied) in County Louth. [48676/17]
Question· writtenPQ 258asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
258. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the gender balance on each of the State boards under his remit in tabular form. [48567/17]
Question· writtenPQ 257asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
257. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the capital funding to be provided to Monaghan County Council for housing in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48550/17]
Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
256. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the capital funding to be provided to Cavan County Council for housing in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48549/17]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
255. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of a foreshore licence application (details supplied); if he has given consideration to no annual foreshore charge for Sligo, in view of the fact that there is no charge in counties Galway and Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48543/17]
Question· writtenPQ 254asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
254. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to install central heating in all local authority units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48500/17]
Question· writtenPQ 253asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
253. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of local authority units without either gas or oil central heating installed, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48499/17]
Question· writtenPQ 252asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
252. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to review policy to allow flexibility for persons marginally over the income limits on eligibility to HAP to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48471/17]
Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
120. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of €1 million investments successfully made through the immigration investor programme that have contributed to social housing projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48453/17]
Record· debate2017-11-15published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Question· writtenPQ 229asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
229. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 7 November 2017, the reason for the discrepancy in the figures for local authority voids contained in the NOAC report 12 of May 2017, table F, pp 60/61, and the figures for long-term voids returned to stock funded by his Department; the way in which NOAC reported 4,202 voids of all categories based on 2014 figures yet his Department is asserting that 8,430 long-term voids have been returned to stock between 2014 and 2017; and if ordinary short term voids are being included in the figures provided in the parliamentary question concerned rather than long-term voids as was asked in the question. [48394/17]
Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
228. Deputy John Brassil asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the funding models for turnkey projects vary from one county to another; the reason the flexibility of the funding model provided by the Cork local authority is significantly greater than that of other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48389/17]
Question· writtenPQ 227asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
227. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of unoccupied houses awaiting acceptance of offer that each county council has on its stock book in tabular form. [48280/17]
Question· writtenPQ 226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 November 2017
226. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if further new schemes will be approved in the event of Cavan and Monaghan County Councils providing extra land found suitable for housing. [48277/17]
Question· writtenPQ 524asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
524. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the enforcement measures contained within the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998. [48162/17]
Question· writtenPQ 523asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
523. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the 59 units of additional public Traveller accommodation delivered by local authorities in 2016 and the 66 delivered in 2017 that were new builds delivered in their respective years by county, in tabular form. [48161/17]
Question· writtenPQ 522asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
522. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there are schemes to provide central heating in local authority housing and if not, if funding will be made available for the installation of central heating in local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48151/17]
Question· writtenPQ 521asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
521. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the clause regarding payment of water charges in order to qualify for the tenant purchase scheme will be removed; when this will occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48150/17]
Question· writtenPQ 520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
520. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 10 October 2017, if the same legislation applies to activity parks such as bike parks and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48076/17]
Question· writtenPQ 519asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
519. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average amount of time a person can expect to wait before being housed by Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council by category, for example, one bed unit, two bed, three bed, seniors and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48011/17]
Question· writtenPQ 518asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
518. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies expected in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in timeframes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48009/17]