Housing
3638 requests
- Received 21 March 2025Decided 17 April 2025GrantedMeath County Council
Seeks records re Housing matters
- Received 24 March 2025Decided 17 April 2025RefusedCork City Council
Records of Children with autism on social housing list
- Received —Decided 17 April 2025Cavan County Council
Social Housing Applications
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025GrantedWexford County Council
Number of people on waiting list for social housing in Kilmuckridge area & property type 1,2,3,4,5 bedrooms.
- Received 29 March 2025Decided 15 April 2025Part-GrantedCork City Council
Records re meeting with Tuath housing Nov 2024
- Received 21 March 2025Decided 14 April 2025Part-GrantedMeath County Council
Seeks records re Housing matter
- Received 10 March 2025Decided 7 April 2025Part-GrantedDun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Shanganagh Castle Housing
- Received 10 March 2025Decided 4 April 2025RefusedCork City Council
Records re the eligibility criteria for the provision homeless supports (emergency accommodation)
- Received 10 March 2025Decided 4 April 2025Part-GrantedCork City Council
Protocol for Homeless Presentations
- Received 10 March 2025Decided 2 April 2025GrantedGalway County Council
Request relating to a housing development in County Galway.
- Received 3 March 2025Decided 1 April 2025Part-GrantedCharities Regulator
Under section 12 of the FOI Act I request a copy of all annual financial accounts and annual reports submitted by South East Animal Rescue (RCN:20082390) between the 01/01/2019 – 01/01/2022. In addition to this I request all correspondence between the South East Animal Rescue and the Charities Regulator regarding fundraising activities, cash donated, expenditures, outgoings, rent and go fund me activities.
- Received 5 March 2025Decided 1 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
1. Any briefing papers or reports to Eamon Ryan, then Minister for the environment, on the housing output projections of the Central Bank of Ireland in its quarterly bulletin of September 18th, 2024; and minutes of any meetings on that topic. This request covers the period around the publication of the Central Bank report and subsequent periods until the end of his mandate as Minister on January 23rd, 2025 2. Any other briefing papers, reports or analyses of housing output projections for Mr Ryan in the period between September 18th, 2024, and January 23rd, 2025.
- Received 21 March 2025Decided 28 March 2025GrantedGalway City Council
The number of houses / apartments currently owned by your local authority which are vacant. The number of individuals currently on the housing waiting list. The total number of people currently in receipt of HAP. The total number of people currently availing of RAS. The total number of houses owned by your local authority. The total number of persons in emergency homeless accommodation provided or paid for by your local authority.
- Received —Decided 28 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
1. Any briefing papers or reports to Heather Humphreys, then Minister for Social Protection, on the housing output
- Received —Decided 27 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Communications between senior officials and ministers of this department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth relating to housing of Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BOTPs) in student accommodation.
- Received 26 February 2025Decided 26 March 2025Part-GrantedClare County Council
a copy of the allocated housing budget granted to your Local Authority Area for 1: social housing, whether rental, purchase or through third party (ie HAP) and 2: funding for traveller specific accommodation, from 2020 to 2024. I also request the totals of the amount that was spent on 1: social housing, in all its forms. And 2: the total spent on traveller specific accommodation from 2020-2024. **CLARIFICATION** the total amount allocated to your local authority from the dept of housing and the amount spent
- Received 25 February 2025Decided 25 March 2025Part-GrantedLongford County Council
Housing Budgets
- Received 21 March 2025Decided 25 March 2025Handled outside of FOIMayo County Council
Records of vacant houses/apartments owned by MCC, number of people on the housing list, number of people currently in receipt of HAP and RAS, number of people in emergency accommodation
- Received 24 February 2025Decided 24 March 2025Part-GrantedLongford County Council
Local Authority Housing
- Received 20 February 2025Decided 24 March 2025GrantedMayo County Council
Copy of Article 30 record of processing activities for MCC Housing Department and Data Protection Office
- Received 20 February 2025Decided 24 March 2025GrantedGalway City Council
• A copy of your ArƟcle 30 record of processing acƟviƟes for your housing department. • A copy of your ArƟcle 30 record of processing acƟviƟes for your data protecƟon office/department. Article 30 of the GDPR places an obligation on controllers and processors to have in place within their organisations a detailed record which accurately identifies the activities the organisation carries out which use personal data. Where such is not complete or in progress or does not exist, I request records that indicate the progress of such (plans for progression) and (records which demonstrate/confirm/)confirmation that such has been included on an appropriate risk register for your organisation.
