Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Appointments to State Boards Data

Mary Lou McDonald

623. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of persons he has appointed to each State board under the aegis of his Department that have not come from the Public Appointments Service list of suitable candidates, in tabular form. [50004/17]

Departmental Funding

Seán Haughey

624. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a grant will be awarded to an organisation (details supplied) in order to enable it continue to participate in tidy district competitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50025/17]

Ministerial Communications

Stephen Donnelly

625. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has used a private email account to send or receive official documents or positions on Brexit; and if so, the details of this correspondence. [50065/17]

Departmental Bodies Data

Sean Fleming

626. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the bodies under the aegis of his Department to which it provides in excess of €1 million funding per annum; the public funding received by these bodies; the bodies in which 50% or more of their income comes from public sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50121/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

627. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/17]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

628. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail cén líon iomlán foirne atá fostaithe ina Roinn faoi láthair; cé mhéid post atá daingnithe nó aitheanta ag an Roinn (i scéim teanga, nó ar aon bhealach eile) mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo; cé mhéid duine atá ann ag a bhfuil líofacht i nGaeilge agus atá ag feidhmiú sna poist sin atá daingnithe no aitheanta mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo; an bhfuil sé beartaithe ag an tráth seo aon phost eile de chuid na Roinne a aithint mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge. [50688/17]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

629. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail cé mhéid folúntas a líonadh ina Roinn ó thús na bliana seo; cé mhéid de na folúntais sin a bhain le poist a bhí sainaitheanta mar phoist a raibh Gaeilge riachtanach ina leith; cé mhéid folúntas atá le líonadh faoi láthair agus cé mhéid de na folúntais siúd atá sainaitheanta mar fholúntais a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo. [50705/17]

Money Advice and Budgeting Service Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

630. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the restructuring of MABS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50132/17]

EU Agreements

Micheál Martin

631. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the European Pillar of Social Rights is binding. [49849/17]

Invalidity Pension Appeals

Robert Troy

632. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for an invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49858/17]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Catherine Murphy

633. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have had sanctions imposed on their social protection payments in the past five years to date in 2017; the number of persons disqualified from receiving payments for the same period of time, by payment and by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49883/17]

Fuel Allowance Eligibility

John McGuinness

634. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons (details supplied) are entitled to the fuel allowance scheme. [49886/17]

JobPath Programme

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

635. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is compulsory to return to JobPath in the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that they completed a year on JobPath in August 2017. [49901/17]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Mary Lou McDonald

636. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacancies in each State board under the aegis of her Department, in tabular form. [49935/17]

Disability Allowance Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

637. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding deductions from a social protection payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49988/17]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

638. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures by which organisations, companies and projects which take on persons on the community employment scheme can advertise a position; the restrictions that exist on such advertisement; and her views on whether this has restricted the ability of such schemes to take on such employees. [49970/17]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

639. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedures by which persons seeking employment on a community employment scheme can apply for such positions; if it is possible to apply without use of the Internet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49971/17]

Community Employment Schemes Administration

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

640. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on recent changes to the recruitment and applications procedures for the community employment schemes that have made it more difficult for persons with literacy challenges and limited computer skills to apply to and access community employment schemes; her further views on the fact that giving opportunities to persons who have such skill and literacy challenges is one of the primary objectives of the community employment scheme. [49972/17]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Mary Lou McDonald

641. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the names of persons she has appointed to each State board under the aegis of her Department who have not come from the Public Appointments Service list of suitable candidates, in tabular form. [49997/17]

JobPath Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

642. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount an organisation (details supplied) receives for each job seeker who is placed with the agency. [50010/17]

Pension Provisions

Clare Daly

643. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the information in her possession in terms of the Pensions Authority investigation of a company's (details supplied) second supplementary fund wind up; when it is likely to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50020/17]

Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

644. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the welfare payment in place for a person (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to ensure the availability of at least a basic payment with a view to the alleviation of hardship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50023/17]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Seán Haughey

645. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is necessary for widows to obtain new PPS numbers on the passing of their husbands; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there can be delays in the issuing of these new numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50027/17]

Ministerial Communications

Stephen Donnelly

646. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has used a private email account to send or receive official documents or positions on Brexit; and if so, the details of this correspondence. [50058/17]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Willie O'Dea

647. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the Christmas bonus to those in receipt of illness benefit; the estimated cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50076/17]

Maternity Benefit Administration

Josepha Madigan

648. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the recently implemented maternity benefit scheme for mothers of premature babies to include mothers of premature babies born before 1 October 2017. [50106/17]

