885. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/25]
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886. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress for a heritage grant application (details supplied) for the Courthouse in Shillelagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/25]
887. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11522/25]
888. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on designating the Royal Canal Greenway a natural heritage area; the protections it would afford land adjacent to the canal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11548/25]
889. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the completion of local authority strategies for the creation, improvement and preservation of sustainable places and communities for the functional area of the planning authority, as detailed in the Planning And Development Act 2024, including when they will be published; and if he will make a statement on th…
890. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/25]
891. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on planned new social and affordable housing units for east Cork over the next five years, including expected unit size, cost, completion deadline and any additional details. [11587/25]
892. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on the housing list in east County Cork, by local electoral area. [11588/25]
893. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce a legislative amendment to clear the way for the Housing Agency to conduct technical reviews and issue second appropriate remediation option determination to the local authority under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [11611/25]
894. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is an appeals procedure for a person whose application for the refund scheme for water has been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11631/25]
895. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to increase the income thresholds to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11640/25]
896. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the local electoral areas that experienced greater than 10% population growth between the 2016 and 2022 Censuses; the actions taken by Government to ensure an adequacy in services in these fast growing areas; to provide specific examples of how Departments respond to such growth; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
897. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the increases in the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme, announced in October 2024, will be applied to those individuals and families already in the process of reconstruction and not yet completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11646/25]
898. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications from County Mayo to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11647/25]
899. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the marine protected areas legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11680/25]
900. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to tackle rising rents in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/25]
901. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the affordable housing plans for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/25]
902. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to tackle rising rents in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11693/25]
903. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for affordable housing in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11694/25]
904. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has concerns that local authorities are preventing genuine farmers from building on their own lands (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11703/25]
905. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will review the case of a person (details supplied) who is renting elsewhere while reconstruction works are ongoing on their house, covered by the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, to release funding at an earlier stage to assist this person in paying for rent while the works are ongoing. [11716/25]
906. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to review the business rating system to assist struggling businesses which find the level of rates to be an impediment to sustainable business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11722/25]
907. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for schemes to support owners of historic thatched buildings, including the historic structures fund and the historic thatched buildings grant, given that they have been over-subscribed in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11751/25]
908. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, in consultation with the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will consider purchasing lands (details supplied) in Cork which are currently for sale to assist the State in reaching its nature targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11753/25]
909. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses;and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11…