Housing
3638 requests
- Received 8 May 2018Decided 2 July 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of any instructions or recommendations issued by the Department to local authorities, homeless executives etc., on how they should calculate monthly homelessness figures for their region and the responses received.
- Received 13 June 2018Decided 30 June 2018Handled outside of FOICork City Council
Housing Statistics
- Received 1 May 2018Decided 29 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records linked to compilation of homeless in emergency accommodation statistics for the month of March 2018, which were published by the Department on 30/04/2018. Records created after 01/01/2018, linked to the investigation of homeless in emergency accommodation statistics.
- Received 2 May 2018Decided 29 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between the Department and the local authorities and between the Department and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive in relation to the categorisation of those who are homeless as per Minister's statement supplied, from 01/01/2018 to 02/05/2018.
- Received 3 May 2018Decided 29 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between the Department and Meath county council and Louth county council in relation to the counting of homeless people in section 10 accommodation between 01/11/2017 and 31/05/2018. Correspondence between the minister or any of his officials and Meath county council and Louth county council in relation to the counting of homeless people in section 10 accommodation between 01/11/2017 and 31/05/2018. Any minutes of meetings relating to counting of homeless people in section 10 accommodation between 01/11/2017 and 31/05/2018. Any internal communications relating to the counting of homeless people in section 10 accommodation between 01/11/2017 and 31/05/2018.
- Received 3 May 2018Decided 29 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of memos sent to local authorities regarding the publication and collation of homeless figures for March 2018.
- Received 3 May 2018Decided 29 June 2018RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of all e-mails and other written communications between the Minister for Housing, his advisors, his senior Departmental officials and Louth County Council on 02/05/2018 and 03/05/2018.
- Received 3 May 2018Decided 29 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of all e-mails or other written communication between The Minister for Housing and his political advisors, his senior officials and those Local Authority housing sections who removed persons from their March homeless numbers return on the grounds of alleged miss-categorisation as described by the Minister in his press release accompanying the March homeless figures announcement on 30/04/2018.
- Received 5 June 2018Decided 28 June 2018Part-GrantedOffice of Public Works
Under Freedom of Information I wish to request access to the following records held by your department: All records held by the department regarding the reopening of Stepaside garda station, including but not limited to any documents related to the building formerly housing the station and correspondence with An Garda Síochána related to its reopening, from the period 16 January 2018 to 05 June 2018 inclusive. All correspondence between Assistant Secretary Martin Bourke and An Garda Síochána between the period 16 January 2018 and 05 June 2018 inclusive. All records related to the reopening of six garda stations on a pilot basis between the period 16 January 2018 and 05 June 2018 inclusive.
- Received 28 May 2018Decided 25 June 2018Part-GrantedNational Asset Management Agency Group
1. How many housing units were leased to a named Housing Association from 1 January 2014 to 28 May 2018. 2. A list of the housing units leased to the Housing Association from 1 January 2014 to 28 May 2018.
- Received 28 May 2018Decided 21 June 2018Clare County Council
Housing costs for travellers
- Received 24 April 2018Decided 20 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All communications , including WhatsApp/Texts, between the Minister, his special advisers and the Department's press office about the timing of releases of reports, to include correspondence in the week up to the release of the three reports on 11/04/18, information for the week up to social housing construction status report on 18/04/18, information for the week before the release of the residential tenancies board on 20/03/18 and information for the week leading up to the release of the Homelessness report on 19/12/2017.
- Received 21 May 2018Decided 19 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records relating to lobbying entry 28314 - O'Flynn-Group - General discussion on policy initiatives to address the housing crisis.
- Received 22 May 2018Decided 19 June 2018Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence (sent and received) between Amazon and Minister Damien English and Assistant Secretary David Walsh on housing policy and planning reform, between 01/01/2018 and 21/05/2018. Any briefing notes prepared for Minister English or Mr Walsh in relation to a meeting with Amazon on housing policy and planning reform, between 01/01/2018 and 21/05/2018 and any minutes taken from this meeting.
- Received 17 May 2018Decided 18 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between Waterford City Council and the then Department of Environment, Housing and Local Governement concerning the filling of the Senior Planner post in 2011.
