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Question· writtenPQ 294asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2004
304 Dr. Cowley asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of housing associations in the State which are involved in the provision of housing for older persons with intellectual disadvantage and for persons with serious ongoing mental health problems, that will allow them to live independently in the community; the way in which such housing can be effectively accessed by relevant organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 102asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2004
108 Mr. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if an occupational therapist’s report has been prepared in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny relative to their application under the housing aid for the elderly scheme; if a scheme of work has been agreed arising from this report; the status of the report; when a decision is likely in the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 34asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2004
39 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the position regarding claimants for rent supplement being referred to the local authority for an assessment of housing need in a more systematic manner, following his announcement on 1 December 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 374asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2004
397 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent of asbestos used in housing construction over the past 40 years; the Government’s programme to deal with this; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 373asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2004
396 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding which was available in housing repair grants in all local authorities for the years 1998 to date in 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 December 2004
236 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if, having regard to his previous pronouncements on the issue, he has satisfied himself that An Taisce’s objection to housing for rural dwellers has abated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
238 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of affordable houses allocated and occupied throughout the country since the inception of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 241asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
249 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his plans to meet the needs of those on local authority waiting lists in County Kildare in the foreseeable future; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 240asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
237 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of persons on the housing waiting lists in each of the local authorities at present; his plans to meet this need in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 234asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
231 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the percentage growth in the number of households on local authority waiting lists since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
113 Mr. Ferris asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of houses which have been completed to date and not including housing units delivered under Part V of the Planning Acts 2000 and 2002 with respect to the 10,000 affordable houses committed under the Sustaining Progress agreement; the average sale price of houses completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
112 Ms Burton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has satisfied himself that local authorities are using the powers available to them to collect the special housing levy in view of the fact that only €392,000 was raised in the first six months of 2004; if he will give the projected figures for the full years of 2004 and 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
106 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the pre-budget submission from the housing organisation, Focus Ireland, calling for the provision of funding for 10,000 additional social housing units; the number of such units for which funding has been provided in the Estimates for 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 110asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
105 Ms Enright asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he intends to extend the serviced land initiative to make more efficient use of housing land; if he intends to make further special development zone designations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
102 Mr. English asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will amend the regulations which require voluntary housing bodies to only purchase sites for housing which already have planning permission, thus putting them in direct competition with developers; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 99asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
90 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will visit the Poolbeg Quay development in Dublin, built by the City Housing Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
89 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the average length of time which single homeless males spend on local authority housing waiting lists before being housed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 96asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
82 Mr. Coveney asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of disabled persons grants his Department has allocated for each of the past three years; the number of such grants he expects to be allocated as a result of the budget 2005 allocation of €52 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 94asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
80 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the 315 social and affordable houses acquired by local authorities under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, 69% were acquired by one local authority and that the majority of local authorities in the country acquired none; his views on whether this situation is satisfactory; the action he intends to take in regard to this matter; if he will give the projected number of houses expected to be acquired by local authorities under Part V in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
72 Mr. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received the report of the NESC on housing and building land; when it is expected that the report will be published; if he completed his consideration of the results of the research he has commissioned from a consultant (details supplied) into the ownership/control of building land in certain development areas, particularly Dublin, to determine whether current practices are retarding the overall delivery of building land or impeding long-term market stability; when the results of the research will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
86 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the guidelines on one off rural housing will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
67 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the changes he is considering in the way local authorities deal with planning applications, particularly one off housing applications in regard to his announcement of 25 October 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
58 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of families on local authority housing lists in 1999; the number of families housed directly by the same local authorities in the period since; the number of houses built by the local authorities in that time and the number of families still on the relevant local authorities waiting list; if he can express as a percentage the extent to which housing provision has met the total need; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
36 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether there is a data deficit on the issue of housing and homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
78 Mr. P. Breen asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the fact that some local authorities were under performing on the delivery of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 30asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
