Housing

3638 requests

  • Received 31 March 2022
    Decided 3 May 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 57/22
    Requester Type Other
    Donegal County Council

    Records relating to housing development Dungloe

  • Received
    Decided 3 May 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 57-22
    Requester Type Journalist
    Galway City Council

    Please provide me with records which show how many properties the council has added to its social housing stock following purchases on the open market over the last five years (2018-2022). Please state the price of the most expensive and cheapest house purchased in each year - along with their location and property type - and the average price paid each year.

  • Received 30 March 2022
    Decided 29 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0153-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    A copy of each progress report submitted by the Dublin Housing Delivery Group in conjunction with the HDCO, and all minutes of Dublin Housing Delivery Group meetings compiled.

  • Received 4 April 2022
    Decided 28 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0160-2022
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Communications between the Taoiseach and his department and the Ministers Office of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the issue of evictions at the Shannon Arms apartments and any subsequent communications between the Rental Market Unit, Limerick City and County Council and the Residential Tenancies Board from 01/03/2022 to 05/04/2022 with respect to the Shannon Arms.

  • Received 24 March 2022
    Decided 26 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 53/22
    Requester Type Journalist
    Donegal County Council

    Records regarding homeless

  • Received 28 March 2022
    Decided 26 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0086-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    A copy of the following eSubmissions provided to the Minister for Housing: HLG 00490-21, HLG 00498-21, HLG 00484-21, HLG 00491-21, HLG 00452-21, HLG 00465-21, HLG 00464-21, HLG 00455-21, HLG 00373-21, HLG 00393-21

  • Received 28 March 2022
    Decided 25 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 44 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    how many properties the council has added to its social housing stock following purchases on the open market over 2018-2022. The price of the most expensive and cheapest house purchased in each year - along with their location and property type and the average price paid each year. The council's policy on bidding against first-time buyers or other non-commercial buyers.

  • Received 24 March 2022
    Decided 22 April 2022
    Request Reference FOI-007-HS22
    Requester Type Journalist
    Clare County Council

    Details to cover the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 (inclusive and by year) regarding the number of people who presented as homeless citing domestic violence/abuse; th number in the same timeframe of people deemed active domestic violence cases in your area; the number of refuges or shelters in your area and the be capacity of same; the number of 'can not accommodate' cases involving those refuges or shelters, again in the same timeframe and as notified to the local authority (ie, people seeking a bed in a refuge or shelter but here no bed is available).

  • Received 23 March 2022
    Decided 22 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0145-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Expenses incurred and gifts received by the Minister and Junior Ministers at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage during their visits abroad for St Patrick's Day this year.

  • Received 24 March 2022
    Decided 22 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 42 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Details of 2019, 2020 and 2021 (inclusive and by year) regarding the number of people who presented as homeless citing domestic violence/abuse; number in the same timeframe of people deemed active domestic violence cases ; number of refuges or shelters and capacity of same; the number of 'can not accommodate' cases involving those refuges or shelters, again in the same timeframe and as notified to the local authority (ie, people seeking a bed in a refuge or shelter but here no bed is available). Any additional contextual information regarding funding of these refuges and how those who cannot be accommodated in them due to space or capacity issues are housed alternatively.

  • Received 24 March 2022
    Decided 21 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI (20) 2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Laois County Council

    Records relating to the number of people who presented as homeless citing domestic violence/abuse

  • Received 25 March 2022
    Decided 21 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference 19/2022
    Requester Type
    Westmeath County Council

    Records concerning the number of people presented as homeless

  • Received 28 March 2022
    Decided 20 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Journalist
    Cork County Council

    Housing Stats

  • Received 23 March 2022
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-037-2022
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Records relating to Approved Housing Bodies

  • Received 24 March 2022
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2022/12
    Requester Type Journalist
    Longford County Council

    Homeless Domestic Violence Cases

  • Received
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2022/0083
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    1. All Housing for All implementation fund applications 2. Where held by the Department, the outputs from consultancy reports, etc, generated by funding granted under the HfA implementation fund

  • Received 21 March 2022
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 39 22
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    South Dublin County Council

    Communications to SDCC from named residents associations about moving the social housing development within Pearse Brothers Park

  • Received 24 March 2022
    Decided 14 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 2010
    Requester Type Journalist
    Mayo County Council

    Details of homeless presentations as a result of domestic abuse from 2019-2021.

