• Waterways Ireland
  1105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Ulster canal restoration phase 3 (Clones to Upper Lough Erne), including procurement, construction...
• Planning Issues
  1106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views regarding the rationale for removing the 5% minimum requirement for artistic and cultural spaces in future large...
• Departmental Funding
  1107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time it is taking for CAS funding to be drawn down for the development of domestic violence refuges; the length...
• Planning Issues
  1110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the proposed planning exemption for modular homes in back gardens will come into effect; and if he will make a statement...
• Housing Policy
  1111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to support and encourage people seeking to rightsize; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Housing Schemes
  1112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of properties acquired under the cost rental tenant in-situ scheme since it was introduced; and if he will...
• Departmental Schemes
  1113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total projected cost involved in the upcoming remediation of apartment defects scheme; if his Department has budgeted for...
• Local Authorities
  1114. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of a social housing unit delivered in 2024 by local authorities broken down by the cost per unit size, such...
• Wastewater Treatment
  1116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of developer provided waste water treatment plants in residential estates which have not been taken in...
• Departmental Data
  1117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable properties delivered through the Part V system in 2023 and 2024; and if he would outline his...
• Health and Safety
  1119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of major health and safety issues (details supplied); if action to address these issues will be...
• Departmental Data
  1120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/25]
• Housing Policy
  1121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider directing local authorities to systematically collate and publish data on the number of families...
• Housing Provision
  1123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if south Kerry in conjunction with an organisation (details supplied) where the organisation has access to lands locally, can...
• Water Services
  1124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide information in relation to an application for a group water scheme extension (details supplied) [44754/25]
• Housing Schemes
  1125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to provide any additional funding to local authorities under the tenant in situ scheme in addition to the...
• Local Authorities
  1126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the educational criteria for a safety plan administrator in Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Construction Industry
  1127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of prolonged delays to a new development (details supplied) in Sligo; the action he will take with the...
• Housing Provision
  1128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the delivery schedule for major housing projects under the National Development Plan, including an account of the number that...
• Housing Policy
  1129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the income thresholds for social housing, as many working families who are not on high incomes are excluded from...
• Housing Provision
  1130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social and affordable housing units currently under construction or approved for development in counties...
• Vacant Properties
  1131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant and derelict properties in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Homeless Accommodation
  1132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons and families accessing emergency accommodation in counties Longford and Westmeath; the number of people...
• Housing Schemes
  1133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households in counties Westmeath and Longford living in HAP supported accommodation. [44873/25]
• Coroners Service
  1134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount Kerry County Council paid in coroners fees and expenses during 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025,...
• Housing Policy
  1136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has considered introducing a targeted support scheme for individuals and families who lost their homes as a result of...
• Local Authorities
  1138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that he has received a request from Leitrim County Council for funding to deal with historic structural issues...
• Departmental Offices
  1139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the duties he intends to delegate to the strategic housing activation office within his Department; and if he will make a...
• Departmental Staff
  1140. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the officials seconded to the new strategic housing activation office within his Department; the length of...
• Housing Policy
  1141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to implementing a retrofitting programme to help those struggling with chronic illnesses such...
• Energy Conservation
  1142. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question of 16 July 2025, the number of social homes retrofitted to date; the average cost to...
• Water Services
  1144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1482 of 29 July 2025, if he will clarify the reason for approval of Uisce...
• Wildlife Regulations
  1145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a matter (details supplied) on whether licensing regulations as part of the 1956-2018 Wildlife Acts will...
• Departmental Properties
  1146. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings, under the ownership or control of his Department within...
• Departmental Schemes
  1147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details on the review of schemes under the croí cónaithe towns fund, including the ready to build scheme...
• Departmental Functions
  1148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the promised updated planning guidelines for rural houses for a period of public consultation; and if he...
• Regulatory Bodies
  1150. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm the transfer of functions and responsibility for the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) from...
• Septic Tanks
  1151. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase grant assistance to septic tank owners where the system is outdated or defective and poses a potential risk to...
• Local Authorities
  1153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of funding to support the turnaround and re-let of vacant local authority homes under the Voids Programme...
• Waterways Issues
  1155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will allocate the necessary funding for the restoration of the weir and development of a fish pass in Fermoy, County...
• Housing Policy
  1156. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to conduct a review of how strategic infrastructure developments can bypass local planning safeguards. [45219/25]
• Local Authorities
  1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if variable local authority home loan interest rates will reduce in line with the recently reduced costs of borrowing for the...
• Animal Welfare
  1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has read a report (details supplied); his views on this report, and his views on whether elephants should be phased out...
