359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered that income limits for social housing eligibility act as a “welfare cliff” (details supplied) that disincentivise eligible individuals from taking up employment or applying for promotion. [26723/25]
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360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any engagements with his colleagues in the Department of Social Protection or the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment regarding the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; if, in particular, the limits…
361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, given that social housing is a key part of the architecture of social protection in Ireland, his views on whether his Department’s approach to social housing income limits is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy; namely, that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination of bo…
362. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any research, completed or ongoing, concerning the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; whether, in particular, the limits disincentivise taking up employment or applying for payments to which an individual may …
363. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether legislation will be progressed indexing income limits for social housing eligibility to either inflation, the minimum wage, the median wage, average industrial wage, or lower quartile wage to reflect the decline in purchasing power over time of incomes that were previously considered to be too high for a person to b…
364. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that there are income gaps in the available housing schemes operated by his Department and by local authorities whereby a person’s income may be too high for social housing eligibility and at the same time too low for any available cost rental options or to take advantage of schemes for first-time buyers; and…
365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider abolishing the income limits for social housing eligibility and fund a universally accessible social housing system through a scheme of differential rents. [26729/25]
253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the rationale for the removal of a person from the housing waiting list and all the years they have accrued as a result of being temporarily over the income threshold limit (details supplied); his views on whether this is a very harsh penalty for those who remain in housing need and who, upon being assess…
254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail all recourse, including legal recourse, available to individuals who have been removed from local authority housing waiting lists (details supplied). [26392/25]
658. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policies and regulations that exist in respect of residents in homeless accommodation seeking to make a complaint about the facility at which they reside. [23188/25]
663. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for cost of public service delivery in the relevant areas. [23259/25]
664. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for infrastructure costs in the relevant areas. [23260/25]
665. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for the local environment, including risk of water contamination as a consequence of reliance on private septic tanks. [23261/25]
666. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for public health as a consequence of reliance on private wells for household water and the propensity of private wells to become contaminat…
667. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for carbon emissions as a consequence of the less efficient heat retention by detached homes. [23263/25]
668. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for carbon emissions as a consequence of reliance on private cars for transportation. [23264/25]
669. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for biodiversity as a consequence of reliance on transportation by private car given the greater biodiversity of remote areas and the land u…
670. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for natural disaster resilience given the greater fragility of infrastructure and in remote areas and distance from emergency responders. [2…
671. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1221 of 29 April 2025, for details of analysis undertaken by his Department with respect to the implications of expansion of rural one-off housing for unanticipated household costs, considering that there is greater exposure to fluctuations in global fuel prices where there is greater r…
758. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing first tenancies that will be made available in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area in the next year. [23985/25]
759. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to offer guidance on how individuals can be referred for consideration for a housing first tenancy. [23986/25]
760. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether legislation will be progressed to transfer the powers of local authority chief executives to the elected council Mayors, Lord Mayors and Cathaoirligh so that council decision-making reflects local views as expressed in local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23987/25]
761. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering any policy measures to expand public land holdings in Irish cities and bring them in line with cities like Helsinki where 70% of land is in public ownership; his views on how such a policy might support housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23988/25]
762. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the number of architects currently employed by local authorities, broken down by local authority; the number of vacant local authority architect posts there are, broken down by local authority; and for details of any plans to increase the number employed. [23989/25]
763. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the qualifications required to take up a post as a local authority medical adjudicator. [23990/25]