Housing
3638 requests
- Received 4 March 2024Decided 2 April 2024GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2024 to 04/03/2024; request for copy of the e-Submission and attached documents - Housing Finance Agency (HFA) senior management salary review - (DPENDR engagement)
- Received —Decided 27 March 2024Cavan County Council
Planning re Social Housing Development
- Received 23 February 2024Decided 25 March 2024Part-GrantedDonegal County Council
Records relating to statistics sent to the Department /Housing Agency on a monthly basis
- Received —Decided 25 March 2024GrantedKildare County Council
wish to apply for a freedom of information request in the complete remit of the stock of social housing under tenancy with Kildare county council and to request how many court orders requesting tenants to vacate properties in the county for rent arrears and or antisocial behaviour and also for refusal of repairs or viewing of property to KCC staff .
- Received 8 July 2023Decided 21 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Any emails/text messages on either private or departmental accounts/devices on the housing of asylum seekers without accommodation offers to officials within the Department of Housing, in the last month (ending 26th May).
- Received 7 July 2023Decided 21 March 2024GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Internal emails/text messages on either private or departmental accounts/devices relating to the housing of asylum seekers living in tents in Dublin city centre, in the area surrounding the International Protection Office, in the last month (ending 26th May)
- Received 21 February 2024Decided 20 March 2024GrantedClare County Council
in relation to the defective concrete blocks scheme, the weekly/monthly statistics updates to the Department and Housing Agency
- Received —Decided 20 March 2024Cavan County Council
Homeless Statistics
- Received 14 February 2024Decided 12 March 2024Part-GrantedWicklow County Council
A copy or detail of the final agreement made between Wicklow county council and the developer in relation to the Part V obligations under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2015, details of location, size, dwellings type of the Part V unit provided. Application: 2360186 struan hill, priory road, delgany, co. Wicklow. Application: 18925, 22570, 21331, 23123 - development known as Fairfield park, Greystones. Application: 151307, 20545, 22540, 22170, 211426, 2038, 22957, 23130 - development known as Bellevue hill, Delgany. Application: 20488, 2132, 201110, 953116, 161301 (All Phases) - Development known as Churchlands, Delgany. I wish to also request a copy or detail of the below. • A copy or detail by bed need ie* 1,2,3,4,5-bedroom accommodation - the number of applicants on WCC social housing waiting list plus their transfer list waiting for housing people with physical disabilities in the areas of Greystones, Delgany , Kilcoole and Newtownmountkennedy. • A copy or detail of the total number of social housing units constructed or purchased by Wicklow County council which were sourced / reserved / obtained / constructed solely for Age friendly housing
- Received 12 February 2024Decided 11 March 2024Part-GrantedCharities Regulator
Copies of correspondence in all formats between the Charities Regulator and 'Together for Homeless' and/or Colette Talbot (to include minutes, memos and meetings and phone calls etc.) for the period 31/08/2023 to 05/02/2024. Also to include copies of all correspondence with any other Government Department or Agency concerning 'Together for Homeless' and/or Colette Talbot in the same period.
- Received —Decided 8 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. Correspondence between the offices of Stephen Donnelly and Mary Butler and the Department of Housing regarding changes to the fair deal scheme which would allow the retention of all rental income
- Received 9 February 2024Decided 6 March 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2022 to 31/12/2023; Request for all records held by the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Unit, the Help to Buy Unit and the Local Authority Home Loan Unit for its interactions with a TV production company and/or anyone associated with the TV programme regarding the use of these housing schemes. Request also for a copy of the briefing prepared and the minutes for meeting between Department officials and Dermot Bannon and Claire Irwin on 23/09/2022.
- Received 23 February 2024Decided 5 March 2024RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
For the period 01/11/2023 to present: 1. A copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on the rate of Daily Expense Allowance, or any other social welfare payment, to be made or being made to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 2. A copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on in-kind material supports being made or to be made available directly, or through non-governmental organisations, to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 3. A copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on the security risks to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 4. A copy of correspondence exchanged by the department with any other government departments (excluding Department of Social Protection) regarding Daily Expense Allowance rates of payment or the rates of any other social welfare payments to such applicants and their access to in-kind material support for applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 5. A copy of correspondence exchanged by the department with An Garda Síochána regarding on security risks to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless.
