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Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Housing Standards
Catherine Murphy
239. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the minimum size that apartments can be built in order to become wheelchair accessible (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2557/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Housing Standards
Catherine Murphy
240. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to make all new and or proposed local authority housing and apartment schemes and or units fully wheelchair accessible (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2560/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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County Development Plans
Robert Troy
241. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there have been recent changes at European Parliament level that would affect the county development plans of local authorities and in particular affect local need requirements for planning permission. [2588/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Planning Issues
Dara Calleary
242. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a decision will be made on an application submitted to his Department by Mayo County Council to develop a strategic development zone at Ireland West Airport, Knock; the reason for the delay in the decision making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2623/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing Data
Eoin Ó Broin
243. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the 5,280 social housing units provided in 2016 (details supplied); if he will provide a further breakdown of the leased units in terms of whether the units will be owned by councils or AHBs at the end of the lease term or if they will be owned by the private sector; if all 5,280 social housing units are now tenanted; and if not, the number that have not been tenanted. [2635/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Departmental Projects
Barry Cowen
244. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the potential investment projects his Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund for Strategic Investment. [2677/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants
Brendan Griffin
245. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will provide funding for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2700/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Robert Troy
246. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to create a link road between a sports centre (details supplied) and the Garrycastle area which would open up a massive land bank for the purpose of housing; and if there are no plans, if he will investigate this matter. [2749/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing
Róisín Shortall
247. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans in respect of a new affordable housing scheme; when plans will be made public in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2793/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Housing Standards
Catherine Martin
248. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the claims outlined in a newspaper (details supplied) that Dublin City Council cannot design apartments to be wheelchair accessible and also at the Department's minimum building size standards; if so, the minimum size building standard for a wheelchair accessible apartment; his plans for this wheelchair accessible standard as the minimum building size standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2806/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Pyrite Remediation Programme
Clare Daly
249. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views regarding the range of flexibility afforded within the operation of the pyrite remediation scheme in relation to adding on properties to be remediated as part of particular phases, in the interests of co-ordinated development and securing economies of scale (details supplied). [2810/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing Funding
Éamon Ó Cuív
250. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an application for funding in respect of the phase 2 Clúid housing project for Letterfrack has been approved; if not, when it is likely this application will be considered and a decision made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2859/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Water and Sewerage Schemes
Robert Troy
251. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there will be any change in national policy to support more sewerage schemes in 2017 (details supplied); and if he will provide support to an application by Westmeath County Council for the Marlinstown sewerage scheme in view of the fact that this application meets all the criteria and is shovel ready. [2860/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Departmental Reports
Thomas Pringle
252. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when he expects the Mulcahy report into allegations made concerning certain planning matters in County Donegal to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2892/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Judicial Reviews
Thomas Pringle
253. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to his Department in defending judicial review proceedings taken in relation to his use of section 31 of the Planning and Development Acts from 2010 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2893/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Dara Calleary
254. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of Secretaries General in his Department; the annual pay of each Secretary General within his Department at 1 Jan 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Dara Calleary
255. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of assistant secretaries general in his Department; the annual pay of each assistant secretary general within his Department at 1 January 2017; the expected change in that pay as a consequence of the provisions of the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Construction Sector Strategy
Róisín Shortall
256. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to help reduce financing costs for the construction industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2955/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Construction Sector Strategy
Róisín Shortall
257. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to help reduce input costs for the construction industry; the way in which such costs are tracked by his Department; the targets his Department is working to in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2957/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Rental Sector Strategy
Robert Troy
258. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the supports he will introduce for landlords in 2017. [2970/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Construction Contracts
Eoin Ó Broin
259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedure whereby contractors, whether commercial or not for profit, can bid for contracts for the delivery of rapid build housing in Dublin, as outlined in the Government's housing action plan. [3059/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
260. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the extent to which local authorities are obliged to take into consideration in their allocations policies a number of factors (details supplied). [3106/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
261. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a person is entitled to be considered as an adult plus children for the purposes of allocation of social housing in circumstances in which the children stay with the parent several days a week. [3107/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Local Authority Boundaries Review
Seán Fleming
262. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding the Carlow boundary report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3134/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Pyrite Resolution Board Data
Thomas P. Broughan
263. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of applications to the pyrite remedial scheme, by county, in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of applications which were approved and rejected, by county and by year; the number of repairs completed, in process and scheduled, by county and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Pyrite Resolution Board Data
