737. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to his Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas against whic…
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678. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Part IV of the Planning and Development Act 2024 will be fully commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29567/26]
1129. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20744/26]
171. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of community and voluntary organisations currently in receipt of core funding under the REGEN programme; to provide a breakdown of those organisations by county; the total annual amount of REGEN core funding allocated to community and voluntary organisations; the arrangements in place to ensure continuity of services and…
172. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if regeneration funding will no longer be made available to local authorities to support organisations such a co-op (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17351/26]
266. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update as of January 2026 on the Programme for Government commitment to tackle vacancy and dereliction; the measures his Department have taken, and have planned, to further tackle vacancy and dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/26]
267. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update as of January 2026 on the Programme for Government commitment to enhance compulsory purchase order powers to increase housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8832/26]
268. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update as of January 2026 on the Programme for Government commitment to provide an ambitious grant system to tackle vacancy and dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8833/26]
269. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update as of January 2026 on the Programme for Government commitment to improve the administration of the vacancy and dereliction grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8834/26]
270. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage as of January 2026, the number of positions that remain vacant in the housing section of Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8835/26]
271. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage as of January 2026, the number of positions that remain vacant in the housing section of Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8836/26]
272. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased through the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme in 2025 through Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8837/26]
273. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses which have been purchased through the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme in 2025 through Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8838/26]
636. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a project (details supplied) as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8309/26]
637. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a preferred location for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8310/26]
638. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement his Department had with Cork City Council regarding a project (details supplied) as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8311/26]
396. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount his Department, or agencies under its remit, spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in each of the years 2024 and 2025, respectively; to outline any expenditure on verification or premium accounts on the platform in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3106/26]
1484. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all private home grants are covered by the same scheme for all local authorities or if local authorities set their own scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2170/26]
1485. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who has a right of residency in a house of their child, are not entitled to a housing adaptation grant because there is no tenancy agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2171/26]
571. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if guidelines on applicants for social housing at local authority level will be amended in order that those who have had to move back in with parents, on foot of the video advice from his Department, will not be deemed 'suitably housed' and will still be eligible …
572. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if a video will be done advising adults who no longer have parents alive, on the way in which they should approach notices to quit and unaffordable rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71778/25]
573. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if a video will be done on advising adults who cannot return to the family home for reasons of domestic violence, on the way in which they should approach notices to quit and unaffordable rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71779/25]
581. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount his Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72071/25]
430. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70868/2…
496. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 4 November 2025, if it is proposed to create planning guidelines for the purposes of meeting the State’s obligations to derive energy sources from and including solar technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65423/25]