Questions

176. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the process put in place to arrange for property registered to Cork County Council to be transferred to Cork City Council after the extension of the city boundary; the reason three houses in an area (details supplied) which are vacant for over ten years remain registered to Cork County Council but are now in Cork City Council area; a…

177. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Part 4 of the planning and development act 2024 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17708/26]

178. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation per local authority for the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability for each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form. [17709/26]

179. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation per local authority for the Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock for each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form. [17710/26]

180. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail underspend or funds returned to his Department by each local authority under Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock In each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17712/26]

181. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail waiting times in each local authority under Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock In each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form, where wait time equates to date of application to date of final drawdown for the former, and date of application to …

182. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department permits local authorities to pool allocations received under Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock in order to provide a level of equity between waiting times for each scheme. [17714/26]

183. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén uair a bhéas an reachtaíocht foilsithe a dhéanas deileáil leis an lacuna maidir ballóid i leith athrú sráidainmeacha nó a leithéad a cothaíodh nuair a déanadh aisghairm ar forálacha san Acht Rialtas Áitiúil 1946; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [17715/26]

184. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta tithíocht cathain a ghlacadh an LDA seilbh ar na tailte faoi stiúir an Mol Digiteach i mBaile Átha Cliath 8 atá aitheanta aca ar mhaithe le títhíocht ach go bhfuil cáin zónáil tithíocht á dhíol ag an Mol ortha de thairbhe moill an LDA seilbh a ghlacadh ortha agus an féidir leis trácht ar an gceist [17795/26]

185. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the mandatory retirement age currently applied to members of the retained fire service, including the requirement for personnel to retire before reaching sixty-two years of age. [17810/26]

186. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the medical fitness requirements for retained firefighters, including bi-annual medical examinations after forty years of age and annual medical examinations after fifty years of age; and to confirm that these requirements remain in place. [17814/26]

187. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with unions (details supplied) which are actively campaigning for reforms to the retirement age and conditions for retained firefighters; and outline any planned or ongoing consultations. [17817/26]

188. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time it takes to process first registrations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17840/26]

189. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications made to Tailte Éireann for first registration in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17841/26]

190. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of property registrations processed by Tailte Éireann for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/26]

191. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sponsor of Ireland’s participation in Marché International des Professionnels de l'Immobilier (MIPIM) Conference; the value of the sponsorship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/26]

192. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection to establish a funding scheme for Traveller liaison workers networks to be established in order to promote the employment of Travellers to specific employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17245/26]

193. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection to hold further Traveller employment events, similar to Job Week 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17246/26]

194. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the absence of dedicated pension provision for long-term foster carers who may have reduced capacity to build up contributory pensions due to their caring responsibilities (details supplied); and if he will introduce measures, including credited contributions or a specific pension scheme, to ensure that foster carers are not disadva…

195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if carer’s allowance is an income or an allowance; if clarified as an income, the reason it is not subject to minimum wage legislation; or if clarified as an allowance the reason it is subject to tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17272/26]

196. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the engagement of his Department with the project (details supplied) aimed at strengthening the role of civil society organisations which provide access to information, advice and active help (free legal aid) services to citizens with regards to their rights, with a view to creating a European network of citizens advice organisat…

197. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the engagement of his Department, or the engagement of any agency under the aegis of his Department with the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) accreditation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17336/26]

198. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted any assessment on the viability of introducing a universal basic income model including the financial costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17358/26]

199. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Clongriffin apartment residents in Dublin 13 who applied for the emergency response payment scheme for storm Chandra before it closed on 18 February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17400/26]

200. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the illness benefit payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17428/26]