Written answers

Tuesday, 27 May 2025

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

 
  • Housing Policy
    356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 25 February 2025, his views on whether it is consistent with the aims of the...
  • Emergency Planning
    357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025, what constitutes a major emergency or disaster; if there is criteria...
  • Wind Energy Guidelines
    358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the commitment to provide a timeline for publication of the wind energy guidelines 2025; to provide an update; to...
  • Emergency Accommodation
    366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of children living in emergency accommodation for twenty-six months or more; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Housing Schemes
    368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to his Department’s announcement regarding available funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme, if an applicant...
  • Turf Cutting
    369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a ministerial order to allow the cutting of turf at a bog (details supplied); and if he will make a...
  • Vacant Properties
    370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant local authority houses in each local authority area in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its...
  • Housing Provision
    374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to adding inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, to the...
  • Tourism Industry
    375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the forthcoming Short-Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill 2025, if he will consider providing for phased...
  • Local Government Reform
    376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his progress to date on the programme for Government 2025 commitment on the re-establishment of borough and town councils; and...
  • Energy Policy
    377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the recently published National Planning Framework which allocates national renewable energy targets to regions...
  • Wastewater Treatment
    379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details put forward by the Government to the EU Infringement Proceedings in the pleading stage regarding a case (details...
  • Fire Service
    380. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to Roscommon County Council for its fire service in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form....
  • Election Monitoring Missions
    381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a statement by an international election observation NGO (details supplied) that...
  • Gorse Burning
    382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of instances where the Air Corps or other air or helicopter service contracted by the State has had to assist in...
  • Vacant Properties
    383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any proposed changes to the vacant and derelict refurbishment grant scheme which would allow for the...
  • Wildlife Conservation
    384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Corncrake LIFE Project; his plans to renew the project for a further five-year term given the vital role the...
  • Housing Provision
    385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when funding will be released for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27487/25]
  • Housing Schemes
    392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/25]
  • Rental Sector
    394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 391 of 16 May 2023, the status of his plans to update the Part V legislation; and if he...
  • Housing Policy
    395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the rationale for recent comments he made in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding international investors; to...
  • Wildlife Protection
    397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the protections that exist in legislation, both national and EU, for common cranes, if any; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Water Conservation
    398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has considered introducing schemes to encourage water efficiency through grey water recycling systems; and...
  • Community Welfare Services
    399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department spent €1.6 million or recouped €1.6 million in relation to the community car initiative (CCI)...
  • Official Engagements
    401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with the new strategic infrastructure unit in the Department of Public Expenditure,...
  • Rental Sector
    402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a single deferential rent scheme for local authority tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Vacant Properties
    403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a stipulation existed whereby a house which qualified for the vacant property refurbishment grant, that was instead offered...
  • Housing Policy
    404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he would consider discounting the working family payment when assessing income for inclusion on the social housing list or...
  • Commercial Rates
    405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government of any current plans to change the legislation governing commercial rates from local authorities on businesses, in particular...
  • Departmental Bodies
    407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a status update on the Local Democracy Taskforce, in particular the timeline for its establishment, and the names and/or...
  • State Bodies
    408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cases heard by An Bord Pleanála for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a...

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