  • Received
    Decided 12 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference 51-22
    Requester Type Journalist
    Galway City Council

    I wish to apply for the following under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act: Please provide details, to cover the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 (inclusive and by year) regarding the number of people who presented as homeless citing domestic violence/abuse; th number in the same timeframe of people deemed active domestic violence cases in your area; the number of refuges or shelters in your area and the be capacity of same; the number of 'can not accommodate' cases involving those refuges or shelters, again in the same timeframe and as notified to the local authority (ie, people seeking a bed in a refuge or shelter but here no bed is available).

  • Received 25 February 2022
    Decided 11 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0106-2022
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records of the White Paper Implementation Working Group meetings in relation to the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision attended by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage between 01/03/2021 and 23/02/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 11 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference 44-22
    Requester Type Other
    Galway City Council

    1. All correspondence between Councillors and Government officials in Galway City Council regarding muscovite mica and pyrite 2. All correspondence between Councillors and Government officials in Galway City Council regarding the muscovite mica and pyrite compensation schemes The request is for records to include – but not limited to: Council owned housing stock Internal and external correspondence Minutes of meetings Notes or memos in relation to discussion or telephone calls

  • Received 9 March 2022
    Decided 8 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0134-2022
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Documentation in relation to breaches of the Section 34 licence to capture live hares by the Loughrea coursing club, ref. reply by Minister for Housing to Question No. 242, Ref. 12448/22.

  • Received 9 March 2022
    Decided 7 April 2022
    Request Reference FOI-005-HS22
    Requester Type Other
    Clare County Council

    1.A record of the cost, either through lease/hire arrangement or purchase, to the Council, of wooden or metal coverings used to board up all derelict and vacant council-owned or leased properties for the previous five years. 2.A record of the number of leased buildings boarded up for each of the previous 5 years 3.A record of the number of council owned buildings boarded up for each of the previous 5 years 4.A record of the number of buildings boarded up for each of the previous 5 years with the covering acquired through a lease agreement 5.A record of the number of buildings boarded up for each of the previous 5 years with the covering acquired through a purchase agreement - clarified to social housing vacant units

  • Received 14 March 2022
    Decided 7 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0130-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence and minutes relating to Social and Affordable Housing between Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage staff (assistant secretary level and above) and Hume Brophy (representing New Beginning) between 01/09/2021 and 09/03/2022.

  • Received 8 March 2022
    Decided 7 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI202274
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

    Correspondence between Ministers Darragh O’Brien and Eamon Ryan (to include their officers and advisers) regarding the retrofitting scheme between September 1 2021 and the date of this request Correspondence between Secretary Generals at the Department of Housing and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications regarding the retrofitting scheme between September 1 2021 and the date of this request Correspondence to include (but not be limited to) letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, briefing notes etc

  • Received 28 February 2022
    Decided 6 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference 16/2022
    Requester Type
    Westmeath County Council

    Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2021 and 2020

  • Received 9 March 2022
    Decided 6 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0129-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence and minutes from meetings between Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage staff(assistant secretary level and above) and Pinnacle Public Affairs Ltd between 01/09/2021 - 09/03/2022.

  • Received 3 March 2022
    Decided 4 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0123-2022
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    The letter/correspondence Minister Darragh O' Brien sent back to the CEO of Bartra Capital, in response a letter sent to the Minister on the 18/02/2021, with the following as the subject matter, Urgent Bartra offer of 500+ affordable rent units in Devaney Gardens regeneration

  • Received 5 January 2022
    Decided 1 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0002-2022
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to the appointment of individuals to the Independent Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing 2021 and any reports provided by the working group to 05/01/2022.

  • Received 1 March 2022
    Decided 30 March 2022
    Request Reference FOI-003-HS22
    Requester Type Other
    Clare County Council

    Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2021 within the council's remit. Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2020 within the council's remit.

  • Received 1 March 2022
    Decided 30 March 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 29 22
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2020 and 2021.

  • Received 2 February 2022
    Decided 29 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0059-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Department of Environment, Climate and Communication and the Department of Defence or the Defence forces or the Land Development Agency, in the period 01/05/2021 to 02/02/2022, concerning the development or potential development of housing on the site of Cathal Brugha barracks in Dublin.

  • Received 25 February 2022
    Decided 29 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0109-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of the minutes of meetings between Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O'Brien and the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). Copies of internal and external correspondence on the topic of the Government's new Home Energy Upgrade Scheme for retrofitting to/from Minister O'Brien and to/from Secretary General Graham Doyle between 01/01/2021 to 24/02/2022.

