502. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 70,000 social homes and retrofits being built by the National Housing Plan could be equipped with smart devices that allowed surplus renewable energy to be used when available. [69716/25]
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503. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address an emerging issue affecting landlords who own dwellings approved under the defective concrete blocks scheme; if he will confirm whether such landlords will be able to issue a notice of termination to facilitate essential demolition and rebuild works after the new residential tenancies legislation comes into effec…
504. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of one off rural housing applications received by each local authority over the past three years; the number of one off rural housing applications refused by each local authority over those three years, by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69774/25]
505. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans to reinstate the development contribution waiver scheme; if there are other incentives being considered for those who wish to commence building within the next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69786/25]
506. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has given consideration to holding future elections including the next general election and any by elections on a Saturday; the potential benefits for working parents and schools; if he will examine this option in advance of the 2026 by elections and the next general election; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
507. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time by his Department for capital approval of rightsizing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69924/25]
508. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the recommendation included in the European Commission's 2025 Rule of Law Report for Ireland (details supplied), the steps taken to address this recommendation; the expected timeline for the completion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69990/25]
509. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can provide a written update on the revising of county development plans for each of the 31 local authorities; if current development plan timelines will be extended to facilitate the upcoming variation to provide additional zoned lands to increase housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69991/25]
510. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital and operational payments made by the State to Uisce Éireann, broken down by year. [70005/25]
511. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of an application made to the rural water section (details supplied) in relation to the issue of manganese; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70004/25]
512. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether contributions from the State or from employers towards the My Future Fund pension scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of assessing the eligibility of an individual or household for any means-tested services or schemes operated by his Department. [70025/25]
513. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the rollout of retro-fitting State owned and local authority housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70092/25]
514. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing units, per local authority; the number of bedroom units per dwelling; and the number of these dwellings that have been the subject of retrofitting in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70093/25]
515. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing units in each of the BER rating bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70139/25]
516. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will convene an expert panel including, Uisce Éireann, the EPA, construction industry and manufacturers of modular wastewater treatment systems to develop a practical, certified delivery-focused set of planning guidelines to enable the swift roll out of developer-led waste water infrastructure; and if he will make a statement o…
517. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the above-the-shop expansion to the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70162/25]
518. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to release new draft wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70190/25]
519. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a number of instances across County Donegal in which landowners have come into conflict with their neighbouring landowners arising from discrepancies between their original folio Land Registry maps and the maps that have emerged from the digitisation of the mapping system by the Land Regi…
520. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average time over the past six years it has taken to produce a stamped final bill in his Department from the time when his Department has received government approval for the general scheme and the heads of a bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70276/25]
521. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70312/25]
522. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 2 December 2025, whether the information sought in the question is not a matter of policy and resources for him to address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70348/25]
526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide his Department’s assessment of the projected poverty risk for households headed by a person with a disability in 2026; the way in which this compares with 2025; and if internal modelling showed a higher poverty risk following the withdrawal of once off supports. [69174/25]
527. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he accepts that the absence of the cost of disability payment represents a policy inconsistency given repeated commitments to its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69593/25]
528. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he accepts that the absence of the cost of disability payment represents a policy inconsistency given repeated commitments to its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69593/25]
529. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he accepts that the withdrawal of once-off supports provided in Budget 2025 leaves disabled households substantially worse off in 2026; the measures he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69594/25]