Housing

3638 requests

  • Received
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2023/0017
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    • The full invite list for the housing conference held in January. • Any correspondence where officials discuss who should be invited to the housing conference. • Any correspondence sent to the Department of An Taoiseach asking why they were not invited to the housing conference.

  • Received
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2023/0023
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    • Minutes of the housing stakeholder conference that took place on 10 January 2023. • Briefing notes provided to the Taoiseach ahead of the housing stakeholder conference on 10 January 2023.

  • Received
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2023/0024
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    1) All internal written correspondence including memos, minutes of meetings, reports, faxes, letters, e mails, phone text messages including those on social messaging apps such as WhatsApp, pertaining to invitations to the Housing for All Stakeholders conference held in January 2023. 2) All written correspondence including memos, minutes of meetings, reports, faxes, letters, emails, phone text messages including those on social messaging apps such as WhatsApp between the Department of An Taoiseach and third parties regarding invitations to the Housing for All Stakeholders conference held in January 2023.

  • Received
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2023/0025
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    Written briefing notes to the Taoiseach regarding invitations to the Housing for All conference held in January 2023 and all internal written correspondence, including responses from the Taoiseach and his advisors, regarding briefing notes to the Taoiseach about invitations to the Housing for All conference held in January 2023.

  • Received
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2023/0038
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    • Minutes from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s meeting with the Housing Commission on January 3, 2023 • Briefing documents prepared for Mr Varadkar his meeting with the Housing Commission on January 3, 2023

  • Received 27 January 2023
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0053-2023
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence and minutes of meetings between staff of Assistant Principal Officer and above within the CALF-HAA- MTR Unit and Bank of Ireland, Pepper Finance (or associated companies), Start Mortgages (or associated companies), or the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland, on the topic of the mortgage-to-rent scheme or Home for Life, in the period 01/09/20222 to 26/01/2023.

  • Received 24 January 2023
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0047-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records of correspondence and meetings between the Minister/Minister's office/Minister's special advisers and the O'Flynn Group regarding the delivery of housing in the period 01/08/2022 to 24/01/2023.

  • Received 17 February 2023
    Decided 20 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 40-23
    Requester Type Non-Personal
    Cork City Council

    Waiting times re housing allocations

  • Received 18 January 2023
    Decided 16 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0040-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Any Report related to the PPP Procurement Assessment, Public Sector Benchmark calculation, and Value for Money Assessment/Comparison for the following projects: Social Housing PPP Bundle 1 , Social Housing PPP Bundle 2, Social Housing PPP Bundle 3, Social Housing PPP Bundles 4 & 5.

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 14 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 05/23
    Requester Type Journalist
    Donegal County Council

    Records relating to housing complaints

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 14 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 2129
    Requester Type Journalist
    Mayo County Council

    Complaints about social housing and breakdown of complaints (past 3 years).

  • Received 18 January 2023
    Decided 14 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0027-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence and documents (sent and received) to the Secretary General's mailbox and the Minister's mailbox and the Land Development Agency in the period 01/10/2022 to 18/01/2023 about the following topics: Housing for All ,Housing delivery and supply, The Irish planning system, Judicial reviews in relation to housing developments, Residential projects under construction in Ireland, Apartment development in Ireland and the Croi Conaithe scheme, Social housing, County Council Development plans.

  • Received 18 January 2023
    Decided 14 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0025-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence and documents (sent and received) to the Secretary General's mailbox and the Minister's mailbox and the Irish Institutional Property in the period 01/10/2022- 18/01/2023 about the following topics: Housing for All, Housing delivery and supply, The Irish planning system, Judicial reviews in relation to housing developments, Residential projects under construction in Ireland, Apartment development in Ireland and the Croi Conaithe scheme Social housing County Council Development plans.

  • Received 17 January 2023
    Decided 14 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0026-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All memos / briefing notes prepared for the Minister about housing (not local government or heritage) during December 2022.

