Bríd Smith

People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dublin South-Central

Activity on Local Government — 275 events (2 lobbying · 269 questions · 4 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  National Women's Council of Ireland Local Government

  • Gender Quotas - Launch of Gender Quotas Alliance Position Paper
• 2024-12-19
  LOBBY
  Dublin City Business Improvement District T/A DublinTown Local Government

  • Seeking support for implementation of Taoiseach's Task Force Report For Dublin
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a complex (details supplied) in Inchicore has still not had a surveyor visit although this was expected to happen in June as part of the fire remediation scheme; if he will acknowledge that apartment owners are not in a position to pay for this work despite an organisation’s pressure to do so with the promise that they will be reimbursed when funding has been allocated; to provide a timeframe for when funding will be made available for remediation works at this complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42177/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report on deposit protection systems will be published and the recommendations enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40920/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, under section 26 of the Disability Act 2005, each public body is required to have an access officer; the number and which local authorities have employed local access officers to improve public services for people with disabilities; if she will encourage local authorities to fill these roles immediately; the way local authorities fund these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36186/24]
• 2024-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to protect a heritage site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26593/24]
• 2024-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the PSEHRD assessment his Department has undertaken regarding reported difficulties by Travellers to open housing applications and retain open application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26399/24]
• 2024-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will grant the request of retired members of staff of Ordnance Survey Ireland to attend OSI HQ in Phoenix Park on 21 June 2024 (details supplied) as part of the OSI's 200-year anniversary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24487/24]
• 2024-05-02
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a potential gap in the criteria in relation to the vacant/derelict property grant (details supplied); if he will investigate a case involving the protection and incorporation of a deteriorating 160 year old protected structure into a new dwelling with a view to the overturning a refusal of a vacant property grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19991/24]
• 2024-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm where the legislation for the establishment of defects scheme for apartments and duplexes is currently at and to confirm when the draft legislation will be published; when he believes that OMCs will be able to apply for and receive funding for permanent remediation of defects; if he will commit to passing the legislation before the budget and if so, if he will clarify what financial allocation will be required for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19589/24]
• 2024-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide, in tabular form, the apartment blocks and duplexes in Dublin South-Central currently eligible for the interim remediation scheme for the funding of emergency fire safety defect works; when the legislation to support the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will use compulsory purchase vacant and derelict properties to address the worsening homelessness crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15713/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that appropriate community infrastructure should be included within the geographic bounds of a regenerated Oliver Bond House and that this would not affect Dublin City Council’s ability to honour any prior arrangements regarding the delivery of community services in the wider area; the steps he will take to ensure that this will be accommodated within the regenerated Oliver Bond complex; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4560/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of Robert Emmet CDP’s 2021 ‘Environmental Conditions in Oliver Bond House’ report and an independent engineer's report commissioned by DCC, and the very recently launched ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’, all of which highlight and outline the significant issues in the complex; if he will acknowledge that the ameliorative works required to bring conditions in the complex up to a BR Rating of C3 will cost €4.3 million, in light of the current conditions being in breach of residents’ right to a healthy and habitable environment; if his Department will commit to covering this cost under their existing maintenance or capital budget should DCC be unable to meet these costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify if it would have been possible for DCC to apply for Stage 2 approvals recently rather than full Stage 1 Approvals, and what would have been required for this to happen; if he will make inquiries to ascertain if there are any internal difficulties that DCC is facing with progressing regeneration projects in a timely and appropriate manner and offer support to DCC if there are any issues related to resourcing;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider making funding available for a housing officer function to be delivered by a local community organisation; if he will acknowledge that this function would have ten key separate KPIs and that this proposal can be provided to him at his request; if he will signal his support for such a proposal and make funding available to DCC to disburse to a relevant community organisation for this purpose under circular N11/2007 issued by his Department to County Councils entitled ‘Policy Framework for Regeneration of Local Authority Estates’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4563/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 392 and 393 of 12 December 2023, if he will confirm that Dublin City Council has provided the additional information sought in relation to a funding application for temporary improvement works previously carried out in response to the hepatitis A outbreak to his Department on 5 December 2023; if he will confirm that funding will now be furnished to Dublin City Council in respect of this work; when a decision will be made in respect of funding for the additional temporary work that is to be carried out in response to the outbreak of hepatitis A; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57230/23]
• 2023-12-13
  VOTE
  Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages

  • ~ abstained on an amendment to the bill motion passed · 101–19
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when a decision about supplying Dublin City Council with funding for the upgrade of the bays in Labre Park will be made; if he will acknowledge that this upgrade has been promised since the outbreak of Hepatitis A on the site in January 2021 and that after this outbreak in which numerous children and adults were hospitalised, the HSE and the Ombudsman for children were given a commitment that the work to address the poor living conditions would be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54629/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that although some work was carried out in Labre Park, half the site is still living in conditions akin to that experienced in developing countries and that this negates the work that has been carried out, as everyone living in Labre Park is still exposed to the risk of Hepatitis A and many other viruses; if he will outline the steps he will take in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54630/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to summarise his Department`s actions on exploring difficulties Travellers might have in opening and retaining social housing applications; if he acknowledges that his Department has given a commitment on this matter as part of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy/NTRIS (Action 130); the steps his Department has undertaken on this matter since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50052/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to his Department`s circular (Housing 09/2023 - PL 01/2023) to all local authorities regarding his mandatory moratorium on Part 8 planning approvals, if he will clarify what monitoring procedures his Department has put in place to ensure that this moratorium and its circular will be treated as mandatory by local authorities; how many Traveller-specific developments are being pursued under the terms of the circular; if he will provide a breakdown, per local authority, on the Traveller developments pursued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50053/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what action is being taken by Government to combat the mass decline of insects and wildlife in Ireland; and how the Government plans to prevent their extinction. [34759/23]
• 2023-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houseboats currently moored on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow navigation; if, in the event the revisions currently proposed to the canals by-laws by Waterways Ireland are adopted, he will outline the projected number of houseboats that will be permitted to moor on these canals; the projected number of current houseboat residents who will lose their homes; the contingency plans that have been made to provide housing for any existing houseboat residents rendered homeless under the new canal by-laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42858/23]
• 2023-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current mooring fees levied on houseboats moored on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow navigation under the existing canals by-laws; if he will outline, in the event that the revisions currently proposed to the canals by-laws by Waterways Ireland are adopted, the mooring or houseboat permit fees that will be levied on houseboats; the percentage increase which this represents in mooring fees for individual houseboats; the justification for the introduction of such an unprecedented increase in fees under the new canal by-laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/23]
