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Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
362. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the analysis his Department has carried out into the effects of the strategic housing development process to date, given that when it was introduced the number of approved planning permissions already significantly outweighed the number of housing commencements; the actions he is taking to address ongoing delays in the activation of strategic housing development approved permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38555/20]
Question· writtenPQ 361asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
361. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the winding up of the strategic housing development process as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38554/20]
Question· writtenPQ 360asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
360. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason 71% of the approved strategic housing development planning permissions have not been activated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38553/20]
Question· writtenPQ 359asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
359. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability Implementation Monitoring Group has not furnished a progress report since December 2018; the further length of time before the next progress report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38535/20]
Question· writtenPQ 358asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
358. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for replacing the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016 which was extended as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness which is due to end in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38534/20]
Question· writtenPQ 357asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
357. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Quality Standards Framework will be implemented in private hostels that have been contracted to provide accommodation for persons who have become homeless; the way in which this will be implemented given the absence of professional support workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38516/20]
Question· writtenPQ 356asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
356. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections that have been carried out to ensure compliance with the national quality standards framework in emergency accommodation in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of full-time staff dedicated to inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38515/20]
Question· writtenPQ 355asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
355. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of contracts for new hostel accommodation for persons who become homeless from 1 January 2019 to date that have been awarded to private providers; the number awarded to not-for-profit NGO providers; the criteria used for selecting operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38514/20]
Question· writtenPQ 354asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
354. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Mayo County Council general housing acquisition programme for 2020 including land, housing, turkey properties and Part V acquisitions in addition to the social housing public private partnership program; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38503/20]
Question· writtenPQ 353asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
353. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding under the affordable housing scheme that will be allocated to County Mayo in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38502/20]
Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
352. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant purchase scheme applications received by Mayo County Council since the launch of the new scheme in January 2016; the number disallowed due to the fact they could not meet the income threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38489/20]
Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
351. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action it is proposed to take over in-fill carried out at a location (details supplied) without a foreshore licence in view of the fact the matter is going on for a long time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38414/20]
Question· writtenPQ 350asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
350. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grounds upon which he ordered the release of hares, which had been legally caught under the 2020-21 hare netting licence as granted under the Wildlife Act 1976, when there is no precedent for the limit of time in which a hare can be held under said licence as long as it is within the period of validity of the licence. [38383/20]
Question· writtenPQ 349asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
349. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funds are available for the upkeep of protected structures on the grounds of schools or other institutions that do not have their own resources for such work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38381/20]
Question· writtenPQ 348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
348. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections of homeless services that have been completed under the national quality standards framework by local authority area; if the inspections included private operators of emergency accommodation; the outcomes of the inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38372/20]
Question· writtenPQ 347asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
347. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the long-term impact of the charge of €30 per square metre that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has introduced for each square metre of road carriageway opened; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this cost does not qualify for grant assistance from his Department; if his attention has been further drawn to the significant financial burden that this is placing on group water schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38240/20]
Question· writtenPQ 346asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
346. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a list of the 35 individual projects that have been allocated serviced site funding to date of €127 million will be provided; the amount allocated to each project; the total project cost; the local authority responsible and the location of the project; and the total number of affordable units to be delivered on each site. [38163/20]
Question· writtenPQ 345asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
345. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views in relation to a request by an organisation (details supplied) for an extension to the pheasant shooting season into February 2021 due to the current Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38091/20]
Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
344. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a copy of the ministerial guidelines issued in 2005 regarding one-off rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38090/20]
Question· writtenPQ 343asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
343. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tribunals, enquiries or investigations being undertaken currently by his Department; the number that are in the process of being set up; the number in which the terms of reference are not complete or not agreed; the cost of all to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38044/20]
Question· writtenPQ 342asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
342. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown in the first half of 2020 of Part V units acquired or leased by local authority area by the number of units that were leased and the number that were purchased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38019/20]
Question· writtenPQ 341asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
341. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the strategic housing developments approved by An Bord Pleanála as of 31 October 2020 including details of the local authority, the number of units per development and the status of each development in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38004/20]