  • Received
    Decided 13 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 005
    Requester Type Journalist
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Records relating to mould in social housing properties

  • Received 18 January 2023
    Decided 13 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0028-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence and documents (sent and received) to the Secretary General's mailbox and the Minister's mailbox and the Construction Industry Federation in the period 01/10/2022 to 18/01/2023about the following topics: Housing for All, Housing delivery and supply, The Irish planning system, Judicial reviews in relation to housing developments, Residential projects under construction in Ireland, Apartment development in Ireland and the Croi Conaithe scheme, Social housing, County Council Development plans.

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 13 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference 06-23
    Requester Type Journalist
    Galway City Council

    Complaint to Housing/Mould & damp

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 13 February 2023
    Handled outside of FOI
    Request Reference FOI 13-23
    Requester Type Non-Personal
    Cork City Council

    Complaints made re Social Housing

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 10 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Journalist
    Wicklow County Council

    • The number of complaints made about social housing in each year for the past three years. • A breakdown of the type of complaints for each year for the past three years – i.e. damp and mould etc.

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 10 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference 2023/04
    Requester Type Journalist
    Longford County Council

    Housing complaints

  • Received 18 January 2023
    Decided 10 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0029-2023
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence and documents (sent and received) to the Secretary General's mailbox and the Minister's mailbox and Property Industry Ireland in the period 01/10/2022 to 18/01/2023 about the following topics: Housing for All, Housing delivery and supply, The Irish planning system, Judicial reviews in relation to housing developments, Residential projects under construction in Ireland, Apartment development in Ireland and the Croi Conaithe scheme Social housing County Council Development plans.

  • Received 8 February 2023
    Decided 9 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0055-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    The names of all applications from interested candidates for appointment as members of the Commission on Housing responding to the invitation for expressions of interest published by the Department of Housing on 23/11/2021.

  • Received 17 January 2023
    Decided 9 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0035-2023
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Please state if an 'official declaration or conformation' has been received from the Office of the Ceann-Comhairle by the Minister for Housing regarding the specifics of the judgement/opinion as given in[2022] IESC 40.

  • Received 12 January 2023
    Decided 8 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Other
    Wicklow County Council

    I wish to obtain a list, with approx. areas, of all land owned by Wicklow council that is not zoned for housing. This should not include houses owned by Wicklow county Council. If such a list is not complete please supply as complete a list as is currently possible.

  • Received 12 January 2023
    Decided 8 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0018-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence to and from the Minister in the period 01/11/2022 to 12/01/2023 in relation to modular housing for Ukrainian refugees.

  • Received 10 January 2023
    Decided 8 February 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0010-2023
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence regarding the salary of the aforementioned Secretary General between the Secretary General of the Department and the unit or staff member in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform responsible for the salary arrangements of the Secretary General of the Department. Any internal correspondence including emails, minutes of meetings or notes between staff of Assistant Principal level and above within the Human Resources Unit and any correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department himself or staff on his behalf regarding the salary of the secretary general of the Department of Housing. Correspondence regarding the salary of the aforementioned secretary general between the Secretary General of the Department and the Taoiseach's private office and the Department of the Taoiseach's secretary general and/or his office., in the period 01/07/2020 to 10/01/2023.

  • Received
    Decided 7 February 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 003
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Records relating to social housing

  • Received 18 January 2023
    Decided 6 February 2023
    Handled outside of FOI
    Request Reference FOI 09/23
    Requester Type Other
    Donegal County Council

    Records relating to housing of refugees.

  • Received
    Decided 5 February 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Other
    Wexford County Council

    Contract between Oaklee & Wex. Council for the provision of or develop of social housing in Wex. Co. since 01/01/2017

  • Received 11 January 2023
    Decided 30 January 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Cork County Council

    Housing Stats

  • Received 16 January 2023
    Decided 30 January 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Journalist
    Cork County Council

    Housing Repairs Stats

  • Received 23 December 2022
    Decided 26 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0540-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records in relation to the Department's funding supports for the Own Your Right's information and awareness campaign conducted by national housing charity Threshold in both 2021 and 2022.

  • Received 28 December 2022
    Decided 24 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0542-2022
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of all briefing material prepared for the new Minister of State for Housing Kieran O'Donnell.

  • Received 14 December 2022
    Decided 20 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0529-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All records which are held by, or on behalf of, the Minister of State, the Minister and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in relation to the Ministerial direction and the draft Ministerial Direction.