- Received 21 May 2018Decided 15 June 2018Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records created after 01/01/2017 related to the decision by the Department to provide €2.4m funding for the completion of 20 housing units at Radharc an Chuain estate in Ramelton, County Donegal, to include any financial analysis to support the expenditure.
- Received 16 May 2018Decided 13 June 2018GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
The number of anti-social complaints made to the Council under the Housing(Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1997 for each individual year from 2013 to 2017,with a breakdown of drug- related complaints and other requests.
- Received 3 May 2018Decided 12 June 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of emails between Minister Eoghan Murphy and his press advisor Jack O'Donnell regarding housing and homeless figures from 01/10/2017 to 03/05/2018.
- Received 22 May 2018Decided 11 June 2018RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of any minutes, briefings and memos relating to the meeting between Stripe and Minister Murphy during 2018 in relation to housing: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/29533/stripe
- Received 23 May 2018Decided 11 June 2018RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records of discussion before during and after Minister Eoghan Murphy's meetings with Stripe executives regarding housing in Dublin, Ireland.
- Received 7 June 2018Decided 11 June 2018Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Minutes of all Dublin Social Housing Delivery Taskforce meetings from 01/09/2017 to 07/06/2018.
- Received 30 April 2018Decided 11 June 2018GrantedCork City Council
Social Housing Units
- Received 12 April 2018Decided 8 June 2018RefusedOffaly County Council
Records in relation to services and maintance works adjacent to a gully located in The Sycamores Housing Est Edenderry, County Offaly
- Received 19 April 2018Decided 8 June 2018GrantedOffaly County Council
Number of Housing Units purchased from the Private Sector from 2011 to date
- Received 28 May 2018Decided 6 June 2018RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
To ask the Dublin Region Homeless Executive to release the Public Expenditure on Homeless Service Provision for 2017 under the 5 main headers: Homeless Prevention, Tenancy Sustainment and Resettlement Supports, Day Services, Long Term Supported Accommodations, Housing Authority, Homeless Service Provision, Emergency Accommodation.
- Received 8 May 2018Decided 5 June 2018GrantedDonegal County Council
Breakdown of social housing output by area by year 2015-2017
- Received 30 April 2018Decided 31 May 2018GrantedGalway County Council
Housing - Personal
- Received 19 April 2018Decided 31 May 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copy of the study into construction costs in the housing sector undertaken by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government including a list of the parties consulted in preparation of this report, consultants engaged, correspondence, submissions and records of meetings between the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government and other parties in relation to construction costs from 01/01/2016 to 19/04/2018.
- Received 19 April 2018Decided 30 May 2018GrantedGalway County Council
All final lists or current inventory within Galway County Council from January 2011 to date setting out the total number, location and cost of housing units purchased by Galway County Council from the private sector per annum during that period.
- Received 9 April 2018Decided 29 May 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records discussing the choice of statistical headings used online or in the Rebuilding Ireland monthly housing activity data updates. Any records relating to adding, removing or changing statistical measurements or headings in Rebuilding Ireland data. Any correspondence received discussing, raising issue with or highlighting the use of statistics in the Rebuilding Ireland data.
- Received 25 April 2018Decided 24 May 2018Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records relating to the allocation of resources by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government to local councils for purposes related to Traveller accommodation, for the period 25/10/2017 to 25/10/2018.
- Received 24 April 2018Decided 22 May 2018RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between the Department of Housing, the Ministers office and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive from 01/09/2017 to 30/04/2018 regarding the draft National Quality Standards and Inspection Regime for emergency homeless accommodation.
- Received —Decided 21 May 2018Part-GrantedLimerick City and County Council
All final lists or current inventory within Limerick County Council from January 2011 to date setting out the total number, location and cost of housing units pruchased by Limerick County Council from private sector per annum during that period
- Received 1 May 2018Decided 21 May 2018GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
With reference to the document "Breakdown of Social Housing Output by Year" for each year 2015,2016 and 2017: 1.For each unique address(individual property) that was counted by the Council as a new social housing unit,how many of those properties were entered in more than one column and were counted more than once? 2.How many unique addresses were counted three times in the return of new social housing in that year? 3.What was the local authority social housing stock in the county at the end of 2014 and at the end of 2017? 4.What was the average length of time that the "void" properties were empty before being re-let?
