610. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to address homelessness among the over 65s and to prevent people retiring into homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55086/25]
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611. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the euro amount estimated to be collected by Revenue from residential zoned land tax; the amount of revenue lost to local authorities from the vacant sites levy as a result of its replacement by residential zoned land tax; if his Department plans to compensate local authorities for loss in revenue and costs incurred in the admi…
612. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the euro amount collected nationwide through the vacant sites levy in 2024 by local authorities (at 7% market value); the euro amount estimated to be raised from the same sites through residential zoned land tax in 2025 by Revenue (at 3% market value), by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the …
613. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 1 July 2025, if he will provide an update on the homes in County Meath seeking inclusion in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; the number of properties being assessed; the timeline for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55138/25]
614. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on foot of the closure of the Shannonbridge power station beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55146/25]
615. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the discontinuation of long-term leasing agreements will help to address the housing crisis. [55147/25]
616. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the alternatives that will be put in place to support landlords and tenants currently in long-term agreements. [55148/25]
617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet…
618. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been recouped for the State through the derelict site levy since its introduction to date; whether this levy will remain in place until it is replaced by the newly announced derelict property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55173/25]
619. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding streams that may be open to construct the planned northern relief road at Gorey, County Wexford, in order to open up the St. Waleran’s area for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55194/25]
620. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are guidelines around the provision of pre-planning meetings by local authorities; if he will urge local authorities to make provision for such pre-planning meetings to help those considering making an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55202/25]
621. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider providing for a process of election of local authority members to regional assemblies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55207/25]
622. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider imposing a requirement on members of regional assemblies to issue periodical updates to the local authorities in their jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55208/25]
623. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider providing for municipal districts in each of the Dublin local authorities, Galway City Council and Cork City Council in order to improve the decision making facilities in each of those local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55210/25]
624. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the process for selection for members of the European Committee of the Regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55211/25]
625. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who have applied for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant in each month since its establishment, the number who have been refused a grant; the number to whom money has been paid out; and the number waiting for a determination on their application, in tabular form. [55225/25]
626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department provides specific funding to local authorities for the purposes of refurbishment of vacant social housing stock; if he will detail the amount which has been made available to each local authority for this purpose; and the amount which has been drawn down in each of the past five years. [55226/25]
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time a planning permission applicant for a single house has waited for a decision from An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years. [55227/25]
628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permission applications for houses which have been received by An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years; the number of applications which have been refused; the number which have been granted; and the number for which a determination has yet to be made, in tabular form. [55228/25]
629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55229/25]
630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average annual salary of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55230/25]
631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the salaries of the top twenty best paid persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55231/25]
632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the rebrand/renaming of An Bord Pleanála. [55232/25]
633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of a half-acre residential zoned site in rural Ireland, excluding cities. [55233/25]
634. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average construction costs incurred by local authorities, per house, in the construction of social houses. [55234/25]