• 2023-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider commissioning a new consultation process in line with the Government’s Guide for Inclusive Community Engagement in Local Planning and Decision Making regarding Waterway Ireland’s proposed revisions to the canals by-laws, in light of the profound and highly disruptive changes which these revisions will effect to the housing security of existing houseboat dwellers, ranging from exponential increases in mooring and-or houseboat permit fees to eviction and homelessness on the Grand Canal, Royal Canal and Barrow navigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42860/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and/or the NPWS is considering purchasing the Conor Pass site (details supplied) for the purposes of transforming it into a national park, which would be held in public ownership for the benefit of all; the precise status of plans to acquire the Conor Pass site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37695/23]
• 2023-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the number of applicants who have been removed from all local authority housing lists in the past 12 months; the number that were removed from all local authority housing lists because they began a HAP tenancy; the number that were removed without being added to the transfer list; how housing waiting list applicants are informed that they need to request the addition of their names to the transfer list following the acceptance of a HAP tenancy in order to remain on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37884/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify if an older couple with medical issues (details supplied) who have rented a three-bedroom property for the past ten years which the landlord has offered to Dublin City Council to purchase under the tenant in situ scheme can be approved for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33661/23]
• 2023-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether the tenant in situ scheme includes properties in which tenants are considered overaccommodated (details supplied); if not, if he will provide details of the number of properties local authorities have refused to purchase on this basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33674/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail the number of people currently in emergency accommodation; the numbers who have been there for over 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33038/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail the number of purchases of properties by local authorities and approved housing bodies under the tenant-in-situ scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33068/23]
• 2023-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there is such a delay in providing Dublin City Council with the funds to complete the upgrade work that is so urgently needed in the Labre Park halting site; the reason there is a delay in providing the funds required to commence the regeneration of the Labre Park halting site; the cause of the delays in providing Dublin City Council with outstanding funds for work already carried out in respect of Traveller accommodation by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33356/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the funding granted to local authorities from his Department for the retrofitting of local authority housing in each of the years since 2016; and the number of units affected, in tabular form. [31736/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding given by his Department to Dublin City Council for stage 1 capital appraisal approval for the regeneration of Oliver Bond House; the total amount of funding made available to DCC for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding from his Department for the regeneration of Oliver Bond House can be used to take intermediate measures to deal with damp and mould issues, including the replacement of single glazing in units there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31738/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if changes made by his Department now require a tenant to have resided in their home for ten years before accessing this scheme in relation to the tenant purchase scheme for local authority tenants, or if years previously spent on social housing supports, and so on, count towards this ten-year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27059/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or his Department have had any correspondence or discussion with officials from Northern Ireland in relation to defective slurry/effluent tanks built and operated in Northern Ireland which discharge into waterways feeding into the South; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27109/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail how compliance with EU nitrates directives and other environmental protection regulations are enforced or monitored along the Border counties when potential harmful discharges into waterways may be occurring in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27111/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail in the event of pollution and damage being caused to waterways in the Republic of Ireland from effluent originating in Northern Ireland the actions his Department or the State can take at EU level or with UK authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27113/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a series of matters (details supplied) will be clarified in relation to the tenant in situ purchase scheme in cases in which a local authority is interested in purchasing a house that is for sale with tenants on social housing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28105/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify his Department’s position on four housing issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25393/23]
• 2023-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can clarify the measures that he intends to take in situations where a landlord or property owner is refusing to engage with councils or approved housing bodies on the sale of a property with in-situ tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/23]
• 2023-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can outline his plans to address the crisis in elderly accommodation in the private rental market in light of a recent reports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23480/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the position on defective building materials; the agency responsible for oversight in this area; if he will further clarify the protections that are available to new homeowners in terms of current house building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/23]
• 2023-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that a park (details supplied) has been promised regeneration since the first Traveller Accommodation Plan was introduced 23 years ago in 1999; the status of a funding application for the regeneration of the park which was made by Dublin City Council to his Department on 3 December 2022; if a response to DCC is imminent given that it is over 19 weeks since the application was submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19061/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to the proposed scheme for defective apartments and remediation works needed; the timescale for implementation of this scheme; if residents of such apartments who face immediate demands for levies from management companies to fund needed safety works will be fully compensated for any outlay they face in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when assessing income from earnings for access to a local authority social housing waiting list, if local authorities have the discretion to disregard one-off overtime earnings in any given year; if not, if such thresholds have no flexibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify current income thresholds from earnings in relation to social housing waiting lists; when these thresholds became operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 21 March 2023, if he will provide more specific information on the existing internal complaints and appeals systems within local authorities, particularly in relation to appealing decisions regarding medical priority for housing applications; if he will consider implementing a standardised and transparent appeal mechanism at the national level to ensure consistency and fairness for all applicants seeking medical priority for housing support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15248/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the reason there is no appeal mechanism for a parent to query a decision by their local authority to refuse an application for medical priority for housing as a result of a medical condition of their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13731/23]
• 2023-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can clarify the additional supports or arrangements that he has in place in terms of emergency provision of beds and accommodation for those persons who face eviction in April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11881/23]
• 2023-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether a contract for security work at 90 North King Street from his Department has been awarded to a firm (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11971/23]
• 2023-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the proposed amendment to the Planning and Development Act 2020, currently before Dáil Éireann, will impact in any way on current regulations and provisions that deal with allotments and the provision of allotments by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/23]
• 2023-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a homeowner (details supplied), whose property is rented to a local authority with a HAP tenant and who now wishes to sell the property and is willing to sell to the local authority concerned, has been told that the council cannot purchase the home; if this is in contradiction to the Government’s stated policy; and if his Department will contact the authority concerned to ascertain the reason it will not purchase the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8539/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funds are available for local authorities from his Department to refurbish social housing units, specifically to install double glazed windows in housing units such as Emmet Building, Dublin 8, in response to ongoing concerns over mould and damp and also as measures to reduce energy consumption and emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7280/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure funding is made available to Dublin City Council in order to renovate the Iveagh building in the Liberties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7281/23]
• 2023-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is binging any proposals to permit the automatic granting of permission for wind energy projects that have been waiting for over two years for planning approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7359/23]
• 2023-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail, the expected increase in social housing applicants as a result of the recent changes to the income thresholds; the measures his Department is taking to deal with any increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3717/23]
