Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 February 2021
298. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed, in tabular form. [9687/21]
View answerDetails of the studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by my Department and currently underway, are set out in the following table, together with the scheduled completion date.
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Title of live Study/Review/Research |
Scheduled for Completion |
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Mortgage to Rent Review |
Q1 2021 |
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Unlawful Termination of Tenancies Report |
Q2 2021 |
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Review of the Compulsory Retirement Age of Full-Time Firefighters |
To be confirmed |
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Review of the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability |
Q4 2021 |
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Production of national standard climate maps to support Irish building standards |
Q1 2023 |
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Production of climate monitoring indices and products |
Q1 2023 |
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TRANSLATE – coordination of standardised climate projections for Ireland and the development of climate services |
Q1 2023 |
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Climate Services ERA-NET “ERA4CS WINDSURFER” project on wind and wave scenarios, uncertainty and climate risk assessments for forestry, energy and reinsurance |
Q4 2021 |
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Climate Services ERA-NET “ERA4CS EUPHEME” project on a European prototype demonstrator for the harmonisation and evaluation of methodologies for attribution of extreme weather events |
Q4 2021 |
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Climate Services ERA-NET “ERA4CS INDECIS” project on an integrated approach for the development across Europe of user oriented climate indicators for GFCS high-priority sectors: agriculture, disaster risk reduction, energy, health, water and tourism |
Q4 2021 |
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Behavioural analysis perception of weather & climate information |
Q4 2021 |
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Development of atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling models for the energy sector |
Q2 2022 |
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Understanding of the effects of climate change on sea levels using atmosphere-ocean-wave coupling models |
Q2 2022 |
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Development of a pollen forecast prototype |
Q2 2021 |
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Expansion of surface physics and physiography elements of Numerical Weather Predication (NWP) models |
Q4 2021 |
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Understanding of the future Irish climate using EC-Earth climate simulations |
Q4 2022 |
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SFI Centre for Research Training use of Applied Mathematics, Statistical Learning & Machine learning for Numerical Weather Predication (NWP) research |
Q4 2025 |
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Publication of the new Status of Ireland Climate report |
Q2 2021 |
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Gender Equality in Local Government Committees, North West & Midlands |
Q1 2021 |
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Candidate Selection for Local Elections |
Q2 2021 |
|
Rent Controls in Ireland and Abroad: Why, What, and How?* |
Q4 2021 |
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An Assessment of Structural Rental Affordability Challenges And Policy Implications in Ireland.* |
Q4 2021 |
|
Adding a specific Construction sector to the COSMO macroeconomic model.* |
Q4 2021 |
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ESRI research programme on water in support of Ireland’s implementation to the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and associated activities |
2022 |
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Review of the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO) in preparation for Ireland’s third River Basin Management Plan (RBMP), covering the period 2022–27 |
2021 |
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An inventory of barriers to fish migration in our surface waters, under the River Basin Management Plan |
2021 |
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Impact of restoration management on Green House Gas fluxes from All Saints Bog and Esker Special Area of Conservation |
Q4 2023 |
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Provision of scientific and technical Information to inform the development of drainage management plans for raised bog special areas of conservation |
Q1 2021 |
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Social housing and income-based rents International Practice |
Q1 2021 |
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Summary of Social Housing Assessment 2020 |
Q1 2021 |
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Glendalough Outstanding Universal Value Study |
Q2 2021 |
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Scoping Study in to Potential for an Increased State and State Supported Heritage and Culture Presence in the Moore Street Area |
Q1 2021 |
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Custom House conservation and capacity works – Public Spending Code Economic Appraisal |
2021 |
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Housing First Targets Review |
Q2 2021 |
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Review of NPWS |
Q3 2021 |
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Biodiversity review, Killarney National Park |
Q3 2021 |
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Rhododendron peer review, Killarney National Park |
Q3 2021 |
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Biodiversity review relating to the Blasket Islands |
Q3 2021 |
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Puffin Island: biosecurity review |
Q1 2022 |
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Determination of micro-litter content of 95 coastal sediment samples in support of Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) implementation |
2021 |
|
Health Research Board Analysis of data on fire-related deaths |
This is an ongoing collaboration |
|
Research Study on the Movement and Survival of Hares after Coursing |
Q1 2022 |
* Note: This research is an element of the Department’s joint research programme with the Economic and Social Research Institute, on housing economics and spatial planning.
