Written answers
Tuesday, 14 October 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Public Sector Pay
557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the historical pay-scales for jobs outside the Dublin area (details supplied) from 2013 to date, in tabular form. [55258/25] - Housing Policy
558. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider removing the working family payment from consideration on social housing income thresholds; and if he will... - Energy Policy
560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given that the Programme for Government identifies the publication of new section 28 Wind Energy Development Guidelines as a... - Water Services
562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding will be allocated to Uisce Éireann to meet the increased demand for water and wastewater... - Planning Issues
563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reforms that are being considered to streamline planning and consenting processes for critical water infrastructure... - Water Services
564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with Uisce Éireann regarding reports of substantial delays in commissioning utility connections for... - Housing Provision
565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a review of utility infrastructure deficits in rural towns and villages; the way in which... - Water Supply
566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recourse that is available to an applicant to compel connection in cases where a residential property remains unconnected... - National Parks and Wildlife Service
569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the engagement the National Parks and Wildlife Service has had with Dublin City Council regarding a park... - Architects Register
570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the ongoing misuse of the protected title ‘architect’ by a person (details supplied); if he is... - Housing Schemes
572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he intends to bring forward first-time buyers of second-hand homes who cannot access the help-to-buy scheme; and... - Defective Building Materials
573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the status of the defective concrete blocks (amendment) Bill; the expected timeline for its... - Housing Policy
574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position of the Government and his Department in relation to the process of right sizing; if this is being promoted by... - Defective Building Materials
575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Fingal local authority will be included in the defective block scheme; the timeline for when the decision will be signed... - Planning Issues
576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding self-catering businesses; and if he will... - Water Services
577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the number of property sales nationwide that are held up due to issues with developer-provided... - Departmental Data
579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the revised estimate subhead A3, local government housing, by Social Housing Investment Programme,... - Housing Provision
580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the affordable homes required as a condition as part of the first phase of delivery of Ringsend/Poolbeg/Glass Bottle will... - Heritage Sites
581. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will afford protection or recognition to the coastal Éire signs that were put in place during the Second World War;... - Housing Provision
582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the... - Land Development Agency
584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions being taken to ensure that additional land is zoned for housing in Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a... - Housing Provision
585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if eligibility criteria under the tenant-in-situ scheme introduced in 2025 applies to homes for which an application was... - Derelict Sites
587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of registered derelict or vacant housing properties in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Land Development Agency
588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of hectares of land zoned under residential zoned land tax that are currently underdeveloped across the country;... - Housing Provision
592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is evaluating to deliver higher density housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Planning Issues
595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the methods his Department is currently assessing to speed up the planning process; and if he will make a statement on the... - Construction Industry
596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department are evaluating to reduce building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54816/25] - Planning Issues
597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress which has been made by local authorities in updating regional strategies under the revised national planning... - Housing Provision
598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is evaluating amendments to the housing needs and demand assessment process to assist with housing delivery;... - Land Development Agency
599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work his Department is undertaking to ensure that there is no net decrease in land supply from rezoning by local... - Housing Schemes
601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options or supports available to a person (details supplied) to financially assist with purchasing a property; and if he... - Defective Building Materials
605. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 15 July 2025, if there is a further update on the matter; and if he will make a... - Derelict Sites
607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict properties in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2023 and 2024. [54957/25] - Departmental Contracts
608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly... - Departmental Circulars
609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular... - Homeless Persons Supports
610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to address homelessness among the over 65s and to prevent people... - Tax Yield
611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the euro amount estimated to be collected by Revenue from residential zoned land tax; the amount of revenue lost to local... - Vacant Sites
612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the euro amount collected nationwide through the vacant sites levy in 2024 by local authorities (at 7% market value); the euro... - Defective Building Materials
613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 1 July 2025, if he will provide an update on the homes in County Meath seeking... - Commercial Rates
614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on foot of the closure of the... - Housing Policy
615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the discontinuation of long-term leasing agreements will help to address the housing crisis. [55147/25] - Housing Schemes
616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the alternatives that will be put in place to support landlords and tenants currently in long-term agreements. [55148/25] - Departmental Reports
617. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the... - Derelict Sites
618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been recouped for the State through the derelict site levy since its introduction to date; whether this... - Road Projects
619. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding streams that may be open to construct the planned northern relief road at Gorey, County Wexford, in order to open... - Housing Provision
620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are guidelines around the provision of pre-planning meetings by local authorities; if he will urge local authorities... - Local Authorities
621. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider providing for a process of election of local authority members to regional assemblies; and if he will make... - EU Bodies
624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the process for selection for members of the European Committee of the Regions; and if he will make a... - Vacant Properties
625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons who have applied for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant in each month since its establishment, the... - State Bodies
627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average length of time a planning permission applicant for a single house has waited for a decision from An Bord... - Land Issues
633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average cost of a half-acre residential zoned site in rural Ireland, excluding cities. [55233/25] - Housing Schemes
634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average construction costs incurred by local authorities, per house, in the construction of social houses. [55234/25] - Animal Welfare
635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be allocating funding to Dublin Zoo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55296/25] - Renewable Energy Generation
636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on workforce planning in An Coimisiúin; the additional resources which are planned in order to... - Departmental Expenditure
637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category... - Wastewater Treatment
638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the delivery of Measure 8 pilot wastewater schemes in Cooraclare and Broadford; and if he will make a... - Housing Schemes
640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the two-year restriction is being reviewed or removed regarding the housing in situ scheme; and if he will make a... - Planning Issues
641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date by which he will commence section 587 of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on... - Building Regulations
644. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s work to develop embodied carbon methodology and to establish structures in line with... - Environmental Policy
647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of a sectoral adaptation plan for the biodiversity sector, as committed... - Water Quality
648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on his Department’s development of a sectoral adaptation plan for the water quality sector, as committed... - Housing Provision
649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing units that have been realised from July 2022 to date from projects that availed of the Vacant Homes... - Building Energy Rating
650. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the pre and post BER of homes retrofitted as part of the retrofitting scheme in each of the years...
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