Housing

Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

I refer to the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce (MP&BT) Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request the following 1. Minutes of the taskforce meetings held to date in 2023 including attendees and referenced documents. 2. Records of scheduled or provisional dates for further meetings in 2023 3. The scoping document provided to planning advisors in Housing (DHLGH) in support of Action 4 and the review of that record by Housing. 4. Records of the role for broadband officers agreed between DRCD and CCMA under Action 5. Records of results of analysis supplied by ASAI to MP&BT under Action 10 6. Presentations made to broadband officers (Telecommunications Action Group) on 27/01/2023 and 31/03/2023 by industry representatives under Action 14 7. Minutes/records from the meetings of 27/01/2023, 31/03/2023 and 6/07/2023 and any other date in support of Action 14 8. Minutes/records from meetings with Joint Utility Local Authority User Group referencing work or engagement carried out in support of the MP&BT work program.

Donegal County Council

Social Housing Maintenance records Records relating to privately owned properties - maintenance

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of any high-level documents (reports, submissions, memos, briefings, proposals, etc.) referring or relating to the use of either cruise ships or 'floatels' for the housing of Ukrainian refugees or international protection applicants to cover the period 01/01/2023 to date

Longford County Council

Service Requests for Housing Maintenance

Donegal County Council

Records on acceptance/refusal of social housing

National Transport Authority (NTA)

All documents and records covering internal and external communications regarding the zoning of a site in Co. Dublin during the period of 1 January 2021 to 17 October 2023 between the NTA and DHLGH, Fingal County Council, the Minister and the Minister of State of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, TII and OPR.

Mayo County Council

Number of social housing applicants who refused homes offered to them and the reason for their refusal between May 1st 2023 to August 31st 2023.

Department of Education and Youth

All letters sent by teachers to the Minister for Education, and the Department of Education that refer to housing and accommodationduring the period January 1, 2023 to date.

Office of Public Works

1. Correspondence between OPW and Dept. Housing regarding potential for conversion of office stock into residential accommodation 2. From 01 Sept 2023 to date

Cork City Council

Number of service requests for housing maintenance on social housing units 2019 to 2021

South Dublin County Council

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Please provide the number of service requests for housing maintenance on social housing units since 2019, breaking down the requests logged per month and into the categories of urgency used by the Council, such as Emergency, Urgent, and Routine. Please indicate how many requests remain outstanding for each category. Please also provide the number of inspections carried out by the Council of privately owned properties used for social housing over the same period, indicating the number that did not meet basic standards and the number of improvement letters sent, again breaking down by month. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, preferably in its original format. If you feel that the request is too broad, or that it may not be possible to respond to this request in a reasonable time, please contact me at this email address and inform me of how I can refine my request.

Cork City Council

Part 8 planning - Scairt Cross (Housing Development)

Mayo County Council

Number of service requests for house maintenance on social housing units since 2019 and the number of requests that remain outstanding. Number of inspections carried out by MCC in this same period.

Galway City Council

Housing Maintenance Figures

The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

1) Any internal and external communication relating to the increased cost of purchasing homes due to bulk buying (by funds, local authorities and approved housing bodies) 2) Any reports or analyses undertaken to estimate the impact bulk purchasing has on the price of homes

Longford County Council

Housing Adaptation Grants

Longford County Council

Amenity charges Social Housing

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence between officials at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth and the Department of Housing (as Assistant Principal level or higher) in relation to the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and other International Protection Applicants and Asylum seekers from the beginning of the year (01 January, 2023) and the date of receipt of this request. Correspondence can include but not be limited to matters of: 1) sourcing accommodation; 2) refurbishing available accommodation; 3) quality of accommodation; 4) dealing with local concerns around accommodation.

