Written answers

Thursday, 19 September 2024

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • Vacant Properties
    50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses which have been refurbished through the vacant property refurbishment grant to date. [36744/24]
  • Special Areas of Conservation
    59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position on the draft management plan to be published for circulation by the stakeholders for an area (details...
  • Housing Schemes
    60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that are being taken to negate the need for over-reliance by local authorities on expensive schemes such as HAP and...
  • Housing Policy
    63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to help first-time house buyers; the impact of these over the past twelve months; and if he will make...
  • Housing Provision
    64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason inter-county social housing transfers are no longer allowed in general or even under special circumstances (details...
  • Rental Sector
    65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the tenant-in-situ and cost-rental tenant-in-situ schemes are a demand-led programme, and that any house...
  • Housing Schemes
    67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent on the HAP and RAS schemes in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and the total number of...
  • Energy Conservation
    68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his Department's retrofitting programme; the reasons solar PV has not comprised a significant component of...
  • Housing Provision
    69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg West SDZ. [37055/24]
  • Housing Schemes
    71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding being provided for housing adaptation grants for older people and disabled people in 2024; and if he will make a...
  • Defective Building Materials
    72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to assist the homeowners approved for the concrete defective block scheme that are unable to...
  • Water Supply
    73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Water Supply Project, Eastern and Midlands Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Rental Sector
    74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a step-by-step explanation of how the Housing Agency’s cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme operates,...
  • Housing Provision
    75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to reduce the housing waiting list in Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36994/24]
  • Housing Schemes
    78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he is providing for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36882/24]
  • Housing Policy
    80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the urgent steps being taken to address the crisis in homelessness in Ireland, with 14,429 people, including 4,401 children, in...
  • Vacant Properties
    82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent figures which show that local authorities received 1,165 notifications to convert vacant commercial...
  • Housing Schemes
    83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is proposing to increase the social housing income eligibility thresholds, and the problem of people being removed from...
  • Planning Issues
    85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1173 of 23 July 2024, the status of the draft planning guidelines for Gaeltacht areas;...
  • Housing Schemes
    86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the pipeline of applications for the first home scheme to date in 2024; how it compares to the same...
  • Rental Sector
    87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct the Residential Tenancies Board to take a proactive approach to tackling the widespread illegal rent increase...
  • Housing Provision
    88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give an update on commencement figures for the latest date possible. [37051/24]
  • Housing Policy
    89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to stimulate the opportunity for people to rightsize, where people wish to consider such options; and if he will...
  • Development Contributions
    93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the further extension of the temporary waiver of development contributions beyond December 2024; the number...
  • Housing Provision
    94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which he continues to investigate the manner whereby houses continue to be snapped up by investors, thus...
  • Housing Schemes
    97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans for affordable housing schemes in County Louth; if there has been a review of the...
  • Housing Provision
    98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the delivery of cost rental homes in Oscar Traynor Road and O'Devaney Gardens. [37054/24]
  • Housing Schemes
    101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will take measures to accelerate the processing time of housing applications and disability or medical information...
  • Water Services
    102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the engagement to date from Cork County Council with his Department in advancing a project (details supplied); and...
  • Defective Building Materials
    103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme for multi-unit developments. [37053/24]
  • House Sales
    104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes prevented from bulk sale in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36893/24]
  • Rental Sector
    105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Residential Tenancies Board rent index report released recently; the measures he is taking to address...
  • House Sales
    106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the difficulty of developing multi-unit residential properties for sale to owner-occupiers, particularly in...
  • Housing Schemes
    107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to ensure that the affordable to purchase housing at Shanganagh, and on all other...

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