Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Housing Schemes

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

73. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenants in receipt of HAP who have transferred to a local authority or approved housing body tenancy since 2014, by local authority in tabular form. [3760/22]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

74. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual cost of all long-term leased social housing by local authority in 2021; the number of long-term leases owned by each local authority; and the number of long-term leased social houses purchased by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [3789/22]

Housing Provision

Ruairí Ó Murchú

75. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual amount spent on maintenance of all long-term leases by each local authority in 2021; and the ownership of the units at the end of the lease term. [3790/22]

Waterways Issues

Catherine Murphy

76. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if she will engage with Waterways Ireland in respect of the provision for a ramp to make a canal location (details supplied) wheelchair accessible. [3801/22]

Water Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

77. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2022-2024 will open for applications. [3808/22]

Housing Provision

Joe Flaherty

78. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the income thresholds for supports for social housing applications will be adjusted to reflect the recent €5 increase in social welfare payments. [3846/22]

Urban Development

Cian O'Callaghan

79. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next call for applications under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3944/22]

Housing Schemes

Réada Cronin

80. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that the compulsory mortgage-protection element of the local authority home loan scheme, formerly Rebuilding Ireland, involves just a single State-appointed insurer; the way in which and the reason that insurer was appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3949/22]

Housing Schemes

Réada Cronin

81. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine if and the way in which the compulsory mortgage-protection element of the local authority home loan scheme, formerly Rebuilding Ireland, can be at a minimum five times greater than the current market rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3950/22]

Departmental Contracts

Réada Cronin

82. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the tendering process used by his Department for State contracts granted in relation to Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic; the name of each company, the services involved; the amount paid to each company in each of the relevant years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4233/22]

Housing Schemes

Joan Collins

75. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to assist families who need three-bedroom homes at an affordable cost (details supplied). [3315/22]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Steven Matthews

76. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the draft interim regulations on solar panel installations; if he is conscious of the need to expedite this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3302/22]

Housing Schemes

Richard Bruton

77. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the details of the new initiatives for affordable purchase will be completed; and when these schemes will open for applications. [3345/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the delivery of genuinely affordable homes to rent and to buy on an estate (details supplied) and Poolbeg, Dublin city. [3324/22]

Departmental Meetings

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

79. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the organisations or persons he or the Minister for State have met in the past two years in relation to development plans (details supplied); the number of meeting requests which were turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3190/22]

Derelict Sites

Pádraig O'Sullivan

80. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all local authorities have furnished the details on the total number of derelict properties currently on their registers; the number of actions and fines issued under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 for each respective local authority; the changes he will make based on this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3191/22]

Departmental Communications

Joan Collins

81. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department sent a memo to Dublin City Council in November 2021, informing the Council to cease the acquisition housing programme given that a family (details supplied) has received a tenancy termination notice and is in danger of being made homeless. [3187/22]

Departmental Schemes

Pearse Doherty

82. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the submission from Donegal County Council in relation to the issue of MICA in local authority housing stock; if his Department will fund the necessary remedial works; and when a decision will be made in respect of same. [3322/22]

Housing Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the social housing output as of the end of Q4 of 2021. [3323/22]

Vacant Properties

Rose Conway-Walsh

84. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that he is taking to reduce vacancy and dereliction rates in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3339/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Farrell

85. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes built in 2021; the projections for 2022 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3342/22]

Housing Schemes

Emer Higgins

86. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount being allocated to South Dublin County Council for the new local authority home loan scheme that is replacing the Rebuilding Ireland home loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3085/22]

Ministerial Appointments

Francis Noel Duffy

87. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider appointing a member with a background and expertise in sustainable design, planning and environmental development to the board of the Land Development Agency. [3303/22]

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

88. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will assess the impact of buy-to-rent developments on the price of housing and rent levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3334/22]

Vacant Properties

Catherine Connolly

89. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which highlights that in 2020 approximately 4,000 properties owned by local authorities nationally were vacant; the engagement he has had with Galway City Council and Galway County Council with regard to the findings of this report and in particular in relation to bringing vacant housing owned by these two councils back into use as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3350/22]

Natural Heritage Areas

Holly Cairns

90. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that Garrylucas bog, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately. [3087/22]

