Written answers
Tuesday, 17 June 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a reason must be given by a person when making an objection to planning permission as was the case in the past (details... - Invasive Species Policy
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a site has extensive growth of an invasive species, and the landowner deliberately and recklessly disrupts and spreads the... - Defective Building Materials
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an appeals process is in place for homeowners who wish to appeal the awards they have received under the defective concrete... - Water Pollution
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the Department has plans to classify additional rivers, lakes, and estuaries as 'Heavily Modified Water Bodies'... - Housing Policy
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government’s commitment to establish a... - Approved Housing Bodies
498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report of AHB Strategic Forum has been finalised; if has considered its contents; if he will publish the report and its... - Fire Service
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all capital plans for the development of fire services within County Kildare. [31968/25] - National Parks and Wildlife Service
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a list of all land purchased by the National Parks and Wildlife Service over the past five years, including the number of... - Housing Schemes
501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority tenants, living in a part V home, can purchase their home under the tenant purchase scheme; if he intends... - Environmental Policy
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his Department’s approach to river conservation in light of reports that hundreds of... - Housing Policy
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on short-term letting and tourism legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Banking Sector
504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of self-build mortgage loans issued annually for each of the past five years; and if such loans are tracked... - Housing Schemes
505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list each of the current government schemes in operation that are intended to support home ownership or assist individuals... - Housing Policy
506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the merits of providing low interest, Government-backed bridging loans for people seeking to move to home and are... - Vacant Properties
509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the time it takes, on average, for each local authority to turn around, or clean out, vacant properties and make them... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has agreed a solution with Galway County Council to the planning condition... - Rental Sector
511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to increasing local authorities powers to enforce minimum standards in private rented... - Public Private Partnerships
513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update on the status of PPP bundles 4,5,6 and 7, given the withdrawal of funding for bundle 3; and whether... - Land Development Agency
515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed update on discussions between the LDA and Dublin City Council in relation to the Ballymun LAP site 1, a former... - Fire Service
522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a report into Cork city’s fire cover; and if he will commit to fund the phased plan to deliver fire... - Departmental Websites
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters... - Turf Cutting
526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Rental Sector
527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, given that rents in Ireland are extremely high by European standards, how the Government expects a loosening of... - Housing Provision
528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide available data on the impact of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2027's Implementation Plan... - Housing Schemes
530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will consider changes to the vacant property grant (croí conaithe grant) to allow houses built but not... - Derelict Sites
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount levied, collected, owed, CPOed and cumulatively owed and the number of sites on the register on 31 December 2024... - Departmental Contracts
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024;... - Disability Services
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options open to a disability charity (details supplied) who have been refused CAS funding by two county councils to... - Waterways Ireland
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the third draft of the byelaws given to him in September 2024 by Waterways Ireland officials, without being... - Waterways Issues
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 823 of 30 May 2025, if he will advise on a timeline for the required investigative works... - Housing Schemes
536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the projected €450 million allocated for the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme that has been spent... - Heritage Sites
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the Kilmainham Mill restoration project being undertaken by Dublin City Council; whether the council sought... - Rental Sector
544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a tenancy is voluntarily ended by the tenant will the landlord be entitled to increase the rent for new tenancy; and if he... - Ministerial Responsibilities
545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Minister of State at his Department who has responsibility for Traveller accommodation; and if he will make a statement on... - National Monuments
546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a structure (details supplied) has been registered as a national monument under the Historic and Archaeological Heritage... - Constitutional Amendments
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is his intention to advance the recommendation of the Report of the Housing Commission with respect to the holding of a... - Judicial Reviews
548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which... - Departmental Data
549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of legal cases defended by his Department in each of the past ten years in respect of alleged failures in State... - Housing Schemes
550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details concerning the implementation of the tenant-in-situ scheme by Cork City Council, particularly in light of...
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