Housing
3638 requests
- Received 1 August 2023Decided 17 November 2023RefusedDepartment 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
- Received 18 October 2023Decided 16 November 2023GrantedDonegal County Council
Records on acceptance/refusal of social housing
- Received 17 October 2023Decided 16 November 2023GrantedNational 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.
- Received 18 October 2023Decided 14 November 2023GrantedMayo 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.
- Received 23 October 2023Decided 14 November 2023GrantedCork County Council
Social Housing
- Received —Decided 13 November 2023RefusedDepartment 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.
- Received 17 October 2023Decided 10 November 2023RefusedOffice 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
- Received 23 October 2023Decided 7 November 2023GrantedCork City Council
Number of service requests for housing maintenance on social housing units 2019 to 2021
- Received 23 October 2023Decided 6 November 2023Part-GrantedSouth 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.
- Received —Decided 31 October 2023Fingal County Council
Request list of properties leased for purpose of social housing
- Received 23 October 2023Decided 26 October 2023Handled outside of FOIMayo 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.
- Received 9 October 2023Decided 26 October 2023RefusedCork City Council
Part 8 planning - Scairt Cross (Housing Development)
- Received 23 October 2023Decided 25 October 2023Handled outside of FOIGalway City Council
Housing Maintenance Figures
- Received 4 October 2023Decided 17 October 2023GrantedLongford County Council
Housing Adaptation Grants
- Received 3 October 2023Decided 17 October 2023RefusedCork County Council
Social Housing
- Received 3 October 2023Decided 16 October 2023RefusedLongford County Council
Amenity charges Social Housing
- Received 28 July 2023Decided 13 October 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received 21 September 2023Decided 12 October 2023RefusedIrish 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.
- Received 13 September 2023Decided 10 October 2023Part-GrantedSouth 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
- Received 3 October 2023Decided 9 October 2023RefusedMeath County Council
Seeks records re Housing leases agreed to date with private companies.
- Received 5 October 2023Decided 9 October 2023Handled outside of FOIMayo County Council
13 individual questions directed to Central Housing, Mayo County Council.
- Received 3 October 2023Decided 6 October 2023RefusedCork City Council
Housing leases
- Received —Decided 6 October 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received 17 May 2023Decided 5 October 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received —Decided 3 October 2023RefusedWexford County Council
a copy of minutes for any follow-up meetings to the subjects described in the email of minutes for the meeting on Fearach Cnoic that members of the Council took part in alongside Oaklee Housing.
- Received —Decided 30 September 2023GrantedDun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Records relating to Housing List
- Received 31 August 2023Decided 29 September 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received 4 September 2023Decided 28 September 2023GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received 1 August 2023Decided 28 September 2023Part-GrantedSouth 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.
- Received 3 August 2023Decided 28 September 2023Part-GrantedSouth 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.
- Received 20 September 2023Decided 27 September 2023RefusedCork City Council
Contractors catalogue of rates for Central Heating Repairs and Servicing in Social Housing Units
- Received 18 September 2023Decided 26 September 2023GrantedCork City Council
Complaints to housing maintenance re poor conditions of houses
- Received 22 August 2023Decided 21 September 2023RefusedDepartment 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)
- Received 24 August 2023Decided 21 September 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received 22 August 2023Decided 18 September 2023GrantedCork County Council
Housing stats
- Received —Decided 16 September 2023GrantedDun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Records in relation to number of applicants received for Housing Adaptation Grants
- Received —Decided 15 September 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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
- Received 14 July 2023Decided 14 September 2023GrantedCork City Council
Social housing offers and refusals from 2018
- Received 8 August 2023Decided 13 September 2023GrantedCork County Council
Housing stats
- Received 18 July 2023Decided 13 September 2023Part-GrantedDepartment 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.
- Received 15 August 2023Decided 12 September 2023Part-GrantedCharities 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
- Received 22 August 2023Decided 8 September 2023GrantedGalway City Council
Housing Adaption Grants 2023
- Received 11 August 2023Decided 6 September 2023RefusedDepartment 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.
- Received 9 August 2023Decided 4 September 2023RefusedSouth 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?
- Received 22 August 2023Decided 1 September 2023GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
I am writing to request information under the FOI Act. Could you please provide me with the following information: • The number of applications received for Housing Adaptation Grants (the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability; the Mobility Aids Grant; and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant) from 1 January 2023 to 1 August 2023; • The number of grants awarded for Housing Adaptation Grants (the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability; the Mobility Aids Grant; and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant) from 1 January 2023 to 1 August 2023; • The value (in euros €) of grants awarded for Housing Adaptation Grants (the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability; the Mobility Aids Grant; and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant) from 1 January 2023 to 1 August 2023; • The number of people on the waiting list for Housing Adaptation Grants (the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability; the Mobility Aids Grant; and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant) as of 1st August 2023; • The number of grant applications for Housing Adaptation Grants (the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability; the Mobility Aids Grant; and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant) from 1 January 2023 to 1 August 2023 which were denied
- Received —Decided 31 August 2023WithdrawnDun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Request for information on housing
- Received 2 August 2023Decided 31 August 2023RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of all correspondence and associated documents between former Secretary General of DPER Robert Watt and former Secretary General of Housing John McCarthy from 2019 related to the Poolbeg SDZ Glass Bottle Site purchase.
- Received 31 July 2023Decided 28 August 2023Part-GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of families and individuals currently on the housing list in the South Dublin County Council Area. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of families and individuals currently on the South Dublin County Council Area housing list who’s nationality is Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of families and individuals currently on the housing list in the South Dublin County Council Area who’s nationality is listed as not Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of families and individuals currently on the housing list in the South Dublin County Council Area broken down by nationality. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2020. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2021. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2022. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2022 to date. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2020 to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2020 to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as something other than Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2020 to individuals and families broken down by country of origin. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2021 to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2021 to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as something other than Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2021 to individuals and families broken down by country of origin. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2022 to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2022 to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as something other than Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2022 to individuals and families broken down by country of origin. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2023 (to date) to individuals and families who’s nationality is recorded as Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2023 (to date) to individuals and families whose nationality is recorded as something other than Irish. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered in the South Dublin County Council Area in 2023 (to date) to individuals and families broken down by country of origin. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered to an applicant who was not resident in the South Dublin County Council Area at the time of their application in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date. Of the above figures, I would like to request records detailing the country of origin of those who received the housing units and who were not already resident in the South Dublin County Council Area. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting records which detail the total number of social housing units delivered to an applicant in the South Dublin County Council Area who was not living there at the time of their application and who also did not provide proof of a connection to the local area (years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 to date). Of these, I would like to request records detailing their country of origin. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting any available records that will show the number of occasions in years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 when an individual or family on the social housing list in the South Dublin County Council Area was given a housing unit while not resident in the area. Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am requesting any available records that will show the number of occasions in years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 when an individual or family on the social housing list in the South Dublin County Council Area was given a housing unit while not resident in the area and also not having demonstrated a connection to the area as per the application requirements.
- Received 25 July 2023Decided 25 August 2023GrantedDonegal County Council
Records relating to housing offers refused
- Received 22 August 2023Decided 25 August 2023Handled outside of FOICork City Council
Housing Adaptation grants