Written answers
Tuesday, 25 November 2025
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Solar Energy Guidelines
496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 4 November 2025, if it is proposed to create planning guidelines for the purposes... - Childcare Services
497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department's policy recognises that the charging of rates on registered childcare provider’s operating from... - Defective Building Materials
498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) will be eligible for the proposed 10% retrospective payment increase under the defective... - Early Childhood Care and Education
499. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm that community-based, not-for-profit early years services are exempt from commercial rates; the guidance provided... - Departmental Data
501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of funding for the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan as part of the Shared Ireland Initiative, including any funding... - Water Services
502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarity on the requirement for local authorities to provide a co-funding contribution for water infrastructure projects,... - Wastewater Treatment
504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the proposed arrangements for Uisce Éireann to take in charge privately developed wastewater treatment systems... - Departmental Data
505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications, and the number of approvals, for the local authority purchase and renovate loan applications, by... - Departmental Inquiries
507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct the Land Development Agency to provide an update in respect of their interest or engagement with the HSE... - Housing Provision
508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed acquisition of 17 housing units in Milford, County Donegal, currently being progressed by an... - Planning Issues
510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address delays in the planning system that are slowing down the delivery of housing... - Water Services
511. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports being made available to ensure that towns and villages in Cork north-west have adequate serviced land and... - Departmental Data
512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all local authority areas currently active in the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he... - Wastewater Treatment
513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department, Uisce Éireann and local authorities are prepared to enter into discussions with companies with... - Housing Provision
514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the longest waiting time on the social housing waiting list for one, two, and three bed dwellings for local authorities... - Rental Sector
517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarity regarding the changes to rent pressure zone rules (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the... - Housing Policy
519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his position regarding the prohibition of pet ownership in apartments owned by approved housing bodies which was raised in... - Environmental Impact Assessments
520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if fire-service capabilities have been evaluated in respect of large-scale battery-storage fires; if national guidance exists... - Housing Policy
522. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person still paying a shared ownership loan can close off such a loan; the methods available in relation to same; and if... - Defective Building Materials
524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on available supports for pension-age homeowners in County Louth affected by pyrite damage in homes built... - Housing Policy
525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will work with the Central Statistics Office and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to... - Anti-Racism Measures
526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way his Department treats construction products that hold valid European Technical Assessments or CE marking issued in... - Housing Provision
529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if in the instance of a social housing assistance income assessment being undertaken and that the decision is disputed by the... - Housing Policy
530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legal or policy basis for local authorities for refusing adult children, returning to the family home due to the housing... - Housing Provision
531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing in Cavan and Monaghan will be increased; and if he will make a statement... - Housing Policy
534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Government's retrofitting targets across public housing, have been set for 2026; when the 2026 targets will be set for... - Departmental Data
536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Part V obligations that have been satisfied through land transfer offsite in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and... - Housing Schemes
538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the 2026 funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme will be confirmed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on... - Housing Policy
540. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the role State savings play in housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65919/25] - Renewable Energy Generation
542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps his Department is taking to ensure meaningful public consultation in rural communities that are expected to... - Departmental Inquiries
543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in examining the benefits of a visitor accommodation levy; and if he will make a statement on the... - Road Projects
544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will provide an update on the Maynooth ring road project; the amount of funding his Department has given so... - Housing Policy
545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a dedicated rural housing strategy to support population growth in villages, including... - Defibrillators Provision
549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the development of a national requirement that all developers constructing new housing estates provide an... - Departmental Staff
550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or... - Housing Schemes
551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding support for people who do not earn enough to qualify for cost rental housing but are over the income... - Turf Cutting
552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department is considering a new phase of supports for existing cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme... - Departmental Inquiries
553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify an issue in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66042/25] - Departmental Investigations
554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 8 September 2025, if he will meet and engage meaningfully with a group (details... - Rental Sector
555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of smaller landlords that own three or fewer rental properties in relation to... - Departmental Expenditure
556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and... - Departmental Inquiries
559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local authorities should be required, under the Social Housing Assessment Regulations and the National Household Means... - Housing Policy
560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on retrofitting for local authority housing; the status of progress; and if he will make a statement on the... - Electricity Grid
561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to address the impact of electricity grid... - Housing Policy
562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the paperwork that should be supplied to Tailte Éireann/PRAI when registering an interest in a property by a loan... - Housing Schemes
563. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide affordable housing in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66144/25] - Site Acquisitions
564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide low cost sites in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66145/25] - Planning Issues
565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to increase the fee paid to a Local Authority for objecting to a planning application; and if he will make a statement on the... - Architects Register
567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 25 February 2025, if he will act to address matters raised in correspondence... - Departmental Inquiries
568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish and publish an annual national Planning Performance Report, setting out average and median timelines for... - Housing Policy
569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to detail the planning process assumptions used in setting the target to deliver 300,000 homes to 2030 under Delivering Homes,... - Housing Provision
572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing projects sanctioned above basic unit costs in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the reasons for the... - Housing Policy
574. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason his Department does not record disability status for households supported under the Housing Assistance Payment, and... - Housing Provision
575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the first consolidated national report on housing delivered under the Town Centre First policy, including... - Energy Usage
576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes in Cork city and Cork county that were retrofitted in 2023 and 2024; the number expected... - Vacant Properties
585. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is any mechanism, existing or discretionary, that would allow a sole-director small business to qualify for the... - Derelict Sites
586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish derelict sites levy data for 2024. [66231/25] - Departmental Expenditure
588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66362/25]
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