Questions

376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider excluding the Department from the Multi Stakeholder Working Group set up to address issues around defective concrete blocks and involving the BPFI and the 100% Redress Banks and Insurance Focus Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40346/25]

377. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the framework for the next multi-annual rural water programme beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40372/25]

378. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has est…

379. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40418/25]

380. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the amount of funding provided to each of the 31 local authorities for voids in years 2020-2025; the number of voids returned to use in each local authority in the years 2020-2025; and the number of outstanding voids in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40430/…

381. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on progress on the Dowth National Park project; when he expects the park and associated facilities to be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/25]

382. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the process by which the home of a person (details supplied) will be included in the defective blocks scheme; if he will give a timeline for a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40444/25]

383. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can avail of the vacant property refurbishment grants (croí cónaithe) if the property title is held by a limited company rather than the individual's name; if he will review an application (details supplied) refused on this basis by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40456/25]

384. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to reintroduce town councils in Killarney, Tralee and Listowel, County Kerry as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/25]

385. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40480/25]

386. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff working in Tailte Éireann for each year from 2015 to 2025; the average processing time for an application for each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40499/25]

387. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the timeline for the proposed amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to take effect in view of the fact that homeowners are depending on these amendments in their rebuild; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/25]

388. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department's plans for the tenant-in-situ scheme, given recent reports that both Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council have exhausted all of their available funds for 2025; if he intends to increase funding available for the scheme this year given the large waiting list for the scheme in both local …

389. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available from his Department to help people with disabilities into employment, and to sustain employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/25]

390. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to each county as part of the training support grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40625/25]

391. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding allocated to each county as part of the work placement experience programme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40626/25]

392. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection when hot school meals will be extended to all non-fee-paying post primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/25]

393. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if compensation under the victim’s payment scheme paid out to persons resident in the State, as a result of the ‘troubles in the North’ is disregarded as means for the assessment of the disability allowance. [40289/25]

394. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the rationale behind the Citizens Information Board's decision to increase the pay of local administrators in Citizens Information Services to a level equivalent to that of regional administrators, despite the latter having significantly greater responsibilities and scope within their roles; and if a review will be undertaken to ensure equ…

395. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has estimated or recorded th…

396. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40422/25]

397. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance, now under appeal, will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [40453/25]

398. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40484/25]

399. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review an application (details supplied); if the decision will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/25]

400. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending the fuel allowance by one week. [40595/25]