Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
1388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the allocation of European Union and European Investment Bank funds available for the construction and... - Airport Policy
1389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to request from An Coimisiún Pleanála a copy of any submissions received from national or regional health... - Legislative Measures
1390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the implementation of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 to earmark certain cost-rental units for... - Regeneration Projects
1391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed Dublin City Council’s funding capacity to deliver major public realm improvements along... - Housing Provision
1392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of submissions received from Clare County Council for the development of new affordable housing schemes; and if... - Strategic Infrastructure
1393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any submission or correspondence received by his Department since March 2025 from Limerick City and County... - Shannon Airport Facilities
1394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of all full- and part-time staff employed at the Met Éireann facility in Shannon Airport in December 2019... - Wastewater Treatment
1395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the small villages that are currently participating in measure A8 regarding the wastewater collection and treatment needs for... - Housing Schemes
1397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the issues identified with the serviced sites scheme, considering only four local authorities have provided for the scheme... - Water Supply
1400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of a group water scheme in County Mayo (details supplied); if he is aware that the scheme is operating over... - Wind Energy Guidelines
1401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated planning guidelines for wind farms will be issued; the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing same; and... - Planning Issues
1402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the updated planning guidelines for rural houses will be issued; the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing same;... - Legal Services Regulation
1403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal... - Water Supply
1405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on funding allocations for the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 under measure A5... - Departmental Legal Cases
1406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his... - Housing Schemes
1407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide data on the number of refusals by the pillar banks of the first home scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the... - Local Authorities
1408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be made available to local authorities to assist in the purchase of additional four to five-bed... - European Parliament
1409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the manner in which MEPs who do not serve their full term are replaced; whether the list of replacement candidates submitted... - Homeless Accommodation
1410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 8 July 2025, the reason rough sleepers are not counted in the monthly homeless... - Meteorological Services
1411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the recent declaration of yellow warnings by Met Éireann for what was a period of average summer... - Fire Stations
1414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for sourcing a suitable site for the south-west fire station in Cork following the publication of the fire... - Architectural Heritage
1415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate measures he is taking to protect thatched properties and to ensure that they can obtain sufficient insurance to... - Departmental Schemes
1416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently sanction additional funding to Sligo County Council for the housing adaptation grant for older people and... - Legislative Programme
1417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41042/25] - Housing Schemes
1418. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by... - Grant Payments
1419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total... - Public Procurement Contracts
1420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to his Department’s published procurement-related payments over €20,000 for 2023 and 2024, the... - Regeneration Projects
1422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of major amenity and regeneration projects funded by his Department or through the URDF in the... - Housing Policy
1423. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any circumstances whereby a social housing applicant can transfer his or her application to another local... - Departmental Budgets
1425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final turnout for 2024 for Vote 34, including capital and current expenditure and all subheads and programme level... - Water Services
1426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will approve funding at an early date in respect of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Vacant Properties
1427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant in each month since it was established; the number... - Consumer Protection
1428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to scams which have emerged across the country where websites and bad actors advertise... - Housing Provision
1429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the provision of social housing stock and affordable cost-rental homes for vulnerable and low-income... - Homeless Accommodation
1430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a homeless prevention budget amounting to 20% of all homelessness expenditure, including provision for a... - Defective Building Materials
1431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the additional supports... - Departmental Data
1432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of people who do not have habitual residency in Ireland but are currently on the housing waiting list, or are in... - Fire Service
1433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in relation to a new project in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Homeless Accommodation
1435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the inspections his Department undertakes to ensure the quality and safety of homeless hostels, both private, charities and... - Housing Provision
1440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the circumstances of a family can be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41309/25] - Local Authorities
1450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available to Cork County Council for the installation of a dedicated surface water pipe in Union Hall... - Building Regulations
1451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish in full any correspondence from the Land Development Agency in relation to the changes in design guidelines for... - Vacant Properties
1452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider raising the amounts of the vacant and derelict property grants in recognition of the increase in... - Housing Policy
1453. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times the income eligibility thresholds for social housing have been increased nationally in the past 20 years;... - Departmental Meetings
1458. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times he has met with the RIAI since he was appointed; the list of attendees and the dates of any meetings in... - Housing Schemes