The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

1. Any records related to Notifiable Event notifications made to the Regulation Office by the Approved Housing Body, Clanmil Ireland. The time frame I am referring to is from September 2019-2021. Please include the original notification, any subsequent correspondence etc. 2. Records related to Notifiable Event notifications made to the Regulation Office by all AHBs (other than Clanmil Ireland, and St John of God Housing Association). The time frame I am referring to is from September 2019-2021. Please include the original notification, any subsequent correspondence etc. Please note: In relation to part 1 of my request, I am unsure as to whether such records exist or not. If they do not exist, and if Clanmil Ireland has not made any Notifiable Events notifications to the Regulation Office, I would be very obliged if someone could confirm as much to me as soon as possible, and I can exclude this from the request, in the interests of expediency. Please also note that in the Guidance note issued by the Regulation Office on Notifiable Events, there is nothing in this note that states that any records provided as a Notifiable Event will be treated as confidential and exempt under FOI. They should be, therefore, fully releasable. I note also that certain records have already been released to me (in a separate FOI) concerning Notifiable Events, by St John of God Housing Association.

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

1) Any internal and external communication relating to the increased cost of purchasing homes due to bulk buying (by funds, local authorities and approved housing bodies) 2) Any reports or analyses undertaken to estimate the impact bulk purchasing has on the price of homes.

South Dublin County Council

Any agreements with third party providers concerning the provision of grounds keeping services / grounds maintenance for the area at Deerpark Close, Deerpark Avenue and Deerpark Drive, (Deerpark Estate) Kiltipper, Tallaght, Dublin 24 Being effective/in force for the year 2021 & 2022. In particular any third party contracts/agreements concerning the grounds maintenance of the area identified on the attached map – for example with with Circle Voluntary Housing Association CLG and Kiltipper Park Management Company Limited

Meath County Council

Seeks records re Housing leases agreed to date with private companies.

Mayo County Council

13 individual questions directed to Central Housing, Mayo County Council.

Cork City Council

Housing leases

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Records from 01 October 2022 to 31 July 2023, relating to legislating against sex for rent in Ireland, including the decision to link it with part 4 review of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, and the delays involved in the part 4 review of said legislation – to include correspondence to and from Department of Housing.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence between Roderic O'Gorman and Darragh O'Brien on housing refugees (including Ukrainians and non Ukrainians) from January to present. Any correspondence between the Sec Gen of Dept of Integration and Sec Gen of Dept of Housing on housing refugees (including Ukrainians and non Ukrainians) from January to present. Any correspondence between Sheenagh Rooney and Roderic O'Gorman, the Sec Gen or Joe O'Brien on a communications strategy to engage with locals about housing Ukrainians from January to present. Any memos created by DCEDIY staff on difficulty in housing migrants from January to present.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Records relating to Housing List

Department of Defence

• Documents related to plans to demolish derelict housing at the Curragh and interventions by the Tánaiste and or officials on his behalf to stop the demolition of this housing and any other housing owned or managed by the Department as referenced by the Tánaiste in the Dáil in February of this year.

South Dublin County Council

I am writing to submit an application under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014. My request pertains to certain records related to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) and their vacant units in your Council area. I would greatly appreciate your assistance in providing the following information. In response to a recent press query seeking specific data on Approved Housing Bodies, I was informed by the Council’s communications department that there in 2023, there were 16 AHB units that “fall under various categories such as hard to let, works required, legal issues etc.” With regard to those 16 vacant units, I am hereby requesting the following records: a. A comprehensive list of the aforementioned units, including their respective addresses and the names of the AHBs responsible for owning/managing each of these units, and the length of time these units have remained vacant as of January 2023. Please note: I would like to bring to your attention the 2015 Value-for-Money report on Approved Housing Bodies issued by the Local Government Auditor. The report emphasizes the necessity for local authorities to maintain a management information system encompassing details of all properties provided by AHBs, whether purchased, built, or leased units. It states: “The local authorities need to operate a management information system which maintains details of all properties provided by the AHBs (whether purchased/built or leased units), and should be agreed periodically with the Department. Details of the tenants of each property, nomination details, and rent scheme details should also be maintained. The system should also track details of voids, length of time for re-lets, details of property inspections etc.” Given this recommendation, I assume that the Council has access to the requested information through its property management system, rendering it eligible for release under section 17(4) of the FOI Act. This section mandates FOI bodies to undertake reasonable efforts to search for and extract data, even if a new record is not created. b. I am also requesting copies of the Annual Statements of Occupancy for each vacant unit covering the years 2020, 2021, and 2022. Please note: The 2015 Value-for-Money report states that AHBs should submit annual statements of occupancy to the local authorities for all properties funded by the latter. The report states: “It is recommended that an annual statement of occupancy should be submitted by the AHBs to the local authority for all properties funded by the local authorities.” c. Finally, I seek access to any communications exchanged between the AHBs responsible for owning/managing the aforementioned vacant units, and your Council's Housing Section, that pertain to the vacant units. The timeframe I am referring to for these communications is from 2020 to the present. I kindly request that the information be made available in electronic format.