  • Received 8 March 2022
    Decided 29 March 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0127-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    A record of a KPMG Future Analytics report commissioned by the Construction Industry Federation, titled: Examining Housing Demand Guidelines - An overview of various Housing Target guidance, approaches, toolkits and case study comparatives.

  • Received 25 February 2022
    Decided 28 March 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 27/22
    Requester Type Client
    Donegal County Council

    Records on Housing Application 24812

  • Received 21 February 2022
    Decided 28 March 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-16-2022
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Office of Public Works

    I am looking for records of works carried out at Barryscourt Castle in Co. Cork during the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 including any internal or external works. I am looking for records of ecological surveys in relation to such works, particularly for bats, and records of any written correspondence with the National Parks and Wildlife Service/Department of Housing Heritage and Local Government in relation to bats.

  • Received 1 March 2022
    Decided 25 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference
    Requester Type Other
    Wicklow County Council

    Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2021 within the council's remit. Records regarding the number of mould complaints in social housing in 2020 within

  • Received 28 February 2022
    Decided 24 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0112-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records of advice issued to staff of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage from the Strategic and Business Support Unit regarding AIE fees in the period 01/01/2020 to 25/02/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 24 March 2022
    Request Reference 22/FOI/19
    Requester Type Journalist
    Cavan County Council

    Homeless Statistics

  • Received 22 February 2022
    Decided 24 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI202261
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

    Any information in relation to correspondence between your organisation and housing Minister in relation to IS465 in last 4 years. Reference to the Housing Minister references his entire Department not just the Minister specifically.

  • Received 22 February 2022
    Decided 24 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI202260
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

    Any requests from the Housing Minister in the last 4 years as part of any market surveillance request to assess / inspect / conduct at source petrographic analysis of aggregate to confirm suitability for use by any Quarry or Manufacturer in Co. DONEGAL for the production of concrete Blocks or concrete products. Reference to the Housing Minister references his entire Department not just the Minister specifically.

  • Received 21 February 2022
    Decided 23 March 2022
    Request Reference FOI-005-PL22
    Requester Type Other
    Clare County Council

    Reports re Planning ref. no. 21599 - when this site was rezoned in 2017 the site had 7 years additional maturity & now is full of wildlife. 1. what done on the biodiversity of the site 2. heritage officers reports 3. what report was put forward for County Councillors to vote on & what County Councillors voted to put it forward for housing 4. engineers report regarding connecting an unlimited number of houses to drains (miles of drains) - did he do slope surveys or drain size surveys

  • Received 1 March 2022
    Decided 22 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference 2022/10
    Requester Type Journalist
    Longford County Council

    Mould complaints in Social Housing 2020 & 2021

  • Received 20 February 2022
    Decided 22 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0093-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence and records regarding meetings between Irish Institutional Property (IIP) with the Minister, Minister of State Peter Burke, Assistant Secretary Maria Graham and advisor Kevin Dillon at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage dated between 01/09/2021-16/02/2022.

  • Received 23 February 2022
    Decided 21 March 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0107-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Communications between Minister Darragh O' Brien and staff of PO level and above within the Housing Grants, LA Stock Improvement & Traveller Accommodation Unit and the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland regarding the square metre allowance and the sliding scale for the Defective Block Scheme between 01/11/2021 - 23/02/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 16 March 2022
    Request Reference 22/FOI/17
    Requester Type Client
    Cavan County Council

    Housing File

  • Received 15 February 2022
    Decided 15 March 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0080-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between staff at Assistant Principal level and above within the Urban Regeneration & Development Fund (URDF) Unit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Dublin City Council in relation to the Parnell Square redevelopment/public realm project, which has been granted URDF funding by the Department between 01/01/2020-11/02/2022.

  • Received 16 February 2022
    Decided 15 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0083-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records of emails and briefing notes to and from the offices of Ministers Coffey and English in relation to to vacant housing units located at Colmcille Terrace, Granard, Co Longford, between 01/10/2015 and 16/02/2022.

  • Received 21 February 2022
    Decided 15 March 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0100-2022
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of licences issued by the Department for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the Office of Public Works for disturbance to bats at Emo Court Co. Laois in 01/01/2019 or 01/01/2020.

  • Received 16 February 2022
    Decided 14 March 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0084-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records and minutes of a meeting at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in May 2018 between Department staff and the Collaborative Group for Housing and Sustainable Living.