Departmental Bodies Data

Sean Fleming

649. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the bodies under the aegis of her Department to which her Department provides in excess of €1 million funding per annum; the public funding received by these bodies; the bodies for which 50% or more of their income comes from public sources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50114/17]

Disability Allowance Payments

Brendan Howlin

650. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the additional child dependency rate will be applied to a claim for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50167/17]

Maternity Benefit Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

651. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending maternity benefit for mothers of premature babies under the Social Welfare Bill which took effect on the 1 October 2017 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50179/17]

Job Initiatives

James Browne

652. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to address concerns that long ETB training courses limit the earning potential of the long-term unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50262/17]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Willie O'Dea

653. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of requests for exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of exceptional needs payments granted; the number refused, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50269/17]

Exceptional Needs Payment Data

Willie O'Dea

654. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of successful appeals relating to exceptional needs payments in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50270/17]

JobPath Implementation

Willie O'Dea

655. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of complaints received against the two companies tasked with delivering JobPath since it commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50271/17]

JobPath Implementation

Willie O'Dea

656. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to JobPath since its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50272/17]

JobPath Implementation

Willie O'Dea

657. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions her Department has taken when a complaint has been received in relation to JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50273/17]

Fuel Allowance Applications

Róisín Shortall

658. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9. [50292/17]

Carer's Allowance Payments

Robert Troy

659. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the situation regarding carer's allowance whereby a person who is providing full time care for two persons can only be awarded 1.5 of an allowance (details supplied). [50301/17]

Citizens Information Services Provision

John Brady

660. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for the closure of a centre (details supplied). [50319/17]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

661. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the total contributions approach to the calculation of the State pension, contributory, from 2020 will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50330/17]

JobPath Implementation

Catherine Murphy

662. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the cost benefit analysis regarding the outsourcing of the JobPath programme will be published; if she has given consideration to keeping the scheme in-house rather than outsourcing it to a private company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50350/17]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Róisín Shortall

663. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carers who are signing on for credits and who pay voluntary contributions will be guaranteed a full contributory pension when they reach retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50391/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the public contracts between her Department and companies, details supplied, in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50400/17]

Education and Training Boards

James Browne

665. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the link between social welfare and ETB courses encouraging course participants to turn down employment in view of the fact that they would lose a place on an ETB course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50425/17]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Robert Troy

666. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to alter the State pension qualification criteria to ensure that all persons that have had periods outside of the PAYE system or who have been a home maker for a period of time are entitled to a full State pension; her views on whether the situation whereby many persons have lost their entitlement to a full pension due to changes made in 2012 is unacceptable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50444/17]

Disability Allowance Applications

Pat Breen

667. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50516/17]

Data Protection

Richard Boyd Barrett

668. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether her Department should not only acknowledge but offer an apology to a person (details supplied) after the Data Commissioner has found that her Department failed in its duty of care to protect information and personal data that it held on the person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50519/17]

Public Services Card Data

Catherine Connolly

669. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the overall cost to date of the public services card, including production, activation and all other associated costs; the life span of the card; the nature of the contract with the service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50526/17]

Carer's Allowance Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

670. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made in respect of a carer's allowance application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in making a decision on this application due to the fact that the application has been lodged since June 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50556/17]

Departmental Communications

Catherine Murphy

671. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if transmissions and or communications between her Department's servers to local office computers are transmitted over HTTP or HTTPS; if transmissions and or communications between her local offices are transmitted over HTTP or HTTPS; the date on which the certificate was applied to allow secure transmissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50612/17]

Public Services Card

Catherine Murphy

672. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have had their social welfare allowances or services withdrawn due to the fact they did not have or refused to apply for a public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50632/17]

JobPath Implementation

Catherine Murphy

673. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have been sanctioned for refusing to sign a personal progression plan with companies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50633/17]

Public Services Card Data

Catherine Murphy

674. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the costs associated with the introduction of the public services card scheme during 2017, including the staff hours involved and the costs of postage to persons notifying them to obtain a card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50634/17]

Public Services Card

Catherine Murphy

675. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the obtaining of data through SAFE 2 and the public services card is fully compliant with the general data protection regulation law including ensuring that ownership of the data ultimately rests with the persons rather than her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50635/17]

Public Services Card

Catherine Murphy

676. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she issued a communication to An Post requesting that presentation of public services cards be made mandatory for receipt of any social protection payment; the date on which this communication was issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50636/17]