• 2023-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail the reason that social housing targets were missed in 2022; the actions he intends to take to ensure targets are met for the coming period; the estimated time it will take to provide social housing units to meet current and predicted demand in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3716/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the way accommodation standards in tenancies that are supported by HAP/RAS payments are enforced; the number of payments to landlords that have been stopped in the past two years due to the accommodation being judged as not suitable for the tenant; the number of tenants who were refused HAP/RAS support prior to commencing a tenancy due to the accommodation being judged as inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63966/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the standards in rented accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61640/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the situation in relation to a couple who are named tenants in a social housing house but who become separated; if it is possible to have one named tenant removed from the tenancy agreement; if so, the way that this is done; if each local authority operates in a different manner; and if this situation is covered by national regulations or by statutory instruments. [61729/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if clarification will be provided regarding a situation of domestic violence in cases in which a person can have their violent partner removed from the tenancy agreement with their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61730/22]
• 2022-12-13
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 86–63
• 2022-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if changes to income limits for social housing will be backdated; if anyone removed from the list in that period will have their years on the list restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59785/22]
• 2022-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a circular to all local authorities to ensure that they will buy homes if tenants are in receipt of notices to quit where the tenants would be eligible for social housing or cost-rental housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59786/22]
• 2022-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that is available from his Department to help local authorities deal with outstanding issues of mould and damp in council flats; if retrofitting funding related to climate action can be provided in such circumstances, for example to help with costs of new windows in blocks; if not, if other sources of funding are available to local authorities to deal with these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60041/22]
• 2022-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Housing his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59344/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the violation of the right to adequate housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57950/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that owners of defective apartments in Dublin south central should take given that they have each recently received a bill for €8,500 to be paid within 30 days as the first payment for remedial work on their apartment complex; if he will acknowledge that this is an unacceptable financial imposition on these homeowners, which will cause untold distress, with many unable to pay during a cost-of-living crisis; if he will clearly outline the steps that they should take under these circumstances; if he will confirm when there will be a redress scheme in place for those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54462/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to reports that many owners of defective apartments are facing immediate demands for substantial payments from management companies for remedial work, and in one case in Dublin, face the loss of basement car park spaces as a result of the enforcement of safety notices; when the residents of such apartments can expect State aid; if he has any plans to provide emergency funding to such residents before Christmas 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55306/22]
• 2022-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on Ireland’s marine protected areas [53276/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total family income permissible to remain in receipt of supports and on local authority waiting lists; the position when a child reaches 18 years of age and begins working; if this additional family income could place the family outside of State supports and access to waiting lists; if there are any exemptions in relation to fixed income limits in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48800/22]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with top security, including any that are subcontracted to top security; the value of such contracts since 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49001/22]
• 2022-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 14 September 2022, the way that the twin goals of sustainable communities and long term tenancies are advanced in the case of a tenant who has resided in a council home for over 30 years and who has recently married, yet now finds that they are barred and delayed from availing of this scheme due to the new ruling that both tenants in a joint tenancy must have 10 years on housing supports before availing of the scheme; If he considers this reasonable; if it discriminates against long-term tenants who marry or have a new partner who becomes a joint tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46145/22]
• 2022-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of providing full redress to Mica-affected homes by removing any cap on payments to homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45304/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the definitive date for the increase in HAP payments and other associated changes that were due at the end of August 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44421/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the incremental tenant purchase scheme introduced in 2016 is still operating; the funding allocated to the scheme in the past three years; if changes to the scheme now stipulate that tenants must be in receipt of housing assistance for ten years before availing of such schemes; the reason for this change; if such criteria applies across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44544/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans, if any, to legislate or alter current regulations on subletting of a tenancy without the consent of a landlord given the increase in such practices and the impact on living conditions and tenant rights of those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43214/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the species of birds which are on the open season hunting list; if these include birds that are amber and red listed or for which there are conservation concerns; and if the working group that was established in 2021 has reported to him yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports that he intends to provide for owners of defective apartments; if he will support a redress scheme similar to the mica and pyrite schemes for those homeowners; if owners of defective apartments built prior to the 1990s and 2000s will be included in any future support schemes or tax treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43835/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all private and voluntary companies and agencies contacted by the State to provide emergency accommodation for homeless persons for the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [40686/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the details of all funding provided to private and voluntary bodies and agencies for services for homeless persons including accommodation for the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [40687/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of circumstances in which homeless services and emergency accommodation have been contracted by the State or local authority to a private entity; the relevant officials or bodies with responsibility for ensuring that such accommodation meets required standards; the way that it is ensured that persons and bodies providing such services are adequately and properly trained to provide such services; the way that homeless persons availing of such services can appeal or question decisions regarding their accommodation to a relevant authority, that is,. not the provider of such accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40688/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to examine the income limits for social housing; if they will be increased and whether those who have been removed from the list over the last period will be reinstated to their position on the lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32965/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the rising number of evictions; his plans to deal with these; if he will consider a reintroduction of an outright ban as an emergency measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32966/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify exactly when housing assistance payment rates will be increased; if he will acknowledge that an increase will help some tenants to remain in properties in which rents have risen and will also provide for others waiting to be housed to access more dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33330/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of commercial rates that have been collected by all local authorities since 2018 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33334/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will give a definitive date when the working group specifically tasked with examining the issues of fire safety and structural safety defects in apartments and duplexes built between 1991 and 2013 will deliver it’s report which was due in March 2022; if his attention has been drawn to the immense stress and anxiety that homeowners impacted by these defects continue to experience as a result of significant payments they have been requested to make to remedy defects they are in no way responsible for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32501/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of licences that have been issued in the past ten years for the capture and killing of protected wild birds and animals for educational or scientific purposes; the species and numbers of birds and animals affected; the nature of the educational or scientific purposes; the method of capture; the number that were killed; the number that were released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30142/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to