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Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
473. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the capital expenditure by his Department in County Louth and east County Meath by location and facility provided or commenced in each of the past four years; the location and purpose of each such expenditure; the new and improved services provided as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53846/19]
Question· writtenPQ 472asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
472. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be finalised; his plans to improve the criteria of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53829/19]
Question· writtenPQ 471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
471. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the new grant scheme to upgrade domestic septic tanks will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53828/19]
Question· writtenPQ 470asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
470. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to improve the criteria for the home loan scheme particularly the requirement of a 10% deposit; if some provision can be made to lessen this demand for applicants that have a good track record in renting private property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53827/19]
Question· writtenPQ 469asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
469. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the personal injuries payouts will be published for properties under the ownership of his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [53795/19]
Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
468. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the personal injury compensation payout will be published for each county council in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [53782/19]
Question· writtenPQ 467asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
467. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount spent on advertising in 2018 and to date in 2019 on Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53747/19]
Question· writtenPQ 466asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
466. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the over-reliance on approved housing bodies which do not have the properties to meet the needs of those on the council housing list, as in the case of a person (details supplied), will be addressed; and the steps he will take for persons who need to be transferred from their approved housing body property to another council property due to safety concerns in cases in which the council will not transfer a tenant of an approved housing body and the body has no properties available. [53656/19]
Question· writtenPQ 465asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
465. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of new staff recruited to his Department from January 2019 to date; the title of each employment position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53646/19]
Question· writtenPQ 464asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
464. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 90 of 11 December 2019, the breakdown of HAP processing times by Dublin and Leinster local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53593/19]
Question· writtenPQ 463asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
463. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons in emergency homeless accommodation by local authority area and length of time in such accommodation; the number of children and adults in each case; the number at the same period in 2017 and 2018; the cost of providing such accommodation over each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53574/19]
Question· writtenPQ 462asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
462. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons on a waiting list for social housing; the number at the same period in 2017 and 2018 in Galway city and county, by length of time on the list and by single, couple, family and so on applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53573/19]
Question· writtenPQ 461asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
461. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of local authority houses sold under the tenant purchase scheme by each local authority since the scheme was introduced; the number of applications received by each local authority that were refused; the reason for refusal in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53572/19]
Question· writtenPQ 460asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
460. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the proposals to modernise the electoral registration process following public consultation in early 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53456/19]
Question· writtenPQ 459asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
459. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will introduce new legislation to ensure harvesting can proceed in March 2020 to ensure job security for up to 4,000 employed in the sector further to a recent High Court decision in which statutory instruments for the harvesting of horticultural peat were challenged successfully and introduced earlier in 2019 for plots in excess of 30 hectares. [53452/19]
Question· writtenPQ 458asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
458. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress being made towards increasing the percentage of maritime area designated as marine protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53727/19]
Question· writtenPQ 457asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
457. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has approved the business case to fund local authorities to rent from cuckoo funds; the projections he has made for HAP spending; his views on whether this represents value for money as a permanent policy; if a cost-benefit analysis of this and other solutions has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53460/19]
Question· writtenPQ 382asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
382. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has provided funding for a new train station and related infrastructures to Irish Rail in respect of a proposed strategic housing development in the Shankill and Bray areas; if he and or the NTA have been consulted in respect of the increased demand that will be placed on the rail network (details supplied); the date on which the new train station will be operational; if he will seek fees from the developers to fund the new station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53557/19]
Question· writtenPQ 371asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
371. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if fibre broadband will be supplied to a housing estate (details supplied). [53478/19]
Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
242. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health the timeline for amendments being considered jointly by his Department and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to encourage the use of vacant properties under the fair deal scheme. [53660/19]
Question· writtenPQ 129asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
129. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the number, extent and value of housing developments, commercial properties and land under the control of NAMA in Galway city and county; the equivalent figures for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53567/19]
Question· writtenPQ 784asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
784. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average Dublin and national sales price by unit type of an affordable loan under the affordable housing scheme. [53430/19]
Question· writtenPQ 783asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
783. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current serviced sites fund allocations of achieving 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 and 10,000 intervals of new build affordable housing units, respectively based on current criteria and funding per unit. [53429/19]
Question· writtenPQ 782asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
782. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53427/19]
Question· writtenPQ 781asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
781. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current capital plan expenditure allocations of achieving 10,000,11,000,12,000,13,000,14,000 and 15,000 intervals of new build social housing units, respectively. [53425/19]
