Written answers
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the current situation with the section 179A planning exemption that replaced the part 8 process for social... - National Development Plan
450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Development Plan Review is scheduled to be completed; to confirm that the towns and cities infrastructure... - Housing Schemes
451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or financial support schemes available via local authorities to householders to specifically provide a sensory room... - Housing Provision
452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the build cost and delivery cost per unit at development (details supplied). [15011/25] - Mining Industry
454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requested the transboundary screening for the main mine application, mine waste facility, water abstraction and... - Land Issues
455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on delays at the land registry. [15025/25] - Tourist Accommodation
456. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide data on the number of short term lets which have been granted planning permission in the years 2022, 2023... - Fire Stations
458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposed plan for Castlerea fire station; if there are any intentions to reopen the station in light of the clear and... - Housing Schemes
459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans are in place to review the current tenant purchase scheme and reduce the period of time tenants are required to be in... - Housing Provision
460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025, in tabular form. [15139/25] - Urban Development
461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Cork county projects as part of the urban regeneration and development fund from 2020 to 2024; the... - Heritage Schemes
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount provided to each local authority in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in respect of the built heritage investment... - Housing Provision
463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the total amount spent on the housing assistance payment in each of the past five years, in tabular form.... - Land Development Agency
467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the total amount spent on the Land Development Agency, including operational costs, land acquisition and... - Middle East
472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off... - Local Authorities
474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the refusal of transfers between county housing lists is a policy or law by the councils. [15297/25] - Departmental Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which a young family in County Kilkenny (details supplied) can be included in the Mica redress scheme; the way in... - Defective Building Materials
479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to allow... - Vacant Properties
480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown, by county, of the 1,200 properties which are long-term vacant and derelict residential and commercial... - Student Accommodation
481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in relation to introducing protections for students that are entering digs-style accommodation; if he will work with... - Departmental Correspondence
482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of any submission or correspondence received by his Department from Limerick City and County Council, Clare... - Defective Building Materials
483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received and approved in County Clare under the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme;... - Housing Schemes
484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes that have been or that will be built in County Clare from 2020 to 2025 under the local authority... - Departmental Budgets
486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding provided by the Exchequer to Uisce Éireann for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; the... - Housing Schemes
487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline details of the location, by town name, of all social housing schemes completed for the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022... - Water Services
490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether Uisce Éireann has the capacity to deliver water and wastewater infrastructure for 50,000 new homes to be... - Derelict Sites
491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the work of the working group initiated as part of a review of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990; and if he... - Departmental Funding
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of repair and lease homes funded by his Department from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [15730/25] - Defective Building Materials
493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide a date for when a decision will be made regarding Fingal County Council's request for inclusion in the... - Local Area Plans
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure Local Area Plans (LAPs) are published in a timely fashion and that out-dated LAPs are updated on time; and... - Special Areas of Conservation
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 83 of 15 February 2023 and 294 of November 2022, and in light of recent court rulings... - Departmental Data
498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of short-term lets granted planning permission in 2024, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make... - Disability Services
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the fact that at present there is no dedicated pathway for migrants with disabilities within... - Fuel Poverty
502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on proposals to amend eligibility for fuel allowance, including by making it identical to that of medical cards;... - Departmental Schemes
503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a HAS application for a person (details supplies). [15070/25] - State Pensions
504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to extending the annual cost of disability support payment to persons in receipt of the State... - Departmental Schemes
505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which an application to the humanitarian assistance scheme was refused in the case of an elderly couple from... - Disability Services
506. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is encountering a delay on a disability allowance appeal that remains unresolved since... - Departmental Schemes
507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 February 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications... - Social Welfare Schemes
509. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a social welfare applicant (details supplied) in Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the... - Care Services
510. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to increase the upper age limit for domiciliary care allowance eligibility from 16 to 18 years old; and if he will... - Disability Services
511. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a disability allowance decision in respect of an applicant in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make... - Departmental Inquiries
512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15448/25] - Departmental Schemes
513. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing a dedicated financial support scheme for young adults under the age of 40 with invisible... - Departmental Records
514. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons aged 25 years or younger in 2023 and 2024 who are neither in full-time education or receiving... - Legislative Reviews
515. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection which Departments are involved in the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing legislative impacts of non-binary... - Gender Recognition
516. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what happens to non-binary gender recognition on legal documents in Ireland if individuals have been legally recognised as... - Pension Provisions
517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the utilisation options for the money paid by people in pension contributions when it is established that their contributions... - Childcare Services
518. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any financial supports are available for children's eyecare costs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Care Services
520. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he intends to review the means testing criteria for carer’s allowance during the current Government's term; if... - Social Welfare Schemes
521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify the welfare entitlements available to a family providing full-time care for their child (details supplied); and if... - Care Services
522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will award credit for caring role played... - Transport Costs
523. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the support available to those who face significant travel expenses in order to attend hospital appointments in another... - Departmental Schemes
524. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that where separated couples have shared custody arrangements only one parent is entitled to child specific... - Irish Sign Language
526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or... - Disability Services
527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an assessment has been conducted on the additional costs incurred by people aged 65 years and over due to disability,... - Departmental Reviews
529. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15849/25] - Social Welfare Payments
530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount his Department spent on all social welfare claims by applicants in receipt of a protection order for the year...
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