Questions

200. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports in place to help owners of historic structures in rural parts of County Laois apply for the Historic Structures Fund 2026; the number of such projects in the county that have been approved to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66324/25]

201. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any funding under the Historic Structures Fund 2026 has been allocated to Emo Court in Laois; the criteria applied to prioritise such nationally significant historic sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66325/25]

202. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications received from County Laois under the Historic Structures Fund 2026; the total grant-aid awarded; whether any barriers to access in the county have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66326/25]

203. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to deliver the extra funding identified by local authorities, his Department and Uisce Éireann, necessary to deliver the measure A8 rural water programme; when that funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66327/25]

204. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that homeowners who have applied for the defective concrete blocks grant scheme are increasingly being directed to demolish the outer and inner leaf walls of their dwellings whilst simultaneously retaining the entire roof structure; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that few engineers and building contracto…

205. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review planning regulations in relation to the provision of baby changing facilities in disabled toilets in commercial and privately owned buildings such as hotels and restaurants, which may prevent a disabled person from accessing the toilet when they need to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66413/25]

206. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in Kildare north in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66482/25]

207. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the required funding has not been released or allocated in order that the jobs, outlined under Section 4 of the Framework for the Future Delivery of Water Services, can be created and allow staff to retain the roles appropriate to their grade and competency; the reason local authorities are informing staff that only …

208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out, for each of the past five years, the number of major infrastructure projects whose progression was delayed at the stage of environmental assessment processes, including screening for Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment, and to identify the average duration of delay attributable to these processes; …

209. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has prepared a year-by-year delivery schedule to achieve the target of 12,000 new social homes per annum; and if he will provide that schedule, including quarterly output milestones for 2026, 2027 and 2028. [66580/25]

210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any assessment of the staffing, technical and financial resources required by local authorities to meet the 12,000 social homes annual target; and if he will outline any planned increases in housing, engineering, procurement or planning capacity for those authorities. [66581/25]

211. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to ensure that zoning, servicing, water capacity and planning permissions are aligned with the 12,000-unit annual social housing target; and if he will provide any internal reports, reviews or delivery forecasts addressing this alignment. [66582/25]

212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of long-term vacant social housing units in Cork city and Cork county; the average turnaround time for void units in both authorities; and the planned targets for reducing long-term voids in 2026. [66583/25]

213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer arising from long-term voids in local authority housing stock since 2020; and if he will provide the method used for calculating this estimate. [66584/25]

214. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the concerns regarding the exclusion of a Kildare housing estate from the interim remediation scheme following a serious fire, which was raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66616/25]

215. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will provide funding to develop a new fire station for Dunleer, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66629/25]

216. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have any discretion or flexibility in the applying of the criteria for the local authority tenant in-situ-scheme; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66711/25]

217. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to advise on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding affordable support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66723/25]

218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of financial issues facing disabled people (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to provide additional financial supports for the cost of disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66339/25]

219. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection whether a person on certified sick leave will still meet the qualification criteria for carer’s benefit that they must have been employed or self-employed for at least eight weeks in the previous 26-weeks for a minimum of 16 hours each week or 32 hours a fortnight if they previously met this criteria before being on sick leave; and if he will make a sta…

220. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection his response to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66617/25]

221. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals with disabilities currently in employment in County Mayo. [66628/25]

222. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date with recognising long covid as an occupational disease and injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66691/25]

223. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given by his Department to recognise long Covid as an occupational illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66712/25]

224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether on the establishment of GSOC, any mechanism existed to transfer pre-existing complaints or correspondence regarding Garda conduct or deaths in Garda custody to the new Commission; whether families who had pursued complaints under the processes in place at the time were informed of GSOCs creation; and if he will review procedure…