1460. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will urgently reconsider the significant reduction in funding to the tenant in situ scheme allocated to Fingal County... - EU Directives
1461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the European Commission's concerns regarding the alleged non-conformity of Ireland's transposition of the... - Building Regulations
1462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to state whether a strategic environmental assessment and-or screening for a strategic environmental assessment and-or an... - Departmental Legal Cases
1464. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated... - Local Authorities
1471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Roscommon County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the... - Wildlife Protection
1474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on any work being carried out by his Department into the population growth of seagulls; their migration... - Housing Provision
1475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of public and private houses and apartments actually built per annum since 2015, broken down by number... - Architectural Heritage
1476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied);... - Wastewater Treatment
1477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed progress report in regard to the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7... - Defective Building Materials
1479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify that houses located in Enfield, County Meath, and properties with an address of Enfield, County Westmeath,... - House Sales
1480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government under the Property Services Regulations Act 2011, whether the address of the property sold is published; and if he will make... - Grant Payments
1481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider an addition to the housing aid for elderly-housing adaption for those with a disability scheme for 2026... - Water Services
1482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date by which the public consultation on Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan for 2025 to 2029 will be... - Solar Energy Guidelines
1483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 July 2025, the reason that solar PV is limited to the installation of 1kWp... - Archaeological Sites
1484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the routine maintenance and conservation of structures (details supplied), as there is significant vegetation growing on them... - Grant Payments
1485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time for a housing adaptation grant to be approved; the average amount awarded, per local authority area,... - Septic Tanks
1486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to broaden the scope of the septic tank grant, to allow all households who cannot afford to repair or replace problematic or... - Fire Service
1490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests his Department has received from Donegal County Council seeking funding to purchase additional fire... - Departmental Bodies
1491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the names, organisations, former responsibilities, current responsibilities and full remuneration, including of secondees, of... - Housing Schemes
1492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total expenditure in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS,... - Vacant Properties
1493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the review of the vacant property refurbishment grant carried out in 2024, if he has considered introducing phased... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
1494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget allocation for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [41874/25] - Departmental Staff
1495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE senior archaeologists employed by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the... - Departmental Correspondence
1496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine correspondence (details supplied); if the lack of consultation will be rectified; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Funding
1497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on an application (details supplied) under the National Developer Providing Infrastructural Resolution... - Local Authorities
1498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing applications, by local authority that have used the section 179A exemption since 2023, in... - Regeneration Projects
1499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the timeline for each project currently proposed or completed in the north-west quarter regeneration in Cork... - Derelict Sites
1500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on the derelict sites register on 31 December 2024; the amount levied in 2024; the amount collected; the... - Planning Issues
1501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the proposed extension to the duration of planning permission applies to one-off rural house planning applications coming... - Marine Protected Areas
1503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a determination will be made regarding legislation on marine protected areas; if this determination will be made over... - Renewable Energy Generation
1504. 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
1507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements he has had with the National Parks and Wildlife Service concerning offshore renewable energy; and if he will... - Departmental Policies
1508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government her Department’s plan on actively promoting the inclusion of women and minorities into political roles; and if he will... - Housing Schemes
1510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount estate agents are paid in commission or fees for selling homes under affordable housing schemes funded by the... - Rental Sector
1511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to review the monthly rent of cost-rental properties and if he will decrease these so as more people can access... - Housing Provision
1512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the way the social homes in Blessington, County Wicklow, due to be built as part of PPP bundle 3 will be... - Public Private Partnerships
1513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will continue using public private partnerships as a model of delivering social housing; and if he will... - Planning Issues
1514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of additional funding Wicklow County Council sought for retrofitting works on top of their base funding in 2024... - Housing Schemes
1515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of homes purchased in County Wicklow from CAS funding in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in... - Regeneration Projects
1519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding sought and awarded to Wicklow County Council for regeneration works for local authority homes in each... - Housing Provision
1523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of housing commencements per month of 2025 in County Wicklow, in tabular form. [42089/25] - Animal Culls
1526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of deer culled in Wicklow from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42125/25] - Ministerial Communications
1527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of personal emails used for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42142/25] - Rental Sector
