Written answers
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being considered to ensure that utility infrastructure capacity does not become a long-term barrier to rural... - Departmental Schemes
434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures taken to implement a State savings scheme such as the Social Democrats-proposed ‘Homes for Ireland’... - Wildlife Protection
435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on funding for the project to protect the corncrake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35197/25] - Water Services
436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update of the application made in April 2024 on behalf of a community group water scheme (details supplied), under... - Rental Sector
437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will immediately commence section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, in order to restore... - Building Energy Rating
438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if lower BER ratings such as B or C could be considered for new builds, as it could reduce the cost of the development of new... - Land Issues
440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to create a tracking system with the land registry to enable applicants to monitor the progress of their... - Departmental Communications
441. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all... - Land Issues
442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications received for an exemption under residential zoned land tax due to actively farmed land in County... - Septic Tanks
443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who received a septic tank grant, per county, over the last three years; the number of tank inspections... - Departmental Meetings
444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); and, if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35319/25] - Renewable Energy Generation
446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of offshore renewable energy applications to An Bord Pleanála that have been met within the 18-week decision... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has engaged with phase 1 offshore renewable energy applications before submission... - Commercial Rates
453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if protections will be added for family home bed and breakfasts not to become commercially rateable properties, allowing them... - Turf Cutting
454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme applications; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Provision
455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state the number of social homes delivered via buy-and-renew in 2024; and the average cost of the delivery of these units... - Departmental Schemes
457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing a dedicated scheme as part of budget 2026 for local authorities to access funding for the... - Planning Issues
458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is concerned about the level of access to training available to planners and associated staff in local authorities with... - Land Development Agency
459. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the role of the Land Development Agency in relation to the purchasing of vacant sites and units that have the potential for... - Departmental Contracts
460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the... - Housing Schemes
461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the cases of persons (details supplied) regarding their application for housing aid for older people grant scheme;... - Rental Sector
462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify several queries in regard to rent pressure zones (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Areas of Conservation
463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified... - Departmental Functions
464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the transfer of responsibility for OMCs from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to his Department will... - Planning Issues
465. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any plans to review or increase the current planning exemption threshold for playgrounds, presently set at... - Public Procurement Contracts
466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 515 and 516 of 25 February 2025 and No. 448 of 25 March 2025, all of which sought... - Land Issues
467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hectares of land zoned under the residential zoned land tax that is currently undeveloped; and if he will make a... - Housing Schemes
468. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the tenant in situ scheme for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; the number of houses... - Homeless Persons Supports
471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report from the CCMA on the review of section 10; and to provide an update on whether he intends to... - State Bodies
472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline Uisce Éireann’s current borrowing limits; its total borrowings; the source of these borrowings, in... - Waterways Ireland
473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to conduct an audit of Waterways Ireland; if so, how long will this take; and if he will make a... - Vacant Properties
474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35736/25] - Wastewater Treatment
477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cofunding contribution expected of local authorities for the provision of wastewater infrastructure; if any support is... - Rental Sector
478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine concerns in respect of persons in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Planning Issues
481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the publication of the Gaeltacht planning guidelines; if each Gaeltacht language planning area will be... - Departmental Schemes
482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on establishing a deposit protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/25] - Land Development Agency
484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his proposals for the Land Development Agency (LDA) to develop its land bank to engage in active land management policies and... - Housing Policy
486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the maximum house value limits for the first home scheme for Cork; if the city values to the metropolitan area of... - Planning Issues
487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the rural planning guidelines, Gaeltacht planning guidelines and planning guidelines for the islands.... - Departmental Reports
488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to publish the Mulcahy report or a summary of the report into planning irregularities in Donegal. [35994/25] - Departmental Correspondence
489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received any responses from the chief executives of Roscommon County Council and Galway County Council following the... - Housing Schemes
490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline details of an unpublished 2023 directive from his Department to local authorities instructing them to... - Rental Sector
492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a query (details supplied) relating to RPZs. [36076/25] - Housing Provision
493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline plans to increase the supply of affordable and social housing in the Saggart and Citywest areas, in light... - Electoral Commission
494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, in light of the timeline for the 2027 census, he will set out the subsequent timelines for completion and publication by... - Vacant Properties
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant council houses in Kerry; how soon they will be available for new tenants; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Communications
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an updated list of all email addresses and phone lines for use by Oireachtas Members within his Department,... - Rental Sector
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will respond to concerns on the new rent pressure zone rules (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Schemes
498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, in light of recent reports concerning the status of the tenant in situ scheme in Cork city and Cork... - Turf Cutting
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when specific turf cutting compensation scheme payments will be issued to plot holders at Ballynagrenia bog, Moate, County... - Departmental Meetings
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with representatives from An Bord Pleanála since he took office; and if he will make a... - Vacant Properties
501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to reduce the rate of vacancy among social houses across the country; and if he will make a... - Planning Issues
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of An Bord Pleanála refusing planning permission due to population targets potentially being exceeded by... - Departmental Meetings
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when the new Countryside Forum for Nature is to hold its first meeting; and if he will make a statement on the... - Wildlife Legislation
504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address anomalies in wildlife legislation relating the size of fox snares and the use of crow decoys; and if he...
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