Housing
3638 requests
- Received 4 March 2016Decided 30 March 2016GrantedWicklow County Council
Questions and figures in relation to numbers on the housing list.
- Received 24 February 2016Decided 24 March 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Copy of Housing File
- Received 24 February 2016Decided 24 March 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Copy of Housing File August 2014 to present
- Received 24 February 2016Decided 24 March 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Copy of Housing File October 2013 to present
- Received 15 March 2016Decided 24 March 2016RefusedDonegal County Council
No of applicants on Social Housing waiting list, no who are non nationals
- Received 14 March 2016Decided 24 March 2016Part-GrantedMeath County Council
Information on: 1. The number of applicants currently on social housing waiting lists in your jurisdiction 2. The number of these applicants who are non-Irish nationals 3. The country of origin of non-Irish applicants.
- Received 4 March 2016Decided 24 March 2016GrantedMonaghan County Council
Numbers on Council's Social Housing Waiting List
- Received 3 March 2016Decided 22 March 2016Part-GrantedMeath County Council
Non-personal records that relate to the assessment of individuals presenting as homeless to the Council, and the related application of Section 2 of the Housing Act 1988 and the applicable sections of the scheme of allocation. We request in particular that you provide us with copies of any recorded information held by the Council in relation to the following: • A copy of any policy, guideline, circular, assessment criteria, form or procedure that relates to or is applied to individuals and families presenting to the Council as homeless; • A copy of any document that refers to the awarding of priority status on the basis of homelessness, including any policy, guideline, circular, assessment criteria or procedure that refers to any such assessment; • A copy of any policy, guideline, circular, assessment criteria, form or procedure that applies or is applied when families or vulnerable persons presenting as homeless to the Council.
- Received —Decided 15 March 2016Cavan County Council
Details of Social Housing
- Received 12 February 2016Decided 10 March 2016GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of Minister of State for Housing, Paudie Coffey's Diary, from 01/09/15 to 29/01/16.
- Received 11 February 2016Decided 4 March 2016RefusedMeath County Council
Please provide me with records giving details of the following1. Your current suppliers of all telecare equipment (including all types of monitored alarms such as medical/personal alarms, smoke, flood, CO, gas alarms, bed/chair exit alarms, bogus caller buttons, warden call type systems). Including but not limited to any telecare/warden call equipment used for supported housing or disability services.For each supplier please provide: Their respective (a) contract start/expiry dates (b) annual & total contract value and (c) contract description. Where no formal contract exists please provide records of all telecare equipment purchased over the last 12 months (including supplier name, description and value).2. Your current suppliers of all 24/7 monitoring for telecare related activities (e.g. monitoring of telecare alarms, warden call systems, door entry systems)For each supplier please provide: Their respective (a) contract start/ expiry dates (b) annual & total contract value and (c) contract description.Where no contract exists please provide records of monitoring services purchased over the last 12months (including supplier name, description of service and value).3. Any funding provided over the last 12 months for emergency alarms or telecare equipment (including all types of monitored alarms such as medical/personal alarms, smoke, flood, CO, gas alarms, bed/chair exit alarms, bogus caller buttons, and including warden call type systems). Please include records showing amount of funding provided, recipient of the funding, description of funding (i.e. what it was for).
- Received 8 February 2016Decided 24 February 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
All records held by Donegal County Council in relation to her housing app
- Received 18 January 2016Decided 12 February 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All records relating to the identification of any and all sites in the Dublin City Council area that were proposed as suitable for modular housing, to include all records relating to the decision to choose the five selected sites at Poppintree in Ballymun; Mourne Road in Drimnagh; Belcamp Avenue in Coolock; St Helena's Drive in Finglas; and Cherry Orchard in Ballyfermot. All records relating to discussions between the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and Dublin City Council about the identification and selection of sites for modular housing within the Dublin City Council area.
- Received —Decided 12 February 2016Cavan County Council
Social housing
- Received —Decided 12 February 2016Cavan County Council
Housing
- Received 8 January 2016Decided 27 January 2016GrantedDonegal County Council
Copy of all records relating to Housing Loan
- Received 30 December 2015Decided 27 January 2016RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records regarding the sale of Moy Glas Glade, Lucan, Co Dublin for social housing purposes to Respond housing Association.
- Received 23 December 2015Decided 22 January 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of all communications between the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government's office, or any other officials with property developers, local authorities, or any other interested party during work to prepare the "Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments" document.
- Received 10 November 2015Decided 18 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence between the Department of Environment and the Department of Finance - including those by Ministers Kelly and Noonan - in relation to the issue of rent control or rent certainty since May 2015. All documents submitted by the Department of Environment to the Department of Finance as part of its Budget 2016 submission.