1529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assistance available to people who are not on a social housing list when they are given notice to quit their rental... - Planning Issues
1530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress his Department has made to reform planning conditions for childcare facilities to open in areas of need; and if... - Defective Building Materials
1531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the issues facing the residents of Red Island, Skerries, regarding pyrite remediation applications, which... - National Parks
1532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the State is willing to purchase lands bordering the Wicklow Mountains National Park at Aghavannagh that are currently on... - Local Authorities
1533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the amount of funding been granted to Wicklow County Council for works on the Bray to Greystones cliff walk,... - Housing Policy
1536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider adopting an approach to cost-rental and affordable purchase housing similar to other European countries... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
1537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of any roles of district conservation officer, regional manager and park ranger within the National Parks and... - Vacant Sites
1539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of unpaid vacant site levies for Cork county for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he... - Vacant Properties
1540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review being carried out of the croí cónaithe, vacant-derelict property refurbishment grant;... - Gorse Burning
1541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of gorse fire incidents across Cork county for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number of forestry fire... - Departmental Policies
1542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the implementation of a national policy on rightsizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42255/25] - Housing Schemes
1544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loans approved and drawn down for Cork county for 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular... - Archaeological Sites
1546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of archaeological excavations licensed in Cork county in each of the past five years, including their location,... - Vacant Properties
1547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties across the State currently; the efforts that are being taken to address this... - Heritage Sites
1548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of heritage sites in the State to include the number of sites registered, those at risk, and funding... - Student Accommodation
1550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessments his Department has carried out on the impact of students studying English language courses on housing... - Land Issues
1553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the delays at the Land Registry; the initiatives being taken to rectify these delays; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
1555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and... - Údaráis Áitiúla
1556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén chaoi a bhfuil a Roinn ag tabhairt tacaíochta do húdaráis áitiúla chun sprioc 20% de... - Land Development Agency
1557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through Land Development Agency... - Housing Provision
1558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and the surrounding area, including by way of... - Housing Policy
1559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targeted policies being introduced by his Department to support young adults in accessing affordable housing, to enable... - Housing Schemes
1560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has carried out a review of his Department's voids programme to take account of construction inflation; if not, his... - Capital Expenditure Programme
1561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the total capital outturn from his Department, in each year for 2020 to 2024, by vote subhead, in tabular form.... - Homeless Accommodation
1562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there are well in excess of 200 people over 65 years of age in homeless accommodation; and if he will make a... - Housing Policy
1563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider introducing emergency legislation to expedite housing developments for the general population as has been done in... - Local Authorities
1564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to estimate the full year cost of the maintenance of local authority rented homes, broken down by local authority. [42731/25] - Mayoral Election
1565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date for a mayoral plebiscite for Cork city that will happen before the 2029 local elections; and if he will make a... - Departmental Reviews
1566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a timeline on his Department’s working group review of engineering qualifications for the local government sector,... - Local Authorities
1567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of zoned land capable of residential development owned by local authorities nationwide; and if he will make a... - National Planning Framework
1568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the revised population targets as per the revised NPF have been formally communicated to local authorities. [42747/25] - Housing Policy
1569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his revised housing plan will be published. [42748/25] - Departmental Reports
1570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to give a commitment to publish a summary of the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal along... - Housing Provision
1571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of all affordable housing that is, cost rental and affordable purchase units delivered by local authorities,... - Departmental Functions
1572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on all European Commission infringement proceedings currently underway related to the functions in his... - Homeless Persons Supports
1573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the review of section 10 funded emergency homeless services; and to give a commitment to publish the review... - Departmental Schemes
1574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the awarding of the Housing First tender in Dublin; and to provide an explanation for the delay in the... - Defective Building Materials
1576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in each county in which the scheme is operational; the... - Public Procurement Contracts
1577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department or any agency operating under the aegis of his Department, have used reserved contracts or social clauses... - Planning Issues
1578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to streamline planning processes for critical infrastructure projects like the Metro; and if he will... - Defective Building Materials
1579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of the mica issue, the way he is ensuring that current rebuilds meet appropriate structural standards,... - National Development Plan
1580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the biodiversity cross-Border projects that have been identified by his Department as part of the National Development Plan... - Defective Building Materials
1585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the State’s response to early indications of defective concrete blocks; if there were... - Housing Policy