- Received 19 April 2018Decided 17 May 2018GrantedCork County Council
Number, location & cost of Housing Units purchased from private sector per year 2011 - 2018
- Received 18 April 2018Decided 16 May 2018GrantedMeath County Council
to date setting out the total number, location and cost of housing units purchased
- Received 18 April 2018Decided 16 May 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All drafts of the three reports into the cost of residential development published on 12.04.2018 and any minutes of meetings relating to or discussing these drafts or changes to these drafts. All correspondence including e-mails, memos and other papers between the Minister, his press office, Department of Housing officials, staff at the Housing Agency and other persons and bodies proposing changes or discussing the drafts of the three reports into the cost of residential development published on 12.04.2018.
- Received 18 April 2018Decided 16 May 2018GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
All final lists or current inventory within the Council from January 2011 to date setting out the total number,location and cost of housing units purchased by the Council from the private secor per annum during that period.
- Received 18 April 2018Decided 16 May 2018GrantedCork City Council
Inventory of housing Units
- Received 19 April 2018Decided 15 May 2018GrantedKildare County Council
Request for Information re Housing Units Purchased by KCC from Private Sector
- Received 18 April 2018Decided 15 May 2018GrantedDonegal County Council
Housing units purchased 2011 to date
- Received —Decided 15 May 2018Part-GrantedDepartment of the Taoiseach
The total number of new homes completed in 2017 as recorded on the Building Control management System Statutory register for 2017. Copies of reports and correspondence between the Department of Housing (incl LGMA and Local Authorities) and the Department of the Taoiseach in relation to housing construction activity and new house and apartment building figures for 2017.
- Received 10 April 2018Decided 15 May 2018GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
All correspondence including quarterly reports submitted by the Council to the Dublin Housing Supply Coordination Taskforce relating to house building and active land management for the period January 2017 to December 2017 inclusive.
- Received 20 April 2018Decided 14 May 2018Clare County Council
Number, location and cost of housing units purchased by Clare County Council from 2011 to date
- Received 20 March 2018Decided 14 May 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence between Byrne Wallace (a law firm) and Minister Eoghan Murphy between 01/09/2017 and 31/12/2017. All correspondence between Byrne Wallace and Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, between 01/09/2017 and 31/12/2017. The minutes and or records and or notes and or recordings of any meeting held between Michael Walsh, and or any representative of Byrne Wallace, with Jennifer Carroll MacNeill between the dates of 01/09/2017 and 31/12/2017.
- Received 16 April 2018Decided 14 May 2018Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Records in relation to communications between real estate corporate investors and the Department of housing in relation to the provision of social and affordable housing from 01/01/2015 to 16/04/2018 in the context of the Clearing House Group. Any decisions taken by the Minister regarding housing policy and the provision of social and affordable housing, including the Enhanced Leasing Scheme, Local Infrastructure Housing Action Fund and any other programmes or policies affecting investors from 01/01/2016 to 31/07/2017 and from 01/01/2018 to the 16/04/2018.
- Received 19 April 2018Decided 14 May 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Copies of the following, Unit Cost Ceilings issued with Housing Circular 28/2015 (July 2015), Unit Cost Ceilings issued with Housing Circular 43/2017 (December 2017) and Methodology, research basis and or description of basis for preparation and up-dating of Unit Cost Ceilings.
- Received 18 April 2018Decided 11 May 2018GrantedWestmeath County Council
Records concerning housing units purchased by WCC
- Received —Decided 10 May 2018GrantedDepartment of the Taoiseach
All correspondence, documents, media briefing notes, meetings, minutes of meetings and emails between the Department of An Taoiseach and his officials; and to other departments and Minister's offices relating the Taoiseach's comments comparing Irish homeless figures to international homeless figures, from 10 November 2017 to 31 December 2017. Please include any correspondence with press officers, advisers and press advisers.
- Received 12 April 2018Decided 10 May 2018GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Correspondence with external bodies collected in furtherance of the following report being written. Cost analysis of the updated Sustainable Urban Housing. Design Standards for New Apartments, Guidelines for Planning Authorities.