51. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the provision of allocated housing for those who work in front-line public sector jobs, including teachers, nurses and members of An Garda Síochána; if this is under review within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12520/25]
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52. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active strategic development zones of which his Department is aware, and the number planned over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/25]
53. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to further review the eligibility and funding for the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/25]
54. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his plans to support rural housing in the mid Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/25]
55. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of special development plans for Gaeltacht areas, as per the objective of the programme for Government. [12716/25]
56. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when he will establish the Strategic Housing and Infrastructure Delivery Office, as outlined in the Programme for Government; if the office will be underpinned by legislation or sit within the existing structures of his Department; if he has developed the criteria and detailed job description for the chief of the office;…
57. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to legislate for and implement a comprehensive remediation scheme including retrospective payments for defective apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12908/25]
58. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the measures he is taking to increase housing supply in Kerry, including social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12782/25]
59. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which modular housing will be utilised to meet housing targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12905/25]
60. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on housing commencement figures nationwide for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12582/25]
61. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of allocations schemes for cost rental developments and income thresholds for single people sharing, as set out in legislation passed by the Oireachtas in November 2024. [12587/25]
62. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in Meath from July 2020 to the end of 2024; his expectations for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/25]
63. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review current income eligibility thresholds for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12685/25]
64. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the quantum of zoned and serviced land to accommodate new homes through the implementation of a revised National Planning Framework. [12722/25]
65. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes prevented from bulk sale in Meath since May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12616/25]
66. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cad é stádas na dtreoirlínte pleanála don Ghaeltacht; cén uair a fhoilseofar na treoirlínte; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [12806/25]
67. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the call for the next round of funding under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. [12717/25]
68. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties approved for a vacant property refurbishment grant, by local authority; the number of grants paid in each local authority area; the total value of the grants paid in each local authority area, since July 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12540/25]
69. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can increase the supply of cost-rental properties in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12873/25]
70. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will apply the local authority contribution waiver to planning applications for the development of housing, which were delayed by An Bord Pleanála due to a “significant backlog of cases” and which then subsequently missed the 31 December 2024 deadline to avail of the aforementioned waiver; and if he will make a statement on…
71. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the local democracy task force will be convened; if he intends to review the number and distribution of councillors across local authorities; if there will be a review of the boundaries used for local authority elections in advance of the next local elections; his timeline for the establishment of town councils; if there will …
72. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the tenant in situ allocations for each local authority in 2025; the number of acquisitions that, although the process had commenced, did not complete as a result of the Government decision to suspend the scheme, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/25]
73. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the long-term social housing leasing scheme in the context of expenditure and a shortage in housing supply. [12914/25]
74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of each large scale social housing regeneration or urban renewal scheme which Comhairle Cathrach Átha Cliath or Gníomhaireacht Forbartha Talún have been in touch with his Department about; when the project was first mooted with the Department; the progress to date; the funding committed to any; the number of current …
75. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to meet the target of the Lisbon Declaration on the European Platform on Combatting Homelessness to end homelessness by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12938/25]