Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Regeneration Projects
495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the implementation of the Dublin city task force recommendations will oversee regeneration of flat complexes in the south... - Departmental Expenditure
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the... - Planning Issues
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on a review of planning regulations in relation to a new and separate exempted development threshold for... - Departmental Expenditure
500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the... - Housing Schemes
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the croi cónaithe cities scheme, by a list of the schemes that have or are coming to market under this... - Defective Building Materials
503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the considerable expense that homeowners have to incur to be admitted to the pyrite remediation scheme; if... - Waterways Issues
504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the specific environmental and infrastructural factors that led to the River Tolka’s consideration as a... - Vacant Properties
505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for an ‘above the shop’ living refurbishment grant by topping up the vacant and derelict refurbishment... - Housing Schemes
506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the exchequer of the first home scheme (aka shared equity scheme) in each of the years since its... - Departmental Schemes
507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the croí cónaithe scheme in each of the years since its creation, in tabular... - Housing Schemes
508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the housing assistance payment in each of the years since its creation in 2014, in... - Housing Provision
509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address long waiting times for allocation of social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Homeless Accommodation
510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address record homelessness figures across Ireland; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Expenditure
511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase... - Local Authorities
512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has ever conducted an analysis, audit, or review of local authority compliance with Circular Fin 07/2012... - Land Issues
513. 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
514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural planning guidelines will be published for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Schemes
516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will significantly increase the mortgage allowance scheme for those vacating a social house with a view to purchasing a... - Planning Issues
517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the taxpayer is funding An Bord Pleanála to assess the planning application for the now discontinued Sceirde... - Homeless Accommodation
518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that rough sleepers, who are homeless people by definition, are not included in the "Monthly Homeless Report"... - Local Authorities
519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have received clarity on the process for drafting of development plans given the potential changes to be... - Waterways Issues
520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline, in light of concerns for individuals and businesses who use and operate on inland waterways, the progress made in... - Grant Payments
521. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any financial support is available for housing extensions where household income is over the financial threshold to qualify... - Housing Policy
522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to revise the income eligibility limit for affordable cost rental in County Cork to match the household income limit... - Legislative Programme
524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what his department doing to ensure that The Apartment and Duplex Remediation Bill 2004 comes before the Committee on Housing,... - Planning Issues
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the retail planning guidelines; if there is a timeline in place for the review of the guidelines; if he is... - Local Authorities
526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details on possible costs for each local authority to employ an archaeologist; and if he will make a statement on the... - Energy Infrastructure
527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, the engagement that has taken... - Turf Cutting
528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regard to cessation of turf cutting scheme applicants whose scheme is due to end this year, if the scheme will be... - Homeless Accommodation
529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans reduce homelessness each year from 2026 to 2030, to meet the Lisbon Declaration timeframe of working towards ending... - Homeless Persons Supports
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the collaborative work he plans to undertake with his colleague, the Minister for Health, on issues around health... - Departmental Funding
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if capital assistance scheme funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement... - Housing Policy
533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the ongoing housing crisis and the need to support families in mortgage-to-rent schemes in meeting their financial and... - Homeless Accommodation
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown on age, nationality, employment status of those in emergency homeless accommodation in Ireland;... - Fire Service
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of retained female firefighters within the State, and the fire station they are stationed to, in tabular form; and... - Housing Schemes
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position regarding local authorities that have fully committed their 2025 funding allocation for the... - Local Authorities
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed at each of the 31 local authorities at the end of 2024, in tabular form. [37835/25] - Housing Schemes
541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the reasoning behind the decision, during the biannual review, to not increase the price ceiling in Cork for houses... - Vacant Properties
542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position in regard to the vacant and derelict property grant (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, the number of graduate planner posts and staff officer posts in the... - Housing Schemes
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the number of properties purchased under the tenant in situ scheme at a national level in 2025, by... - Local Authorities
553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will identify the additional level of funding required by Galway City and County Council as a result of Storm...
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