1587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provision, if any, that exists for people in receipt of HAP in one local authority area, and who have children attending... - Rental Sector
1588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of the private rental sector reforms, if in respect of those landlords with four properties or less, who had... - Local Authorities
1589. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has made any funding available to local authorities to appoint vacancy officers to manage social... - Climate Action Plan
1592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the seven legacy action due as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline... - Local Authorities
1593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can detail for each specific local authority the precise number of Part V units currently due for delivery, in tabular... - Construction Industry
1597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes for Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 to date, in tabular form;... - Water Services
1598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a group water scheme is temporarily unavailable due to contamination where does the responsibility to provide water... - Weather Events
1601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review into the State’s response to Storm Éowyn. [43117/25] - Architectural Heritage
1602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the provisions made in the Planning and Development Act 2024 to strengthen, protect and enforce protection of our built... - Local Authorities
1603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the outstanding debts for unpaid development levies, derelict sites, rent arrears and other in each local authority, in... - Architectural Heritage
1604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine establishing an expert committee in his Department to assess the condition of Dublin’s north... - Capital Expenditure Programme
1607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the capital funding programmes or grants for which his Department or any body under his aegis has... - Water Services
1610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update in regard to people living in Kilteel on the group water scheme who are approaching four years depending on... - Water Charges
1611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of the ongoing increase in water charges by Uisce Éireann and the effect this has on small... - Departmental Bodies
1612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is aware of the current delays in the land registry; the plans his Department has to help alleviate this as... - Housing Provision
1613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available to a person (details supplied) and to other families in the same situation; and if he will make a... - Local Authorities
1614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on Galway County Council’s social housing waiting list in each of... - Marine Protected Areas
1615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made on the expansion of Ireland’s network of marine protected areas as committed to in the programme for... - Housing Schemes
1616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed breakdown by local authority of the number of landlords who have expressed interest in the tenant in... - Vacant Properties
1617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an estimate of the average renovation cost for local authorities of vacant properties. [43568/25] - Building Energy Rating
1622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to estimate the cost of retrofitting all HAP properties to a minimum B2 standard. [43581/25] - Constitutional Amendments
1623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on progress in implementing the Housing Commission’s recommendation of holding a referendum on a right to... - Homeless Persons Supports
1624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the Government’s plan to end child, family and individual homelessness by 2030, as per the... - Housing Schemes
1625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown by local authority of the annual amount spent on local authority housing maintenance. [43594/25] - Planning Issues
1627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the examination of ‘meanwhile use’ for creative and cultural infrastructure (details... - Housing Provision
1628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update in the negotiations between his officials, Dublin City Council and a company (details supplied)... - Housing Schemes
1629. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average purchase price of homes availing of the vacant property refurbishment grant, broken down by local authority area... - Departmental Staff
1630. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form.; and if he... - Departmental Strategies
1631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better... - Planning Issues
1632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Gaeltacht planning guidelines, which were being finalised in February 2024 will be published. [43703/25] - Housing Provision
1634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social homes that have been brought into use in the last two years, broken down by local authority, number... - Departmental Data
1635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing completions required annually over the next five years in order to meet the combined demand from... - Land Issues
1637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has examined international examples of zoning reform, including the model used in Japan where development is permitted... - Housing Policy
1638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing a cross-departmental housing supply dashboard or task force to monitor real-time monthly... - Urban Development
1639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific regulatory, planning, or zoning obstacles that discourage the conversion of vacant upper floors of commercial... - Waterways Ireland
1643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented to increase tourism business through direct investment and/or introduction of specific... - An Ghaeltacht
1644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government an bhfuil dualgais ann ar iarratais phleanála taobh istigh den Ghaeltacht fógra a dhéanamh sna meáin... - Housing Policy
1655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has approved a prohibition on purchase of second-hand dwellings by approved housing bodies (AHBs) under the capital... - Housing Provision
1656. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the anticipated delivery timeline for housing on the Oscar Traynor Road site; the unit breakdown, by tenure type and expected... - Regeneration Projects
1658. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of regeneration schemes initiated and completed since 2020; and the projected completions in the Dublin north-west... - Planning Issues
1666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out work on planning guidelines for drone delivery bases, given that while the regulation of... - Housing Provision
1670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress on the delivery of future housing in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Housing Schemes
1672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will reopen the tenant-in-situ scheme in County Mayo for cases where the tenants are facing homelessness; and if he... - Property Registration
1673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for a deed of rectification from Tailte Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Antisocial Behaviour
