1002. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57846/25]
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1003. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57847/25]
1004. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57848/25]
1005. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding short-term lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57873/25]
1006. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grant supports which are available to an individual that requires grant support for the replacement of double-glazed windows (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57966/25]
1007. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the list of reserved functions for local authority members, including the statutory revision for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57969/25]
1008. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the operation of reserved functions for local authority members has over time been reduced insofar as repeated legislative instruments have removed reserved functions and put them into the control of the executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57971/25]
1009. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57995/25]
1010. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase the threshold income for social housing applicants given people on low incomes in many cases are excluded from applying for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58051/25]
1011. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider raising the threshold for social housing in Offaly or moving Offaly into band two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58069/25]
1012. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the derelict sites levies levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; the number of sites CPOed in the previous 12 months; the number of sites for which a levy was applied; the total value of sites on the register; and the number of sites on their register on 31 December 2024 and to date in 2025, by local authority…
1013. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to publish the draft planning guidelines on short-term letting; and to confirm that he will consult with the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, before finalising the guidelines. [58132/25]
1014. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend certain planning exemptions to convert vacant commercial properties into new homes (details supplied); if he will confirm his plans to extend or review the scheme before the end of 2025; and his views on whether the scheme has been a success and produced the potential to create 3,429 new homes throughout the…
1015. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the financial supports available from his Department to parents and guardians of children with autism who need to modify their house to provide their child with an adapted bedroom or sensory room; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58155/25]
1016. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the figures in respect of the housing sector by local authority for 2016 to 2024 will be published (details supplied), either by the CSO or his Department. [58167/25]
1017. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any concrete timelines for implementation of the proposed exemptions to planning regarding detached cabins and modular homes, as referenced earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58169/25]
1018. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons within the National Parks and Wildlife Service who currently hold authorised person status under the Wildlife Acts 1976–2018 and authorised officer status under the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, for each year since 2019, in tabular form; and the number of those auth…
1019. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the National Parks and Wildlife Service, acting as the primary lead agency responsible for the enforcement of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, acted as the lead investigators into alleged breaches of this legislation. [58185/25]
1020. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department last requested the Department of Health to provide its position on wind turbines, given environmental noise affects human health and that the current 2006 Section 28 Wind Energy Development Guidelines provide no specific health protection standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58203/25]
1021. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the reduction of funding for smaller local authorities particularly the reduction of €1.3 million to Leitrim County Council in funding in 2025 under the Equalisation Fund (details supplied) . [58209/25]
1022. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if current or planned building regulations and technical guidance for apartments will facilitate either individually metered EV charge points in assigned spaces or compliant shared-charger solutions that allow access to domestic tariffs; the planned guidance for owner-management companies; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
1023. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the statutory bodies that are responsible for ensuring that property developers comply with building regulations relating to the installation of solar photovoltaic microgeneration systems in new housing developments; the role of local building control authorities in verifying compliance with these regulations; and the enforcemen…
1024. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the introduction of a national trade licensing system for construction workers and contractors, similar to the model used in Australia, to enhance accountability, safety, and quality assurance across the building industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58346/25]
1025. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the length of time that applications for HAP from Fingal County Council took to be processed, from application to payment, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58385/25]
1026. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that HAP tenants moving from one local authority to another are subject to delays in processing their applications (details supplied); his plans to address this and to facilitate seamless transition from one local authority to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58386/25]