Written answers
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if statistics, by county, are available from local authorities on the number of refusals of first and second offers of social... - Housing Policy
17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund-type scheme; if such a scheme could be... - Housing Provision
19. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a proportion of the Rathbourne Wharf development, where 326 social houses and 399 cost-rental homes funded through... - Housing Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the recent changes to the local authority housing adaptation grants regarding central heating systems, and to... - Local Authorities
22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies in all local authority planning departments, by local authority, in tabular form; the steps being taken... - Housing Schemes
23. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on plans to deliver an affordable housing scheme in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on... - Rental Sector
25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his engagement with the Department of Finance on the tax treatment of Land Development Agency cost rental... - Housing Provision
26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure affordable housing is delivered in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the... - Public Private Partnerships
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on PPP delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/25] - Local Authorities
29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of the equalisation fund each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/25] - Water Services
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for investing additional capital in Uisce Éireann to support reaching housing targets; and if he will make a... - Housing Provision
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications from Galway City Council, Galway County Council and approved housing bodies for the development of... - Rental Sector
34. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to protect students from rent increases when the planned new legislation comes into force; and if he... - Planning Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide data on the average time between planning permission being granted and construction commencing for... - Wildlife Protection
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the project within his Department to review and update wildlife legislation, specifically in... - Building Regulations
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the cost impact of the new sprinkler system requirements on small businesses constructing... - Housing Schemes
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will work with Donegal County Council to ensure that affordable housing schemes can be delivered across the county as... - Housing Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the intention within his Department to review the income thresholds for social housing applications; and if he will make a... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports in place for victims of domestic violence to access emergency accommodation in Galway; and if he will make a... - Housing Schemes
43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address the crisis of those who qualify for social housing and HAP being unable to get... - Planning Issues
44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider extending planning exemptions to EV home charging infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to promote apartment building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35797/25] - Housing Policy
46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he would advise this Deputy to respond to persons about Government housing policy, especially to those who are older, over... - Housing Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing development schemes which are and may be affected by his decision to withhold funding for same; if he will... - Local Authorities
48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to change the funding model for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/25] - Defective Building Materials
50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the suggested cut-off point of March 2024 is not included in the amendments to the Remediation of... - Housing Provision
52. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the latest Construction Status Progress Report, which shows that 5,166 public homes in the... - Water Services
53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement that has taken place between his Department and Uisce Éireann in relation to the progression of taking in... - Wind Energy Guidelines
54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a timeline for the publication of new wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35608/25] - Housing Schemes
55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position on the review being carried out by his Department on the croí cónaithe/vacant property grant;... - Planning Issues
56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he is changing the planning process to assist people to own their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - House Prices
57. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that, according to reports this week, house prices have risen to a ten-year high; if, given that in Laois this... - Question Heading
58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he plans to take in relation to the transfer of lands from commercial State bodies to expedite the development of... - Planning Issues
59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been processed by his Department under the single stage process, per county, for 2022,... - Housing Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the first home scheme will be extended to second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35778/25] - Legislative Measures
62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the implementation of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the... - Planning Issues
64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide in the planning regulations that front garden storage for bicycles and personal powered transporters... - Housing Provision
65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase properties completed nationally in 2023 and 2024; his plans for 2025 and beyond; and if he... - Rental Sector
66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the increasing unaffordability of cost rental tenancies. [35825/25] - Housing Policy
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the initiatives he is taking to unlock key strategic public lands for urban brownfield delivery through infrastructure... - Housing Schemes
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the operation of the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35847/25] - Defective Building Materials
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his plans to bring forward amendments to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme. [35823/25] - Rental Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish a national planning statement on short-term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35619/25] - Housing Provision
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to support modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35630/25] - Housing Schemes
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a report on the croí cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35798/25] - Solar Energy Guidelines
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to establish national planning guidelines for solar... - Planning Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural planning guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35625/25] - Burial Grounds
79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will carry out a feasibility study to assess whether the remains of the Invincibles (details supplied) can be... - Housing Policy
80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the urgent need for housing in Gweedore and other Gaeltacht regions in County Donegal; and if he will make a... - Housing Provision
81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg West SDZ. [35824/25] - Planning Issues
83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of the new statutory timelines for planning decisions by An Coimisiún Pleanála,... - Housing Schemes
84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes he is making to enable smaller developers to apply for the croí cónaithe cities scheme; and if he will... - Local Authorities
86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there has not been an increase in central Government funding for Kildare County Council; and if he will make a... - Defective Building Materials
87. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the homes in County Meath seeking inclusion in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; the... - Housing Provision
89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the 2024 annual report of the special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse, the consideration given to the... - Urban Development
90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he is enabling local authorities to identify suitable sites for urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on... - Planning Issues
91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct the county councils to have a pre-planning meeting with applicants that are applying for planning... - Housing Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to review the housing assistance payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35788/25] - Regulatory Bodies
94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the engagement his Department has had to date with the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities regarding the... - National Parks
97. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State will consider buying lands at Aghavannagh which border the Wicklow Mountains National Park to expand the size of... - Defective Building Materials
100. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government has any plans to address the shortcomings of the enhanced defective block grant scheme which continue to... - Housing Provision
101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will agree that persons (mostly women, but not exclusively) who are victims and survivors of domestic abuse face... - Local Authorities
102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct local authorities to end the practice of including carer’s allowance as income in the differential... - Derelict Sites
103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timelines for the national rollout of supports to address derelict buildings; and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Schemes
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on discussions between his Department and Cork City Council regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme. [35547/25] - Housing Provision
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed Colbert Quarter development in Limerick by the Land Development Agency (LDA); and when he... - Homeless Accommodation
107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to end child homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/25] - Housing Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding he is providing for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35876/25] - Housing Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals there are to deal with issues that have arisen following the issuing of Circular 11/2025 in relation to the... - Housing Schemes
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports he is providing for affordable housing and cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35877/25] - An Ghaeltacht
112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cathain a bheidh na treoirlínte títhíochta Gaeltachta, a bhí geallta in 2021, foilsithe; cen fáth go... - Derelict Sites
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s plans to tackle dereliction and vacancy in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Priorities
114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected timeline for establishing a new towns and cities infrastructure investment fund to replace the urban regeneration... - Housing Schemes
115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding provided by his Department to local authorities per site under the affordable serviced sites scheme; the...
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