Written answers
Tuesday, 30 September 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme will be in place and operational; and if he will make a statement on... - Invasive Species Policy
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the risk of rapid spread of invasive asian hornets with multiple confirmed sightings in Cork the contingency and... - Energy Policy
535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the transposition of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive; and if he will make a statement on the... - Planning Issues
536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on proposals to review planning laws in relation to permitting the installation of cabin-type... - Fire Service
537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will announce a new Fire Service Capital Programme for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will make a... - Housing Schemes
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further funding will be available for local authorities to help with the backlog for housing adaptation grants for older... - Housing Provision
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being taken to address delays in local authority housing transfers, particularly in Cork city and county, and the... - Wastewater Treatment
542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority to upgrade, repair or replace... - Environmental Investigations
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an independent ecological damage assessment will be undertaken in respect of the River Allow, in view of its designation... - Architects Register
545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 September 2025, if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the current... - Rental Sector
546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a circular will be issued to outline the changes to tenancy laws that are coming into force in March 2026; and if he will... - Defective Building Materials
547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on legislation to allow for retrospective payments under the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will... - National Development Plan
549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the publication of the National Development Plan Review, when the towns and cities infrastructure investment fund... - Regeneration Projects
550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider conducting an audit to date of a public project's (details supplied) financial, physical, social, and... - Electoral Process
552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process by which his Department determines the polling day for elections; if maximising turnout rates are considered in... - Wind Energy Guidelines
553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when updated wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51317/25] - Local Authorities
554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department plans to examine the current boundaries as they pertain to the administrative areas of existing local... - Departmental Expenditure
556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data... - Housing Provision
558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of two funding streams announced for the tenant-in-situ scheme, an additional €50m announced through press... - Heritage Projects
560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline any grants available to a person wishing to convert an old building into an interpretive museum, and if there are... - Defective Building Materials
561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of water ingress due to defects at an apartment complex (details supplied). [51518/25] - Housing Provision
563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CALF funding approvals granted to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Defective Building Materials
561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of water ingress due to defects at an apartment complex (details supplied). [51518/25] - Housing Provision
563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CALF funding approvals granted to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Wastewater Treatment
567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding can be secured to repair a sewerage system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51620/25] - Planning Issues
568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if exemptions exist for local authority planning development fees; if medically adapted extensions to properties are included... - Environmental Policy
569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 18 September 2025, to provide a timeframe for the completion of the prior risk... - Rental Sector
570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Housing for All commitment to introduce a minimum BER for private rental accommodation; the timeframe for... - Housing Schemes
571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position with a housing project in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Rural Recreation Policy
573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an infrastructural project (details supplied) will open in Kildare south; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Housing Provision
574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses purchased and in the process of completing purchase under the tenant-in-situ scheme, by local authority,... - Seanad Elections
575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on preparations for the university panel poll in the next Seanad elections. [51793/25] - Housing Provision
576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes completed by each approved housing body in the State, and the additional social homes provided... - Mayoral Election
579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Government will enact the remaining provisions of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous... - Housing Provision
580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units completed in Cork City in each of the past three years, with a breakdown by municipal... - Local Authorities
583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant local authority dwellings in Cork city as of the latest date available; the average turnaround time for... - Housing Provision
584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level of funding allocated to Cork city Council for housing delivery in 2023 and 2024; and the projected allocation for... - Planning Issues
586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the publication of the rural housing guidelines; when publication can be expected; and if he will make... - Local Authorities
587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's interpretation of barring orders and exclusion orders in the context of local authority tenancies, and the... - Vacant Properties
594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to introducing phased payments of the grant following on from the review of vacant property... - Development Contributions
595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/25]
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