Parliamentary questions

Foreshore Licence Applications

Catherine Connolly

622. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the screening reports for the environmental impact assessment for planning applications (details supplied); the names of the persons involved in the screening assessment for the applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48981/17]

Foreshore Licence Applications

Catherine Connolly

623. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the foreshore licence planning application and the subsequent foreshore licence granted pertaining specifically to the cameras and cable end equipment currently in use and attached to a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48982/17]

Housing Assistance Payment

Catherine Murphy

624. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the provisions in place to ensure that increases in rent that will occur during the year are met; the way in which the topping up of rent in cases in which rent is above the prescribed HAP limits will be treated; the way in which it will be ensured that this does not occur for persons in receipt of the HAP over the course of the year; the date on which the HAP rates will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48993/17]

Water Charges Administration

Seán Fleming

625. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the restriction regarding persons having to produce evidence that they have paid their water charges bill, notwithstanding that those who have paid are having their payments refunded, in cases in which a person is seeking to purchase their house from the local authority under the tenant purchase scheme will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48997/17]

Water Charges Administration

Seán Fleming

626. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if it is a requirement that when a person is buying or selling a house in the private sector that they are expected to produce evidence that they paid the water charges bill in view of the fact that payments are being refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49021/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Richard Boyd Barrett

627. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the options available for affordable housing for persons not eligible for social housing; the way in which to access these options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49025/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure

Thomas Pringle

628. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of discretionary enhanced payments each month in each county since HAP was established and which are used to top up rental rates above local authority rent limits, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49035/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Provision

Brendan Smith

629. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline his plans to introduce an affordable housing scheme; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49046/17]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Mattie McGrath

630. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49127/17]

Building Regulations

Róisín Shortall

631. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the Irish Agrément Certificate 04/0198 which was issued initially in 2004 and updated in 2007 with respect to the construction of medium rise timber frame homes has not been updated since; if his attention has been drawn to the requirement for agrément certificates to be reviewed every five years; and if he will request a review of this certificate to be carried out in view of the serious fire safety defects discovered in several medium rise timber frame developments since 2007. [49154/17]

Local Area Plans

James Lawless

632. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to proposed developments at St. Catherine's Park, Leixlip, County Kildare; if directions have been issued to the three relevant local authorities involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49189/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

633. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding allocated and drawn down by all local authorities for Traveller accommodation in 2016 and to date in 2017; and his plans for improving the drawdown of local authorities in 2018 as a result of the funding increase announced in budget 2018. [49197/17]

Building Regulations

Michael McGrath

634. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the requirements that are imposed on hotels and other accommodation providers in relation to the installation and upkeep of carbon monoxide alarms on their premises; if there is a requirement for such an alarm to be provided in each bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49206/17]

Judicial Reviews

Peter Burke

635. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the support available under the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 to fund a defence for a named party in a judicial review in relation to section 261A of the Planning and Development Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49268/17]

Planning Issues

Peter Burke

636. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which a person can claim compensation under section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2010 in respect of a reduction in size of an original planning permission for a quarry and loss of income regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49269/17]

Rental Sector Strategy

John Curran

637. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the expert group to develop plans for a cost rental model for housing has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49319/17]

Housing Policy

John Curran

638. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the review of Rebuilding Ireland has been completed; if so, if the findings of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49321/17]

Housing Data

John Curran

639. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of social houses built and occupied in each local authority area for the year to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49322/17]

Vacant Sites Levy

John Curran

640. 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 which are under appeal with An Bord Pleanála by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49323/17]

Land Availability

Thomas P. Broughan

641. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 514 of 14 of November 2017, the local authorities that have submitted plans for development of their sites; those which have yet to submit their plans; the timeframe for those plans to be published and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49328/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Thomas P. Broughan

642. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 14 of November 2017 if persons with a social housing need remain entitled to RAS; if local authorities have a statutory obligation to approve a person for RAS once a landlord who is willing to enter the RAS has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49329/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Thomas P. Broughan

643. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 14 November 2017 if the €134 million provided in budget 2018 to support a further 600 new transfers under RAS is for new RAS tenancies or for tenancies transferring out of RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49330/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Thomas P. Broughan

644. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 14 November 2017 if all sections of the legislation underpinning RAS have been commenced; the legal entitlement of persons in need of social housing support to access RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49331/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Thomas P. Broughan

645. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to outline the differences between RAS tenancies post-1 April 2011 and HAP tenancies; the differences between RAS tenancies that were in place prior to 1 April 2011 and HAP tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49332/17]

Defence Forces Properties

Dara Calleary

646. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the circumstances in which a non-Defence Forces organisation can record a film or video, etc., on a property or asset belonging to the Defence Forces; the procedure for seeking permission to do so; the process of assessment for such requests; the fees that may be charged; the number of such requests received in 2016 and to date in 2017, by month; the name of each requesting organisation; the location or asset requested for such purposes; and the amount paid in each case, in tabular form. [48690/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

647. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the preparations made in his Department in the event of no agreement being reached between the United Kingdom and the European Union on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU; if such preparations involve the drawing up of detailed and specific contingency plans in the event of a hard Brexit and a trade regime based on WTO tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48774/17]

Departmental Staff Training

Catherine Murphy

648. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48803/17]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

649. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the names of the companies renting a fixing and-or space on telecommunications and-or communications masts from his Department; the income received for each of the past five years for same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48837/17]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

650. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the income received by his Department from the renting to companies of space to use and-or take fixings from telecommunications and-or communications masts on site or on the roof of his Department, in each of the past five years, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48875/17]

Defence Forces Properties

Clare Daly

651. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason electricity bills have not been issued to some residents in the Defence Force building for the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48902/17]

Pension Provisions

John McGuinness

652. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the pension being paid to a person (details supplied) is the correct amount; if the tax deductions are correct; and if an examination of the matter will be expedited. [48991/17]

Irish Red Cross Funding

Charlie McConalogue

653. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding for flood damage restoration and repair for a public amenity (details supplied) will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48992/17]

Irish Red Cross Funding

Charlie McConalogue

654. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will sanction funding for flood damage restoration and repair for a tourist facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49022/17]

Departmental Communications

Jonathan O'Brien

655. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the domain names registered to or owned by his Department or through a third party company. [49064/17]

Parliamentary Questions Costs

Mattie McGrath

656. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49121/17]

Defence Forces Museums

Clare Daly

657. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost and budget from which the accommodation, laundry and breakfast costs, including costs of Defence Forces personnel carrying out catering and cleaning roles for a function (details supplied), was paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49368/17]

Army Barracks

Clare Daly

658. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the consideration given to making available unused barracks accommodation in order to assist in the homeless crisis. [49369/17]