1674. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he has taken to ensure that local authorities and AHBs are able to quickly resolve matters arising in tenant... - Local Authorities
1675. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant enforcement officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [44113/25] - Construction Industry
1676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update into the review of the Construction Progress Report pipeline. [44157/25] - Tax Collection
1677. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites for which a vacant sites tax or zoned land tax has been applied, and the number of sites for which it has... - Housing Schemes
1678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding data across all local authorities for the tenant-in-situ scheme since its introduction in 2023, broken down by... - Regeneration Projects
1680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of regeneration projects that have been applied for by each local authority, the number that have been approved... - Housing Provision
1682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of directly built local authority homes delivered in each of the past five years, by local authority, in tabular... - Vacant Properties
1683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides any funding for the boarding up of homes and if so, how much was provided in each of the past five... - Waterways Ireland
1684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct Waterways Ireland to provide water tap services, pump out machines, postal services and refuse services... - Traveller Accommodation
1686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding for Traveller accommodation that was applied for by each housing authority in each of the years 2020 to... - Housing Policy
1687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the designation of recipients of HAP housing as having their housing needs met, to allow them to remain on... - Vacant Properties
1688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to define the aspects of affordability related to the vacant property grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Derelict Sites
1693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to work with local authorities in collecting the derelict sites levy; if he has any... - Local Authorities
1695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a breakdown of the total amounts of units retrofitted by local authority area for each of the past five years. [44257/25] - Housing Policy
1697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of reports that high rents are impeding single people from saving for a deposit for a one bedroom house in their... - House Sales
1699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of reports regarding the lack of transparency and culture of bidding wars that has emerged in the Irish... - Planning Issues
1700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permission exemptions for VATSUs granted in 2024 and 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will... - Apprenticeship Programmes
1701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of new operatives and new trades apprentices hired into each of the 31 local authorities, in each years... - Construction Industry
1702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has investigated forming a State construction company, similar to an ESB for housing, with the aim of... - Regeneration Projects
1704. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the regeneration of the Noonan's Road and surrounding streets regeneration. [44281/25] - Planning Issues
1705. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the on the number of affordable houses, cost rental and cost purchase, homes planned for Cork City and County... - Rental Sector
1706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will launch and oversee an audit of damp in social housing and in accommodation leased by the State or paid for through... - Departmental Data
1707. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the average cost of each home,... - Departmental Schemes
1711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his thoughts on the cessation of tenant-in-situ purchases made by local authorities; what alternative homelessness prevention... - Energy Conservation
1712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for the total number of social housing units retrofitted, by local authority area, for each of the past five years including... - Ministerial Appointments
1714. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the planning permission standards for apartment;... - Departmental Meetings
1716. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times his Department officials have met with an organisation (details supplied), or any of the subgroups it... - Housing Provision
1717. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated one-year cost of removing all income thresholds for social housing eligibility. [44343/25] - Rental Sector
1720. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated costs of establishing a monitoring body which will conduct regular inspections of private rental units to... - Traveller Accommodation
1721. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated costs of establishing an independent Traveller-specific housing agency to oversee the delivery of culturally... - Land Development Agency
1722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated costs of building 66,910 homes on the 83 parcels of disused and underused land in public ownership identified... - Housing Policy
1723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether it is consistent with national policy that a local authority in Dublin has voted to reduce the density... - Childcare Services
1724. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking, in co-operation with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, to ensure... - Rental Sector
1725. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of Housing For All, including a target for rented accommodation to be inspected every four years, the number... - Housing Provision
1727. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant social housing stock in each local authority area and as a proportion of overall social housing stock,... - Housing Policy
1728. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at... - Housing Schemes
1730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is considering plans to introduce an affordable rental and affordable purchase housing scheme for older people who are... - Homeless Accommodation
1731. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full year cost of providing emergency accommodation for people experiencing homelessness in Dublin in 2025; and... - Legislative Process
1733. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a... - Departmental Schemes
1734. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the ceiling caps for the first homes schemes for Tipperary, as it is having a reverse impact in comparison... - Housing Provision
1735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of affordable housing schemes across the country; and if figures on their delivery can be... - Departmental Reports
1737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the subject matter of departmental reports which are pending publication; and the timeline for publication of each of these... - Departmental Policies
1740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a progress report on the recommendations made in the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on the pre-legislative...
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