Parliamentary questions

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

584. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payments made to Donegal County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the details of the items for which these payments were claimed; if there are outstanding payment claims on 31 December 2021; and if so, the details of same in tabular form. [2062/22]

Defective Building Materials

Dara Calleary

585. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if applications for the defective concrete blocks scheme can still be accepted and processed by the relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2063/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Francis Noel Duffy

586. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will publish the report of the independent review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [2089/22]

Coastal Erosion

David Stanton

587. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 19 October 2021, if the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group has met to finalise a group strategy; if not, when he expects such a meeting to take place and a strategy to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2102/22]

Local Authorities

David Stanton

588. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 11 November 2021, if he will report on his Department’s progress in appointing a full-time vacant homes officer position in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2104/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ruairí Ó Murchú

589. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected timeframe for the review of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes; the expected timeframe for the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2156/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ruairí Ó Murchú

590. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to the Departmental review of the solar panel exemptions for information on the stated need to consider environmental assessment reporting before finalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2157/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Ruairí Ó Murchú

591. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to the Departmental review of the solar panel exemptions; the expected timeframe in which the interim planning regulations will be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2158/22]

Child Safety

Ivana Bacik

592. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to ensure that children in emergency accommodation have timely access to a child support worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2161/22]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

593. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a dedicated task force to review the effect of housing insecurity on one-parent families and to develop appropriate solutions. [2163/22]

Fire Stations

John Lahart

594. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a request by Tallaght Fire Station for the provision of an aerial platform at the station; if his attention has been drawn to the importance of having a permanent aerial platform in place at Tallaght Fire Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2168/22]

Rental Sector

Alan Dillon

595. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the economic analysis that takes place in determining rent pressure zones; if his Department is monitoring the number of private landlords selling their properties in rent pressure zones; if so, the number in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2180/22]

National Monuments

Éamon Ó Cuív

596. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to date with implementing the reports of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Moore Street recommendations as far as they pertain to matters under his control and of other Departments, with particular reference to the national monument on Moore Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2244/22]

Housing Schemes

Sorca Clarke

597. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income limits for social housing will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2247/22]

Homeless Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

598. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options available in the immediate term for persons living in homeless accommodation whose income goes slightly above the income limit for social housing; which is currently resulting in these homeless persons being asked to leave their homeless accommodation but they have no capability on their low incomes to provide a home for themselves and their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2257/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

599. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing development applications awaiting a decision by An Bord Pleanála by local authority; the number of strategic housing development applications that have already received a pre-planning opinion from An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021, by local authority; the number that had applied to An Bord Pleanála by the deadline of 17 December 2021 for a pre-planning meeting by local authority in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/22]

Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing development applications in the lifetime of the legislation by local authority; the number of these applications that were refused, granted permission and withdrawn, respectively by local authority; the number that were the subject of a judicial review by local authority; the number of these reviews that were successful by local authority; the number of the applications that were granted that have been completed by local authority; the number of the developments that are being actively built by local authority; the number that have one or more commencement notices on the site by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2260/22]

Housing Policy

Pauline Tully

601. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for the introduction of the amendment to the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 in order to alter the tenant purchase scheme to allow pensioners purchase their local authority home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2309/22]

Offshore Exploration

Darren O'Rourke

602. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of engineers employed in the offshore licensing unit in his Department; if he is satisfied that this is an appropriate amount given the demand on the unit from renewable energy companies; if he will commit to hiring additional personnel to expediate applications given the urgency of the climate crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2322/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he or his Department has taken to ensure that the 34 units of social housing and eight units of co-operative housing planned for Loughlinstown Drive, Dublin can proceed; if he has engaged with organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2329/22]