439. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reduce the significant waste generated by campaign posters and cable ties during election campaigns; if he will consider a reduction in the number of posters a candidate may erect or consider designating certain locations for election posters, or any other similar measures; and if he will consider a colour-coded or tag…
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440. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications submitted from Donegal for the mortgage to rent scheme; the number of these applications that have been successful; the number still being processed; how long it takes for an application to be deemed successful or unsuccessful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/25]
441. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the strategy of his Department in tackling the growth of rhododendron ponticum, working with concerned landowners; and if his Department has prosecuted landowners who reject assistance and allow this invasive species to impact on adjoining land holdings. [13411/25]
442. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the commencement of a multi-stakeholder group (details supplied) on 27 March 2025 to address the range of problems affecting victims of the defective concrete block crisis is a welcome development and that it is important that his senior Department of housing officials accept the invitation to attend a…
443. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the specific responsibilities delegated to each of the Ministers of State within his Department. [13420/25]
444. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned lease tenancies, long term leasing, enhanced leasing etc. in place at the end of 2024, and the total cost to the exchequer arising from these leases, in 2024, in tabular form. [13421/25]
445. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of second hand acquisitions by local authorities and approved housing bodies funded by his Department in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the breakdown of these acquisitions, by scheme (details supplied); and the total expenditure by his Department on each of these schemes in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [13425/25]
446. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the available grants offered or issued by his Department from 2021 to year end 2025, including opening, closing and award dates, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13447/25]
447. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for establishing town councils; the population size needed to qualify for the establishment of a town council; the role town councils will play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/25]
448. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13544/25]
449. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an outline of how much of the additional €1 billion equity investment announced in budget 2025 on 1 October 2024 is being spent on delivering Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan to support water infrastructure and housing; which capital projects are being allocated this additional investment in 2025; and if he will make …
450. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when funding allocations and sanctioned number of acquisitions for 2025 under the tenant-in-situ scheme will be made available given the number of tenants and landlords awaiting confirmation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13566/25]
451. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13578/25]
452. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the development at the Glass Bottle site in Ringsend; to outline the number of social or affordable homes that he expects will be delivered; and to provide a timeline in which he anticipates they will be available for tenants. [13606/25]
453. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how much has been collected by each of the 31 local authorities on levies on unused zoned land, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13663/25]
454. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how much has been collected by each of the 31 local authorities on vacant site levies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13664/25]
455. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how much has been collected by each of the 31 local authorities on derelict site levies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13665/25]
456. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the vacant property refurbishment grant; if he will make provision for successful applicants who exceed the time limit for the work to be completed through no fault of their own, for example, the bankruptcy of the contracted construction company. [13668/25]
457. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital expenditure in 2024 for the Social Housing Investment Programme, capital advance leasing facility, capital assistance scheme, cost rental equity loan, affordable housing fund, Land Development Agency and approved housing body borrowings. [13669/25]
458. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital expenditure in 2024 for the Social Housing Investment Programme, capital advance leasing facility, capital assistance scheme, cost rental equity loan, affordable housing fund, Land Development Agency and approved housing body borrowings. [13674/25]
459. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the first-time buyers scheme will be extended to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13677/25]
460. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the preparation and issuing of a circular on best practice recommendations in relation to Irish language provision, and implications for workforce planning, for local authorities. [13679/25]
461. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ purchases made by Kilkenny and Carlow county councils in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13724/25]
462. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the rationale for Met Éireann not providing flood forecasts or warnings for floods to the public via its website or broadcast media; the plans to make provision for the dissemination of this information to the public; if he will provide a full update in respect of NFFWS services capabilities to provide warnings…
463. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme; if his Department will advise on the best course of action for the family to take in this case; if his Department will liaise with Dublin City Council regarding this matter in order to clarify the scheme’s rules; and if he …