1102. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department supports Dublin City Council in monitoring and reporting bathing water quality at designated sites such as Dollymount Strand and North Bull Island; if he will detail resourcing and oversight mechanisms to ensure compliance with EU Bathing Water Quality Regulations; and if he will make a statement …
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1103. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of delays to the progression of affordable purchase schemes as local authorities must now redo costing for affordable purchase considering the changes to the VAT on apartment sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59326/25]
1104. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has responded to the request by Leitrim County Council for funding support to deal with historic structural issues around an unfinished estate (details supplied); and if his will Department provide funding support for this unfinished housing estate. [59336/25]
1105. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of State property under the remit of his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59339/25]
1106. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer’s allowance income is accessible when local authorities assess the income of a person in receipt of social housing supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59347/25]
1107. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if homeowners who have already undertaken remediation works due to confirmed pyrite damage will be eligible to retrospectively claim support under the defective concrete blocks scheme, once their local authority is included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59367/25]
1108. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated Exempted Development Regulations will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59401/25]
1109. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the original protected station building at MacDonagh Junction in Kilkenny has been served with a derelict site notice by Kilkenny County Council; if his Department will engage with CIE/ Iarnród Éireann and the local authority to secure the preservation and restoration of this heritage structure; if financial a…
1110. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest update on the proposal to remove planning requirements for log cabin-type residential structures for back gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59444/25]
1111. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 265, 266 and 267 of 18 September 2025, to confirm that there is in fact no list, public or otherwise, for new potential sites for consideration as candidate terrestrial SAC sites; the only list is the currently identified sites, candidate and designated on www.npws.ie/protected-sites…
1112. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where the Minister specifically states in his reply: “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites", to confirm for the 22 sites of the 40 alluvial woodland sites monitored that are not in an SAC, that despite being recognise…
1113. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where the Minister specifically states “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites," if he will confirm the implication in the reply is that Rathcoole alluvial Woodland is therefore not actually on a list of prospective can…
1114. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where the Minister specifically states in his reply “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites," to confirm for the 22 sites of the 40 alluvial woodland sites monitored that are not in an SAC, that they are therefore affor…
1115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 34 including the provisional subhead and programme level allocations. [59536/25]
1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has conducted or commissioned any review of the operation or impacts of the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 4) Regulations 2023 (S.I. No. 376 of 2023), which removed the requirement for planning permission for certain developments providing accommodation for persons seeking international prote…
1117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has sought or obtained legal advice on whether the exemption from normal planning procedures for accommodation centres for international protection applicants is compatible with Ireland’s obligations under the UNECE Aarhus Convention, particularly regarding the public’s right to information and participation in en…
1118. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering legislation to permit retention planning applications for sites currently used as accommodation centres that may not have obtained appropriate planning permission, having regard to recent case law (details supplied). [59655/25]
1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has held any consultations with the Department of Children, Equality and Disability regarding the planning status, safety certification or long-term use of buildings converted to accommodate persons seeking international protection under the 2023 exempted development regulations; and if he will publish any memoran…
1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to bring forward amending legislation to ensure that the development or material change of use of any structure or land for the accommodation of international protection applicants shall be subject to the normal planning process under the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
1121. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which retrospective payment will operate in practice, and the timeframe for the provision of same regarding reimbursing apartment owners who fixed celtic tiger era defective properties at their own expense. [59665/25]
1122. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the HAP can be used to cover student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59745/25]
1123. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the pathways to housing for people in recovery from addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59746/25]
1124. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether Cork City Council has submitted an application under the energy efficiency upgrade programme phase 2, or any successor scheme, for the retrofit of social housing units at Glenamoy Lawn and Árd Bhaile in Cork city; if so, to state the date on which the application was submitted, the total funding sought and when a decision i…
1125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that have applied for the works in lieu scheme; the amount of funding allocated to each of the 31 local authorities for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59809/25]
1126. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the instruction to the NPWS to consider a suite of options for the control of Cherry Laurel; when he expects the NPWS to report back with a determination of the most appropriate measures; whether a public consultation will be held on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59812/25]