Questions

1629. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the national guidance or methodology planning authorities are required to apply when assessing the indirect visual and setting impacts of utility-scale renewable energy developments on monuments listed on the Record of Monuments and Places under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2004; whether it is considered adequate pra…

1630. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration would be given to reviewing the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority (details supplied) to upgrade, repair or replace domestic wastewater treatment system/septic tank systems, to ensure that those who are in most need of the grant and who would have difficulty in financing such wo…

1631. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to reviewing the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority (details supplied) to upgrade, repair or replace domestic wastewater treatment system/septic tank systems, to ensure that those who are in most need of the grant and who would have difficulty in financing such wor…

1632. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the legal basis for a practice (details supplied); if he will proceed with a recommended remediation option, given that the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 provides that applicants must be notified of the determination and the reasons for it prior to exercising their rig…

1633. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a practice (details supplied), is consistent with the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, which provides that a determination and the reasons for that determination are to be notified to the applicant prior to the exercise of any right of appeal; the way in which an applicant can m…

1634. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether requiring applicants to make a choice (details supplied) in advance of receiving the full report may undermine fair procedures, transparency and the effective exercise of appeal rights; whether this practice arises from legislation, regulations or administrative guidance issued by his Department or the Housing…

1635. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review a practice (details supplied) to ensure that applicants are provided with the full chartered engineer's report and reasoning prior to being required to make any decision affecting their rights under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23602/26]

1636. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details on the legislative process which enabled the addition of the Ulster Canal to the remit of Waterways Ireland in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23621/26]

1637. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting a response to their appeal to the defective concrete block scheme award option 2; the reason the appeals section does not have a publicly available email address or phone number; the reason the person, and my office, have not received a reply to written correspondence; a…

1638. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average turn around times for the Croí Cónaithe scheme in all applicable local authorities in the State for the last three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23713/26]

1639. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of CPO completions in each local authority in the State for the last three years; and the average time taken to complete these CPOs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/26]

1640. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how long it takes, on average, for a local authority to make a decision on an application for social housing in each local authority in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23716/26]

1641. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/26]

1642. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of recent evidence to the Public Accounts Committee that localised flood warning systems may take a further five to ten years to deliver, whether his Department has assessed the potential for AI-powered flood forecasting approaches, which have been deployed successfully in comparable international contexts, to significant…

1643. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the introduction of a statutory requirement that all planning applications for grid scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) be automatically subject to a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), regardless of site size, technology type, or threshold classification; if he will consider amending the Planni…

1644. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the current industrial relations dispute within Tailte Éireann given the Government's failure to implement a pay agreement which was agreed between a trade union (details supplied), Tailte Éireann and Government Departments following the merging of Ordnance Survey Ireland into Tailte Éireann; the…

1645. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all periodic critical reviews that have been conducted by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM) since 2009, in accordance with section 8.14 of the code of practice for the governance of State bodies. [23853/26]

1646. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding which had been allocated to the PPP bundles, by bundle, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23924/26]

1647. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding which has been allocated to the Dublin City Council Home Building Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/26]

1648. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the funding application submitted by Fingal County Council to develop housing at Tuckett’s Lane, Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23947/26]

1652. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the recent settlement reached between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Revenue regarding payment in kind to certain NPWS staff members, including the number of staff members involved, the categories of payment in kind, the years during which the settlement covered and the total cost of the s…

1653. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of supported housing units in Wicklow at the moment; and the number that are planned up to 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23996/26]

1654. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received a business case or a request for funding in respect of infrastructure related to the delivery of housing in Wicklow. [24006/26]

1655. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rationale for not deducting regular maintenance payments by a partner for their child from their income when being assessed for eligibility for social housing support, yet the recipient of the maintenance payment will have it assessed as income when applying for supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

1656. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the local government taskforce has submitted its report to Government; the number of recommendations this contains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24071/26]