250. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority for housing acquisitions in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/25]
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768. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social homes brought back into active use in 2024 under the voids programme by local authority, in tabular form; the funding provided for same in each local authority during 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/25]
769. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units that have received planning permission with conditions restricting the bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser and ring-fencing them for owner occupiers since May 2021 by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24307/25]
1225. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional funding to Uisce Éireann to address the water quality issues at Douglas Road, Cork; and the status if plans by Uisce Éireann to bring the water quality up to an acceptable standard. [19415/25]
1326. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the number of successful applications for the Croi Conaithe cities scheme in 2024; the amount of funding approved to successful applicants in the same year; the number of apartments involved in the successful schemes in 2024; and the number of applications to date in 2025; and how many have been approved to date in 20…
1327. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these residential applicatio…
598. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the key next stages and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of public funding, from all sources, spent on the project to date. [16047/25]
636. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to bring forward planning proposals in relation to facilitating the construction of habitable accommodation on garden sites. [17321/25]
176. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to allow the first home scheme to be applicable to second hand homes. [16020/25]
7. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for ramping up the delivery of affordable purchase homes and his targets for the coming years. [12532/25]
40. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the income eligibility rule for social housing support, which assesses income over an average of the past 12 months, as discretion should be allowed to account for significant changes to income, such as the loss of a job or a medical issue. [12533/25]
813. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider changes to the grant scheme available for upgrading septic tanks (details supplied). [11997/25]
366. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing properties acquired through the tenant-in-situ scheme and the cost rental tenant in-situ-scheme, respectively since their inception. [4420/25]
387. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the decision to disallow oil and gas boiler replacement from the older persons grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4753/25]
142. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of homes sold in the State under the affordable purchase scheme in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [3810/25]
143. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will bring forward amendments to section 254 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, for overground electronic communications infrastructure and associated physical infrastructure (details supplied). [3811/25]
811. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the income thresholds for applicants for social housing supports (details supplied). [1793/25]