Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Waterways Issues
437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if works will be carried out at the Canal at Ross Castle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Water Services
438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify whether the allocation of €1 billion in additional capital investment to Uisce Éireann announced as... - Waste Management
439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reduce the significant waste generated by campaign posters and cable ties during election campaigns; if he will... - Housing Schemes
440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications submitted from Donegal for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of these applications that have... - Invasive Species Policy
441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the strategy of his Department in tackling the growth of rhododendron ponticum, working with concerned... - Defective Building Materials
442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the commencement of a multi-stakeholder group (details supplied) on 27 March 2025 to address the range of... - Ministerial Responsibilities
443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the specific responsibilities delegated to each of the Ministers of State within his Department. [13420/25] - Housing Schemes
444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned lease tenancies, long term leasing, enhanced leasing etc. in place at the end of... - Housing Provision
445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of second hand acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies funded by his Department in... - Grant Payments
446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the available grants offered or issued by his Department from 2021 to year end 2025, including opening, closing and award... - Local Government Reform
447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for establishing town councils; the population size needed to qualify for the establishment of a town council;... - Public Procurement Contracts
448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods,... - Departmental Bodies
451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are... - Housing Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the development at the Glass Bottle site in Ringsend; to outline the number of social or affordable homes that... - Local Authorities
453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how much has been collected by each of the 31 local authorities on levies on unused zoned land, in tabular form; and if he... - Vacant Properties
456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the vacant property refurbishment grant; if he will make provision for successful applicants who exceed... - Capital Expenditure Programme
457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capital expenditure in 2024 for the Social Housing Investment Programme, capital advance leasing facility, capital... - Housing Schemes
459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the first-time buyers scheme will be extended to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authorities
460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the preparation and issuing of a circular on best practice recommendations in relation to Irish language... - Meteorological Services
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the rationale for Met Éireann not providing flood forecasts or warnings for floods to the public via... - Official Engagements
464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he met with the Chinese foreign minister during his visit there for St. Patrick's Day events. [13870/25] - Wind Energy Generation
465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that in 2015, the then-Minister committed that the Department would continue to liaise with the Department of Health... - Defective Building Materials
467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the growing number of older people living in homes with defective concrete blocks who would like to transfer... - Social Media
468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his... - Housing Provision
469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL... - Homeless Persons Supports
471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of persons (details supplied) facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14120/25] - Vacant Properties
472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant housing officers, per local authority, in terms of full-time equivalent posts, in tabular form; the... - Housing Schemes
473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in receipt of HAP, by local authority, broken down by household dwelling type and type of HAP payment... - Housing Provision
475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how buy and renew social homes are reported by his Department, as acquisitions or as new builds; the number of buy and renew... - Local Authorities
477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the extent of commercial rates arrears carried by each local authority, for each of the past five years; the local... - Urban Development
478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the establishment of the new town and cities infrastructure investment fund, specifically a timeline for the... - Housing Provision
479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing target completions for County Wicklow, by year, from 2025 to 2030; and the targets and actual completions, by...
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