- Received 12 November 2015Decided 18 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between Minister Kelly and Minister Noonan re rent certainty, rent control and measures on stabilising rents and boosting supply from 01/01/2015 to 12/11/2015.
- Received 17 November 2015Decided 18 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between Minister Kelly & Minister Burton with regard to Rent Supplements.
- Received 3 December 2015Decided 18 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence in relation to rent certainty between Ministers, Advisers and Civil Servants in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Ministers, Advisers and Civil Servants in the Department of Finance to include all records associated with this correspondence such as notes, briefing material etc. All minutes of meetings in relation to rent certainty between Ministers, Advisers and Civil Servants in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Ministers, Advisers and Civil Servants in the Department of Finance to include all records relating to these meetings such as notes & briefing documents.
- Received 28 October 2015Decided 17 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records held by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to proposals to reform the housing rental market, including rent certainty. Copies of any correspondence from the Department of the Environment to the Department of Finance or other Government departments, in relation to this issue. Records to cover the period 01/01/2015 to 28/10/2015.
- Received 2 November 2015Decided 17 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence between Alan Kelly and Michael Noonan as well as between their officials over the issue of 'rent certainty' or rent control measures, in general, as well as the issue of rents in general, for the period 01/03/2015 to 02/11/2015.
- Received 29 October 2015Decided 16 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All briefing provided to the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to the possible introduction of rent controls, rent certainty or rent stabilisation measures in the private rental market, from January 2015 to 29/10/2015. All correspondence in relation to meetings between the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department of Finance from January 2015 to 29/10/2015 in relation to the possible introduction of rent controls, rent certainty or rent stabilisation measures in the private rental market.
- Received 29 October 2015Decided 16 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence regarding rent certainty between the Rental Market and AHB Regulation Unit of the Department and the Department of Finance for the period between 01/09/2015 and the 28/10/2015.
- Received 30 October 2015Decided 16 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence sent to and from Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government regarding rent certainty and other such associated measures from 01/08/2015 to 30/10/2015.
- Received 28 October 2015Decided 14 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence between the Minister and any other Department/individual in relation to plans for, or discussions around, the topic of ‘rent certainty’ for the period 01/01/2014 to 28/10/2015.
- Received 28 October 2015Decided 10 December 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All email correspondence by Minister Alan Kelly with the terms 'rent control', 'rent certainty', 'budget', 'rent freeze' or 'rent hikes', to be provided for the period between 01/09/2015 and the 28/10/2015.
- Received 4 November 2015Decided 4 December 2015RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The latest figures or data available which indicates how much the Department is paying to house homeless families in hotels?
- Received 19 October 2015Decided 16 November 2015RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Any communication between the Department and Cork City Council regarding housing allocation decisions, availability of housing or directions for Cork City Council to assess its ability to house people currently in Direct Provision accommodation or people affected by recent international migrant movements where it was agreed within EU meeting to take persons. Any communication ( between the Department and Cork City Council requesting or directing the Council to enter discussion with TUSLA on the issue of accommodating refugees/migrants/asylum seekers.
- Received 14 October 2015Decided 12 November 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence and records between Advisors, Ministers & Civil Servants concerning, Private Rented Accommodation, Affordable Rent & Rent Certainty from 01/01/2015 to 14/10/2015.
- Received 13 October 2015Decided 10 November 2015RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of all briefing material prepared for meetings between the Minister and the Minister for Finance or Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to proposals for Budget 2016 relating to “rent certainty”.
- Received 16 June 2015Decided 8 October 2015RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
A copy of all correspondence, by email, letter, circular or telephone, between the Department and/or Minister’s office, and local authorities regarding the presence of Minister Alan Kelly at the announcement or opening of new housing projects. Copies of all such correspondence since July 2014.
- Received 1 September 2015Decided 2 October 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All records containing lists of all housing developments or other projects within the remit of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government or within the remit of any local authority or other government department in the possession of the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government in which the existence of pyrite has been identified, the location of same, the main contractor in respect of same, the quarry/quarries which provided the relevant materials and or the owner of such quarry /quarries. You understand that a document/documents of this nature may have been provided to the Pyrite Panel for the purposes of preparing their report.