- Received —Decided 1 March 2024Part-GrantedWexford County Council
Total money spent by council on the acquisition of housing units over the last 10 yrs & local authority housing at time of construction include breakdown of expenditure per year.etc
- Received 26 January 2024Decided 26 February 2024GrantedDonegal County Council
Records relating to DCC housing stock and tenants
- Received 29 January 2024Decided 26 February 2024GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
I wish to make a request, under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, for the following information: The total number of residential properties owned by South Dublin County Council. The total number of residential properties owned by South Dublin County Council which are currently vacant. The total number of active HAP tenancies with South Dublin County Council. The total number of active RAS tenancies with South Dublin County Council. The total number of persons currently on the housing waiting list with South Dublin
- Received —Decided 26 February 2024GrantedTailte Éireann
Cover the period 1 January 2024 - present: • All internal correspondence and correspondence to/from Dept Housing about Parliamentary Question • Any briefings, memos, assessments or investigative reports about any allegations of fraud, fraudulent concealment and/or misrepresentation • Any correspondence with AGS in relation to the above
- Received —Decided 23 February 2024RefusedKildare County Council
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. I seek to obtain a hard copy of all documents and correspondence related to the Droichead Nua Housing Association, specifically from the period of 1993 to 1996. This includes, but is not limited to, the original application documents and any communication between the Association and Kildare County Council.
- Received —Decided 23 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Annual rent for Greystones Community College and details regarding prefabricated buildings.
- Received 26 January 2024Decided 22 February 2024GrantedLongford County Council
Housing Statistics
- Received —Decided 21 February 2024RefusedKildare County Council
Requesting records relating to Housing
- Received 22 January 2024Decided 21 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of the submission of interest application made by a registered charity who operate a summer school programme to offer/provide housing for Ukrainian/other type of asylum seeker/refugee/IPA applicant in their property.
- Received 26 January 2024Decided 20 February 2024GrantedWicklow County Council
Total residential properties owned by Wicklow Co Co. Total residential properties owned by Wicklow Co Co currently vacant. Total active HAP tenancies with Wicklow Co Co. Total active RAS tenancies with Wicklow Co Co. The total number of persons currently on the housing waiting list with Wicklow CO CO
- Received —Decided 20 February 2024RefusedKildare County Council
1. All correspondence of Kildare County Council regarding the traffic management and traffic calming measures to be applied to Castletown Housing estate. This road will become a short cut to avoid the queue of traffic entering the Village. This will include internal and external emails. ( In view of the N4 access to Castletown House being in private ownership which will lead to increased traffic volumes). 2. What preparation if any has Kildare County Council have made in view of the projected increased traffic volume entering Celbridge from the N4 dual carriageway.(after access is denied by the private developer). What proactive approach is being planned by KCC and all documentation proving same.
- Received —Decided 20 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Annual rent for Greystones Community College.
- Received 26 January 2024Decided 20 February 2024Part-GrantedGalway City Council
Housing Statistics
- Received 22 January 2024Decided 19 February 2024RefusedSouth Dublin County Council
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request the following records: 1. All files and correspondence within the Housing Section and Chief Executive's Office of South Dublin County Council, since June 1, 2022, of contacts with RTÉ, COCO Content or Dermot Bannon Architects, regarding the Room to Improve television programme. 2. All files and correspondence within the Housing Section and Chief Executive's Office of South Dublin County Council, since June 1, 2022, of contacts with the Department of Housing or Housing Agency regarding the Room to Improve television programme.
- Received 12 February 2024Decided 19 February 2024WithdrawnSouth Dublin County Council
A copy of all enforcement notices issued by the council over non compliance with Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 or other regulations related to the inspection of rental properties, in 2023.
- Received 22 January 2024Decided 16 February 2024Part-GrantedMayo County Council
All records sent/received from the Department of Housing and/or Housing Agency in relation to the Enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme.
- Received 12 January 2024Decided 16 February 2024GrantedCork County Council
Stats Housing
- Received 8 December 2023Decided 16 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
For the period 01/05/2023 to present -a copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance,minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on the rate of Daily Expense Allowance, or any other social welfare payment, to be made or being made to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; a copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance,minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on inkind material supports being made or to be made available directly, or throughnon- governmental organisations, to applicants for international protection whohave no fixed address and/or who are homeless; a copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance,minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on the security risks to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; a copy of correspondence exchanged by the department with any other government departments regarding Daily Expense Allowance rates of payment or the rates of any other social welfare payments to such applicants and their access to in-kind material support for applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; and a copy of correspondence exchanged by the department with An Garda Siochana regarding on security risks to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless.
- Received 17 January 2024Decided 9 February 2024Part-GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
Under the freedom of information act 2014 We would like the housing statistics for 2023 of people housed north of the Naas Road we do not require personal information only time they have spent on the list waiting on social housing and also their orginal nationality.
- Received 26 January 2024Decided 9 February 2024Part-GrantedCork City Council
Housing Statistics
- Received 11 January 2024Decided 8 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/09/2023 to 31/12/2023- Request for copies of An email and attached research sent by Irish Institutional Property to The Minister and the Minister of State Kieran O'Donnell regarding Irish Institutional Property 's views on Housing Need and Demand and National Planning Framework reviews, Also any follow up correspondences between The Department and Irish Institutional Property regarding the research.