State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals

Jackie Cahill

677. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50652/17]

State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Brendan Smith

678. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to remove the anomalies in the method of calculation of entitlements to the State contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50660/17]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

679. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí cén líon iomlán foirne atá fostaithe ina Roinn faoi láthair; cé mhéid post atá daingnithe nó aitheanta ag an Roinn (i scéim teanga, nó ar aon bhealach eile) mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo; cé mhéid duine atá ann ag a bhfuil líofacht i nGaeilge agus atá ag feidhmiú sna poist sin atá daingnithe no aitheanta mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo; an bhfuil sí beartaithe ag an tráth seo aon phost eile de chuid na Roinne a aithint mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge. [50681/17]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

680. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Gnóthaí Fostaíochta agus Coimirce Sóisialaí cé mhéid folúntas a líonadh ina Roinn ó thús na bliana seo; cé mhéid de na folúntais sin a bhain le poist a bhí sainaitheanta mar phoist a raibh Gaeilge riachtanach ina leith; cé mhéid folúntas atá le líonadh faoi láthair agus cé mhéid de na folúntais siúd atá sainaitheanta mar fholúntais a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo. [50698/17]

Mortgage Lending

Clare Daly

681. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount that was loaned in mortgages for newly built homes over the past 25 to 30 years. [50237/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Willie Penrose

682. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the regulations that pertain to industrial style wind farm developments will be implemented; if these regulations will take account of the concerns regarding flicker, separation distance, height of turbines being proposed and the effect on rural landscapes including the impact upon the local heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50308/17]

Traveller Accommodation

Pat Buckley

683. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in 2016 and 2017 Cork County Council drew down none of the money allocated for Traveller accommodation despite a clear need for new developments including in the case of persons (details supplied). [50489/17]

Local Authority Funding

Micheál Martin

684. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department will allocate more funding to Mountmellick following the recent flash flooding which has caused damage to homes, businesses and roads in County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50623/17]

Local Authority Funding

Micheál Martin

685. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his Department will allocate funding to Laois County Council for Mountmellick and other areas in County Laois following the recent flash flooding which has caused damage to homes businesses and roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50624/17]

Local Authority Boundaries

Seán Sherlock

686. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the engagement he has had with the implementation group of the boundary between Cork city and county councils; and the position regarding the negotiations between the two local authorities. [49925/17]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Mary Lou McDonald

687. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of vacancies in each State board under the aegis of his Department, in tabular form. [49939/17]

Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund

Joan Burton

688. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the supports he has put in place to enable the development of residentially zoned lands in the Dublin 15 area of Fingal County Council to the south of the Dunboyne railway line at Barnhill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49947/17]

Water Services Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

689. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans for the ongoing review of funding supports for group water schemes; the length of time the review will take; the lead official in his Department working on the review; the organisations and persons that have been consulted to date; the opportunities available to individual group water schemes or interested third parties to engage with the consultation. [49952/17]

Water Services Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

690. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the funding his Department provides to a group (details supplied) on an annual basis since the group was established. [49953/17]

Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding

Eoin Ó Broin

691. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the capital investment by his Department in individual group water schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49954/17]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Pat Deering

692. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of the registered voluntary housing associations; the amount spent on administration of these associations in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49973/17]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Mary Lou McDonald

693. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the names of persons he has appointed to each State board under the aegis of his Department that have not come from the Public Appointments Service list of suitable candidates, in tabular form. [50001/17]

Voluntary Housing Sector

Robert Troy

694. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to ensure the necessary actions are taken to allow a housing body to purchase properties (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50034/17]

Homelessness Strategy

Stephen Donnelly

695. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on issues identified in the reporting of homelessness statistics by local authorities, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50047/17]

Homelessness Strategy

Stephen Donnelly

696. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if statistical analysis has been conducted on homelessness figures reported by local authorities; if this analysis has been used to identify potential issues with reporting; if these issues have been identified; if these issues have been investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50048/17]

Ministerial Communications

Stephen Donnelly

697. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has used a private email account to send or receive official documents or positions on Brexit; and if so, the details of this correspondence. [50062/17]

Departmental Bodies Data

Sean Fleming

698. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the bodies under the aegis his Department in which his Department provides in excess of €1 million funding per annum to these bodies; the public funding received by these bodies; the bodies in which 50% or more of its income comes from public sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50118/17]

Emergency Accommodation Provision

Eoin Ó Broin

699. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some local authorities of providing families that are homeless but have not met the requirements of housing circular 41/2012 with emergency accommodation on a night-by-night basis only; if his attention has been further drawn to a legal reason a local authority cannot provide emergency homeless accommodation to a family that does not meet the provision of housing circular 41/2012 for four consecutive nights or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50126/17]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Eoin Ó Broin

700. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of homeless HAP tenancies created in the first six months of 2017; the number of these used to prevent homelessness; and the number used to support individuals and families to exit section 10 funded homeless accommodation. [50127/17]

Homeless Persons Data

Eoin Ó Broin

701. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of adult persons who have exited section 10-funded homeless accommodation in the first six months of 2017; and the housing tenures to which they have exited. [50128/17]

Rural Resettlement Scheme

David Cullinane

702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the schemes available to assist households in relocating from urban to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/17]

Rental Accommodation Scheme Data

Eoin Ó Broin

703. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of RAS tenancies active at the end of each year from 2005 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the annual cost of RAS tenancies for each year. [50157/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

704. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of part V units delivered in 2016; and the number delivered to date in 2017. [50159/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

705. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the evidence base and reasoning that has been used to arrive at a setback distance figure of four times the tip height from residential property with respect to visual amenity as set out at key aspect 2 in the preferred draft approach of the targeted review of the wind energy development guidelines 2006 published by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50240/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

706. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the legislative basis and specific statutory provisions under which circular letters Pl20 2013 and Pl05 2017 are issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50241/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

707. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if circular letters Pl20 2013 and Pl05 2017 are advisory in nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

708. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if statutory authority attributable to circular letters Pl20 2013 and Pl05 2017 is solely underpinned by the section 28 guidelines to which they refer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50243/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

709. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the policy and or objective in the wind energy development guidelines 2006 including specific references; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50244/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

710. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has been informed of the recent position subsequent to April 2014 by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the proposed renewable energy export policy and development framework that is referenced in circular letter PL 20 2013 and endorsed by circular letter PL 05 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50245/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

711. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the action he has taken and the outcome in each individual case (details supplied) in which planning authorities altered wind-energy policies contrary to the advice contained in circular letter PL20/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50246/17]

County Development Plans

Thomas Pringle

712. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the planning section within his Department had sight of and considered a report endorsed by the planning authority of County Donegal entitled submission in relation to amendment document Option 3 revised to the working draft county development plan 2014 to 2018 prior to making its submission to the draft County Donegal development plan 2018 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50247/17]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Thomas Pringle

713. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the wind energy development guidelines 2006 have been subject to strategic environmental assessment in line with requirements under the EU Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50248/17]

County Development Plans

Thomas Pringle

714. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether the replication of elements of policy by other planning authorities is a consideration that falls within the express or implied statutory obligations of a planning authority when formulating an overall strategy for the proper planning and sustainable development of its functional area; if so, the particular provisions within the Planning and Development Acts, associated regulations, guidelines or otherwise, that provide for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50249/17]

County Development Plans

Thomas Pringle

715. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the process followed by his Department in making a determination as to whether his recommendations have been complied with in the context of section 12(5)(a) of the Planning and Development Acts 2017 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50250/17]

Local Authority Housing Mortgages

James Browne

716. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Question No. 497 of 14 November 2017, the definition of a satisfactory credit record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50257/17]

Local Authority Housing Mortgages

James Browne

717. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Question No. 497 of 14 November 2017, if applicants for local authority mortgages who are discharged bankrupts come under the prohibited categories of those deemed bankrupt or are subject to bankruptcy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50258/17]

Planning Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

718. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to include quarries under the critical infrastructure legislation thus allowing such developments apply directly to An Bord Pleanála for planning permission in view of the proposed changes to the critical infrastructure legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50264/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Data

Eoin Ó Broin

719. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of SHCEP-funded leases in categories (details supplied) for each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the annual cost for these leases each year; the target number of leases under these categories in each of the years 2018 to 2021; and the estimated cost of these leases in each of these years. [50288/17]

Local Authority Housing Data

Aindrias Moynihan

720. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of approved housing applicants; the number of these applicants accessing and using the choice-based letting system for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50343/17]

Vacant Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

721. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress made to date on action 5.3 of Rebuilding Ireland on work with local authorities to speed up the refurbishment and where possible the re-letting of vacant social housing units; the number of vacant units in the south of Dublin city centre; the average length of time units are vacant in this area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50346/17]

Motor Tax Yield

Barry Cowen

722. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the motor taxation receipts received in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [50359/17]