Housing

4316 requests

  • Received 13 September 2021
    Decided 8 October 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 144 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1, An excel spreadsheet of the asbestos register(or ACM register)for the Council and a copy of the last saved version before the current one.2. A copy of the priority assessment and overall risk rating for ACMs which were carried out arising from the ACM register and/or the survey which informed the register.3. Details of any asbestos remediation /removal works carried out to address risks identified in Council housing stock including the sums involved and the periods they were carried out.

  • Received 16 September 2021
    Decided 8 October 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0345-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records of Daft searches by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and any reports or memos which resulted from these searches if any between 16/06/2021-16/09/2021.

  • Received 10 September 2021
    Decided 7 October 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0334-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence sent to Minister Darragh O'Brien that relates to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 between 01/03/2021 to 09/09/2021. Records of research and reports compiled by Department of Housing staff that relates to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 between 01/03/2021 to 09/09/2021.

  • Received 16 September 2021
    Decided 7 October 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0344-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence sent between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage staff (Principal Officer level and above) and the Central Bank about the First Home Shared Equity Scheme between 01/08/2021 to16/09/2021.

  • Received 23 August 2021
    Decided 6 October 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI - 137 - 2021
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Requesting records re: Housing records

  • Received
    Decided 6 October 2021
    Request Reference 21/FOI/63
    Requester Type Journalist
    Cavan County Council

    Residential Housing Units

  • Received
    Decided 5 October 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 23 2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

    All internal correspondence and attached documents (emails, letters & memos etc) between the Housing Agency CEO John O'Connor and senior officials regarding the national Shared Equity Scheme (for first time buyers) from October 1st 2020 to February 28th 2021

  • Received 6 September 2021
    Decided 4 October 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference 21/109 (5624)
    Requester Type Other
    Galway County Council

    How many applications for Housing Adaption grants were received and how many in relation to Connemara

  • Received 7 September 2021
    Decided 4 October 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0323-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records held by the Minister, Secretary General and Assistant Secretary Generals of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, relating to the exemption from the new Part V requirements between 01/06/2021-30/08/2021.

  • Received
    Decided 4 October 2021
    Request Reference 21/FOI/64
    Requester Type Client
    Cavan County Council

    Housing Tenant File --Personal

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 1 October 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 50-2021
    Requester Type
    Westmeath County Council

    Records concerning Anti-social behaviour in Council Housing estates

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 30 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 21/105 (5620)
    Requester Type Journalist
    Galway County Council

    Reports and Complaints about anti-social behaviour in council housing estates from March to date.

  • Received
    Decided 29 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI/2021/0287
    Requester Type
    Department of the Taoiseach

    I would like to request all communications, records, letters, emails, text messages and WhatsApp messages between the IBRC Commission of Investigation and the Department of the Taoiseach between January 1, 2021 and the present day. This includes figures for the total expenditure incurred by the Commission from the start of this year until the end of August by the main subheads as well as rent, office service charges and legal fees. This request does not include correspondence between the Department and the Commission concerning routine administration expenses incurred by the Commission.

  • Received 4 August 2021
    Decided 29 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0282-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All commissioned research, reports, memos and briefing notes on the issue of Housing Vacancy from 01/01/2021 to 04/08/2021.

  • Received 1 September 2021
    Decided 29 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0314-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to a decision by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to send a letter to the church seeking use of state lands for housing.

  • Received 1 September 2021
    Decided 29 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0296-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records held by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Ministers of State, or Secretary General regarding an event hosted by former Minister Katherine Zappone held in the Merrion Hotel on 21/07/2021.

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 29 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-034-HS21 FOI-022-EN21
    Requester Type Journalist
    Clare County Council

    Reports and complaints about anti-social behaviour in council housing estates owned by this local authority, from March 2021 to date.

  • Received 31 August 2021
    Decided 28 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0308-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence and minutes of meetings involving the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage or anyone above the grade of Principal Officer between 05/11/2020 and 31/08/2021 regarding planning matters as they pertain to the Gaeltacht.