- Received 7 December 2023Decided 7 February 2024Part-GrantedMayo County Council
Copy of all records since 2016 in relation to the presence of Pyrite in the Pairc na Coille, Westport, housing estate.
- Received 10 January 2024Decided 7 February 2024RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/05/2023 to 31/08/2023 Request for copies of All records held by The Department in relation to contacts by a property development company, and any of its related companies/entities and/or their representatives with the Minister and/or departmental officials at Principal Officer grade and above in relation to housing supply. Copies of all letters, emails, notes of conversations, notes of any meetings held either in person or remotely, notes of phone calls, memos, briefings, text/WhatsApp messages, transcripts. Copies of any submissions/representations made by a property development company and any of its related companies/entities and/or their representatives to The Minister and Principal Officer grade and above in relation to housing supply.
- Received 10 January 2024Decided 7 February 2024GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copies of all records held by The Department in relation to contacts by a property development company and any of its related companies/entities and/or their representatives with The Minister and/or any of his departmental officials at grade of Principal Officer and above in 2023 in relation to housing supply. These records should include… copies of all letters, emails, notes of conversations, notes of any meetings held either in person or remotely, notes of phone calls, memos, briefings, text/WhatsApp messages, transcripts. copies of any submissions/representations made by the property development company and any of its related companies/entities and/or their representatives
- Received 9 January 2024Decided 7 February 2024WithdrawnCork County Council
Housing stats
- Received 12 January 2024Decided 6 February 2024Part-GrantedWicklow County Council
A schedule of all leased residential property (that is the number of units by property type and number of bedrooms) that Wicklow County Council currently use for the provision of social housing and the annual cost of same. Locations of property are also requested by municipal district and duration of lease with property owners and property owner's company name.
- Received 11 January 2024Decided 6 February 2024GrantedCork City Council
Housing Maintenance requests closed
- Received 4 January 2024Decided 2 February 2024Part-GrantedGalway County Council
Request relating to statistics on homelessness, vacant housing units, and emergency accommodation
- Received 5 January 2024Decided 2 February 2024GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
I would like to request some information under FOI from the council please. Can you provide a figure for these categories please? Number of people on the housing list People in emergency accommodation People in homeless accommodation Number of vacant council homes Number of empty homes Number of homes on the derelict register
- Received 3 January 2024Decided 1 February 2024GrantedGalway County Council
Request relating to costs of housing acquisitions
- Received —Decided 1 February 2024Cavan County Council
Mould complaints in Social Housing
- Received —Decided 31 January 2024Part-GrantedKildare County Council
1. All policies, procedures, checklists and/or any other documents relied upon by the Kildare County Council Homeless Section in determining whether a person/couple/family are homeless within the meaning of Section 2 of the Housing Act 1988; 2. All policies and procedures relied upon by the Kildare County Council Homeless Section related to the placement of individuals, couples, or families into emergency accommodation in line with Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988; 3. All policies and procedures relied upon by the Kildare County Council Homeless Section related to the placement of people with particular medical needs or disabilities into emergency accommodation in line with Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988; and 4. The total number of individuals, couples, or families who have been provided with emergency accommodation by Kildare County Council under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 in any form other than communal homeless hostel accommodation (for example, by way of private B&Bs, transitional housing units, or family hubs) on a month-by-month basis for the year of 2023.
- Received 3 January 2024Decided 31 January 2024GrantedSouth Dublin County Council
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by South Dublin County Council: • the total amount of money spent by the council on the acquisition of housing units over the last 10 years (including 2023), including a breakdown of this expenditure per year. • the total amount of money spent by the council on the acquisition of housing units which were local authority housing at the time of construction, including a breakdown of this expenditure per year.
- Received 3 January 2024Decided 30 January 2024Part-GrantedClare County Council
the total spent on the acquisition of housing units over the last 10 years, including an breakdown of this expenditure per year. the total spent by the CCC on the acquisition of housing units which were local authority housing at the time of construction, including a breakdown of this expenditure per year.
- Received 29 January 2024Decided 30 January 2024GrantedClare County Council
The total number of residential properties owned by CCC. The number of residential properties owned by CCC which are currently vacant. The total number of active HAP tenancies with CCC. The total number of RAS tenancies with CCC. The total number of persons currently on the housing waiting list with CCC.
- Received 2 January 2024Decided 29 January 2024GrantedGalway County Council
Request relating to mould complaints in Social Housing
- Received 2 January 2024Decided 29 January 2024RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2023 to 01/01/2024 -Request for a copy of any briefing documents/submissions or other such material prepared for The Minister concerning objections to housing development by members of opposition parties.