at least 320 birds, five seals, five hares and a rabbit that were among the animals used in experiments at in University College Cork in 2021; if they were captured from the wild; the method of capture; if licences were granted to allow same; if so, the conditions attached to the licences; the number of animals that were killed; if he has concerns that protected animals are being killed in experiments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30143/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of operative data centres in the State at present; the number of centres approved but not yet built; the number awaiting planning approval; the number of those in the process of being built if these are not captured in the previous categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30318/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service intend to take in relation to the alleged misuse of national parks by organisers of hare coursing events specifically in Killarney National Park; if he will further clarify the position in relation to the use of national parks for such events; if the NPWS were informed prior to such events taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27218/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe in which the working group to examine defects in housing report on defective apartments will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to defective apartments which have failed fire regulation standards; the scheme that he will establish to deal with the matter; if the mica scheme provides a blueprint for future schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the number of apartments that were purchased by local authorities which have defective elements such as fire standards and so on; if they can be included as part of any defective apartments scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24837/22]
• 2022-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his plans to further the recommendations of the report commissioned by his Department from a person (details supplied); the funding that will be made available on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend the boundaries of national parks; if such a process can be imitated by local authorities or other bodies; the method or legislation needed to be amended to extend current boundaries; if mineral exploration licences can be issued for areas covered by national parks; the environmental protections that are specific to national parks areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/22]
• 2022-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the persons and companies that have received licences for potential offshore wind development, specifically the relevant projects; the dates on which the original licences were issued; the dates on which the rights to develop granted under these licences to develop offshore energy prior to the passing of any recent legislation; the changes to the ownership of the licences of which his Department has been notified of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21305/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authority tenants can offer accommodation to refugees such as Ukrainian citizens fleeing war; if they require the permission of their local authority to do so; if his Department has discussed such a policy with the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20532/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the impact that the lack of social housing is having on lone parents and their children (details supplied); when he expects that these parents who have been waiting for many years will be offered a social home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/22]
• 2022-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the planning application submission delays for the Emmet Road development since the agreement to proceed with the project in July 2018; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, apart from those engaged with the consultative forum, local persons have not been kept informed of developments since March 2021; when the first large-scale public affordable cost-rental project on the former St. Michael's estate site in Inchicore, Dublin 8, will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11979/22]
• 2022-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to put in place a dedicated housing policy to address the hidden homelessness identified in a report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on the impact that the lack of housing options has on women and their children in abusive situations who often have little choice but to remain with the abuser; the action he intends to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12045/22]
• 2022-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 386 of 15 February 2022, the way that suitability is determined regarding accommodation; the way that bed space numbers are determined in a dwelling; if there are any guidelines or regulations on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9824/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total spending by his Department allocated to local authorities or any other body for retrofitting social housing stock since 2010 to date; the total funding to approved housing bodies for the same purpose, that is retrofitting or any scheme that increases energy efficiency and so on; and if the funding is allocated under just one scheme or funding stream. [8013/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the State’s social housing stock according to the BER rating allocated by each county and local authority area in tabular form. [8014/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections and rights of a tenant whose landlord is initiating an eviction on grounds (details supplied); the person or the regulation that determines suitability; the rights that a tenant has to appeal such grounds to the Residential Tenancies Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8335/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if approved housing bodies are permitted to raise rents in areas in line with rent pressure zones and not by having regard to their tenant's actual income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6250/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a tenant of an approved housing body having been housed from the local authority waiting lists can be charged a rent or face a rent increase based on reference to rent pressure zones and the percentage increases that apply to them rather than their actual income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6251/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a housing body (details supplied) and its complex at Ballinteer was provided with funding streams by the State which would allow it to set rents for tenants that are not governed by the differential rent setting used by the local authority or to clarify the method of rent setting that is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6252/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a commitment will be made that the report of the independent working group on defective homes will be completed by the end of March 2022; if he will act promptly and decisively on the report recommendations; if he will provide tax credits in Budget 2023 for owner-occupiers of defective apartments and duplexes who have paid or are currently paying levies for the remediation of defects in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6584/22]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there is no local consultation in advance of the erection of communication booster masts in the city; if he will provide information on the way and the reason the decision that these masts do not need planning permission was arrived at; if there are plans to change this practice under section 254; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58833/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the health service is losing vital healthcare workers due to the housing crisis and difficulties finding accommodation; his plans to address the crisis by providing accommodation for healthcare professionals to encourage them to stay in the system rather than emigrate; his other plans to address the housing crisis for healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50734/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the issue of youth homelessness; the number of young persons who have become homeless in the past three years; the options that have been available in the past for such persons; the options that are available currently; his views on whether the current homeless hostels and shelters are not suitable for young persons; the steps he is taking to ensure that young homeless persons are protected from abuse in all its forms and to being exposed to substance abuse and addiction; the steps he is taking to prevent youth homelessness occurring in the first place; if he plans to provide accommodation and services solely for young person's experiencing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43171/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will implement the comprehensive set of recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Safe as Houses? A Report on Building Standards, Building Controls & Consumer Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38826/21]
