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Question· writtenPQ 517asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
517. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies expected in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in timeframes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48008/17]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
516. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social housing units, including new build, purchased and tenancy vacancies of planned new homes, to be delivered by the housing departments of Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in timeframes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48007/17]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
515. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the most recent estimate of the number of persons and families on homeless, housing and transfer lists in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council by housing area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47956/17]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
514. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of land owned by each local authority that could be developed; the amount of time each piece of land has been vacant or undeveloped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47954/17]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
513. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to collect data on the price of non-agricultural land; when he expects this information to be available for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47952/17]
Question· writtenPQ 512asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
512. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department has been contacted by an organisation (details supplied), a union and large multinationals regarding their concerns about the housing crisis, rent availability and affordability for employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47951/17]
Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
511. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will respond to issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); the way in which his Department responded to the declaration of the status red alert weather warning for its own employees and to the public generally; the protocols now in place for future status red alert weather warnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47931/17]
Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
510. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding in place to help local authorities deal with vacant housing in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47882/17]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
509. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will have legislation in place to deal with wind turbine applications; if in the absence of this legislation, the 2006 guidelines are being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47876/17]
Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
508. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the counties in which pyrite has been located; the way in which a person who suspects their home may have a pyrite problem can access information in cases in which this might be an issue in quarries in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47810/17]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
507. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the draft national planning framework is not available in Irish to date; when it will be available in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47784/17]
Question· writtenPQ 506asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
506. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the complete guidelines under which local authorities operate the housing assistance payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47756/17]
Question· writtenPQ 505asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
505. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when a group water scheme subsidy funding for 2016 and 2017 will be made available to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47752/17]
Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
504. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to put in place new planning guidelines on the development of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind power and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47734/17]
Question· writtenPQ 503asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
503. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the actions he has taken to date to address the problem of mica affected households since the report was published, particularly for the thousands of households affected by mica including over 500 council houses in County Donegal; when he plans to establish a redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47715/17]
Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
502. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated cost to provide funding to Dublin City Council to hire 100 more inspectors for inspecting rental properties; his plans to ensure that this funding is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/17]
Question· writtenPQ 501asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
501. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a person (details supplied) qualifies for commercial vehicle road tax on their newly purchased vehicle as a small goods vehicle in particular circumstances; if each of these pieces of evidence individually rather than both of these proofs together would satisfy the requirements in circumstances in which all other information in respect of the logbook, insurance and signed documentation from An Garda Síochána is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47701/17]
Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
500. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the grant or other financial assistance available to a person wishing to upgrade their wastewater treatment plant or septic tank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47697/17]
Question· writtenPQ 499asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
499. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to include solar farm developments within the environmental impact assessment directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47688/17]
Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
498. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the lack of planning guidelines for solar farm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/17]
Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
497. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to amend SI No. 408 of 2012 to give local authorities the ability to assess mortgage applications from discharged bankrupts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47686/17]
Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
496. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the eligibility criteria for postal voting to persons who suffer from mental illnesses or disorders, such as agoraphobia or severe social anxiety or other mental illnesses or disorders, which make attending a polling station in person difficult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47634/17]
Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017
495. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); and the steps he will take to ensure that developers do not interfere with the right of persons to lodge appeals against planning decisions. [47631/17]
Question· writtenPQ 291asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
291. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the figures contained in the table 3 of the residential land availability survey 2014 for land owned by local authorities and that is publicly owned. [47552/17]
Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
290. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he has taken arising from recommendations of a review (details supplied) of homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47549/17]
Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
289. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the anomaly whereby persons on certain social protection payments are excluded from accessing mortgages through their local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47472/17]
Question· writtenPQ 288asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
288. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he is taking to bring rents down to affordable levels for persons on low incomes, in particular in Dublin and other urban districts; the way in which rents will be reduced in 2018 across the areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47471/17]
Question· writtenPQ 287asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
287. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for legislation or other actions to improve dramatically Dublin City Council and other local authority management structures following the showing of a report (details supplied) recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47470/17]
Question· writtenPQ 286asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
286. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the set of circumstances which led to the conditions shown in a report (details supplied) on RTÉ; his plans for legislation or other actions to improve dramatically Dublin City Council and other local authority management structures following the showing of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47469/17]
Question· writtenPQ 285asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
285. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the applications for storm relief funding that have been submitted by Cork County Council and Cork City Council; and the engagement that has taken place between officials in his Department and officials from both councils. [47468/17]
Question· writtenPQ 284asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
284. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to increase the income limits for eligibility for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47464/17]
Question· writtenPQ 283asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of RAS, HAP and privately owned SHCEP long-term lease tenancies inactive on 31 December or each year since each scheme was introduced, in tabular form; and the annual cost of each scheme for each of these years. [47443/17]
Question· writtenPQ 282asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
282. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the housing needs of persons on RAS are deemed to be met; if persons on RAS are still eligible for inclusion on local authority housing lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47396/17]
Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
281. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent on the HAP payment in 2016; and the estimated cost for HAP in 2017 and 2018. [47390/17]
Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
280. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average HAP payment issued by local authorities in 2017. [47389/17]
Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
279. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the report on the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47388/17]
Question· writtenPQ 278asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
278. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to carry out value-for-money audits of State expenditure on housing voluntary and advocacy bodies in addition to existing annual audits of the sector by the Comptroller and Auditor General and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47372/17]
Question· writtenPQ 277asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
277. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when legislation to underpin statutorily and regulate the work of housing voluntary bodies will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47371/17]
Question· writtenPQ 276asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
276. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the local authorities historically had or currently have interest rates on home loans that are linked to the ECB base rate and are, therefore, tracker mortgages; if he has satisfied himself that all borrowers are paying interest at the correct rate to their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47370/17]
Question· writtenPQ 275asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
275. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations or legislation to limit the number of persons permitted to occupy a bedroom or a property dependent on its size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47369/17]
Question· writtenPQ 274asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
274. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent on rental inspections in each of the years 2012 to 2016, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47368/17]
Question· writtenPQ 273asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
273. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the extent to which he expects to be in a position to offer continued scope for recovery towards resolution of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47553/17]
Question· writtenPQ 272asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
272. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the increase to the vacant site levy from 3% to 7% announced on 10 October 2017 as part of the budget statement 2018 will be introduced; if the levy is a general increase from 3% to 7%; and if a 3% levy remains for the first year and the announced 7% increase will only be applied on the second and subsequent years a site remains vacant. [47545/17]
Question· writtenPQ 256asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
256. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of both domiciliary carer's allowance and a housing support payment (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47474/17]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
176. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age with severe physical disabilities that are living in their family home in which the family is in receipt of a social housing payment support (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47473/17]
Question· writtenPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
37. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a report (details supplied) on the way in which the housing crisis and the severe housing shortages could harm Ireland’s competitiveness and the ensuing impact this may have on attracting foreign direct investment here. [47589/17]
Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 November 2017
24. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has made provision for further changes in the gross capital expenditure ceilings for 2018 in view of the ongoing infrastructural deficits in housing, health, transport and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/17]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2017
222. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason he has not brought into effect Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 which places an obligation on each housing authority to make a housing service plan; the steps he will take to bring this section of the Act into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47327/17]
Question· writtenPQ 221asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2017
221. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the finding by the European Committee of Social Rights that the standard of some local authority housing here is in violation of the Article 16 of the European Social Charter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47325/17]
Question· writtenPQ 220asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 November 2017
220. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to make provision for affordable housing for young persons in employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47245/17]