Housing Policy

Mick Barry

91. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing regulations to limit the development of buy-to-rent developments given their impact on the affordability of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3333/22]

Planning Issues

Emer Higgins

92. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the lack of one-off rural housing planning applications which have been granted by South Dublin County Council in the past five years (details supplied); the way that this figure compares to other local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3084/22]

Rental Sector

Claire Kerrane

93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way that he will address rising rental costs for properties in areas outside Dublin such as rents in counties Roscommon and Galway which have seen significant increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3332/22]

Departmental Priorities

Francis Noel Duffy

94. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a redress scheme for homeowners impacted by defective properties; if he has given consideration to the Defective Dwellings Bill 2021 introduced at first stage to Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3304/22]

Housing Schemes

Neale Richmond

95. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the cost rental scheme in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3072/22]

Housing Schemes

Thomas Gould

96. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the average local authority will pay over €300,000 to an organisation (details supplied) for mortgage-to-rent schemes over the next 25 years for properties the local authority will not own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62338/21]

Departmental Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

97. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide further details on the way that a person who has been through the insolvency process can access the local authority mortgage scheme. [3326/22]

Local Authorities

Louise O'Reilly

98. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that county councils will not approve mortgages for persons who have been offered affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3352/22]

Housing Schemes

Éamon Ó Cuív

99. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to increase the income limits for eligibility for local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3276/22]

Housing Provision

Pádraig O'Sullivan

100. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses that were built, allocated and delivered by approved housing bodies in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3192/22]

Vacant Properties

Claire Kerrane

101. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with local authorities on the issue of vacant properties which are owned by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3331/22]

Housing Provision

Alan Farrell

102. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if commencement notices for new developments have increased in 2021; if so, the way that the increases compare with the previous three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/22]

Departmental Funding

Colm Burke

103. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rate of expenditure of funding from his Department for the provision or enhancement of housing for persons with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3193/22]

Water Services

Eoin Ó Broin

104. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the ongoing negotiations between the various parties on the creation of a single water utility. [3327/22]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses built per local authority; the number of social houses leased per local authority; and the number of social houses purchased from the private market per local authority in 2021 and to date in 2022. [3320/22]

Housing Policy

Bernard Durkan

106. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if further effort is needed to accelerate the Housing for All programme in order to ensure more flexibility in respect of loans for affordable housing and an improved programme of housing starts in each local authority area commensurate with the number of families on local authority housing waiting lists and rent supported accommodation notwithstanding the good work carried out to date in respect of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3250/22]

Housing Policy

Johnny Guirke

107. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that time spent on a local authority social housing list is not retained when an applicant transfers to another local authority area housing list meaning that an applicant must start from the beginning again; if he will consider measures to retain time spent on the local authority housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/22]

Local Authorities

Ciarán Cannon

108. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work to examine the mechanism for funding local authorities to address anomalies in allocations across counties of comparable size. [3197/22]

Local Authorities

Catherine Connolly

109. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if housing delivery action plans have been received to date by his Department in respect of Galway City and County Councils pursuant to Housing for All; when these action plans will be published; the engagement that he or his Department has had with local authorities in Galway city and county with regard to the development of the action plans; the details of the targets in respect of Galway City Council and Galway County Council for the use of vacant properties as social housing through buy and renew, construction and repair and leasing schemes in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3351/22]

Departmental Policies

Brian Leddin

110. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the National Policy on Architecture to support and promote architectural quality and sustainability; the timeline for the publication of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3247/22]

Derelict Sites

Ged Nash

111. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to ensure that the position of derelict sites officer is full-time in each local authority; the number of derelict sites officers employed in each local authority; if they are employed in a part-time or full-time capacity in tabular form; the guidance and or circulars issued by his Department to local authorities relating to the employment of derelict sites officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3280/22]

Departmental Funding

David Stanton

112. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 11 November 2021, the current status of the tender for the construction of the Midleton Water Rock Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3082/22]

Departmental Data

Richard Bruton

113. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total area of State land that the Land Development Agency can use for housing purposes over the next three years. [3346/22]

Vacant Properties

Kieran O'Donnell

114. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support his Department is providing to help to reduce housing vacancy rates in local authority areas. [3306/22]