230. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer's allowance and carer's benefit is disregarded from income assessed for local authority housing; and the income that the local authority have discretion in relation to disregard. [66005/26]
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684. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new Shannon bye laws will require commercial operators to get a licence to operate a commercial activity on the waterway; and if there will be a fee to obtain this licence. [29762/26]
685. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Waterways Ireland will review the waiting list for the Grand Canal Dock; and the number of persons that currently have a boat on the waterway and who applied to be on the waiting list in the past five years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29763/26]
686. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Waterways Ireland will provide a break down on the amount spent on an annual basis for the past five years with PR and communication companies in preparing for appearing at Joint Oireachtas Committees. [29764/26]
175. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop infrastructure to facilitate the building of more houses in the constituency of Sligo Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17286/26]
222. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will provide funding to Sligo and Leitrim and Donegal local authorities to carry out repairs to local authority houses that are occupied and also to return void houses to the housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17287/26]
635. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 310 of 4 December 2025, if a further update will be provided in relation to correspondence between the National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Mid and East Antrim Borough Council in relation to the spreading of agricultural litter and manure on designated sites; and if he will make a statem…
310. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of correspondence received by the National Parks and Wildlife Service from Mid and East Antrim Borough Council dated 1July 2025 in relation to the spreading of agricultural litter and manure on designated sites in the Republic of Ireland; and if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has responded to the…
496. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service have purchased land (details supplied). [65069/25]
634. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a fund for unfinished housing estates such as (details supplied) to deal with serious infrastructure and essential services within these estates. [61970/25]
970. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has replied to queries from the Shared Environmental Services in the North of Ireland in relation to air modelling for the spreading of imported manure and organic fertiliser from the North of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58151/25]
1104. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has responded to the request by Leitrim County Council for funding support to deal with historic structural issues around an unfinished estate (details supplied); and if his will Department provide funding support for this unfinished housing estate. [59336/25]
567. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding can be secured to repair a sewerage system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51620/25]
1418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by the Housing Agency, with tenants still paying high rents with no recourse for repairs or maintenance, or long-term rental agreements or registration with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
520. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, in light of concerns for individuals and businesses who use and operate on inland waterways, the progress made in relation to Waterways Ireland byelaws for the inland waterways; and if he will provide an update on these byelaws. [37424/25]
51. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will provide additional funding to Sligo County Council and Leitrim County Council for the housing adaption grant scheme for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35416/25]
435. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on funding for the project to protect the corncrake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35197/25]
22. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for housing acquisitions, such as the tenant in situ scheme in Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24854/25]
22. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the tenant in situ scheme will be operational again for local authorities to purchase houses for families facing eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12024/25]
987. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the number of void houses in Leitrim and Sligo local authority housing supply; the number of weeks, months years that these houses have been vacant or void; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12901/25]