South Dublin County Council

FOI Request (also in attachment): We wish to request, under section 12 of the FOI Act, copies of all records held by/under the control of South Dublin County Council and its independent medical referee in relation to the decision-making process for Medical Priority Housing. This is a non-personal request which we submit as part of our housing law practice. “Records” shall be read as including all records falling within the definition of “records” under the FOI Act. Specifically, we are writing to request any and all records, including but not limited to: letters, emails, memoranda, typed or handwritten notes of meetings or telephone conversations, minutes of meetings or teleconferences, zoom or other multimedia meetings, reports, documents and correspondence generated by or held by South Dublin County Council, the independent medical referee or any of its service providers evidencing: 1. The number of applications received by South Dublin County Council and the independent medical referee requesting a medical priority to attach to an applicant/s’ application for social housing supports in the years 2023 to date, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019. 2. The average length of time between an application for medical priority being received by South Dublin County Council and the independent medical referee and a decision being made in relation to same in the years 2023 to date, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019. 3. Any policy documents or guidelines followed by South Dublin County Council and the independent medical referee in determining an applicant/s’ eligibility for medical priority to attach to their application for social housing supports. This is to include all considerations regarding the relevant evaluation, assessment process and the applicable qualitative criteria.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

In the period of 01/01/2018 to 30/12/2018, request for copies of all correspondence and associated documents between former Secretary General of DPER Robert Watt and former Secretary General of Housing John McCarthy related to the Poolbeg SDZ Glass Bottle Site purchase.

Cork City Council

Contractors catalogue of rates for Central Heating Repairs and Servicing in Social Housing Units

Cork City Council

Complaints to housing maintenance re poor conditions of houses

The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

1. Correspondence between the Housing Agency and Home For Life on MTR between 1st April and 23rd August 2023. 2. Any internal Housing Agency briefings related to Home for Life and the MTR scheme between 1st April and 23rd August 2023.

Kerry County Council

Housing records

Wexford County Council

CCTV footage of the traffic lights on the junction Saint Joseph Street/Mill Road or Upper King Street vs Distillery Road between 18.00-18.10 on 10/09/23. Traffic Light Historical Data of the same lication & time above.

The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

A. Copies of all communications (from 2019-2022) exchanged between Kerry Parents & Friends Association and officials from the Regulation Office, specifically those in positions above Senior Executive grade. Additionally, I request copies of any minutes of meetings, agendas, and internal memoranda held by the Regulation Office, which pertain to Kerry Parents & Friends Association, for the period spanning from 2019 to 2022. B. Copies of all communications (from 2019-2022) exchanged between Co-operative Housing Ireland and officials from the Regulation Office, specifically those in positions above Senior Executive grade. Furthermore, I request copies of any minutes of meetings, agendas, and internal memoranda held by the Regulation Office, which pertain to Co-operative Housing Ireland, for the period spanning from 2019 to 2022. C. Copies of all communications (from 2019-2022) exchanged between Marillac Housing Association and officials from the Regulation Office, specifically those in positions above Senior Executive grade. I also request copies of any minutes of meetings, agendas, and internal memoranda held by the Regulation Office, which pertain to Marillac Housing Association, for the period spanning from 2019 to 2022. D. Copies of all communications (from 2019-2022) exchanged between Oakdene House and officials from the Regulation Office, specifically those in positions above Senior Executive grade. Alongside, I request copies of any minutes of meetings, agendas, and internal memoranda held by the Regulation Office, which pertain to Oakdene House, for the period spanning from 2019 to 2022.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

