Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

613. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that a Luxembourg-based corporate landlord (details supplied) is evicting multiple families with children from their homes in Applewood, Swords, despite the tenants paying their rent in full, due to the landlord's refusal to offer further part 4 tenancies, that one family member being evicted is recovering from cancer and that many of the properties are very poorly maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36383/23]

Local Authorities

Holly Cairns

614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of conservation officers employed to date; by local authority, in tabular form. [36391/23]

Local Authorities

Holly Cairns

615. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all local authorities which do not have a conservation officer on staff. [36392/23]

Public Sector Pay

Holly Cairns

616. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a review of the rate of pay for conservation officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36393/23]

Electoral Commission

Holly Cairns

617. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the recruitment and appointment process undertaken for the CEO of the Electoral Commission. [36395/23]

Supreme Court Rulings

Patrick Costello

618. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update in relation to the Supreme Court ruling in the case brought by a person (details supplied); if options have been developed; the timeline for the reform of Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36401/23]

Electoral Process

Patrick Costello

619. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the research in relation to lowering the voting age to 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36402/23]

Electoral Process

Patrick Costello

620. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on lowering the voting age to 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36403/23]

Electoral Process

Patrick Costello

621. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposed debate on the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36407/23]

Housing Policy

Cian O'Callaghan

622. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the working group set up to examine the legacy issue of unsold affordable homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36421/23]

Water Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

623. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the multi-annual rural water programme, which was due in Q3 of 2022, will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing this programme, in view of the many rural areas that are awaiting a supply of water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36449/23]

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

624. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will take any measures to protect families and children facing eviction who are not covered by the new rules of unlimited duration in Part 4: Tenancy, of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021, whose tenancy was created before 11 June 2022, and the landlord is now terminating the tenancy after six years. [36451/23]

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

625. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that since a corporation (details supplied) bought 47 homes in January 2020, the public areas of the main building have not been properly maintained and families and children are now living in slum conditions and are exposed to serious problems of anti-social behaviour; the steps he will take to ensure that these families and children live peacefully in a properly maintained environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36452/23]

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

626. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will remove section 34 (b) of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021 as a matter of urgency to protect families against the actions of corporate landlords (details supplied), currently seeking to evict families and children from their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36453/23]

Housing Schemes

Paul Murphy

627. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct Fingal County Council to take steps to buy all or some of the 47 properties (details supplied) where families and children face eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36454/23]

Rental Sector

Paul Murphy

628. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he will take to prevent five families and children (details supplied) from being evicted by a corporate landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36455/23]

Tax Exemptions

Brendan Griffin

629. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if actively farmed farmland will be exempted from the residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36548/23]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Robert Troy

630. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends on publishing guidelines for the development of solar farms so they can be developed in a sustainable way and which ensures community input. [36562/23]

Derelict Sites

Robert Troy

631. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a register for derelict properties on a county-on-county basis; and if so, if he will provide the number of registered derelict properties, by county. [36563/23]

Departmental Data

Robert Troy

632. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing properties that have been retrofitted with energy upgrades, by county, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [36564/23]

Housing Schemes

Robert Troy

633. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme if one’s landlord is a family member. [36565/23]

Rental Sector

Seán Sherlock

634. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends providing assistance for a large number of tenants who are paying up to 50% of their weekly income in the current cost rental model; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36594/23]

Housing Schemes

Seán Sherlock

635. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position of the review into the housing adaptation and housing aid grants; when he will announce the findings of the review; if he is planning changes in the grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36595/23]

Housing Schemes

Seán Sherlock

636. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental homes provided for in County Kildare over the past two years; the location of each; the number of cost rental homes for Kildare in planning or under construction; the location of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36596/23]

Housing Schemes

Seán Sherlock

637. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe grants applied for throughout the State; the number per year; the number per county; the number paid to date; if the information will be provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36597/23]

Housing Schemes

Seán Sherlock

638. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loans applied for throughout the State; the number per year; the number per county; the number paid to date; if the information will be provided, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36598/23]

Hare Coursing

Paul Murphy

639. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether his Department should hold figures in relation to the number of pregnant hares that are released; if he will not issue any licences for the upcoming coursing season, given the concerns about the welfare of pregnant hares (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36604/23]

Housing Policy

Holly Cairns

640. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Government feasibility study into a co-housing model; what further steps will be taken in relation to the co-housing model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36625/23]

Housing Policy

Holly Cairns

641. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has engaged in discussions with financial institutions in relation to providing a funding model for co-housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36626/23]

Departmental Reviews

Catherine Connolly

642. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review by his Department of the operation of the caravan loan scheme pilot; the timeline for the publication of the final review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36670/23]

Departmental Communications

Brendan Smith

643. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, and all agencies under the remit of his Department, have their telephone contact details on their websites and on other media platforms; if all stationery and headed notepaper used in correspondence with the public contain relevant phone contact details, taking into account that everybody is not in a position to correspond by e-mail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36699/23]

Housing Provision

Cormac Devlin

644. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people on social housing waiting lists by each of the four Dublin local authorities, on 1 June during the years 2016-2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36803/23]

Housing Provision

Cormac Devlin

645. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the current pipeline of public housing being supported by his Department in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, by location; including the site, lead agency, number of units planned, expected tenure type (cost rental, affordable purchase, social housing), and expected completion date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36804/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

646. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in each of the years 2014 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the total spend on the housing assistance payment in the corresponding timeframe, in tabular form. [36821/23]

Local Authorities

Ivana Bacik

647. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant homes officers in each local authority. [36822/23]

Local Authorities

Ivana Bacik

648. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of directly employed maintenance and refurbishment staff in each local authority; and if his Department has a policy in respect of employment and contracting of same. [36824/23]

Departmental Data

Ivana Bacik

649. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of retrofits delivered in local authority homes in each retrofitting scheme for each county in each month to date in 2023, in tabular form. [36825/23]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

650. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend planning legislation to facilitate the installation of covered bicycle storage in the front gardens of private dwellings. [36829/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Darren O'Rourke

651. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 13 June 2023, where the information is held on the total establishment costs for the establishment of registration and inspection section systems; if his Department is aware of the total cost of establishing a registration and inspection section system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36855/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

652. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes bought under the tenant-in-situ scheme, broken down by local authority, in 2022 and in the first six months of 2023; how much was spent on each home; the size of these homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36954/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

653. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes bought under the cost rental tenant in situ scheme, broken down by local authority, in 2022 and in the first six months of 2023; how much was spent on each home; the size of these homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36955/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

654. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process for those eligible for the cost rental tenant in situ scheme to avail of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36956/23]

Energy Conservation

Richard Boyd Barrett

655. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority homes that have been retrofitted; the BER rating to which they have been brought up; the average cost per home; how many more local authority homes are due to be retrofitted; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36957/23]

Housing Schemes

Richard Boyd Barrett

656. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full-year cost of bringing HAP rates in line with average rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36958/23]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

657. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the different funding streams for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36964/23]

Local Authorities

Richard Boyd Barrett

658. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the local government fund, including details of the full-year cost of the fund to the Exchequer in each of the years 2007 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36965/23]

Water Services

Christopher O'Sullivan

659. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide, in tabular form, in each year since 2020, the total amount of funding in each local authority for capital investment in water services infrastructure; the capital projects that have been completed in each local authority area since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37042/23]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

660. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loans that have been issued in each local authority; and his plans to revise income limits for same. [37073/23]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

661. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancies in the Residential Tenancies Board; and the roles which are vacant. [37079/23]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

662. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on same, specifically in relation to housing costs for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37081/23]