Written answers
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Marine Protected Areas
541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Government’s commitment to having 30 percent of our oceans protected by 2030; and if he... - National Parks
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of discussions and plans to create a Liffey Valley regional or national park; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Expenditure
544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the spend to date on the implementation on his Department’s new IT system, project Dion; and if he will make a... - Turbary Rights
546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to extend the cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme beyond the current timeline; the rationale for any... - Closed-Circuit Television Systems
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the total number of CCTV cameras owned by his Department; the specific video file format used in the... - Departmental Regulations
548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the public consultation on exempted development regulations will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Bodies
549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on giving the Residential Tenancies Board more powers and assistance to get information on landlords, considering... - Departmental Policies
550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the main policy achievements of his Department since 23 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38758/25] - Housing Schemes
551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the allocation to Laois County Council, for the housing adaptation grant scheme for older people and... - Road Signage
552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which a business will get permission to erect signage on motorways and main roads to advertise their business.... - Departmental Data
553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of stock audits completed, by local authority, in tabular form. [38833/25] - Housing Schemes
556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of applications for the croí cónaithe scheme, by local authority area; the total number that have... - Departmental Data
557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided for the compulsory purchase orders (CPO) of properties and the number of properties subject to a CPO in... - Derelict Sites
558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase collection of the derelict sites levy to increase the number of sites on the register and the actions he... - Domestic Violence
559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the local connection rule applies to people fleeing domestic violence seeking social housing support and for an update... - Planning Issues
560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the policy of using maximum parking space guidelines for residential developments in intermediate urban... - Street Nomenclature
562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on legislative amendments to allow for the renaming of streets. [38876/25] - Wastewater Treatment
563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to ensure Uisce Éireann expedites and expands the small towns... - Housing Schemes
564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the Croí Cónaithe scheme or vacant property grant so that more than one grant may be payable in... - Departmental Data
565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of vacant, derelict or dangerous properties that each local authority has compulsorily purchased in 2023... - Local Authorities
567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have been issued with the new housing needs demand assessment population and housing targets; and if so,... - Ministerial Responsibilities
568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the powers that have been delegated to the Ministers of State in his Department and to set out what those powers are. [38967/25] - Departmental Data
569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average processing time for stage 1 approvals for applications to the Social Housing Investment Programme received in the... - Planning Issues
574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Ministerial Orders to remove the residential category from zoned land under Section 31 of the Planning and... - Turf Cutting
575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he intends to put in place to support bog conservation as the payments to bog owners for the cessation of turf... - Planning Issues
576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to review planning laws and regulations regarding land fronting on to national roads where farming families... - Land Issues
577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the appropriate procedure for purchasing lands which are unregistered; and if he will make a statement on the... - Local Authorities
578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if the setting of rents for local authority housing is an executive or a reserved function of local authorities;... - Departmental Staff
580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE ecologists, wildlife inspectors and conservation rangers that were recruited by his Department in 2023, 2024... - Local Authorities
581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm that no local authority will be disadvantaged in terms of the quantum of central Government funding it... - Wildlife Protection
582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding his Department's drafting of a code of conduct for interacting with basking sharks under the Wildlife... - Proposed Legislation
583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the residential tenancies (right to first refusal) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Fire Safety
584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the areas in Dublin where Dublin Fire Brigade is adequately resourced to rapidly process the fire safety applications from new... - Departmental Strategies
585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if she has plans to put together a successor to the Youth Homelessness Strategy that expires in 2026; and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the allocation he will provide in total to Tipperary County Council for the year 2025; and to provide a breakdown... - Housing Provision
587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units planned for construction in Navan, County Meath, in 2025 and 2026; the... - Construction Industry
588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials have been made aware of alarming practices on the part of residential housing developers (details supplied);... - Housing Provision
589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of housing projects sanctioned and or funded in full and or in part to include number of units,... - Proposed Legislation
590. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the revised draft Shannon River Bye-laws, when he expects the results of the departmental and legal review; and... - Defective Building Materials
592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it has been brought to his attention that pyrite has been found in some social housing; and the measures he intends to take... - Rental Sector
594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans to prevent landlords from increasing rents to market rates between tenancies where the previous tenant has been... - Derelict Sites
596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider transferring the derelict sites levy for collection by Revenue in the same way the residential zoned land... - Housing Provision
597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the affordable purchase and cost rental homes delivered in 2024 by the delivery streams (details supplied);... - Defective Building Materials
598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the actions he has taken, and proposes to take, regarding the defective concrete block scheme; and if he will... - Departmental Funding
599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated under the CAS programme to AHBs in 2025. [39509/25] - Planning Issues
600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all assessments and analyses undertaken by his officials in the preparation of the Planning Design... - Departmental Strategies
601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list all national strategies, action plans or documents that may be described as such, which are currently in operation and... - Rental Sector
602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to provide for a deposit retention scheme under section 61 of the Residential Tenancies... - Planning Issues
603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to list the research papers on which his claim that Irish apartment design standards are the highest in Europe; if this...
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