  • Received 6 January 2023
    Decided 19 January 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 04 23
    Requester Type Client
    South Dublin County Council

    I would be grateful if you could forward me records in relation to the IKEA social housing leases which became public knowledge on October 3rd 2022. The specific information that I require is the monthly/annual rents paid for one, two and three bed units and also the length of the leases before the properties are transferred to the local authority

  • Received 9 December 2022
    Decided 18 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0524-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    A copy of the draft report of the "Market Surveillance of Construction Products produced from County Donegal Quarries" submitted by the National Building Control Office to the Department June. Any correspondence between officials at the Department of Housing's Building Standards Advisory Unit and the National Building Control Office, related to the draft report of the "Market Surveillance of Construction Products produced from County Donegal Quarries", in the period 01/06/2022 to 30/08/2022. Any correspondence between officials at the Department of Housing's Building Standards Advisory Unit and Dublin City Council related to the draft report of the Market Surveillance of Construction Products produced from County Donegal Quarries", in the period 01/06/2022 to 30/08/2022. Any correspondence between officials at the Department of Housing's Building Standards Advisory Unit and Donegal County Council related to the draft report of the "Market Surveillance of Construction Products produced from County Donegal Quarries", in the period 01/06/2022 to 30/08/2022.

  • Received 8 December 2022
    Decided 16 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-146-2022
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Records in relation to Affordable Housing Schemes

  • Received
    Decided 16 January 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Journalist
    Wexford County Council

    no. of complaints made re social housing and type of complaint

  • Received 3 January 2023
    Decided 16 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0001-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister and the chair of the housing commission in the period 01/07/2022 to 31/12/2022.

  • Received 11 January 2023
    Decided 13 January 2023
    Handled outside of FOI
    Request Reference 03-23
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Galway City Council

    Housing Statistics

  • Received 6 December 2022
    Decided 11 January 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 174-22
    Requester Type Journalist
    Meath County Council

    Seeks records re audits – Approved Housing Bodies from 2015 – present.

  • Received 1 December 2022
    Decided 11 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0517-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between the Social Housing Capital Investment Programme - (2) Unit and Dublin City Council in relation to the costs of the construction of the Dominick Street apartment scheme and the final costing of each apartment, in the period 31/12/2021 to 30/11/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 11 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2022-0611
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Correspondence to and from the Department of Justice, from 16 November 2021 to 02 November 2022, in relation to sex for rent in Ireland.

  • Received 6 December 2022
    Decided 6 January 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 2118
    Requester Type Journalist
    Mayo County Council

    Details of any/all internal audits and/or external reviews/audits carried out or commissioned by Mayo County Council relating to Approved Housing Bodies from 2015-present.

  • Received 6 December 2022
    Decided 5 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 182 22
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    South Dublin County Council

    Copies of any internal audits carried out by SDCC that relate to Approved Housing Bodies (also referred to as Voluntary Housing Bodies.) from 2915 to present

  • Received
    Decided 4 January 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 146-22
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Galway City Council

    I am seeking the following records held by your organisation. 1. I am seeking copies of any internal audits carried out by your Council that relate to Approved Housing Bodies (also referred to as Voluntary Housing Bodies.) The time period I am referring to is from 2015-present. 2. I am also seeking any external reviews/audits commissioned by your Council, that relate to Approved Housing Bodies (also referred to as Voluntary Housing Bodies.) The time period I am referring to is from 2015-present.

  • Received 25 November 2022
    Decided 23 December 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 167-22
    Requester Type Client
    Meath County Council

    Seeks records re Block D Housing Development at Bryanstown, Drogheda.

  • Received 29 November 2022
    Decided 21 December 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-142-2022
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Records in relation to Litter problem within a housing estate

  • Received 6 December 2022
    Decided 20 December 2022
    Request Reference FOI-029-HS22
    Requester Type Journalist
    Clare County Council

    internal audits carried out by your Council that relate to Approved Housing Bodies (also referred to as Voluntary Housing Bodies.) any external reviews/audits commissioned by the Council that related to AHBs. Period 2015 to present.

  • Received 24 November 2022
    Decided 19 December 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0508-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence from the Housing Commission to the Minister in the period 01/06/2022- 24/11/2022.