Question· writtenPQ 340asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
340. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issues raised regarding the relationship between the RTB and sheltered housing providers generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37963/20]
Question· writtenPQ 339asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
339. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities can prohibit tenants from entering into the tenant purchase scheme for properties of certain residence sizes for example, two-, four- and five-bed and adapted houses with the purpose of maintaining stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37947/20]
Question· writtenPQ 338asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
338. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grade at which the chief data protection officer in his Department is employed. [37918/20]
Question· writtenPQ 337asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
337. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all applications made by his Department to the Oireachtas Business Committee to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of primary and secondary legislation sponsored or initiated by his Department from 1 January 2017 to date; the outcomes of such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37898/20]
Question· writtenPQ 336asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
336. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if further consideration will be given to a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37853/20]
Question· writtenPQ 335asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
335. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of contracts of €25,000 or more than have been awarded by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department that were found to be non-compliant with procurement guidelines from 1 January 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/20]
Question· writtenPQ 334asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
334. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the affordable housing plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37776/20]
Question· writtenPQ 333asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
333. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the Supreme Court ruling in An Taisce v. An Bord Pleanála on 1 July 2020 which found substitute consent to be inconsistent with the environmental impact assessment directive; if the ruling affects the way in which his Department plans to proceed with respect to resolution of the 2008 Court of Justice of the European Union ruling in a case (details supplied) requiring an environmental impact assessment be carried out at a windfarm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37769/20]
Question· writtenPQ 332asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
332. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to rough shooting. [38512/20]
Question· writtenPQ 331asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
331. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to expanding the commercial rates waiver to cover the first quarter of 2021 (details supplied). [38126/20]
Question· writtenPQ 330asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
330. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a recent peat slippage near a windfarm (details supplied) in County Donegal; the way in which this will be investigated and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37840/20]
Question· writtenPQ 329asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
329. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he has taken and will take to address the findings of the Court of Justice of the European Union against Ireland regarding a windfarm (details supplied) in County Galway; the costs to the taxpayer in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37819/20]
Question· writtenPQ 131asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the implementation of the report of the expert group on Traveller accommodation. [38308/20]
Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
130. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review of the tenant purchase scheme. [38404/20]
Question· writtenPQ 129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
129. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a national affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38481/20]
Question· writtenPQ 128asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
128. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is progressing a remediation scheme for defective blocks containing pyrite. [38081/20]
Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
127. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has raised concerns with Irish Water on the issue of connection fees for water and sewerage for residential new builds and the taking in charge of developer built wastewater infrastructure in newly built estates. [38312/20]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
126. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 6 October 2020,the status of the work of the Galway social housing task force; if he has received the further report from the chair of the task force; the number of times the task force has met to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38365/20]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
125. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given in 2021 to providing Clare County Council with additional funding in view of the projected shortfall in commercial rates income as a result of the ongoing revaluation of Moneypoint power station and following on from the positive decision to give a special allocation of €2.5 million in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38474/20]
Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
124. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the ongoing review of income eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority area will be complete; when the details of same will be made available to the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38322/20]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
123. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on Tipperary County Council evicting three persons from a property due to the fact that they are over the threshold (details supplied); his further views on the way in which they will be put on the housing list as a result and will claim the HAP payment until they are rehoused; his views that this course of action is going to cost Tipperary County Council more in the long run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38277/20]
Question· writtenPQ 122asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
122. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the directly elected mayor of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38468/20]
Question· writtenPQ 121asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
121. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the strategic housing development programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38068/20]
Question· writtenPQ 120asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
120. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding for the port access northern cross route will be released under the next tranche of LIHAF funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38271/20]
Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to hold a referendum on the right to water and public ownership of the water infrastructure. [31331/20]
Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
118. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expenditure of his Department and An Bord Pleanála in each year since January 2017 in respect of all legal services provided in appeal and judicial review applications instituted against his Department and or An Bord Pleanála by case in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38470/20]
Question· writtenPQ 117asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
117. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that no services suffer as a result of the loss of revenue being experienced by local authorities in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. [38278/20]
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 November 2020
116. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the septic tank grant guidelines which are implemented by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37236/20]