453. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the directions given by his Department to local authorities whereby it is guaranteed that regular communication takes place between each local government planning department and the forward planning unit within the Department of Education to meet developing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
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454. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline directions given by his Department to the HSE in respect of engagement with each planning authority having regard to the need to monitor adequate medical services in local areas, including, for example, GP, dental and community care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/25]
455. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initiatives his Department will take to address the supply side constraints which would help to expedite housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9805/25]
456. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department will introduce to incentivise local authorities to achieve their housing delivery targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9806/25]
457. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work in coordination with Dublin City Council to urgently address living conditions for residents of a building (details supplied). [9807/25]
458. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department will take to push local authorities including Dublin City Council to employ a full-time accessibility officer who would be responsible for assessing the requirements of people with disabilities when planning infrastructure including local housing developments, cycleways, and so on. [9808/25]
459. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the first-home scheme will be extended to first-time buyers of second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9816/25]
460. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring forward an amendment to the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, allowing the increase in the cap to be applied retrospectively to homeowners already participating in the defective concrete block grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/25]
461. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will respond to correspondence from residents of an estate (details supplied) on their concerns in relation to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme and their homes that were built on a flood plain. [9819/25]
462. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of HAS1 and HAS2 applications received in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; the number of each that have been processed to date; the average length of time it is taking to process HAS1 applications, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/25]
463. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the correct decision was made in revoking carer’s allowance from person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9110/25]
464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection how he intends to progress the measures contained in the Industrial Relations (Provision in respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9177/25]
465. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 16 February and No. 598 of 25 February 2025, given it is possible to track journeys of individual applications, if a research sampling exercise can be undertaken to provide an answer, under each specified sub-category reflective of that research sampling, to the original question asked; and if he will mak…
466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department is seeking to cut the rate of carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9332/25]
467. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection his intentions to enact the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill; and if, in light of the Supreme Court ruling in favour of the O’Meara family, eligibility and payments will be backdated from the date of the ruling. [9362/25]
468. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if named payments have been approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if the long-term carer’s contribution, homemaker’s scheme and home caring periods were awarded in the context of the pension and other payments. [9391/25]
469. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued for overpayment of half-rate of pay and for overpayment of the temporary rehabilitation payment when none of the fault for the overpayments lies with the member of staff and all the blame for these overpayments arises from a “delay in processing” and internal failures by her Department to update…
470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a decision on carer’s allowance appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9463/25]
471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in Donegal (details supplied) will be repaid illness benefit that was paid to the wrong bank account; the steps his Department is taking to recover the money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9512/25]
472. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the total amount paid in cash, the total amount paid directly to a bank account and the amount lodged directly to an account at a post office in respect of each category of welfare payment administered by his Department in 2024. [9594/25]
473. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade in each employment support team within Intreo offices within Dublin as of 25 February 2025, in tabular form. [9595/25]
474. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of single persons with no dependents that received more than €24,000 in social welfare payments administered by his Department during 2024 and to provide a breakdown of those recipients by the total amount received. [9596/25]
475. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of people who are availing of the new free travel scheme for those deemed medically unfit to drive; if his Department plan to conduct an awareness campaign to publicise the changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9618/25]
476. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9659/25]
477. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reply to correspondence regarding means testing of the carer’s allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9689/25]