• 2021-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the community monuments fund will be available for restoration and heritage preservation work at the Kilmainham Mill, Dublin 8, if he will meet with community activists working on the site; and his views on the possible restoration at the historical site. [34768/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his policy to prevent evictions of tenants in the coming period on economic grounds or other grounds which are unconnected to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33805/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take to prevent tenants facing double yearly rent increases in the coming period as a result of previous Covid-19 measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33804/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his officials along with Dublin City Council officials and representatives of a company (details supplied) have supported a number of proposals for the development of Moore Street; the actions he has taken to support such proposals; the details of meetings between his officials and others in relation to the Moore Street development including those conducted with representatives of the company and with a group; if such proposals are separate to a possible compensation package being discussed by the group in preparation of its recent report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25684/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the upcoming Land Development Agency Bill 2021 will be revised at committee stage to prioritise traditional council housing and to ensure that the affordable housing is defined in relation to incomes and not in relation to market prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24647/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if steps will be taken to remove red and amber listed birds from the Open Seasons Order given they are threatened birds of the highest conservation concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21675/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if applications for data centres can go directly to An Bord Pleanála; if data centres are or will be deemed to be strategic infrastructure; if current applications still go to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19846/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications submitted to planning authorities for data centres in each of the years 2010 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [19847/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a prospective tenant who qualifies for the homeless HAP support can rent a home from a landlord that is related to them; if so, the circumstances and rules regulating same; if each local authority is operating the system under the same guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the 29,720 households that have had their social housing needs met since 2016; the percentage that were housed through private rental accommodation and housing assistance payments; the percentage that were allocated permanent housing through local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the 6,813 households that have had their social housing needs met since 2019; the percentage that were housed through private rental accommodation and housing assistance payments; the percentage that were allocated permanent housing through local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17720/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the 61,880 households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports as of 2 November 2020 by household size; if any of these households are currently in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the percentage that are in homeless accommodation; the percentage that are on transfer lists in the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17721/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are other households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports that are not included in the 61,880 households assessed as being qualified for social housing supports as of 2 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17722/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the situation of the service level agreement between Irish Water and local authority workers will be clarified; the number of workers covered by the agreement; the number of workers who have been requested to transfer fully to Irish Water to date; if his attention has been drawn to the number of workers who do not wish to transfer; the plans of his Department and Irish Water to deal with the number who do not wish to transfer; if the workers will be guaranteed their current conditions if they remain with the relevant local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12625/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is open to applicants who work less than 20 hours per week or are lone parents and in receipt of the one parent family payment. [12885/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can apply for both the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme and the enhanced help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12886/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of successful applicants who have applied in each year of the operation of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. [12887/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress of the working group on latent defects in apartment buildings set up in 2020; the interim findings of the group; if the group will be inviting submissions from affected apartment owners and others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8030/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support a State redress body to fund remedial works for defective apartments built in recent decades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8031/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address weaknesses in the building regulations regime here including the enforcement of standards in relation to fire safety and other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8032/21]
• 2021-02-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons that have sought protection from evictions or notice of termination under measures introduced in December 2020, that is, rent arrears as a result of the Covid-19 crisis; the number who have received assistance and advice from MABS as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6185/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenants and the local authority in which they reside that have availed of or that have attempted to avail of protection from eviction notices as a result of falling into rent arrears during or due to the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4830/21]
• 2021-01-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider suspending planning applications, appeals and submissions during the current phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, given the difficulties persons have contacting and interacting with various Departments and personnel during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2575/21]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he received a protected disclosure from a person (details supplied); and the details of the action taken as a result of the disclosure. [42913/20]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42704/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be extending the ban on evictions at the end of the current level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38323/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will bring forward proposals to back the building of public houses on public lands and examine the supports necessary for local authorities to do so in the view of the recent vote by Dublin City Council on the Oscar Traynor site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the policy of all local authorities in relation to persons on their social housing waiting lists is to remove them from these lists if they at any stage during their time on the list exceed the income thresholds applicable; if so, if the policy is uniformly applied across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36981/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if approved housing bodies have the authority to decide if they will house tenants sent to them from the local authority social housing waiting lists following an interview with the perspective tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units provided by approved housing bodies for social housing of those on local authority social housing waiting lists in each of the years since 2015; the total number of housing units provided by approved housing bodies since 2015, that is, units built, purchased, leased and so on by these bodies which are not made available to the local authority for the purposes of housing persons on the social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36983/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria used by approved housing bodies to allocate housing units in developments over which they operate which are not available to the local authority in their area for housing tenants from the social housing waiting lists; if these units are subject to any control or oversight by his Department in terms of rents levied or tenancy agreements entered into; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36984/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the payments for services or goods by his Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20779/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his priority legislation to deal with the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he will take to give security to renters and help for those with rent arrears as a result of the continuing Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will clarify the situation regarding a housing complex (details supplied); if his Department has received an application for funding for a redevelopment of some apartments there; the status of the proposed development; and the funding stream which is available for the complex and its development. [13882/20]
• 2020-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1190 of 3 June 2020, if the role of the Residential Tenancies Board includes ensuring that landlords and so on abide by the temporary measures of the emergency legislation such as the temporary ban on all evictions even in situations in which the tenancy would not be covered by the 2004 Act; and if the RTB is obliged to have cognisance of the provisions and consequences of the emergency legislation. [10885/20]
• 2020-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1342 of 20 May 2020, if he will clarify the role and function of the RTB in enforcing the emergency legislation that sought to provide protection for all tenants from eviction during the period of the Covid-19 crisis; and the reason the RTB is refusing to support tenants facing evictions or the withholdings of deposits during the Covid-19 crisis due to the fact their tenancies are not covered by the 2004 Act, when such evictions are in clear breach of the emergency legislation which a previous response made clear extended to all tenancies even those not covered by the 2004 Act. [8731/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the RTB should hear cases from tenants who have had their deposits retained by landlords or other disputes, who are not in tenancies covered by the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 but who have faced issues of eviction and non-refunding of deposits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5963/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of units for emergency accommodation currently being used in hotel settings. [5965/20]
• 2019-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an apartment built in 1997, which complied with fire safety regulations at the time, is now obliged to upgrade its fire alarm systems in order to comply with 2013 regulations. [52916/19]
• 2019-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of children in emergency accommodation in each local authority area; the average period of time spent by children in accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51864/19]