  • Received 31 August 2021
    Decided 28 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0312-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copy of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme Guidelines and The Covid19 Amendments to the Credit Policy held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 27 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 139 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    Reports and complaints about anti-social behaviour in Council housing estates owned by the Council from March 2021 to date of FOI request.

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 27 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 118/21
    Requester Type Journalist
    Meath County Council

    Seeks records anti-social behaviour in council housing estates owned by this local authority, from March 2021 to date.

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 24 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI - 149 - 2021
    Requester Type Media
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Requesting Records re: Housing Complaints

  • Received 27 August 2021
    Decided 23 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI 133 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    A copy of all complaints made in relation to housing and /or accommodation for travellers from January 2019 to present date.

  • Received 27 August 2021
    Decided 23 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference 21/106 (5621)
    Requester Type Journalist
    Galway County Council

    Complaints made in relation to housing and or accommodation for Travellers from Jan 2019 to present

  • Received 23 August 2021
    Decided 22 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI - 141 - 2021
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

    Requesting records re: Assessment of Social housing applications

  • Received 21 September 2021
    Decided 21 September 2021
    Handled outside of FOI
    Request Reference 205-21
    Requester Type Non-Personal
    Cork City Council

    Records Money paid out by CCC for Homeless people in 2020

  • Received 22 July 2021
    Decided 17 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0268-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copy/s of lease / licence for construction of a breakwater at greencastle harbour to Donegal County Council Ref No : MS51/15/661. Copy of all communications between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Donegal County Council relating to a Lease/licence for the use of the seabed and foreshore of Lough Foyle.

  • Received 2 September 2021
    Decided 17 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021/47
    Requester Type Journalist
    Longford County Council

    Antisocial behaviour in council housing estates

  • Received 17 August 2021
    Decided 17 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 111/21
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Meath County Council

    Seeks records re notices issued pursuant to s.10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) ("Section 10 Notices") from 2016 to date.

  • Received 25 August 2021
    Decided 16 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference 181-21
    Requester Type Non-Personal
    Cork City Council

    Section 10 Notices in Housing

  • Received 27 August 2021
    Decided 15 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference 2021/45
    Requester Type Journalist
    Longford County Council

    Travelling Housing Complaints

  • Received 17 August 2021
    Decided 14 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 1932
    Requester Type Other
    Mayo County Council

    Details of all notices issued by Mayo County Council under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) ("Section 10 Notices").

  • Received 17 August 2021
    Decided 13 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 126 21
    Requester Type Solicitor
    South Dublin County Council

    All information held on the Council's use of notices pursuant to S.10 of the Housing(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 from 2016 to date to include the number of notices issued in each year, the subsection of S.10 that was invoked, number of S.10 Notices that led to the removal and storage of a temporary dwelling and the number of S.10 notices that led to a prosecution.

  • Received 17 August 2021
    Decided 9 September 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-033-HS21
    Requester Type Solicitor
    Clare County Council

    All information on CCCs use of notices issue pursuant to S10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) ('Section 10 Notices') from 2016 to date (the relevant period) I request information on - the no. of Sec 10 notices issued in each year of the relevant period - the subsection of S10 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (as amended) that was invoked - the no. of S10 notices that led to the removal & storage of a temporary dwelling - the no. of S10 notices that led to a prosecution

  • Received 12 July 2023
    Decided 8 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI 115 23
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    South Dublin County Council

    I wish to obtain records held by your Council's Vacant Homes Officers pertaining to vacant or derelict properties that are owned or managed by Approved Housing Bodies, also known as Voluntary Housing Bodies. To facilitate this request, I ask that electronic searches be conducted of the email accounts of your Council's Vacant Homes Officers. The searches should utilize the following terms: "Housing Association" "Approved Housing" "AHB" "Voluntary Housing" Please note that I am specifically looking for records that contain at least one of the listed search terms. Such searches can be easily performed in standard email platforms like Outlook or Gmail. The timeframe for the requested records is from 2017 to the present day.

