1154. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider extending the temporary waiver in respect of local authority development contributions, given that it would greatly support annual housing targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18626/25]
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1156. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has engaged with representatives of full-time fire brigades since January 2024 on the issues with the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for uniformed services recruited after 2013; if he will provide the dates of those engagements; if his Department have taken any action as a result o…
1157. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who formerly cut turf in a bog; if new arrangements will be put in place when the compensation scheme ends next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18667/25]
1158. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider setting up a roving workforce to assist local authorities bring vacant housing stock back into use; if he will consider a local authority (details supplied) as a pilot for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18668/25]
1159. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict property grant applications in County Kerry, that are currently being processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18676/25]
1160. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict property grant applications in County Kerry, that have been refused since the scheme was first introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18677/25]
1161. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict property grant applications in County Kerry, that have been approved since the scheme was first introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/25]
1162. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict property grant applications in County Kerry that have been applied for since the scheme was first introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18679/25]
1163. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict property grant applications in County Kerry that have been applied for to date, approved, refused or are currently being processed since the scheme was first introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18680/25]
1164. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the amount allocated and the number of homes to be returned under the voids return scheme in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form. [18810/25]
1165. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes subjected to a compulsory purchase order by each local authority in 2024; the number on each derelict sites register; and the number of applications made under the compulsory purchase order activation programme, in tabular form. [18811/25]
1166. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental homes to be delivered in Cork in 2025. [18812/25]
1167. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of an affordable purchase home in Cork. [18813/25]
1168. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce a new computer aided call taking and dispatch system called NMAC; the consultation that took place on the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18823/25]
1169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce a national standardised criteria to ensure all fire service authorities can deliver uniform operational capabilities across the country; if it his Department’s position that the 1999 Composite Agreement remains a valid and binding document; and if he can confirm that any new measures will not re…
1170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is factual that the keeping communities safe document has not been ratified by the relevant trade unions at the time of publication; and his Department’s current position regarding its status and applicability. [18856/25]
1171. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to publish the new rural housing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18859/25]
1172. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if inspections were conducted prior to the acquisition by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council of 12 homes at Holly Park estate, Shankill; if any structural defects, dampness, ventilation issues or other safety concerns were identified; whether any remedial works were required or carried out either before or after the acq…
1173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the costs and work hours over the past five years associated with National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers monitoring hare coursing meetings; and if he will acknowledge that a ban on this bloodsport would allow these resources to be directed towards urgent conservation matters. [18875/25]
1174. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that unlawful animal traps are being sold by, and dispatched from, a company (details supplied); and if he will arrange for these cruel traps to be confiscated and destroyed and the company prosecuted for breaching legislation. [18876/25]
1175. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the presence of pregnant hares at the Balbriggan and Borrisoleigh coursing meetings in November and December 2024 constituted a breach of licence condition 11 which states "pregnant hares shall not be taken under the licence"; and if so, the action being taken. [18877/25]
1176. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will refuse 2025-2026 hare netting licences for coursing, given that this cruel activity causes a serious disturbance to the Irish hare in that it involves removing thousands of hares from the wild and is therefore in breach of Article 15 of the EU Habitats Directive which states that "in respect of the capture or killing of …
1177. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason South Dublin County Council or an AHB purchased an entire apartment development in Rathfarnham for social housing and failed to allow any to go on the market for either affordable-rent or affordable-purchase or for private purchase by either first-time buyers or those within the locality who might have favoured trading d…
1178. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has delegated responsibilities to his Ministers of State; and if so, the responsibilities he has delegated to each Minister of State. [18976/25]
1179. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all land that had its residential zoning by way of ministerial order in each of the years since 2020, by local authority area and land volume. [18977/25]