• 2019-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if income limits for access to the social housing waiting lists will be examined in view of recent reports that show the difficulty of persons accessing affordable housing and the inability of many to qualify for mortgages but who are above income limits for local authority housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51863/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the €20 million allocation for retrofitting homes in the midlands under the just transition plan is funding from the SEAI or from other sources; the amount that will be spent in 2020 and thereafter; the counties to which the allocation will be targeted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49389/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of apartments and houses known to his Department to have substandard fire safety standards; the person or body responsible for taking action to correct the defects; his plans to ensure such homes meet the safety standards required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49807/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if consideration has been given to setting up a redress scheme for homeowners who find their properties have substandard fire safety standards and in which the developer and builder is no longer solvent; the responsibility and role of State agencies including local authorities and planning regulators in enforcing the original regulations regarding safety standards in such developments; if he has a role in ensuring breaches are pursued and corrected if clear breaches of existing regulations have been committed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49977/19]
• 2019-12-03
  VOTE
  Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 53–56
• 2019-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homes delivered by approved housing bodies since 2015 under the CAS scheme; the number that were delivered for social housing; and the number delivered for non-social housing under the funding scheme. [47100/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the board membership of the Land Development Agency will be able to provide sufficient social and affordable public housing on public lands to deal with the current crisis; his plans to appoint housing rights advocates or NGO activists to the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45148/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he is taking to ensure the availability of affordable housing units in view of Central Bank rules and the income limits that apply to qualify for inclusion on social housing waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45149/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a caravan rental or rent-to-buy scheme will be developed that will provide residential standard mobile homes for Travellers. [44555/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the Department responsible for the administration of the way in which HAP is means tested and calculated; and the legislation used in this regard. [30487/19]
• 2019-04-03
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to tenancy contracts by approved housing bodies such as a body (details supplied) which informs tenants that their tenancy can be ended if the body plans to sell the premises within three months, refurbish the premises, change the use of the premises or if it is deemed no longer suitable for the tenant; if this tenancy agreement is approved by his Department for persons housed by such bodies from the social housing waiting list; his views on AHBs potentially using such grounds for eviction in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15849/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if an organisation (details supplied) informed Dublin City Council 28 days prior to 7 March 2018 that the site on which the organisation is building 72 homes would not be completed on time. [12870/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in the event that an organisation (details supplied) received an extension of one year to complete works on a site, whether it informed Dublin City Council that the work would not be completed. [12871/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a site (details supplied) is legally owned by an organisation. [12872/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the reason Dublin City Council has not complied with the conditions of the Land Registry deeds will be investigated. [12873/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the land allocated for a linear park at a location (details supplied) will be returned. [12874/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government whether the lands at a location (details supplied) belong to the parks or housing departments of Dublin City Council. [12875/19]
• 2019-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 272 and 273 of 7 February 2019, if the reference to the capital advanced loan facility and or payment and availability agreement is the same scheme as the capital advance leasing facility scheme; if funding made available under the social housing current expenditure programme is for developments that result in 100% of housing units made available to social housing for those on local authority waiting lists; and the number of units built by approved housing bodies which are in developments built with some assistance from State funding streams which are not available for social housing, that is, the number of units built under CAS and CLSS which are rented out by the body on criteria other than the tenants coming from the local authority waiting lists. [11421/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 272 and 273 of 7 February 2019, the funding provided to approved housing bodies under each scheme (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [7893/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of housing units provided for social housing and by an approved housing body for other accommodation needs in each of the years 2011 to 2018 in schemes in circumstances (details supplied). [7894/19]
• 2019-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of funding to approved housing bodies, that is, not local authorities, for the provision of social housing in each of the years 2011 to 2018; and the number of units for social housing provided by approved housing bodies in each of the years 2011 to 2018, in tabular form. [6098/19]
• 2019-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding made available to local authorities for the provision of social housing in each of the years 2011 to 2018. [6099/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the policy on protecting green spaces, including allotments and community gardens, in city areas in view of the benefits of such to general health and well-being and specifically mental health outcomes for inner city residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4964/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding an approved housing body (details supplied) received for the development of 41 apartments for older persons; the funding made available to the body for a proposed redevelopment at a site; and if funding from his Department or other State agency fell under the capital advanced loan facility payment, the long-term leasing scheme, the capital loan and subsidy scheme or the capital assistance scheme. [5118/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his policy on the way in which approved housing bodies allocate housing units, set rents and make available units to tenants that are not on the social housing waiting list of the local authority and whose rents are not differentially set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3561/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if approved housing bodies that receive State funding can allocate housing units on criteria other than that set by the local authority housing waiting list. [3562/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the proposal of an approved housing body to allocate housing units to couples that will pay €1,500 per month in rent that are not on the social housing waiting lists and that will have some of the rent set aside as a savings scheme to purchase a home in the future; if this scheme has his approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3563/19]
• 2019-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 17 January 2019, his plans to renew the areas designated as rent pressure zones in view of the fact that the Act designates December 2019 as the time when these zones will cease (details supplied). [3312/19]
• 2019-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to retain the rent pressure zones beyond December 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2127/19]
• 2019-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if proposed legislation will deal with security of tenure for tenants in rent pressure zones that may face eviction on grounds of refurbishment, sale or the relocation of family members into a dwelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2128/19]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Finance

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Finance if he discussed the likely impact on land prices, and specifically NAMA-controlled sites, of the measures on height restrictions with either the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government or officials in his Department or outside agencies or bodies; and the details of discussions and meetings that took place at which these height restrictions were discussed. [52843/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the removal of height restrictions has a major upward impact on the site value of the lands and that the price obtained for land disposed of by NAMA recently is considerably less than what could have been obtained; and if his Department discussed the likely impacts with NAMA officials before they disposed of lands. [52805/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if NAMA had been informed of the forthcoming change to height regulations but continued to completion with such sales; if so, the reason NAMA was permitted to dispose of such sites at considerable discount to their subsequent revaluation; and if he was advised of these sales and-or disposals prior to the announcement on height restrictions. [52806/18]
• 2018-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of planning applications for the development of social housing by local authorities and approved housing bodies in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [49915/18]
• 2018-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number on social housing waiting lists nationally; the number of applicants (details supplied); and the number of cases in which the applicant is applying for a family; and the size of families on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/18]
• 2018-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of successful applications for home loans under the Rebuilding Ireland scheme for first-time buyers; and the number that have applied for mortgages under this scheme to date. [47156/18]
