Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Energy Efficiency

Darragh O'Brien

311. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost of the deep retrofit pilot programme; the number of properties retrofitted; the average cost by house of retrofitting under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18143/19]

Housing Adaptation Grant Funding

Darragh O'Brien

318. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the budget for housing adaptation grants in 2019; the estimated cost of restoring it to 2008 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/19]

Housing Policy

Darragh O'Brien

319. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of rapid build units delivered in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18367/19]

Repair and Leasing Scheme

Darragh O'Brien

320. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homes brought into use under the repair and lease scheme by local authority and year; the number of applications and overall expenditure in respect of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18368/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Darragh O'Brien

321. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of units to be provided through the enhanced long-term social housing leasing scheme by county in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18369/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Darragh O'Brien

247. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the locations by local authority of the ten affordable purchase scheme sites approved to date; the estimated completion times of each; the anticipated cost per unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18061/19]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Darragh O'Brien

248. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeframe for the delivery of affordable units under the local infrastructure housing activation fund; the locations of each unit by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18062/19]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Darragh O'Brien

249. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the estimated average price reduction per unit under units provided under the local infrastructure housing activation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18063/19]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Darragh O'Brien

250. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the drawdown of funding under the LIHAF to date by project; the number of units delivered by project to date; the number projected by project; the number of affordable units to be provided by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18064/19]

Housing Data

Darragh O'Brien

251. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing projects approved under the urban regeneration and development fund and-or the rural regeneration and development fund to date; the anticipated number of units; the number of affordable units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18065/19]

Housing Loans

Darragh O'Brien

60. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding status of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16449/19]

Credit Unions

Darragh O'Brien

62. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the development of a special purpose vehicle by the Irish Council for Social Housing for the investment of funds in social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16450/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Darragh O'Brien

70. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16253/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Darragh O'Brien

74. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the affordable home scheme; the number of sites identified; the timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16254/19]

Tenant Purchase Scheme Review

Darragh O'Brien

82. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16250/19]

Local Authority Housing Eligibility

Darragh O'Brien

107. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the review of the income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16251/19]

Housing Issues

Darragh O'Brien

109. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when new rural housing guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16252/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

186. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new primary school for the Donabate area of County Dublin as announced in April 2018; if he has identified locations for the proposed school; if the school patronage has been decide upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16062/19]

School Patronage

Darragh O'Brien

214. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process in relation to the way in which a school will be chosen to be divested in the Malahide, Portmarnock and Kinsealy area particularly if each of the eight schools in question vote for their schools to remain with the current patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16378/19]

School Patronage

Darragh O'Brien

215. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will proceed with his plans to divest one of the eight existing national schools in the Kinsealy, Malahide and Portmarnock area when a school (details supplied) proposed for the Broomfield site in Malahide is built and running at capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16379/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Darragh O'Brien

610. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16451/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Administration

Darragh O'Brien

635. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average waiting time for completion of HAP application processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data

Darragh O'Brien

636. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average waiting time for completion of social housing support application processing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16602/19]

Housing Issues

Darragh O'Brien

350. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason Ireland has not signed up to Article 31 of the European Social Charter; the work being undertaken to ensure that ratification of this article is being progressed; and when Ireland will be in a position to ratify the article. [15739/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Darragh O'Brien

353. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend the rent pressure zone designation periods beyond three years in Dublin and Cork from December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15800/19]

Coastal Protection

Darragh O'Brien

148. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all necessary financial assistance will be provided to Fingal County Council to tackle the alarming rate of coastal erosion that is occurring at The Burrow, Portrane, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/19]

Coastal Erosion

Darragh O'Brien

149. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress in the preparation of a national coastal erosion strategy and plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15173/19]

Local Authority Housing

Darragh O'Brien

577. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of local authority dwellings demolished in 2018 under Department approved schemes, by local authority. [14748/19]

Help-To-Buy Scheme Data

Darragh O'Brien

62. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance the number of first-time-buyer help-to-buy scheme recipients since the scheme's inception, by county; the value of the scheme, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14674/19]

Public Spending Code

Darragh O'Brien

77. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeframe for the review of the public spending code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14671/19]

Departmental Schemes

Darragh O'Brien

183. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the towns selected and the number of units in each town for the pilot scheme to encourage persons to return to living in town centres launched in October 2018. [14672/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Darragh O'Brien

216. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of staff engaged in the housing delivery office per annum since its establishment; the average length of service in the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14668/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Darragh O'Brien

217. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the cost rental pilot project has gone out to tender; when construction is due to commence; the number of units due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14669/19]

Departmental Projects

Darragh O'Brien

218. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the average length of time taken to process a cost-benefit analysis in 2017 and 2018; the number of such analyses received; the number accepted and rejected, respectively in 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14670/19]

Rural Resettlement Scheme

Darragh O'Brien

219. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to fund a rural resettlement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14673/19]

Home Building Finance Ireland

Darragh O'Brien

192. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Finance his plans to task Home Building Finance Ireland with an expanded remit to issue loans to owner management companies to cover remedial building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12988/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Darragh O'Brien

339. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the location of the permanent site for a school (details supplied); if the acquisition of the site has been completed; the number of classrooms proposed for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13300/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

360. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage at which the project is at; when construction will commence on the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13613/19]

Schools Building Projects

Darragh O'Brien

364. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) will proceed to the tender and build stage without further delay by granting the school rapid build status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13674/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

365. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building project for a school (details supplied); if the acquisition of a new site for the school has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

366. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the refurbishment and provision of an extension for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

367. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the start date for prefab replacement for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

368. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress for the delivery of a new school for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

369. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progress on a permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

370. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for the proposed school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13680/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

371. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school for the Swords area of County Dublin as announced in November 2015; if he has identified locations for the proposed school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13681/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Darragh O'Brien

372. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13682/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Darragh O'Brien

373. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13683/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Darragh O'Brien

374. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progress on a new school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13684/19]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Darragh O'Brien

375. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13685/19]