- Received 18 November 2014Decided 2 October 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All memos, records, correspondence and communications between Opendoor Management Limited, NAMA and/or NARPS and/or Kilkenny County Council and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government relating to the housing development “Aylesbury” in Ferrybank. All correspondence and communications between RSM Grant Farrell Sparks / Duff Phelps or any other company or legal entity with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government relating to the housing development “Aylesbury” in Ferrybank. All memos, records, correspondence and communications between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and any other bodies / parties / companies / organisations relating to the discussion of / provision of / proposal of social housing at the housing development “Aylesbury” in Ferrybank. All applications, correspondence, communications, memos or otherwise between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and any other bodies / parties / companies / organisations relating to the discussion of / provision of / proposal of providing housing to any housing bodies / housing charities / housing organisations / voluntary organisations or otherwise at the housing development “Aylesbury” in Ferrybank. Copies of Memos or Minutes from any meetings relating to the above. Departments Procedure on how funding is assessed and granted for the CALF scheme.
- Received 4 August 2015Decided 15 September 2015GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of all records relating to the creation of a new method of allocations for private housing grants.
- Received 14 August 2015Decided 11 September 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of any correspondence / lobbying received by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government or Minister(s) in relation to minimum apartment sizes and / or requirements by councils for all new homes to be built to Passive standard between 01/01/2014 and 14/08/2015. Correspondence / lobbying that informed the Ministers' decision to caution local authorities in Dublin about adopting "unreasonable or excessive requirements in relation to the standard of housing or ancillary services". A list of all meetings between Ministers Kelly and Coffey the Construction Industry Federation between 01/01/2014 and 14/08/2015, including the dates of the meetings, the location of the meetings and details of who was present.
- Received 17 August 2015Decided 11 September 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All records of representations, correspondence, telephone calls, meetings, etc. in relation to:1) Standards of housing or ancillary service and facilities in the Dublin area,2) Zoning of additional land for housing in the Dublin area, made to, or by, the Minister, Minister of State, or Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government officials in the past 12 months.
- Received 6 August 2015Decided 28 August 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of all records held by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government relating to the application of Section 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (Rent Supplement for Regeneration Areas) to the Ballymun regeneration area, in particular what criteria the Minister has used or applied in deciding to designate Ballymun as a regeneration area, and how reviews are conducted. Copy of records relating to the Minister’s initial designation and relating to more recent and subsequent submissions and reviews in 2012, 2013, 2014 up to 06/08/2015.
- Received 11 June 2015Decided 7 August 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence between, to or from, the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government and Meath County Council in relation to the provision of social housing in County Meath between 01/01/2014 and 11/06/2015.
- Received 15 June 2015Decided 6 August 2015GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government and Roscommon County Council relating to the provision of Social Housing between 01/12/2014 and 15/06/2015.
- Received 11 June 2015Decided 5 August 2015GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
The information submitted by Waterford City & County Council in respect of its applications under the Social Housing Construction Programme.
- Received 9 July 2015Decided 4 August 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence regarding prospective mortgage-to-lease/ mortgage- to-rent solutions to the mortgage arrears crisis, including all records of engagement with private sector properties about this matter, between 01/01/2015 and 09/07/2015.
- Received 23 June 2015Decided 16 July 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of all correspondence between the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government and/or its working group on mortgage arrears and stakeholders including approved housing bodies, the Irish Council for Social Housing and the banking sector, and the Banking and Payment Federation of Ireland, between 01/06/2013 and 23/06/2015, on mechanisms to deal with mortgage arrears, particularly the on the mortgage-to-rent scheme.
- Received 16 June 2015Decided 13 July 2015GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records relating to decisions on the standard of housing being adopted or to be adopted by local authorities across the country.
- Received 15 June 2015Decided 8 July 2015RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of the report "Policy Options to Reduce Emissions from Smoky Coal and Other Residential Fuels", to include any correspondence between Bord na Mona and any other party, and the Department. Copy of the report "Housing division - Resource Requirements and Organisational Arrangements."
- Received 5 May 2015Decided 30 June 2015Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
A copy of the business case prepared by Limerick Council on the delivery of the Housing Assistance Payment by local authorities, which was carried out under the direction of the Housing Assistance Payment Project Board. All minutes of the meetings of the Housing Assistance Payment Project Board from 01/01/2014 to 05/05/2015.
- Received 25 May 2015Decided 18 June 2015GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All Correspondence issued by Minister Alan Kelly or the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to Roscommon County Council between 01/01/2015 and 25/05/2015 in relation to the setting of targets for the delievery of social/local authority housing under the Social Housing Stragtegy and Correspondence regarding the approval for construction of social housing units.
- Received 27 May 2015Decided 10 June 2015RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All official Department memeos/directives issued to local authorities in relation to Housing/Homelessness between 01/01/2015 to 27/05/2015.