• 2018-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of recent changes in the calculation of homeless numbers; the rationale behind all such changes; and his additional plans and schemes to deal with vulnerable homeless persons during the winter months. [47157/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the circumstances that gave rise to the delays in construction of social houses at a company (details supplied); the way in which tenders were awarded to a firm that had significant debt; if a vulture fund is involved, the person or body from which that fund acquired the original debt; and the steps being taken to remedy the situation. [40622/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the circumstances that gave rise to the delay in finishing social housing projects connected with a company (details supplied); his plans to finish these units; and if a vulture fund is involved in the debt problems at the construction firm. [40621/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the number who have been granted the requested loan; and the counties in which these applicants reside, in tabular form. [40920/18]
• 2018-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 27 September 2018, the 30 sites referred to as projects supported by the local infrastructure housing activation fund by county, in tabular form. [40921/18]
• 2018-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the measures he plans to take to deal with the widespread breaching of rent increases in rent pressure zones; and if his Department is independently investigating such breeches or monitoring the levels of rent increases in these zones. [39091/18]
• 2018-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the proposed projects that the Land Development Agency will enter into with private developers; the way in which an affordable home under such partnerships will be defined; and the estimated time it will take to build social and affordable homes in projects under the charge of the agency. [39090/18]
• 2018-09-25
  VOTE
  Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 49–59
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the meetings, briefings or lobbying he or his departmental officials have had with representatives of a company (details supplied) in an official or unofficial capacity since 2013. [33267/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will meet with the community organisers of an area (details supplied) to discuss their cost rental proposals for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26877/18]
• 2018-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the rationale for recent changes in the way in which homeless figures are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26878/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the value of contracts for goods or services from companies (details supplied) since 2010. [20856/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the mortgage calculator for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is yielding widely inaccurate figures for prospective applicants (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that local authorities are subsequently reducing the loan amount that applicants may avail of by a large amount by calculating a much greater figure than needed for mortgage protection insurance; and the reason local authorities are including much greater mortgage protection insurance costs than applicants can avail of on the open market. [21245/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is excluding persons who may have an insufficient history of saving having secured a deposit sum from relatives and so on; if such exclusions run contrary to the purpose of the scheme and past statements in relation to helping young first-time buyers struggling to secure loans from traditional sources while being in rented accommodation that is costing a significant portion of their earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21246/18]
• 2018-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of newly built social housing units built directly by local authorities in 2017; the way in which this figure is in line with the stated goal of solving the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19836/18]
• 2018-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his definition of affordable housing; the number of units he plans to provide in this category in the next period; the way in which these units will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19837/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála is using threats of legal costs to force a community to drop its request for appeal of judicial review in an environmental case; his views on whether this is acceptable as a policy for the board; the other remedy that exists for persons concerned regarding a planning matter in their area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the value of contracts for services awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department since 2010 in tabular form; and the type of work undertaken by the company. [14632/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the criteria that local authorities will apply in operating the new home loan scheme announced under Rebuilding Ireland; the funding available for this scheme; the projected number of loans that will be issued under the scheme over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9719/18]
• 2018-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the proposed breakdown of the number of private, for profit and speculatively built homes to be built under the Project Ireland 2040 development plan; the number to be built by local authorities and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9720/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the functions and operations that are the remit and responsibility of Irish Water. [8133/18]
• 2018-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason Irish Water is reported to be refusing to undertake responsibility for works that are concerned with surface level water management. [8134/18]
• 2018-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which the proposed home loan schemes and affordable purchase scheme will impact on the present housing crisis in view of the average industrial earnings of most persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4581/18]
• 2018-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons joining local authority housing lists nationally in 2017; and when the volume of house building by public and approved housing bodies can be expected to deal with the waiting lists in view of the numbers in need of housing. [4582/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 2,245 social houses built in 2017 that were delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies, rapid build by regeneration and via Part V respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2964/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Part V homes delivered in 2017 bought by councils and approved housing bodies respectively; the number leased by councils and approved housing bodies respectively; the average cost per unit of these units that were leased by local authority; the length of the leases of those bought; the average monthly rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2965/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cost and size of the 2,266 acquisitions for social housing in 2017, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2966/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the length of time of the leases for the 798 houses leased for social housing in 2017; the unit cost of these leases per month, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2967/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 910 Rental Accommodation Scheme contracts signed in 2017 that were renewed contracts and new contracts, respectively, for existing Rental Accommodation Scheme tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2968/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of the 17,916 HAP tenancies signed in 2017 that are still in existence and the number broken by landlords, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2969/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of all voids brought back into use in 2017; the length of time the homes were void by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2970/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if a person in a house with an identified leak must have a water meter installed to avail of the first fix repair under the policy of Irish Water known as first fix; and if so, his views on whether this is a fair system for Irish Water customers. [54420/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Travellers evicted under section 10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 in 2016 and 2017. [55105/17]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of Travellers who have been asked to move by a local authority from their accommodation due to fire safety concerns in 2016 and 2017. [55106/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Irish Water refunds are being issued in cheques from a bank (details supplied) and local post offices will not facilitate changing a cheque from the bank; that if a person tries to cash the cheque in the bank he or she is asked for a driving licence or passport and the bank will not accept a public services card as identification; and his plans to resolve same. [53069/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to ensure no more deaths occur among homeless people and rough sleepers; and his plans to re-open a location (details supplied) or similar to ensure there are no more fatalities during the winter of 2017. [52274/17]
• 2017-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will introduce measures to deal with the numbers of vacant homes here; when he will have accurate figures for same; and if extra funding will be made available for local authorities and approved housing bodies to acquire or compulsory purchase such units. [52275/17]
