Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Solar Energy Guidelines
620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a policy or guidelines to manage the dramatic increase in the number of applications for large-scale... - Postal Voting
621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that people registering for a postal vote due to disability or illness are required to have their application... - Housing Schemes
622. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans for further funding of local authorities for the housing adaptation grant schemes... - Housing Provision
625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an assessment has been or is being carried out on the modern methods of construction used at a housing project at Grange... - Housing Schemes
626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total amount spent in each local authority area on housing assistance payment from January 2025 to June... - Local Authorities
627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to conduct a local-authorities based review of estate management issues and solutions; and if he will make... - Housing Schemes
628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason retrofitting targets in Louth are lower than targets achieved in previous years; and if he will make a statement on... - Water Services
631. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his engagement with Uisce Éireann on dealing with clean and wastewater infrastructural deficits impacting on housing... - Housing Provision
632. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social, affordable and cost rental housing targets and delivery in county Louth; the issues holding up specific... - Public Procurement Contracts
633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or... - Housing Policy
636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department remains committed to the development of retirement villages as a viable long-term solution to housing the... - Community Development Projects
638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Limerick Council submitted a stage 2 application to his Department for a... - Election Management System
641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his reasoning for scheduling the Presidential election on Friday on 24 October; if he will consider scheduling all future... - Housing Policy
642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is legal for a person in an asylum centre or on a student visa in the State to successfully apply for a local authority... - Rental Sector
643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider implementing a deposit protection scheme for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47935/25] - Housing Policy
644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has assessed the impact of bulk-purchasing by State housing agencies on market prices for new homes; the... - House Sales
646. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to publish the average price paid per unit by approved housing bodies and local authorities when purchasing newly built homes;... - Housing Provision
647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has updated its estimate of the annual number of new homes required to meet demographic demand and household... - Planning Issues
649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to streamline zoning and planning approval for housing projects; whether delays are contributing to... - House Prices
650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if her Department has conducted research into the impact of housing unaffordability on young adults and families, including... - Architects Register
651. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the case of a company (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with an... - Legislative Measures
652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the effectiveness of the enforcement mechanisms under section 18 of the Building Control Act 2007 regarding the... - Housing Schemes
653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the tenant-in situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48015/25] - Invasive Species Policy
659. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in light of the second confirmed Asian hornet nest in Cobh, the immediate and medium-term measures being funded for... - Planning Issues
661. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to urgently amend the National Planning Framework and the Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines, 2005 as county development... - Housing Schemes
662. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the help-to-buy and first home schemes in view of reports that many first-time buyers cannot afford new... - Housing Provision
663. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish the number of hectares newly zoned for residential use following enactment of the Planning and Development... - Legislative Programme
665. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to account for the delays in publishing the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and whether he expects the... - Departmental Functions
666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the full transfer of responsibility for the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 from the Department of Justice, Home... - Child Poverty
668. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which his Department is addressing the role of high housing costs in driving child poverty; and whether he... - Housing Provision
670. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether Cork City Council and Cork County Council will receive proportionate infrastructure funding to deliver on regional... - Housing Schemes
671. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons on the working family payment are not entitled to HAP (details supplied). [48439/25] - Housing Policy
672. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that have been taken to ensure that local authorities respond positively and proactively to the objectives of the... - Housing Provision
676. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department is working with other Government departments and agencies to address labour capacity constraints in the... - Housing Policy
678. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Modern Methods of Construction Action Plan; and the way these... - Heritage Sites
679. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will commission an assessment of an area (details supplied), with a view to placing it on Ireland’s tentative... - Electric Vehicles
682. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities will grant planning permission to install a private EV charger in a public space such as for apartment... - National Parks
683. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to have Glenveagh National Park in County Donegal return to being open on Mondays and Fridays; the details of the... - Statutory Instruments
684. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Data
685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing applications currently under appeal in Westmeath County Council. [48729/25] - Housing Schemes
686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1237 of 8 September 2025, if there is a timeline for the passage of this legislation... - Local Authorities
687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1138 of 8 September 2025, if a reply will issue specifically to the question, which was... - Housing Schemes
688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a national phone line where applicants of the vacant home scheme seeking information and support with... - Housing Provision
692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households currently on the social housing list in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the number of households on the... - Rental Sector
693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current policies and supports available for tenants who fall into rent arrears; the procedures in place to ensure that... - Student Accommodation
694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any analysis of the impact of the housing crisis on youth emigration, given that 94% of... - Departmental Funding
695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding provided to a centre (details supplied). [48821/25] - Weather Events
696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application for storm damage funding (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the... - Planning Issues
697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the proposed stricter thresholds on legal challenges to planning decisions, the measures his Department will put in... - Regeneration Projects
698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions on which officials from his Department met with Dublin City Council regarding the regeneration of... - Commercial Rates
699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing an exemption of commercial rates on registered charity shops; and if he will make a statement... - Building Regulations
701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on plans to make above the shop development easier, including through changes to fire regulations; and if he... - Urban Development
702. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the Castlebar historic core reactivation initiative project and the Castlebar military barracks... - Human Rights
706. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the legislative observations made by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in... - Wildlife Protection
708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No.1308 of 8 September 2025, if the number of I-WeBS sites surveyed set-out in the... - EU Directives
709. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proposals submitted by his Department to the EU Commission on the review of the Nitrates Directive that is currently... - Water Services
710. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to reduce delays in the water connection process; whether Uisce Éireann has specific targets or... - Fire Stations
711. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the proposed new fire station in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Urban Development
712. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the Cork Events Centre project, including the expected dates for the publication of the prior information... - Wastewater Treatment
719. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 3 July 2025, to provide details of the seven projects approved for funding under...
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