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Edward Timmins Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
376. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if compliant owners of short-term lets have to pay to register with Fáilte Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28587/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
377. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline the importance and extent of tourism and trade links between Ireland and Normandy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28760/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
378. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Fáilte Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [28862/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
379. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of Exchequer funding that was allocated to Tourism Ireland in each of the years 2023 and 2024. [28863/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
380. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proportion of the annual tourism budget which is spent on research and development of the tourism product; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28865/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
381. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the annual spend made by his department, in terms of Tourism, for consultancy services in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [28867/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
382. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of extending the Wild Atlantic Way and Ireland’s Ancient East initiatives to the north of Ireland; whether he has held any discussions with the Minister for the Economy in the north on this topic; and if there is a timeframe for implementation. [28868/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Tourism
383. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a breakdown of Government funding to each of the airports in the State in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28869/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
384. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will undertake a scoping exercise on the effect of commercial rates on retail businesses; if he will examine whether a scheme based on annual turnover rather than net annual value would be more appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28884/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
385. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason he is proposing to designate nearly 10% of our waterbodies as ‘heavily modified water bodies’ without providing the supporting evidence or analysis to justify this decision, and without fully exploring less damaging alternatives as part of the Water Action Plan consultation; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
386. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of The Wildlife Act 1976; the proposed timeline for publication of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28424/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
387. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has assessed a location (details supplied) as a potential location for new housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28471/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
388. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that homeowners who cannot complete the remediation of their homes under the enhanced defective blocks grant scheme, within the required timeframe, on genuine and certifiable medical grounds, must reapply to the scheme; and how he proposes to resolve this issue. [28479/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
389. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering amending the turnkey purchase of housing developments for social housing to allow for stage payments to the building developers. [28494/25]
Mark Ward Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
390. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether there is scope for a family centre in Clondalkin to apply for funding through the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund under “other” for a new build; what the process is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28535/25]
Paul Murphy Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
391. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the policy whereby someone cannot have their homeless HAP increased to the new increased level while they stay in existing accommodation (details supplied) will be reviewed. [28546/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
392. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has concerns in relation to other countries seeking to influence Irish elections and referenda through misinformation and disinformation; if there is a strategy to counter this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28756/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
393. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the development of a national park at the Blackstairs Mountains in south Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28757/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
394. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the costs in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025 to his Department and to agencies under his remit, including Uisce Éireann, of legal actions relating to planning and construction of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28758/25]
John Connolly Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
395. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of waste enforcement officers employed in each local authority throughout the country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28764/25]
Charles Ward Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
396. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Government bodies have been to Wexford and tested a number of properties for defective concrete, over a year ago, yet test results have not been made available; and when the results will be available to homeowners in Wexford. [28808/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
397. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider reviewing Government’s acquisition cost guidelines for Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28830/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
398. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can outline plans to support the tenant-in-situ scheme via funding and also through the eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28831/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
399. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering changes to standards to include second homes and holiday homes in the defective blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28870/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 29 May 2025 · to Housing
400. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering changing standards to include penalty downsizing without penalties and modular homes to the defective home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28878/25]