71 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the steps he intends to take to ensure the Government eradicates the 48,000 waiting list for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 29asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
39 Mr. Hogan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he intends to take to significantly increase the number of social houses being built in 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 28asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
38 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on the comments expressed by Threshold (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 27asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
22 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views as to the reason that, in the ten years up to 2003, local authorities failed to build almost 9,000 homes for which approval had been provided by his Department; if he intends to take action to ensure that all houses for which approvals are given are actually built; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
87 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the housing statistics bulletin published on 16 November 2004 which showed that the average price of a new house had increased by almost €24,000 nationally and by almost €34,000 in Dublin since the beginning of 2004; if he has plans to implement a new strategy to reduce the spiralling costs of house prices here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 8asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
8 Mr. McCormack asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government his views on whether the revised predictions for house price growth will lead to a further distortion of the housing market, with fewer first-time buyers able to purchase their own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· oralPQ 5asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2004
5 Mr. Morgan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department has initiated an investigation into the reason local authorities failed to proceed with all council house starts which were approved by his Department since 1993; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Law· Public2004/43enacted
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 9 December 2004
Act to make provision in relation to the repayment of certain amounts that may become payable to Housing Authorities or Planning Authorities on the subsequent sale of certain houses or lands that have been provided or made available by them and, for that purpose, to amend section 9 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 and section 99 of the Planning and Development Act 2000
Question· writtenPQ 81asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2004
81 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 18 November 2004, if all works have been completed under the housing aid for the elderly scheme; when the person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 80asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2004
80 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a replacement back door and the installation of a shower will be carried out under the housing aid for the elderly scheme for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 414asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2004
441 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will report on the application from Fingal County Council for an Exchequer grant towards the cost of installing central heating in its local authority houses; and if the application will be expedited as a matter of urgency.
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Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2004
440 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if his Department provided funds to Kildare County Council for housing purposes in the past 12 months; if insufficient funds were allocated thereby causing delays in the restoration of fire damaged dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 410asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2004
437 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the action he is taking to correct the anomaly whereby window replacement is available under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in some health board areas but not in the Northern Area Health Board region; if he will increase funding to the ERHA to address the serious funding shortfall in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 403asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2004
430 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if only 315 units of accommodation were built to provide social and affordable housing in the past year; and the locations at which they have been built on a county council basis.
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Question· writtenPQ 395asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2004
422 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 is entitled to a grant or funding to improve their heating situation; and if the person will be given the maximum support and advice.
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Question· writtenPQ 393asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 December 2004
420 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has proposals to legislate for a right to housing and to remove the inequalities in the housing system here; and the housing plans for 2005.
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Question· writtenPQ 239asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
239 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the reason an application for an improvements in lieu of a grant has not been approved for a person (details supplied) in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 234asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
234 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the funding that will be made available to local authorities in Counties Sligo and Leitrim to install water saving devices in all local authority housing; when the funding will be put in place; the amount allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 93asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 December 2004
138 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the measures she has in place to improve mental health and address the environmental factors which impact on mental health, ranging from poverty, poor housing and inadequate public services; if increased funding will be invested in mental health promotion measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 456asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2004
510 Mr. Cregan asked the Minister for Defence the details of the decentralisation programme for his Department; if offices on St. Mobhi Road, Glasnevin, will still be required by his Department; the future plans for this location; the details of the lands at same; if they will be used for sporting, educational or housing purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 282asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2004
336 Mr. O’Shea asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his proposals regarding issues arising since persons with an intellectual disability in community housing under the auspices of voluntary services or health boards have become eligible for disability allowance (details attached); and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 130asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2004
173 Mr. Hogan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason for the delay in dealing with applicants under the housing aid for the elderly scheme in the South Eastern Health Board region; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 292asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
292 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on construction of the four houses at Riverstown, County Sligo; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 291asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
291 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on construction of the six houses in Ballynaraw, Bunninadden, County Sligo; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 November 2004
290 Mr. Perry asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the progress made on construction of the 28 houses at Kilboglashy, Ballisodare, County Sligo; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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