Questions and answers published after July 2012 can be viewed here. Viewing by Government Department is possible by term or specific dates from March 2016 onwards. Written answers are published as received from departments. To see parliamentary questions published before July 2012, search in Dáil debates.
Questions and answers for specific dates
Page 30 of 33
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Social and Affordable Housing
Bríd Smith
632. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 910 Rental Accommodation Scheme contracts signed in 2017 that were renewed contracts and new contracts, respectively, for existing Rental Accommodation Scheme tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2968/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Housing Assistance Payment Data
Bríd Smith
633. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 17,916 HAP tenancies signed in 2017 that are still in existence and the number broken by landlords, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2969/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Local Authority Housing
Bríd Smith
634. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of all voids brought back into use in 2017; the length of time the homes were void by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2970/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Joan Burton
635. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when applications will be invited from local authorities for the second tranche of LIHAF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2982/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Rent Pressure Zones
Peter Burke
636. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if Mullingar may be considered a rent pressure zone in the future; the criteria for a town to be designated a rent pressure zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3019/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Rental Sector
Peter Burke
637. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the options available to persons whose rent has increased by 68% in one year in a non-rent pressure zone; the role the Residential Tenancies Board can play in such disputes between a landlord and a tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3020/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Local Authority Expenditure
Seán Haughey
638. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he is satisfied that local authority spending is monitored in a satisfactory manner, including spending on infrastructural projects; the role of the National Oversight and Audit Commission; his plans to increase scrutiny of such spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3024/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Water Services
Seán Haughey
639. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to amend the Water Services Act 2007 to allow environmental health officers in local authorities to intervene with householders when private sewage pipes attached to private houses are blocked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3037/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Local Authority Housing Funding
Tony McLoughlin
640. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the outstanding €1,104,708 which is owed to the Sligo County Council housing department for projects (details supplied) will be paid to the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3041/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Local Authority Assets
Eoin Ó Broin
641. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the hectarage of land owned by local authorities and zoned for residential development; and the number of hectares by local authority. [3048/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Water Charges Refunds
Barry Cowen
642. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of water charges repayments due; the amount repaid to date, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3114/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
Barry Cowen
643. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the additional supports available through the rural water programme arising from recommendations of the joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3115/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
Barry Cowen
644. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to amend the criteria for private well grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3116/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Tenant Purchase Scheme Review
Barry Cowen
645. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to review the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3117/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Tenant Purchase Scheme Data
Barry Cowen
646. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of sales under the tenant purchase scheme since 2011, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3118/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Barry Cowen
647. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 26 October 2017, if he will address the anomaly between housing targets and the targets outlined in the social housing report 2017 published on 15 January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3119/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Approved Housing Bodies
Róisín Shortall
648. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the indication by the Central Statistics Office that it will reclassify approved housing bodies as being on-balance sheet; and the implications for public expenditure, the fiscal space and provision of funding for social housing arising from the decision. [2560/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Departmental Contracts Data
Niall Collins
649. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the contracts his Department, or agencies under his remit, have with a company (details supplied); the status of these contracts; the contingency plans that may now be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3149/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Vacant Properties
Jan O'Sullivan
650. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress made by local authority CEOs in designating vacant home officers in each of their authorities as per his instruction in August 2017; the number of officers that have been designated; the authorities in which they have been designated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3180/18]
Tue, 23 Jan 2018
written
Vacant Properties
Jan O'Sullivan
651. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the vacant homes strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3181/18]