321. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the performance indicators and measurable targets used to monitor implementation of each local authority's housing delivery plan; to identify which local authorities publish performance against those indicators; and to provide links to the published performance information in each case, in tabular form. [75306/26]
322. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planned and allocated expenditure on infrastructure intended to facilitate housing delivery, for each local authority for each of the years 2026 to 2030, identifying the relevant funding programme or funding stream in each case, in tabular form. [75305/26]
23. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will meet next. [64289/26]
144. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagements his Department has had with Galway County Council regarding the proposed swimming pool for Loughrea, County Galway; the funding streams under which the project may be considered; the current stage of assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73767/26]
174. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the current processing times for Sports Capital Grant payment claims and related queries; the measures being taken to ensure the timely drawdown of approved grant funding by sporting organisations and community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73771/26]
314. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport whether businesses that did not apply under the initial phase of the road transport support scheme, RTSS, will be eligible to apply under the recently announced phase of the scheme; if he will outline the rationale for restricting eligibility to previous applicants; and whether consideration has been given to reopening the application portal to allow new appli…
315. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the BusConnects programme for Galway; the projects planned or proposed under the programme; the timeline for their delivery; and the level of funding allocated to date. [74007/26]
401. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has considered increasing the VAT registration threshold for service providers; whether his Department has assessed the extent to which the threshold acts as a disincentive for small businesses and agricultural contractors seeking to expand their turnover; and whether any review of the threshold is planned. [74250/26]
408. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of Drogheda Rural’s success in delivering the highest number of new-build homes per capita and already achieving his 83,000 housing target per person, with the Housing Infrastructure Services Company (HISCo) a key contributor, to provide, in tabular form, details of planned HISCo investment, including ISIF-supported investment, for each yea…
465. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the proposed capital development project at [details supplied] whether the Stage 2B Report submitted in respect of the project more than six months ago has now been assessed by her Department; if a decision has been made on progression to the next stage of the Department's capital appraisal process; the reasons for any delay; and when t…
526. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed new extension building for a national school (details supplied); the current stage of the project; to advise of any delays or issues impacting delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74180/26]
574. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planned and/or allocated expenditure on infrastructure intended to facilitate housing delivery for each of the years 2026 to 2030, broken down between rural areas and villages, towns and cities; and, where expenditure cannot be categorised in this manner, the way in which the geographic distribution of housing-enabling infrastr…
575. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of European Union and European investment bank financing which is planned, targeted or anticipated to support housing and housing-related infrastructure in Ireland for each year from 2026 to 2030, broken down by region where available, in tabular form; and the measures being taken to maximise the use of such financing un…
576. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national housing targets for 2026 to 2030 include targets for the delivery of starter homes; if so, to provide those targets by year and by local authority or county, broken down between rural areas and villages, towns and cities, in tabular form. [73636/26]
577. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the measures contained in the European Affordable Housing Plan have been incorporated into the review or amendment of regional and local planning and housing strategies; and, if so, to identify the relevant measures and implementation timelines. [73654/26]
856. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making the approved funding available; when the funding will be released to enable them to recruit a personal assistant and access further education opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74132/26]
896. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the status of access to an insulin pump (details supplied) for children with type 1 diabetes; the engagement the HSE has had with the organisation for access; the barriers that remain to a pricing and reimbursement application; the way these are being addressed; whether an interim or exceptional access pathway could be considered for very young children where cli…
7. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide increased funding for the local improvement scheme in 2027 to address the backlog of applications for the repair and improvement of non-public roads in County Galway; and whether consideration will be given to a multi-annual funding programme to provide greater certainty to local authorities and communit…
99. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to ensure that all newly qualified nurses and midwives graduating in 2026 are offered permanent HSE contracts in accordance with existing national policy; the reason contracts are being withheld in some health regions despite significant nursing and midwifery vacancies, including at University Hospital Galway; and if she will make a statem…
209. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of applications or certifications under the Living City Initiative for each year for which data is available, by qualifying local authority area and, where available, by residential and commercial element, in tabular form. [72354/26]
261. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Government employment or job-creation projections and targets for 2026 to 2030 have been disaggregated by region; to provide by region and year; and to provide the equivalent regional projections or targets underpinning the national planning framework for comparison, in tabular form. [72358/26]
412. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the Government’s plans for the wind-down of the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; the number of participants whose entitlement under the scheme is due to expire in each of the next five years; whether a replacement or successor scheme is being considered; the arrangements that will apply to affected landowne…
466. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if targets have been established for the number of vacant residential properties to be returned to use for each year from 2026 to 2030; if so, to provide those targets, by local authority, in tabular form; and, if not, the reason progress in reducing residential vacancy is to be measured and assessed. [72349/26]
467. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actual and projected number of residential dwellings and population for each local authority for 2020, 2025 and 2030 under the assumptions used for national and regional planning; and the resulting number of dwellings per 100 persons in each local authority for each of those years, in tabular form. [72350/26]
870. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that patients approved for insulin pump therapy are not experiencing delays in accessing pumps due to insufficient staffing or capacity to provide the necessary patient training; the position regarding waiting times for insulin pump commencement in the HSE West and North West region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …