542. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through Land Development Agency investment in 2025; and the estimated amount of expenditure allocated to deliver same. [34229/25]
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543. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private rented accommodation inspections carried out by all local authorities in 2024; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34230/25]
544. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total value of grant payments issued by local authorities to persons who have completed works using the vacant property refurbishment grant in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of applications made for the vacant property refurbishment grants in each county, in each month, in the same period, in tabular for…
545. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an indicative timeline on when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 will be transferred from the Department of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34250/25]
546. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if further consideration has been given to enacting regulations on service charges and sinking funds under the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34251/25]
547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE-qualified historians employed by his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [34265/25]
548. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the review into the response of the State and State agencies into the impact of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34318/25]
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to raise the cap on the first home scheme and the help to buy scheme, specifically for Dublin, as new builds in areas such as Swords exceed the current cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34441/25]
550. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of defective concrete block appeals he has received from Donegal; the number processed to date; the number of appeals that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/25]
551. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding and department supports are available under ‘Measure A8- Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without Access to Public Waste Water Services’ of his Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 and accompanying circular L1/22; the process for towns and settlements who are …
552. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he would consider extending housing adaptation grant schemes to include support for the purchase of generators for homes with a dependence on electrically powered medical equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/25]
553. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a newly built social housing estate (details supplied) has been vacant for seven months post-completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34513/25]
554. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has to date been spent on the public private partnership bundle 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34515/25]
555. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he will ensure the houses due to be completed in the public private partnership bundle 3 will be completed; if he will consider working with the local authorities to have these properties developed and manages by the local authorities in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34517/25]
556. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if provision has been made to continue the Economic and Social Intervention Fund in Limerick in 2026 and beyond, given that it is a critical instrument to help address disadvantage in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/25]
557. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance increased to €170 for children aged between 4-11 years old and €305 for children aged over 12. [33522/25]
558. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that women forced to leave the civil service due to the marriage bar can access a non-means-tested State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33599/25]
559. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal against the decision to refuse disability allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved given the applicant contends that her means were incorrectly assessed. [33601/25]
560. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit in the name of a person (details supplied). [33603/25]
561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is responsible for the Gender Recognition Act 2015. [33609/25]
562. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that due to a recent change in Department policy, activation officers are now required to meet with jobseeker’s when they have only been on a social welfare payment for 300 days; if he is aware that they are then referred to Intreo partners, i.e., local employment area service, and so on; if he is aware that individuals cannot be refe…
563. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated head of procurement; and if so, to list those entities, along with the name or grade of the person holding that role. [33648/25]
564. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example, CIPS, NFQ Level 6 or higher in procurement, EU public procurement training), broken down by organisation, in tabular form. [33666/25]
565. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking platform; to list the systems in use; and if they are centrally monitored or independently operated. [33684/25]
566. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection for an updated timeline on the progress of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025. [33726/25]