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Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Vacant Properties
Jan O'Sullivan
652. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding the vacant homes website established in 2017; if it has resulted in the turnaround of homes for new use to date; if targets have been set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3182/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
Barry Cowen
653. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the bodies which will be responsible for the drafting of metropolitan area strategic plans for the five cities. [3203/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
Barry Cowen
654. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if it is planned that the executives of the local authorities in the Dublin metropolitan area will be responsible for drafting the metropolitan area strategic plans; and if not, if this will be a sole function of the executive of the east and midland assembly. [3204/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Metropolitan Area Networks Programme
Barry Cowen
655. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the elected representatives that will be responsible for passing the metropolitan area strategic plans for the Dublin metropolitan area; if it will only be elected councillors from the metropolitan region affected by the plan; and if not, if it will be councillors from all areas in the ERMA. [3205/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Emergency Planning
Barry Cowen
656. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legislation that designates each of the three principal response agencies here, that is, the Health Service Executive, the local authorities and An Garda Síochána as principal response agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3206/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Repair and Leasing Scheme
Barry Cowen
657. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the per annum target and delivery of the repair and lease scheme in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3242/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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National Planning Framework
Eamon Ryan
658. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the roles the three regional spatial economic strategies under the national planning framework will play in mitigating climate change; and the relationship that will be established with the regional climate change adaptation plans which are to be co-ordinated under different geographical regions of local authorities. [3266/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Land Availability
John Curran
659. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the strategic development plans for the use of local authority lands requested from all local authorities by the end of September 2017 will be available; if these plans will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3281/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Vacant Sites Data
John Curran
660. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of sites registered for the vacant site levy; the number of those currently under appeal with An Bord Pleanála by each local authority; the number of these sites on which he expects to see developments commence during 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3282/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Statutory Retirement Age
Niamh Smyth
661. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3290/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Foreshore Licence Applications
Richard Boyd Barrett
662. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there have been applications for a foreshore licence from a company (details supplied) to allow for an exploratory rig on the Kish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
Robert Troy
663. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an appeal lodged by Longford County Council in respect of a person (details supplied) will be allowed. [3326/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility
Barry Cowen
664. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to change eligibility for housing assistance payment recipients on the social housing waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3336/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Housing Assistance Payment Data
Barry Cowen
665. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of HAP and RAS recipients respectively by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3337/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Local Authority Funding
Michael McGrath
666. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount provided to local authorities in each year since 2010 by way of the annual block grant from the local government fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Personal Injury Claims
Michael McGrath
667. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount paid out by each local authority in respect of personal injury claims for each of the years 2010 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3384/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Vacant Properties
Fergus O'Dowd
668. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress that has been made by county councils in acquiring abandoned or boarded up houses by CPO or otherwise on the same procedures as those followed by Louth County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3386/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Departmental Bodies
Éamon Ó Cuív
669. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of agencies, boards or other bodies under the aegis of his Department that have been disbanded or amalgamated or whose functions were subsumed back into his Department since 2011; the number of such bodies set up by his Department since that date; the names of the bodies in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3407/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Personal Injury Claims
Michael McGrath
670. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount paid out and the number of claims the pay-outs related to by each agency under the aegis of his Department in respect of personal injury claims in each of the years 2010 to 2017; the number of claims that were settled outside of court in each of these years; the number of payments that were as a result of a court judgement in each of these years; the nature of the claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3424/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
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Foreshore Licence Applications
Catherine Connolly
671. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the names and relevant expertise of each member of the marine licence vetting committee involved in both the statutory appropriate assessment screening and the statutory environmental impact assessment screening on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3430/18]