In the period of 01/06/2023 to 22/08/2023, all correspondence about Financial and Governance matters at the Peter McVerry Trust Charity…  Between Miriam Cadwell (Principal Officer, AHB Policy and Regulation) and Peter McVerry Trust  Sent by Miriam Cadwell (Principal Officer, AHB Policy and Regulation) to other Department staff  Received by Miriam Cadwell (Principal Officer, AHB Policy and Regulation) from Department of Housing staff  Sent to The Minister, Graham Doyle (Secretary General), Siobhán Nic Thighearnain (Principal Officer), Sarah Farrell (Principal Legal Executive), Aine Stapleton (Assistant Secretary), Caroline Timmons (Acting Assistant Secretary)

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

In the period of 01/04/2023 to 23/08/2023, correspondence between the Housing Agency and the Department on Home for Life and the MTR scheme. Any internal Department briefings related to Home for Life and the MTR scheme.

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

Records in relation to number of applicants received for Housing Adaptation Grants

Department of the Taoiseach

• The minutes of the meetings held between Q4PR, Leo Varadkar & Brian Murphy relating to “Discussion on delivery of housing” https://www.lobbying.ie/return/92418/q4pr • The minutes of the meeting and emails exchanged between the Irish Institutional Property, Deirdre Gillane, and Micheál Martin relating to the “Update on institutional investor funding support of Housing for All (HfA) and discussion on IIP policy priorities” https://www.lobbying.ie/return/91349/irish- institutional-property

Cork City Council

Social housing offers and refusals from 2018

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman and that of the Minister for Housing between October 2022 to February 2023 concerning the accommodating of Ukrainian refugees. Minutes of meetings held between the two offices between October 2022 and February 2023, at which the accommodating of Ukrainian refugees was discussed.

Charities Regulator

– All correspondence (from period 01 June 2023 to current date) received by the Charities Regulator from Peter McVerry Trust and the board of Peter McVerry Trust – All correspondence (from period 01 June 2023 to current date) sent by the Charities Regulator to Peter McVerry Trust and the board of Peter McVerry Trust – All internal correspondence (from period 01 June 2023 to current date) between Charities Regulator staff/employees about governance at the Peter McVerry Trust – Minutes/records of meetings held by the Charities Regulator about Peter McVerry Trust between 01 June 2023 and current date – All correspondence (from period 01 June 2023 to current date) between the Charities Regulator and the Department of Housing about Peter McVerry Trust

Kerry County Council

Housing File

Kerry County Council

Housing file records

The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

A copy of correspondences/emails/reports/meeting records involving The Housing Agency, Cork City Council and/or Cork City Council employees and/or Cork City Council elected representative, CField Construction and/or its employees, BMor Developments, Allumcrest Limited and any additional persons/parties regarding the provision of housing in Cork. Records dating between 2018 and today (14th August 2023)

Galway City Council

Housing Adaption Grants 2023

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Records in the period of 01/10/2022 to 31/07/2023, relating to sex for rent practices in Ireland - to include letters and emails to and from Assistant Principal officials and above within the Rental Market section of the Department and to the Department of Justice, as well as from elected representatives and members of the public.

South Dublin County Council

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I was hoping that you could supply the following information. 1. According to the Council's Housing Delivery Action Plan 2022 – 2026 https://www.sdcc.ie/en/services/housing/delivering-housing/delivering-housing/housing-delivery-action-plan-2022-2026.pdf 50 homes are due to be offered for affordable purchase as turnkeys in 2023. Could you confirm if the council is still on plan to deliver 50 turnkey homes for affordable purchase in 2023. Also, can you detail where these developments are? 2. Could you confirm how many AffordablePurchase (Council Land) units have been offered for sale in 2023 and their locations? Also, could you confirm the expected delivery for the rest of the units in 2023?