- Received 25 February 2025Decided 24 March 2025RefusedGalway City Council
I request a copy of the allocated housing budget granted to your Local Authority Area for 1: social housing, whether rental, purchase or through third party (ie HAP) and 2: funding for traveller specific accommodation, from 2020 to 2024. I also request the totals of the amount that was spent on 1: social housing, in all its forms. And 2: the total spent on traveller specific accommodation from 2020-2024. Refinement/Clarification: 06/03/2025 Request relates to capital & acquisitions, money allocated to GCC for this, and money spent – (so not total social housing spend).
- Received 20 February 2025Decided 21 March 2025GrantedGalway County Council
Request for GDPR Article 30 Record of Processing Activities for Housing & Data Protection Office
- Received 25 February 2025Decided 21 March 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/09/2024 to 31/01/2025: Request for memos and reports sent to the Minister and Secretary General about housing completions.
- Received —Decided 21 March 2025Cavan County Council
Homeless Statistics
- Received 20 February 2025Decided 20 March 2025Part-GrantedWicklow County Council
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: • A copy of your Article 30 record of processing activities for your housing department. • A copy of your Article 30 record of processing activities for your data protection office/department. Article 30 of the GDPR places an obligation on controllers and processors to have in place within their organisations a detailed record which accurately identifies the activities the organisation carries out which use personal data. Where such is not complete or in progress or does not exist, I request records that indicate the progress of such (plans for progression) and (records which demonstrate/confirm/) confirmation that such has been included on an appropriate risk register for your organisation.
- Received 20 February 2025Decided 20 March 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/08/2024 to 20/02/2025: Request for records solely related to Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) and associated rent caps: - 1. Correspondence, emails, letters, briefing notes, and internal memos between Rental Market business unit and the Minister’s Office and the following entities only, limited to the issue or policy of RPZs and rent caps:
- Received 14 February 2025Decided 13 March 2025GrantedClare County Council
With regards to a named housing estate, a copy of the report(s) prepared by the Council’s personnel (or agents employed by the Council) who inspected the houses in recent months. The report(s) submitted following the inspection(s) in question would have formed the basis on which Warning Letters were issued in recent days to ourselves and some of the other houseowners. I also request a copy of the letter(s), email(s) or other communication(s) which set out the scope of the work to be undertaken in the inspections referred to above. By way of background, a warning letter was issued from the Enforcement Section.
- Received —Decided 13 March 2025GrantedDepartment of the Taoiseach
Correspondence sent from members of the public to the Taoiseach in relation to Rent Pressure Zones, rent caps and rents. Timeline: Saturday February 8 - 13 2025.
- Received 18 February 2025Decided 13 March 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
1) Briefing notes, emails, meetings' minutes involving, to or CCing the Minister at the time on the impact of the Accommodation Recognition Payment on local housing markets throughout the State, and on the view of local authorities on same, since 01/06/2024. 2) Briefing notes, emails, meetings' minutes involving, to or CCing the Minister at the time, on whether the Accommodation Recognition Payment should be reduced or ended, since June 2024.
- Received 25 February 2025Decided 28 February 2025RefusedCork City Council
Allocated housing budget 2020 to 2024
- Received 25 February 2025Decided 27 February 2025Handled outside of FOIGalway County Council
Request for the allocated budget for social housing and traveller accomodation
- Received 20 February 2025Decided 25 February 2025GrantedDonegal County Council
Records in relation to Article 30 , record of processing activities for housing dept, and record of processing activities for data protection office/dep
- Received —Decided 25 February 2025RefusedWexford County Council
Housing budget for social housing, rental, purchase, HAP, traveller accommodation sites for 2020-2025.
- Received —Decided 25 February 2025Cavan County Council
Social Housing
- Received 15 October 2024Decided 25 February 2025GrantedOffice of Public Works
I would like to apply under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act for the following records held by OPW: Copy of correspondence between OPW and the Department of Children, Integration and Youth in February 2024 in relation to rapid-build modular housing units for Ukrainians.
- Received —Decided 20 February 2025GrantedWexford County Council
Copy of Article 30 record of processing activities of housing department & data protection office.
- Received 28 February 2025Decided 19 February 2025Part-GrantedDonegal County Council
Records in relation to housing application
- Received 10 October 2024Decided 12 February 2025RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
1. A copy of any correspondence exchanged at Principal Officer and above, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure, attendances or similar document on the availability and/or access to emergency homeless accommodation through or from the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive and/or local authorities for applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless (from September 2023 to 12/02/2024). 2. A copy of correspondence exchanged at Principal Officer and above by the Department with the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive and/or local authorities regarding access to and/or availability of homeless accommodation to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless (from September 2023 to 12/02/2024). 3. A copy of correspondence exchanged at Principal Officer and above by the Department with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government regarding access to and/or availability of homeless accommodation to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless (from September 2023 to 12/02/2024). 4. A copy of any correspondence exchanged at Principal Officer and above, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure, attendances or similar document on the availability and/or access to services provided by charities/voluntary agencies/non-governmental organisations for applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless (from September 2023 to 12/02/2024). [continued...]