• 2017-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the position regarding the licensing of mechanical harvesting of seaweed and kelp in the Bantry Bay area; and the policy in respect of mechanical harvesting of these resources by private companies. [49739/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of funding being provided to aid the remedial work at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the replacement of directly employed workers involved in the work currently taking place at a location (details supplied) and their replacement with bogus self-employed workers under RCT arrangements; if the attention of other Departments was drawn to these arrangements before funding the work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46607/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the impact the decision of Irish Water, which seeks to end the service level agreement with local authorities, will have on the future of the company and on workers currently delivering services under that agreement. [44465/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the ending of the service level agreement between Irish Water and local authorities has implications for retaining water services in public ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44466/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount it would cost to fully restore all cuts to the Traveller accommodation budget. [36412/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of land in the ownership of the local authorities that was sold or disposed of in 2016. [36413/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of all local authority land sales or land disposals yielded to the State in 2016. [36414/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has requested an independent valuation of each of the sites in the State’s ownership which he has identified as being suitable for mixed tenure developments on State lands and other lands in the Government’s action plan for housing and homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland. [36415/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has requested an independent valuation of each of the 700 sites described on page 50 on the Government’s action plan for housing and homelessness, Rebuilding Ireland (details supplied). [36416/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will examine the method used by voluntary housing agencies to set the rent levels of their tenants and the rights of tenants in circumstances in which they are faced with substantial rent rises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33384/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the persons to be housed in the new rapid build units will be taken from the local authority waiting list; if other criteria will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33383/17]
• 2017-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the regulation that governs the setting of rents by voluntary housing agencies and the rights tenants of such bodies have in appealing new rents set by such bodies; the guidelines his Department has for the setting of rents by voluntary housing bodies. [33250/17]
• 2017-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations including hiring and interviewing of staff, disciplinary procedures and workplace related issues such as allegations of bullying and so on or dignity at work issues in each of the years 2015 and 2016. [29337/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of 23 May 2017, if he will provide the figures for all pension contributions made by public sector workers in each body under the aegis of his Department, excluding those in the Civil Service, including the pension levy, in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [26971/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the procedures for a local authority to change the name of a street in its authority; and the legislation that governs this issue. [27407/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to deal with ongoing problems being experienced by persons trying to access accommodation or remain in existing accommodation under the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24810/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of house-building projects and the number of units involved in those projects that are in the process of being built or at the planning stage under the control of local authorities and that will deliver local authority owned and run social housing in the next period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the monetary value of all work contracted out under the aegis of his Department to external agencies or consultancies for work completed or investigations undertaken in human resources and industrial relations to include the hiring and interviewing of staff and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23956/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to large rent rises in areas adjoining the rent pressure zones; if he will reconsider extending the application and breadth of rent controls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17106/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the progress of his plans to end the use of emergency settings such as hotels, bed and breakfasts and so on for persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding tenants who are receiving rent support and are now being told they must move to HAP (details supplied). [11871/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a tenant who is being moved to the HAP scheme but wishes to remain on the local authority waiting list for a local authority home. [11872/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest figures that suggests the number of social houses built in 2016 were among the lowest in the State's history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9044/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the recent figures on rent increases in the private rented sector suggest that rental pressure zones should be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9045/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department have been briefed on any proposed changes by the Dublin city manager to the current operation of the emergency ambulance call out service as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade. [8194/17]
• 2017-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current plans of Dublin City Council regarding the provision of the emergency ambulance call-out services as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade; his views on such plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7960/17]
• 2017-02-16
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department has been briefed on any proposed change by the Dublin city manager to the current operation of the emergency ambulance call out service as provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade. [7961/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to take steps to protect tenants who have been served with rent reviews that are demanding 50% and 60% rent rises by landlords trying to evade the proposed rent caps in some areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2147/17]
• 2017-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the huge rent increases facing some tenants on foot of rent review demands notified by landlords in the days before his recent Bill was passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2146/17]
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if there are limits placed on the amount local authorities may borrow from the Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of building social housing. [39991/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he plans to take to deal with the escalating rise in rents in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35431/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the latest pillar of the Rebuilding Ireland action plan, that is housing supply; the way it will address the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35430/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of housing units he envisions will be delivered under the social housing construction and acquisition fund in 2017 in categories (details supplied). [30800/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the funding under the social housing current expenditure programme for 2017 will provide social housing units only as leased arrangements with private landlords or will be used to build social housing units for local authority or approved housing bodies. [30801/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if funding for proposed rapid builds is new funding or if it is funding that was previously allocated to other housing projects. [28610/16]
• 2016-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that local authorities are postponing projects for regular-build social housing to fund rapid-build houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department intervened in the ongoing refusal of a State-supported company (details supplied) to honour a Labour Court finding in relation to workers made redundant; if his Department has instructed this company not to use State funds to honour the findings of another State agency; and if he will intervene in this matter to ensure the workers involved receive their just payments. [28059/16]
• 2016-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason funding is made available to a private company (details supplied) by his Department while this company is refusing to obey the judgment of a State-appointed body in regard to its workforce. [28060/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the recent confirmation from scientists in the southern hemisphere that global levels of carbon dioxide have passed 400 parts per million; if he is concerned that such levels pose a threat to the earth's biodiversity and to human civilisation, given that the last time levels reached this stage humans did not exist; the radical steps he proposes to cut emissions of carbon dioxide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16175/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the new structures introduced into the various Ministries and their respective responsibilities mean a downgrading of climate change as an issue, and to outline which Minister is responsible for answering questions relating to climate change. [17120/16]
• 2016-06-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that climate change is the single most pressing issue for humanity, which will impact on every single aspect of our society and economy; that it is a major mis-step at this time to have effectively abolished the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in the new Administration and that, notwithstanding recent reassurances, this suggests to the public that environmental issues will be downgraded; that if he is genuine about joined-up thinking he must reorganise Departments with a view to setting up a Department of environment, climate change and natural heritage, which would have a remit to deal effectively with pressing environmental issues, such as loss of biodiversity and with water quality and supply; and if he will give a commitment that the correct urgency will be attached to the priorities of his Ministers concerned with environmental matters, and that they will not be seen as an add on or be relegated in the pursuit of corporate or business interests. [14525/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to immediately revise the statutory instrument that introduced payment for green bin charges and ensure that, in the interests of the environment, all recycling is incentivised by remaining free of charge by local authorities at bring centres and by waste management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11599/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government for an explanation for the doubling of the cost of providing temporary homes, modular homes and rapid build homes for those in hotel accommodation. [7792/16]
• 2016-04-20
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the strategy for moving families from rapid build housing to permanent accommodation, given that there are no plans to build any significant amount of social housing to allow families move on. [7793/16]