Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
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Déar, 6 Aib 2017
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Planning Issues
Mick Wallace
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that Ireland's largest build-to-let apartment development, which is to be built at the former Dún Laoghaire golf course, is to be put up for sale on the international market; the number of these apartments that are to be designated for social or affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17097/17]
Déar, 6 Aib 2017
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Housing Policy
Mick Wallace
48. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the NERI report Ireland's Housing Emergency: Time for A Game Changer, asking the Government to set up a semi-State company to become the main supplier of rental housing, and which would use a cost rental system similar to the one in place in Austria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17100/17]
Déar, 6 Aib 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing
Mick Wallace
58. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if an allocation of €500 million will be made to local authorities for the direct building of social housing, in view of the reports that the majority of social housing units are currently being built by approved housing bodies that are more limited than local authorities in their capacity to deliver new units on a large scale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17098/17]
Déar, 6 Aib 2017
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House Prices
Mick Wallace
64. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the research carried out by a person (details supplied) based on CSO data for housing completions and house prices between 1975 and 2015, which has found that, contrary to a central principle of the Rebuilding Ireland strategy, the provision of private sector homes here has not led to a reduction in property prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/17]
Déar, 6 Aib 2017
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House Prices
Mick Wallace
70. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the fact that research has shown that increasing the supply of private housing does not always bring the price of housing under control, if he will consider introducing measures that would prevent further boom and bust in house prices here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17096/17]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2017
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Architects Register
Mick Wallace
389. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current position in relation to the establishment of a statutory register of architectural technologists, in view of the establishment of the QQI standard in architectural technology almost a year ago; and the likely timeframe for its introduction. [10203/17]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2017
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Local Authority Funding
Mick Wallace
390. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 with regard to housing construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10204/17]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2017
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Local Authority Funding
Mick Wallace
391. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 with regard to the purchase of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10205/17]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2017
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Local Authority Funding
Mick Wallace
392. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 for the funding of housing grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10206/17]
Máirt, 28 Feabh 2017
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Local Authority Funding
Mick Wallace
393. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount that will be allocated to Wexford County Council for 2017 for the upgrade of existing housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10207/17]
Déar, 23 Feabh 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation Standards
Mick Wallace
12. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the immediate measures his Department is taking to improve the enforcement of standards in the private rental sector and the standardisation of the reporting of compliance and resolutions by local authorities in response to recent reports in a newspaper (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9020/17]
Déar, 23 Feabh 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Mick Wallace
14. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the fact that a large proportion of the social housing solutions promised in the Rebuilding Ireland plan will come under housing support schemes, rather than consisting of new builds; if his Department has carried out any analysis on the longer term implications of this on the housing sector and on security of tenure for tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9021/17]
Déar, 23 Feabh 2017
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Mick Wallace
16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Rebuilding Ireland plan relies too heavily on the private sector for the delivery of social housing; his plans to empower local authorities to significantly increase their capacity for building social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9022/17]
Déar, 23 Feabh 2017
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Private Rented Accommodation Price Controls
Mick Wallace
34. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on a report (details supplied) which found that the annual rate of rental inflation, which reached 13.5% in q4 of 2016, was the highest since 2002; the measures he is taking to tackle this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9018/17]
Déar, 23 Feabh 2017
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Housing Issues
Mick Wallace
68. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department is considering different methods of gathering housing completion data in view of the concerns raised both by housing experts and in the media regarding the accuracy of using ESB connections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9019/17]
Déar, 9 Feabh 2017
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Residential Tenancies Board Staff
Mick Wallace
116. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of whole-time equivalent Residential Tenancies Board minimum rental standards inspectors currently employed in County Wexford. [6454/17]
Déar, 19 Ean 2017
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Rent Controls
Mick Wallace
9. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will introduce measures to define market rent; if he has considered taking the example of the mietspiegel arrangement in Germany, whereby local rents are calculated by local government on the basis of square metre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2172/17]
Déar, 19 Ean 2017
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Vacant Sites Levy
Mick Wallace
14. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will bring forward the implementation of the vacant site levy and commence it immediately; if he will raise the vacant site levy to 10%; his views on the recently published vacant sites register for Dublin in which all of the entries were left blank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2174/17]
Déar, 19 Ean 2017
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Housing Provision
Mick Wallace
24. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider initiating discussions with the Minister for Finance with a view to suspending the proposed NAMA plan to build 20,000 houses by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2173/17]
Déar, 19 Ean 2017
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Rental Accommodation Standards
Mick Wallace
38. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures his Department has taken or planned in order to improve the enforcement of standards in the rental sector in response to the National Oversight and Audit Commission's report, Rented House Inspections - a Review of Local Authority Performance of Private Rented Houses Regulations Functions, which was published in October 2016; if his Department plans to introduce a type of NCT for rental properties as recommended by advocacy groups (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2170/17]