• Local Authorities
  1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding made available to Cork County Council for housing maintenance for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Housing Schemes
  1162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants that were successful in the tenant incremental purchase scheme for Cork city; and if he will make a...
• Local Authorities
  1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarity for local councils on the issue of self-employed people wishing to put their name on the social...
• Departmental Policies
  1166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if structures (details supplied) qualify for funding under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on...
• Departmental Reviews
  1167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm the findings of the interim review of the rent-a-room scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a...
• Local Authorities
  1168. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the name and location of social housing new builds by Cork City Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45319/25]
• Departmental Bodies
  1176. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase resources for Tailte Éireann, specifically the hiring of further staff to ensure timely processing...
• Housing Schemes
  1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person was directed to Fingal County Council regarding the Tenant in Situ Scheme by his Department; if his...
• Invasive Species Policy
  1178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the budget, staffing, and operational plan of the newly formed Asian Hornet Management Group; the timelines...
• Housing Policy
  1179. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the government plans to introduce specific policies to support first generation homeowners or young families, in view...
• Rental Sector
  1181. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide clarity on the status of a landlord (details supplied) following changes to the rent pressure zones; and if he...
• Defective Building Materials
  1182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; whether in the...
• Housing Policy
  1183. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the current policy and guidelines for local authorities in prioritising housing allocations for...
• Local Authorities
  1184. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the tenure mix that is, social, cost-rental, affordable purchase of Cork City Council’s 823-home pipeline at the...
• Childcare Services
  1185. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any fast-track or alternative planning mechanisms for urgently needed childcare and preschool services,...
• Housing Policy
  1186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department conducted an assessment of the impact of family reunification arrivals on demand for social housing and...
• Water Pollution
  1187. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the assessment that have been made regarding the potential public health and recreational impacts of designating rivers like...
• Regulatory Bodies
  1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine a PRSA compensation claim for a person (details supplied) and if he will expedite the case; and if he will...
• Approved Housing Bodies
  1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a development (details supplied) which has been purchased by an approved housing body but is awaiting the...
• Local Authorities
  1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the disparity between the Local Authority Home Loan property price thresholds in counties such as...
• Fire Stations
  1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if capital funding is available to progress a project in County Laois (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on...
• Wild Fires
  1194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding any review being carried out by his Department into best practice for fire brigades and local...
• Water Quality
  1196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the Government’s position on the proposed changes to water quality standards under the current...
• Emergency Accommodation
  1197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has guidelines regarding the distance from work, school, and family supports when placing families in...
• Homeless Accommodation
  1198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the homeless figures both nationally and in county Carlow; and the number of homeless persons accessing services both...
• Local Authorities
  1199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the application of local authority rates to sporting organisations in respect of stadiums that...
• Turf Cutting
  1200. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
• Defective Building Materials
  1201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report on the results of investigations that have taken place on a number of houses in Carlow that have...
• Housing Schemes
  1202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if priority will be given to critical skills workers such as teachers, nurses and Gardaí in upcoming affordable housing...
• Defective Building Materials
  1204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to review issues that have been raised in relation to a building defect in a particular new build estate (details supplied);...
• Development Contributions
  1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) will become eligible for the temporary development contribution waiver, given the new funding...
• Defective Building Materials
  1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of appeals submitted to the defective concrete blocks appeals panel in relation to the downgrading of reports by...
• Housing Schemes
  1212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether a person who has recently been approved for social housing can have their payment transferred under the housing...
• Local Authorities
  1215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify if there is only one funding stream for local authorities for the taking-in-charge of housing estates by local...
• Environmental Policy
  1216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the assessment of the impact of the use of the Difco cutter in peatlands, as mentioned in the National...
• National Parks
  1217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the restoration plan for 60 hectares of blanket bog in the Wicklow Mountains National Park; and if he will...
• Horticulture Sector
  1218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will instruct his Department to prepare legislation to ban the sale of Cherry Laurel in Ireland; and if he will make a...
• National Development Plan
  1222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify which environmental projects have been submitted by his department officials as part of the National Development...
• Environmental Policy
  1223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dedicated funding the Government has allocated for the implementation of the Nature Restoration Plan; and if he will make...
• Energy Infrastructure
  1228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will...
• Animal Welfare
  1229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a hare conservation status survey is underway in his Department, as required under the Habitats Directive; and if he will...
• Water Services
  1232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific multi-annual allocations, by county for water and wastewater enabling works required to meet the 300,000 homes...
• Housing Schemes
  1237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation...
