Parliamentary questions

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

778. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for a progress report on the Social Housing Strategy 2020, including the numbers of houses delivered by each local authority under each category. [6675/16]

Departmental Contracts Data

Catherine Murphy

779. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State Board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department from 1 January 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6690/16]

Housing Adaptation Grant Data

Frank O'Rourke

780. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of housing adaptation grants for older persons and persons with disabilities processed in County Kildare in each of the years 2008 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6833/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Barry Cowen

781. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of capital-funded social housing units and new builds that have been commenced since January 2015 by local authority area. [6838/16]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision

Éamon Ó Cuív

782. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his policy on the provision of sewerage schemes in towns and villages that do not have such schemes; if it is his responsibility or Uisce Éireann's to provide these schemes; if the latter, if he has issued instructions or guidelines to Uisce Éireann, or if he provides ring-fenced finance for new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6860/16]

Constituency Boundaries

Pat Deering

783. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review constituency boundaries when the census is complete; the terms of reference of a potential boundary commission and when it would report. [6873/16]

Election Management System

Fergus O'Dowd

784. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make it mandatory that all polling stations and polling booths are fully accessible for all persons. [6878/16]

National Spatial Strategy

Fergus O'Dowd

785. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of a new national spatial strategy; if he will consult the public and request submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6879/16]

Planning Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

786. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the status of local authority land zoned and planning permission granted for up to 52,600 residential units; if funding has been released to local authorities to begin immediate building of these units; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6900/16]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

787. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the barriers to local authorities beginning immediate large-scale builds of social and affordable housing estates in areas of highest demand; how he is addressing these barriers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6901/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

788. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the monetary limits to be spent on refurbishing local authority units; the reason these limits are set; the number of voids that have not been upgraded due to these limits; the length of time they have been empty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6902/16]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Thomas P. Broughan

789. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the uptake of the housing assistance payment across the local authorities; the reason local authorities are not taking the initiative in sourcing housing assistance payment residential units but, instead, vulnerable prospective tenants are attempting to source landlords for the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6903/16]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the aegis of his Department by square footage, by location and by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6913/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

791. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the estates where pyrite remediation work has started; the number of houses that have been remediated; his plans for starting remedial work in additional estates, including a timetable. [6934/16]

Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation

Clare Daly

792. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the number of damage condition rating certificates 1 and certificates 2 submitted to the Pyrite Remediation Board for remediation by housing estate. [6935/16]

Pyrite Panel Report Recommendations

Clare Daly

793. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to review the conclusions of the Pyrite report, given the experience since remediation started. [6937/16]

Water Services Funding

Jack Chambers

794. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the capital investment in water services and water leakages, by local authority, over the last 15 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6940/16]

Water Charges

Jack Chambers

795. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the justification for Irish Water charging a flat charge of €125 on second homes; his views on the way in which the imposition of a flat charge encourages water conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6942/16]

Local Authority Housing Funding

John McGuinness

796. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the funds he has allocated to Kilkenny County Council and Carlow County Council for purchasing houses for those on the housing list and for families with special needs; if he is satisfied with the progress being made in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6994/16]

Waste Disposal

Noel Rock

797. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the green bin charges that will come into effect from 1 July 2016 and if there is scope to delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7010/16]