201. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase the maximum market value purchase ceiling under the local authority home loan in County Cork from €330,000 to €450,000, to align with the current ceiling under the first home scheme, as the existing limit is resulting in many purchasers who have received loan approval from the local authority being unable to secure a sui…
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202. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review correspondence (details supplied); the additional funding available in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10759/26]
203. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the National planning statement to support short term lets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/26]
204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details on a vacant property (details supplied); the purchase cost of the property; the total sum spent on refurbishment; the initial deadline for the refurbishment of these properties; when his Department approved the purchase; to set a timeline for the refurbishment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
205. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently provide a significant allocation of funding to Kerry County Council to allow them to treat/eradicate Japanese Knotweed which is spiralling out of control across the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/26]
206. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding short-term lettings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/26]
207. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware of concerns raised in recent commentary regarding the persistent failure to enforce planning law against unauthorised quarrying activities, including the observation that affected communities are increasingly forced to rely on environmental and EU legislation rather than domestic planning enforcement to addr…
208. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware of instances in County Galway where unauthorised quarry operations have continued for prolonged periods without effective enforcement action by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10942/26]
209. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has assessed whether Galway County Council has adequate staffing levels, technical expertise, legal resources and funding to effectively pursue planning enforcement actions against unauthorised quarries; the measures, if any, the Government plans to take to support Galway County Council, including through…
210. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has engaged with Dublin City Council regarding flooding and sea overtopping affecting the Clontarf Baths area; whether any local authority coastal protection or flood mitigation works are planned or under consideration; whether additional supports may be made available to the local authority for this purpos…
211. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he accepts that, given his Department does not collect or hold data on the qualifications of serving local authority engineers, no quantified assessment was carried out prior to July 2025 to determine how many existing engineers-whose qualifications had been assessed and accepted at the time of appointment-would lose eligib…
212. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department's engagements with food suppliers in the run-up to launching the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10539/26]
213. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider sanctioning pilot funding for developing a community-driven, place-based model of provision within the hot school meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10540/26]
214. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing one double child benefit payment. [11053/26]
215. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing a one-off payment of €100 to all core welfare payment recipients and pensioner. [11054/26]
216. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional costs of providing double payment to all core welfare payment recipients and pensioner. [11055/26]
217. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to respond to a query (details supplied) regarding critical skills employment permits. [10529/26]
218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on Ireland's position on the European Commission's recently published proposals for a new EU Cyber Security Act. [10528/26]
219. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of allegations which have been made of threatening or violent behaviour against residents of IPAS centres in each of the past five years. [10609/26]
220. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions which have been achieved against persons involved in threatening violent behaviour in IPAS centres for each of the past five years; and if some residents against who allegations have been made have been moved on to other IPAS centres in these cases. [10610/26]
221. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have sought asylum in the State which have subsequently moved North or to Britain for each of the past five years. [10611/26]
222. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who came into the State seeking asylum from the North of Ireland for each of the past five years. [10612/26]
223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons on expired visas who have sought asylum in the State for the past five years, by visa category. [10613/26]
224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visas which have been issued in each of the past ten years, by categories. [10614/26]
225. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have failed the asylum process at each step for each of the past five years. [10616/26]