Questions

101. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of people receiving the basic income for the arts, by county; and the total cost of the scheme, in tabular form. [34740/25]

102. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the pilot basic income scheme for the arts will be made a permanent payment scheme through an annual budget allocation. [34741/25]

103. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on the timeline for publishing the research findings from the basic income for the arts pilot; and when a decision on a successor scheme is expected. [34767/25]

104. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of eligible applicants to the grassroot music venue supports scheme who met necessary criteria to avail of the scheme; the number of successful applicants and their geographical distribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34950/25]

105. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all eligible applicants and successful applicants to the grassroot music venue supports scheme; the county in which they are located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34951/25]

106. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the date and time of all eligible submissions to the grassroot music venue supports scheme that met the criteria but were ultimately not successful; the date and time of all eligible submissions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34952/25]

107. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans regarding proposals for a successor scheme to the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; if he will commit to ensuring that disabled artists face no disadvantage in terms of social protection allowances to participate in the successor scheme; and when the 24-month report and cost benefit analysis of the pilot scheme will…

108. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to include in the classes of development requiring an environmental assessment report for certain installations of stationary battery energy storage systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34562/25]

109. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to prevent, and treat, wildfires in the coming summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34608/25]

110. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional assistance and resources that will be provided for Dublin Fire Brigade, and other fire services across the country, to deal with the threat of wildfires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34609/25]

111. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 17 June 2025, to provide a statistical breakdown of applications and approvals since the commencement of each of the home ownership support schemes currently in operation (details supplied), in tabular form, and if the Minister will outline whether this data is used for internal monitori…

112. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will put in place guidelines to local authorities for the reletting of casual vacancies setting a maximum timeframe within which a house must be relet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34647/25]

113. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that it is totally unacceptable in a housing crisis for a local authority to take up to one year to relet a residential property; if he will engage with local authorities to ensure the efficiency of their procedures in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/25]

114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the commencement of sections 48 to 50 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, which provide for the establishment of a tenancy deposit protection scheme; the reasons these provisions have not yet been commenced; if any assessment has been carried out on the cost-benefit implications of implementing such…

115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding his Department provided for the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [34734/25]

116. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units provided under the CAS for care leavers scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34751/25]

117. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided for the CAS for care leavers scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34752/25]

118. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34769/25]

119. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a status update on the General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill; to explain the delays in this legislation considering that pre-legislative scrutiny was completed in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34782/25]

120. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning applications that are referred to An Bord Pleanála, that are subsequently approved; to provide a breakdown of these figures for each of the midlands counties of Westmeath, Offaly and Laois for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

121. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his position on the removal or bypassing of man-made barriers on the River Blackwater, in line with the EU’s objectives for free-flowing rivers under the Water Framework Directive.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/25]

122. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resources provided to all local authorities for the provision of social work staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34848/25]

123. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how full-time students living in privately rented accommodation on leases of less than six years will be protected from having to pay exorbitant rent increases from 1 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34937/25]

124. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will urgently assess the impact of their random reviews of means tested payments to the very old and disabled, having regard to the fact that the impact on the vulnerable people involved in terms of stress and anxiety may be far greater than any benefit achieved for the State and may in fact contribute to additional medical or car…

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline, in relation to the forecasts underpinning the forthcoming auto-enrolment scheme, the number of contributors he expects in each €10,000 income bracket from €20,000 up to €100,000, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of all contributors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34649/25]