- Received 9 December 2024Decided 4 February 2025Part-GrantedMeath County Council
Seeks records re boundary wall in housing estate in Dunshaughlin
- Received 18 December 2024Decided 31 January 2025Part-GrantedOffice of Public Works
I wish to make an FoI request under the 2014 act for all records in relation to the request in November 2019 by the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage, Facilities, as to the suitability of putting a handrail on the opposite side of the staircase in the Custom House Dublin 1 pictured below in 2019 as part of the accident/incident investigation.
- Received —Decided 27 January 2025GrantedWexford County Council
A copy of all records sent to the Department of Housing and/or the Housing Agency in relation to the Enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme. Any investigations or consultations carried out by the agency to examine suspect cases.
- Received 27 December 2024Decided 24 January 2025Part-GrantedGalway City Council
All records held by Galway City Council as they relate to the following tender advertised on E tenders dated 30th September 2024- competition number 586491-2024 - Provision of an online solution to Galway City Council for processing applications for the affordable housing, affordable sites and cost rental schemes'" In particular - I wish to receive a full copy of the following 1) A copy of all tender submissions - whether excluded or not 2) All internal correspondence regarding this tender (Inclusive of correspondence prior to publication of notice) within Galway City Council from 1st April to 24th December 3) All external correspondence from Galway City Council regarding this tender (inclusive of correspondence prior to publication of notice) - ie to prospective tenderers 4) All copies of scoring sheets made by the awarding panel to include contemporaneous notes 5) All copies of financial quotes from bidders This FOI request should be sent electronically, preferably in its original formatting and include emails, whatsapp messages, text messages, letters and any records of telephone calls The requested dates for this request is dated from the 1st April 2024 to 24th December 2024
- Received 20 December 2024Decided 22 January 2025Part-GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
• How many families are on the medical transfer list; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the social housing list in 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list in 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list from 1st January to 1st November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list since 1st November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 1st November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 4th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 5th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 6th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 7th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 8th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 11th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 12th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 13th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 14th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 15th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 18th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 19th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 20th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 21st November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 22nd November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 25th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 26th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 27th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 28th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 29th November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 2nd December November 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 3rd December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 4th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 5th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 6th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 9th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 10th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 11th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 12th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 13th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 16th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 17th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 18th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 19th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 20th December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 23rd December 2024; • The total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the medical transfer list on 24th December 2024; As you will note, the figures for each day allocation of four-bedroom local authority dwellings have been requested above in relation to the medical transfer list. Please also provide the figures on a daily basis in November & December (as listed above) for the total number of four bedroom local authority dwellings that were allocated to eligible households on the social housing list in 2024;
- Received 18 December 2024Decided 20 January 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Information relating to the decision of the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate homeless, or rough sleeping, international protection applicants in light of inclement, or cold, weather in November 2024 as well as all information relating to the decision of the International Protection Accommodation Service to cease accommodating homeless, or rough sleeping, international protection applicants following a period of inclement, or cold, weather in November 2024.
- Received —Decided 16 January 2025Fingal County Council
Request information in relation to housing statistics
- Received 16 December 2024Decided 16 January 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2022 to 01/12/2024: Request for emails and attached documents to and from Officials at Principal Officer level in the Affordable Housing Division and Social Housing Delivery Division relating to Directors of Temple Property Management: Relating to the entities listed Temple Property Management Temple Future Owners Temple Residential Holdings Temple SPV Series 1 Temple SPV Series 1 Temple Residential SPV 1 KPM Group
- Received 13 December 2024Decided 15 January 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for any complaints assigned to the Homelessness Policy, Funding and Delivery unit through the e-Correspondence System referencing “emergency accommodation” or “homeless” in November 2024.
- Received 27 December 2024Decided 14 January 2025RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All IPAS correspondence with a local authority about housing access for former asylum seekers who are still living in an IPAS accommodation between June 2024 to December 2024. All IPAS internal correspondence discussing a local authority's cooperation in providing emergency housing for former asylum seekers still living in an IPAS accommodation between June 2024 to December 2024
- Received —Decided 10 January 2025Fingal County Council
Request information in relation to Affordable housing development