Thomas P. Broughan
264. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of legal proceedings currently ongoing with the Pyrite Resolution Board, indicating the builders and developers that are in this process; the number of legal proceedings completed with the Pyrite Resolution Board, indicating the builders and developers and the amounts awarded to the PRB as contributions towards remedial works that were agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3143/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Pyrite Remediation Programme
Thomas P. Broughan
265. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to lower the damage rating for eligibility for remedial works for pyrite-affected homes; his further plans to assist home owners in accessing engineer reports on whether pyrite is present in a property and the extent to which it is present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Fire Service
Brendan Smith
266. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; if this project will be given urgent consideration with a view to progressing it to construction stage in view of the fact much of the necessary preparatory work and procurement of site has been finalised for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3146/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Scheme to Support National Organisations
Mattie McGrath
267. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the organisations and groups supported by the scheme to support national organisations; the funding each receives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3164/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Water Services
Eoin Ó Broin
268. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer if the existing subsidy to domestic group and private water users were to cover the full cost of those schemes to their users. [3166/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Irish Water Administration
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
269. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current process for Irish Water when a leak or issue with a water supply occurs in an area (details supplied); if Irish Water deals with the issue and repairs it or if the local authority is issued with a job number and it carries out the repairs; and if each leak in one area requires the local authority to get a different job number or, if when issues have been notified to a local authority, it can work on resolving all issues that arise until solved. [3167/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Water Services Provision
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
270. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if Irish Water or the local authority in question is responsible for providing a water tankard for an area if residents in the area are left without a water supply for more than 24 hours. [3168/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Planning Issues
Róisín Shortall
271. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to local concerns regarding the lack of any local area plan in respect of the proposed substantial additional housing units proposed by his Department and Dublin City Council for the Finglas area; his views on the need to provide corresponding additional services in respect of schools, health, policing and so on in order that sustainability can be ensured; and if he will arrange the commissioning of such a development plan as a matter of urgency. [3178/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation Data
Ruth Coppinger
272. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of former local authority housing that is now in the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3179/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation Data
Ruth Coppinger
273. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of former local authority housing now in the private rented sector that is being subsidised through the payment of rent subsidies through RAS, HAP, RS and so on, ultimately paid to private landlords; his views on the rationality from the State's perspective of this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3180/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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National Planning Framework
Catherine Murphy
274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which the national planning framework will deal with surpluses of planned capacities for growth that exists in the strategic planning areas of the planning regions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Road Network
Denise Mitchell
275. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when funding will be announced for a link road (details supplied). [3205/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Carer's Benefit Applications
Michael Healy-Rae
276. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2533/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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School Meals Programme
Catherine Murphy
277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he taking to ensure that food and beverages being served in schools here avoid being calorie-dense fried foods and processed food items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2864/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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School Meals Programme
Brendan Griffin
278. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the free school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3133/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
Brendan Griffin
279. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a partial capacity benefit application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2537/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Farm Assist Scheme Appeals
Brendan Griffin
280. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a farm assist appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2565/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Youth Unemployment Data
Willie O'Dea
281. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the rate of youth unemployment here; how this figure compares with the European average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2566/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits Data
Willie O'Dea
282. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in receipt of FIS; the number of households in receipt of the back-to-work family dividend; the number of households in receipt of both payments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2567/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Paternity Leave Scheme
Willie O'Dea
283. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons to date who have applied for paternity benefit; the number of persons who have received paternity benefit in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2568/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Rent Supplement Scheme Data
Willie O'Dea
284. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households by county in receipt of rent supplement; the number of households by county that have had rent supplement increased above the prescribed limit in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2569/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Carer's Allowance Delays
Willie O'Dea
285. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle welfare fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2570/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Carer's Allowance Delays
Michael Ring
286. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in dealing with a carer's allowance review for a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2595/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social Welfare Appeals
Fiona O'Loughlin
287. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2603/17]
Tue, 24 Jan 2017
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Social Welfare Benefits
Jan O'Sullivan
288. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims made for health and safety benefit in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the sectors of employment involved and the number of applicants from each employment sector, in tabular form; if he will increase the weekly payment involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2631/17]