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Mairéad Farrell Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to offer any additional supports for those leaving domestic abuse in terms of finding new housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24864/25]
Emer Currie Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a new housing activation fund to support the delivery of critical infrastructure that enables housing development; if he would consider making such a fund open for applications on a rolling basis; if it could be structured as a multi-annual fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24728/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
78. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding being allocated for housing adaptation grants in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24598/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
79. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the additional resources to and reform of An Bord Pleanála have led to any tangible improvements in the decision-making timelines or an increase in the number of cases being heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24539/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
80. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund, or similar scheme, to help unlock land for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
81. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review into rent pressure zones will be published; what measures he will take to safeguard renters in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
82. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Oscar Traynor Road housing development, and on the timeline for delivery. [24568/25]
Pa Daly Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
83. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about the recent changes to the tenant in situ scheme; if he is aware of the risk of increased homelessness as a result of this change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24733/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
84. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the plans for the development of Galway Harbour; the breakdown of residential accommodation in the mixed-tenure site, by accommodation type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24803/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
85. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation for building and acquiring social housing in County Monaghan, by category; the number of such homes built and acquired, in total, by year from 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/25]
Catherine Ardagh Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
86. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the revised national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24645/25]
Tony McCormack Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
87. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Office of Public Works' progress in constructing the new harbour in Cappincur, Tullamore; the planned uses and future development strategies for the harbour once completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16288/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
88. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation he has made to Dublin City Council for social housing in 2025; the amount of that which is for refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24742/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
89. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means by which he intends to increase the number of serviced sites in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
90. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered in County Meath in 2024 and to date in 2025; how that compares with targets; the ambition he has in terms of the numbers of affordable houses for County Meath in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/25]
Seamus Healy Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
91. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a State-sponsored housing infrastructure investment fund to provide finance for a major construction of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24260/25]
Paul Murphy Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
92. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to bring in minimum BER standards for the private rented sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24608/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
93. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the tenant in situ social housing acquisition programme for Fingal West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23726/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
94. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for increasing and providing cost-rental homes in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
95. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will carry out an urgent review of policies to move to allow new builds to install stoves and chimneys for solid fuel in all homes to ensure that all homes have an alternative heating source at times of electricity outages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16673/25]
Michael Cahill Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
96. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish a national planning statement on short-term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24644/25]
Joe Cooney Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
97. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider issuing a ministerial directive to Uisce Éireann to support the delivery of stand-alone, modular or temporary wastewater treatment systems for residential developments in settlements where such treatment systems, or capacity, are determined to be non-existent. [19559/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
98. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process for the establishment of the strategic housing activation office; to detail how the office will sit within the structures of his Department and whether the office will be underpinned by legislation; to provide the staffing complement of the office, including the number of people seconded from his Department, …
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
99. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce additional housing supports to single-income households trying to purchase a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24732/25]
Emer Currie Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department’s efforts to earmark certain cost-rental units for key local workers, in line with commitments in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/25]