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23 records in IE in 2001

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Law· Public2002/9enacted

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2001

Act to provide for the making available, and resale, of affordable houses, to provide for the purchase of the interest of a housing authority in a house which is subject to a shared ownership lease and the sale of such a house, to provide for the making of grants in respect of new houses and to approved bodies, to provide for the giving of certain information by mortgage lenders to the Minister, to extend the powers and increase the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance Agency, to amend and extend the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1998, the Housing Finance Agency Act, 1981, and the Building Societies Act, 1989, and to provide for related matters

Question· oralPQ 30asked

30 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on waiting lists for work to be completed to their dwellings under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme; the average length of time a person is waiting to get on the waiting list; and his views on whether it is fair to senior citizens that they have to wait an unacceptable length of time to have basic alterations and improvements to their houses to enable them to live with some level of dignity. [31007/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2001

30 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on waiting lists for work to be completed to their dwellings under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme; the average length of time a person is waiting to get on the waiting list; and his views on whether it is fair to senior citizens that they have to wait an unacceptable length of time to have basic alterations and improvements to their houses to enable them to live with some level of dignity. [31007/01]

Question· oralPQ 19asked

30 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on waiting lists for work to be completed to their dwellings under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme; the average length of time a person is waiting to get on the waiting list; and his views on whether it is fair to senior citizens that they have to wait an unacceptable length of time to have basic alterations and improvements to their houses to enable them to live with some level of dignity. [31007/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2001

30 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people on waiting lists for work to be completed to their dwellings under the special housing aid for the elderly scheme; the average length of time a person is waiting to get on the waiting list; and his views on whether it is fair to senior citizens that they have to wait an unacceptable length of time to have basic alterations and improvements to their houses to enable them to live with some level of dignity. [31007/01]

Bill· Public2001/56lapsed

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2001

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2001

Bill entitled an Act to amend and extend the Housing Acts, 1966 to 1997 to make provision in relation to control of the use of certain lands and property

Question· oralPQ 70asked

70 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to change Government housing policy having regard to the continuing inability of families to afford their own homes, the low number of local authority dwellings being constructed and the general downturn in housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26587/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2001

70 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to change Government housing policy having regard to the continuing inability of families to afford their own homes, the low number of local authority dwellings being constructed and the general downturn in housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26587/01]

Question· oralPQ 7asked

70 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to change Government housing policy having regard to the continuing inability of families to afford their own homes, the low number of local authority dwellings being constructed and the general downturn in housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26587/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2001

70 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to change Government housing policy having regard to the continuing inability of families to afford their own homes, the low number of local authority dwellings being constructed and the general downturn in housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26587/01]

Question· oralPQ 82asked

82 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority houses completed during 2000; the number of voluntary sector houses completed in 2000; the number expected to be completed in 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19720/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

82 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority houses completed during 2000; the number of voluntary sector houses completed in 2000; the number expected to be completed in 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19720/01]

Question· oralPQ 68asked

68 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the total current number of applications on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

68 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the total current number of applications on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/01]

Question· oralPQ 64asked

64 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage increase in the average price of a new house in the Dublin area since July 1997; the steps being taken to deal with the escalating cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

64 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage increase in the average price of a new house in the Dublin area since July 1997; the steps being taken to deal with the escalating cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/01]

Question· oralPQ 42asked

82 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority houses completed during 2000; the number of voluntary sector houses completed in 2000; the number expected to be completed in 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19720/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

82 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authority houses completed during 2000; the number of voluntary sector houses completed in 2000; the number expected to be completed in 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19720/01]

Question· oralPQ 41asked

68 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the total current number of applications on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

68 Mrs. B. Moynihan-Cronin asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if he will give an estimate of the total current number of applications on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/01]

Question· oralPQ 37asked

64 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage increase in the average price of a new house in the Dublin area since July 1997; the steps being taken to deal with the escalating cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2001

64 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the percentage increase in the average price of a new house in the Dublin area since July 1997; the steps being taken to deal with the escalating cost of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20079/01]

Question· oralPQ 43asked

43 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to undertake a review of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998, as recommended by the recent report of the monitoring group of the task force on the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15976/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2001

43 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to undertake a review of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998, as recommended by the recent report of the monitoring group of the task force on the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15976/01]

Question· oralPQ 37asked

37 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his views on the projections of the Irish House Builders Association that house construction will be down by 17% in 2001; the reason for the reduction in house building; the further reason the number of local authority houses completed in 2000 was the lowest for eight years; the implications for housing affordability and availability of these reductions in housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2001

37 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his views on the projections of the Irish House Builders Association that house construction will be down by 17% in 2001; the reason for the reduction in house building; the further reason the number of local authority houses completed in 2000 was the lowest for eight years; the implications for housing affordability and availability of these reductions in housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/01]

Question· oralPQ 19asked

43 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to undertake a review of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998, as recommended by the recent report of the monitoring group of the task force on the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15976/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2001

43 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the plans he has to undertake a review of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998, as recommended by the recent report of the monitoring group of the task force on the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15976/01]

Question· oralPQ 12asked

37 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his views on the projections of the Irish House Builders Association that house construction will be down by 17% in 2001; the reason for the reduction in house building; the further reason the number of local authority houses completed in 2000 was the lowest for eight years; the implications for housing affordability and availability of these reductions in housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2001

37 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his views on the projections of the Irish House Builders Association that house construction will be down by 17% in 2001; the reason for the reduction in house building; the further reason the number of local authority houses completed in 2000 was the lowest for eight years; the implications for housing affordability and availability of these reductions in housing output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15933/01]

Question· oralPQ 6asked

6 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the proposals he has to ensure that applicants under the housing aid for the disabled scheme do not have to wait for up to six months for a medical assessment to qualify for necessary alterations to their dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6030/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001

6 Mr. Deasy asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the proposals he has to ensure that applicants under the housing aid for the disabled scheme do not have to wait for up to six months for a medical assessment to qualify for necessary alterations to their dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6030/01]

Question· oralPQ 2asked

2 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his estimate of the total number of applicants on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number of applicants has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10130/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 April 2001

2 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government his estimate of the total number of applicants on local authority housing lists; the amount by which he estimates the number of applicants has increased since the last assessment of housing needs, conducted in spring 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10130/01]

Question· oralPQ 6asked

6 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of meetings of the Housing Forum provided for in the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness held to date; when it is expected that the forum will complete its work and publish a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5156/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 February 2001

6 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of meetings of the Housing Forum provided for in the Programme for Prosperity and Fairness held to date; when it is expected that the forum will complete its work and publish a report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5156/01]

Question· oralPQ 6asked

6 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the provisions in force to inspect the housing of pigs kept in intensive breeding and fattening units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4131/01]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 February 2001

6 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the provisions in force to inspect the housing of pigs kept in intensive breeding and fattening units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4131/01]