  • Received 11 August 2021
    Decided 8 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0278-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All commissioned research, reports, memos and briefing notes (Principal Officer level and above) regarding the right to housing in the period 01/01/2021 to 11/08/2021.

  • Received 30 August 2021
    Decided 7 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference 184-21
    Requester Type Non-Personal
    Cork City Council

    Vacant Housing units owned or leased by CCC

  • Received 23 July 2021
    Decided 1 September 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0269-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All inspection reports and complaints carried out/received by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage relating to Dublin Zoo from 01/01/2017 to 23/07/2021. All concerns received by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the animals in Dublin Zoo from 01/01/2011 to 23/07/2021 Any external reports or investigations carried out at Dublin Zoo from 01/01/2017-23/07/2021. Copy of the post mortem of Gorilla Harry who died in 2016.

  • Received 21 July 2021
    Decided 1 September 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference 143-21
    Requester Type Non-Personal
    Cork City Council

    Addresses of Vacant Housing Units

  • Received 3 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0288-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the chief executive of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the chief executives of either of the four Dublin local authorities, on the topic of housing or homelessness, between 01/03/2021 and 02/08/2021.

  • Received 3 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0286-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the chair of An Bord Pleanala, between 01/03/2021 and 02/08/2021.

  • Received 4 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0287-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the chief executive of the Land Development Agency, between 01/03/2021 and 02/08/2021.

  • Received 3 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 1926
    Requester Type Journalist
    Mayo County Council

    Details of funding allocated by Dept. of Housing for Traveller Specific Accommodation.

  • Received
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 19/2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    The Housing Agency (Housing & Sustainable Communities Agency)

    The total number of vacant private properties held by banks, funds or other bodies in 2021 that the Housing Agency is aware of, All information the Housing Agency holds on these vacant properties

  • Received 4 August 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI 122 21
    Requester Type Journalist
    South Dublin County Council

    1.Amount of funding allocated to the Council by the Department of Housing for Traveller specific accommodation by year for 2017,2018 and 2019. 2. Details of funding applied for and received for such accommodation for 2020 and to date in 2021. 3. Amount spent by the Council on such accomodation and specific projects and amount spent on each project for each year from 2017-2020 and to date in 2021.

  • Received 30 July 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0283-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the definition of affordable housing / defining affordable housing from 01/02/2020 to 29/07/2021.

  • Received 31 July 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0281-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to cost rental equity returns from 29/7/2020 to 29/07/2021.

  • Received 29 July 2021
    Decided 26 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference AIE-22-1-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Office of Public Works

    I would like to make a request under Access to Information on the Environment rules. I am looking for documentation in relation to works, planned or undertaken, by the OPW at Lough Funshinagh in Co. Roscommon in 2021. I am happy to confine my request to ecological and environmental reports for the works (planned or undertaken) at Lough Funshinagh during 2021, particularly ecological reports, Screening for Appropriate Assessments, Natura Impact Statements and/or other ecological studies. I would also like to know of any written correspondence between the OPW and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Development Applications Unit and/or Inland Fisheries Ireland on the works at Lough Funshinagh (planned or undertaken), during 2021.

  • Received 29 July 2021
    Decided 26 August 2021
    Unknown
    Request Reference AIE-23-1-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Office of Public Works

    I would like to make a request under Access to Information on the Environment rules. I am looking for documentation in relation to works undertaken by the OPW along the Boyne River in Co. Meath in 2021, as well as its tributaries, including the River Deel, during that period. I am happy to confine my request to ecological and environmental reports for the works along the River Boyne and its tributaries during 2021, particularly ecological reports, Screening for Appropriate Assessments, Natura Impact Statements and/or other ecological studies. I would also like to know of any written correspondence between the OPW and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Development Applications Unit and/or Inland Fisheries Ireland on the works along the River Boyne and its tributaries, including the River Deel, during 2021.

  • Received 17 August 2021
    Decided 25 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference 46-2021
    Requester Type
    Westmeath County Council

    Records concerning Notices issued pursuant to S10 of the Housing Act 1992