• Electoral Process
  1238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if plans are in place to lower the voting age to 16 years given that no mention of such a change was made in the Programme...
• Housing Schemes
  1240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cost per unit of retrofitting at a location (details supplied) and the overall cost of the project. [46265/25]
• Harbours and Piers
  1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 3 July 2025 if he will provide further details in respect of clarifications...
• Derelict Sites
  1243. 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...
• Housing Schemes
  1244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the ceiling for the first home scheme in the Dublin area. [46337/25]
• Local Authorities
  1245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in...
• Renewable Energy Generation
  1246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has any plans to develop or draft development guidelines for solar energy projects similar to the 2006 wind...
• Energy Policy
  1247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are specific development guidelines for the development of large-scale fossil-fuel-bio-fuel powered energy projects...
• Departmental Properties
  1248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying...
• Departmental Data
  1249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority, in 2023 and 2024; the average cost of each home; and if he will...
• Housing Schemes
  1251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a...
• Defective Building Materials
  1252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of 100 percent redress for building defects affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Emergency Accommodation
  1256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of emergency accommodation beds available in each county. [46498/25]
• Departmental Data
  1258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the county and local authority-level breakdown of Q2 2025 new dwelling completions, apartment share and pipeline indicators...
• Local Authorities
  1260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a private landlord can be compelled to provide proof of ownership to a local authority when their tenant is applying for...
• National Monuments
  1261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 375 of 17 July 2025, for an update on correspondence (details supplied); and if he will...
• Emergency Planning
  1263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Office for emergency planning has undertaken a review of emergency response procedures following the damage caused by...
• Weather Events
  1265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagements he has had with water network operators since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that critical water...
• Departmental Data
  1266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of qualified housing applicants on the housing list in County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year,...
• Planning Issues
  1271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review planning regulations regarding the provision of baby changing facilities in commercial and public...
• National Monuments
  1273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide funding to ensure the continued preservation of historic sites associated with a person (details supplied) such...
• Defective Building Materials
  1274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason homeowners that have appealed the remediation options provided to them under the defective concrete blocks grant...
• National Parks and Wildlife Service
  1275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE qualified entomologists working within the National Parks and Wildlife Service of his Department in 2023,...
• Departmental Investigations
  1276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 February 2025, if his position has changed in respect of conducting an...
• Local Authorities
  1277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with four Cork city council projects shortlisted for national innovation awards if he will pledge additional national funding...
• Housing Schemes
  1278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected capital assistance scheme underspend for 2025. [46838/25]
• Rental Sector
  1279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the extension of rent pressure zones announced on 10 June 2025 was not given legal effect until 20 June 2025; if...
• Housing Schemes
  1282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the monies spent on a project by a local authority for a housing scheme (details supplied); and if he will...
• Meteorological Services
  1283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of all infrastructure investments undertaken by Met Éireann from 2020 to date in 2025; and the future...
• Homeless Persons Supports
  1284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the immediate measures being implemented to address the homeless status of 5,000 children in Ireland. [47027/25]
• Heritage Projects
  1285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to evaluate the success of National Heritage Week 2025 in county Clare; and if he will consider increasing funding for...
• Development Contributions
  1287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a full breakdown of what the development contribution fee is intended to fund, and for details of how these...
• Heritage Sites
  1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides or plans to provide dedicated funding streams for the purchase and preservation of historic...
• Property Registration
  1303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of pending Tailte Éireann applications for each year up to ten years and more than ten years; and if he will...
• Capital Expenditure Programme
  1304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1607 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the...
• Wildlife Protection
  1306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the justification and evidence base for listing ‘hunting’ as a pressure or threat for 28 bird...
• Wildlife Conservation
  1309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on when the new Countryside Forum for Nature is to hold its first meeting; and if he will make a statement on...
• Urban Development
  1310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on the urban regeneration and development fund projects across Dublin and regional cities; and if he will make a...
• Cross-Border Co-operation
  1311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current delivery status of the Narrow Water Bridge project, including contract milestones, cost profile (including VAT...
• Derelict Sites
  1313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update in relation to the status of the derelict property and land owned by Kildare County Council at a location...
• Housing Provision
  1315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households not habitually resident in the State who have been allocated social housing by a local authority in...
• Housing Policy
  1316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions a local authority in the State has waived the requirement that an applicant for social housing either...
• Weather Events
  1317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total cost of storm damage repairs funded through local authorities in each county over the past three years; the funding...
• Housing Provision
  1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the CSO showing Ireland’s population reached 5.38 million, driven by net migration of 79,300 in a single...

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