Question· writtenPQ 780asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
780. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Finance Agency; and the staffing costs per annum. [53423/19]
Question· writtenPQ 779asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
779. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the potential impact of a €650 million increase in the Housing Finance Agency borrowing for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme on the general Government debt, general Government balance and calculations of available financial resource fiscal space under EU and national rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53422/19]
Question· writtenPQ 778asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
778. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the first and full-cost of replacing revenue from residential construction development levies with funding to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53421/19]
Question· writtenPQ 777asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
777. Deputy Tom Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of strategic planning regulations in particular the situation regarding planning for housing estates over 100 houses; if developers go directly to An Bord Pleanála rather than through the council; the status of same; and if details will be provided. [53396/19]
Question· writtenPQ 776asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
776. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to improve the limited criteria that pertains to planning regulations for afforestation in view of the serious concerns of many persons and communities in areas such as west County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53392/19]
Question· writtenPQ 775asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
775. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if planning permission for a development can be granted if an outstanding unenforced unauthorised development remains outstanding on the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53390/19]
Question· writtenPQ 774asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
774. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of houses purchased under the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53351/19]
Question· writtenPQ 773asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
773. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacant local authority houses permanently taken out of stock in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by local authority; the number that were part of a regeneration scheme by local authority in each of the years; the number that remain to be relet in the same category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53272/19]
Question· writtenPQ 772asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
772. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the approval for a turnkey housing project (details supplied) in County Kerry will be amended to factor in additional charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53228/19]
Question· writtenPQ 771asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
771. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider amending the criteria of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme to make it available to persons that previously owned a home but had it repossessed, voluntarily surrendered it or have been through an insolvency process, but that otherwise meet all the criteria for the scheme. [53226/19]
Question· writtenPQ 770asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
770. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of children nationwide that have experienced at least one month of homelessness since the beginning of 2016. [53189/19]
Question· writtenPQ 769asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
769. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a log cabin is an eligible form of housing under the HAP scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53183/19]
Question· writtenPQ 768asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
768. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of sites each local authority has available to it for housing; the number of sites that have Part 8 planning processes proceeding; the number of units each site represents, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53178/19]
Question· writtenPQ 767asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
767. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of hectares each local authority owns that is zoned for housing, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53177/19]
Question· writtenPQ 766asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
766. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Part 8 schemes commenced in each local authority area by county in each year since 2016, in tabular form; the number of housing units on each site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53176/19]
Question· writtenPQ 765asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
765. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an income guidelines review for social housing is underway; if so, when an outcome is likely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53172/19]
Question· writtenPQ 764asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
764. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the powers devolved from central Government to local government since he came to office; and the powers removed from local authorities in the same period. [53156/19]
Question· writtenPQ 763asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
763. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider introducing or supporting legislation to provide for a reduction in the voting for the local elections in 2024 further to the decision of the Citizens’ Assembly to recommend reducing the voting age to 16 years of age. [53155/19]
Question· writtenPQ 762asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
762. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to increase the maximum value of the grant available under the individual domestic well grant scheme in the near future; his views on whether the increase in the cost of the works covered by the scheme should be reflected in the grants available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53144/19]
Question· writtenPQ 761asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
761. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding provided to Monaghan County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 for the purchase and construction of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53128/19]
Question· writtenPQ 760asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
760. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding provided to Cavan County Council in each of the years 2011 to 2018 for the purchase and construction of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53127/19]
Question· writtenPQ 759asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
759. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homes provided in each local authority area in each of the years 2011 to 2018 by voluntary housing bodies; the funding provided to the sector on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53126/19]
Question· writtenPQ 758asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
758. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to enable tenants of voluntary housing bodies to purchase their homes similar to the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants in view of the fact the housing provided by the voluntary housing bodies is funded principally by the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53125/19]
Question· writtenPQ 757asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
757. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding to be allocated to the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund over the lifetime of National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount allocated in each year over the 2018 to 2020 period to the fund; the amount of funding allocated for each approved project in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and the amount issued in payments to date. [53060/19]
Question· writtenPQ 756asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
756. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the wind energy guidelines promised for mid-2019 will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52974/19]