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DÁIL ÉIREANN Déardaoin, 24 Meitheamh, 2021 Thursday, 24th June, 2021 CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS 46 DÁIL ÉIREANN 2833 Déardaoin, 24 Meitheamh, 2021 Thursday, 24th June, 2021 CEISTEANNA I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY Chun an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta: To the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the latest data from the Residential Tenancies Board that indicated almost 4,000 rent warning letters and 1,100 notices to quit have been issued to tenants since the introduction of the Residential Tenancies and Valuation Act 2020. — Eoin Ó Broin. [34152/21] 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the latest CSO Residential Property Price Index report that shows that house prices have risen by 4.5% over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [34134/21] 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his target of 33,000 new home completions a year will not be met until 2025. — Eoin Ó Broin. [34153/21] 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount provided by his Department to Tipperary County Council for 2020 in respect of housing supports (details supplied). — Mattie McGrath. [34133/21] 5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has consulted the construction sector regarding the growing impact on housing construction on the shortage of timber and the inflating ever cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Michael McNamara. [33843/21] CEISTEANNA EILE OTHER QUESTIONS Chun an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta: To the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently review and increase the table of maximum net income limits in social housing assessments regulations applicable for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Carey. [33433/21] 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the progression of social housing developments in County Clare. — Cathal Crowe. [33609/21] P.T.O 2834 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the referendum on the right to housing as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [33361/21] 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the schedule of stock condition surveys of local authority properties detailing which developments in which local authorities will be surveyed in 2021 and 2022. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33762/21] 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of his engagement with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council with regard to vacant homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [33882/21] 11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of conservation ranger vacancies nationwide over the past two years by region; the length of time the positions have remained unfilled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Marc Ó Cathasaigh. [33646/21] 12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the proposal to transfer local authority water services staff to Irish Water and the creation of a single water utility for the State. — Eoin Ó Broin. [33761/21] 13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that have been experienced by some publicans who have obtained section 254 licences yet are being prevented from serving drinks outdoors given that, according to An Garda Síochána, alcohol cannot be consumed in these areas under the liquor by-laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Imelda Munster. [33258/21] 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless services that are operating to the National Quality Standards Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Cian O’Callaghan. [33464/21] 15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the State or public lands in Dublin 8, 10 and 12 which have been earmarked for transfer to the Land Development Agency; and the acreage and current use and zoning of each site. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [33788/21] 16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the mica redress scheme review will be completed and the results communicated to those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Thomas Pringle. [33466/21] 17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the progression of social housing developments in County Cork. — James O’Connor. [33896/21] 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the Minister for Finance to consider a comprehensive package for first-time buyers to incentivise the purchase and renovation of properties that are currently derelict or uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [33919/21] 19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he has taken to mitigate the serious distress and harm being caused by the sudden ability of landlords to increase rents by 8%. — Thomas Gould. [33894/21] 2835 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the discussions that have been held within his Department regarding increasing the income threshold for those wishing to apply for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Maurice Quinlivan. [33512/21] 21. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 5 May 2021, the status of the work of the Galway Social Housing Task Force; the number of times the task force has met to date in 2021; if he will provide a copy of all reports and minutes of the task force since January 2021; when the task force expects to complete its work and publish a final report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [33899/21] 22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the Departmental working group that was set up to investigate potential amendments to building regulations to require changing places (details supplied) in suitable public buildings; the number of times the group has met; if he plans to meet with the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [33219/21] 23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the further measures he will take to address unaffordable rents, excessive rent increases and unfair evictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Richard Boyd Barrett. [33884/21] 24. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide social and affordable housing to persons with disabilities. — Holly Cairns. [33842/21] 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a social housing passport will be introduced that will allow persons on social housing waiting lists to change local authority without losing time on the list. — Mark Ward. [33612/21] 26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new local authority homes completed in Cork city from January 2020 to June 2021; the amount spent on local authority housing in Cork city in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Colm Burke. [33756/21] 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being put in place to ensure that the introduction of the shared equity scheme will not create a rise in average house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [33812/21] 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a circular to all local authorities seeking a moratorium on the processing of new planning applications for wind farms until new national guidelines on wind energy, which are imminent, are introduced. — Cathal Crowe. [33672/21] 29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to prevent rent reviews in rent pressure zones from total rent increases of up to and including 8%, irrespective of whether or not the tenants concerned fall within the protections of the Planning and Development and Residential Tenancies Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Duncan Smith. [33808/21] P.T.O 2836 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in announcing reforms to the tenant purchase (incremental scheme) 2014; when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [33862/21] 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has the capacity to build a significant land bank in all the key growth areas across Ireland. — Richard Bruton. [33515/21] 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Galway County Council is being underfunded compared to counties of a comparable size and with a greater population; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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  • Dáil Éireann

    Dáil Éireann

    DÁIL ÉIREANN AN ROGHCHOISTE UM THITHÍOCHT, RIALTAS ÁITIÚIL AGUS OIDHREACHT SELECT COMMITTEE ON HOUSING, LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HERI- TAGE Déardaoin, 27 Bealtaine 2021 Thursday, 27 May 2021 Tháinig an Romhchoiste le chéile ag 9.30 a.m. The Select Committee met at 9.30 a.m. Comhaltaí a bhí i láthair/Members present: Teachtaí Dála/Deputies Francis Noel Duffy, Joe Flaherty, Thomas Gould, Emer Higgins, Paul McAuliffe, Darragh O’Brien (Minister for Housing, Lo- cal Government and Heritage), Cian O’Callaghan, Eoin Ó Broin. I láthair/In attendance: Deputies Richard Boyd Barrett and Gino Kenny. Teachta/Deputy Steven Matthews sa Chathaoir/in the Chair. 1 SHLGH Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) SECTION 2 Debate resumed on amendment No. 2: In page 8, line 11, after “of” to insert “public and affordable”. - (Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett). Chairman: I welcome the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O’Brien. We were on amendment No. 2. Deputy Cian O’Callaghan: I wish to raise one matter first, if that is okay. Chairman: Go ahead. Deputy Cian O’Callaghan: If a division is called, can sufficient time be given for all of us to get back to our offices to be able to participate in the discussion? I need about five minutes to get to Agriculture House. I have booked a room in the Leinster House 2000 building to avoid the problem but I do not have a working Internet connection from there. I hope it will be work- ing from next week. I am requesting at least four minutes to get back to the office so that I do not miss what is happening.