Questions

312. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Government’s new housing plan will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33268/25]

313. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised national planning framework will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33269/25]

315. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application has been submitted by Cork City Council for funding for emergency funding to replace mobile homes/caravans used for Traveller housing damaged during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33274/25]

536. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of the projected €450 million allocated for the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme that has been spent to date; to provide a breakdown, by year, since 2022, and the projected spend in 2025; the number of contracts that have been entered into under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32716/25]

537. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of completed apartments that have been delivered to date under the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32717/25]

538. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of approved applications under the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme, and the number of apartments in each and the location of each approved scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32718/25]

539. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of applications received under each call for expressions of interest in the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme; the number that were successful; and of those that were not successful, the number of units in total that those included, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3…

540. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications that have been received under the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme seeking support for apartment delivery in Limerick since the scheme began, covering the number of units in total, and the number of same that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32720/25]

541. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received under the croí cónaithe (cities) scheme seeking support for apartment delivery in Galway since the scheme began, covering the number of units in total, and the number of same that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32721/25]

542. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received under the Croí Cónaithe (Cities) scheme seeking support for apartment delivery in Waterford since the scheme began, covering the number of units in total, and the number of same that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32722/25]

172. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all the meetings he and his officials have had with the ESB since he took office, providing dates and attendees for each meeting. [31081/25]

173. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all the meetings he and his officials have had with the infrastructure unit of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, providing dates and attendees for each meeting. [31082/25]

174. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the borrowing capacity of all local authorities combined for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31083/25]

849. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his view on considering the inclusion of critical infrastructure such as water treatment plants in the new exempted development regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30445/25]

850. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if regulations dealing with service charges and sinking funds, which were drafted in 2022, will be implemented before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30463/25]

851. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Housing Agency will commence regulating the owner management company sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30464/25]

859. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the EU legislation that requires transposition into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee; to provide a timeline for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30626/25]

860. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income criteria for cost rental will be reviewed in line with the Programme for Government commitment to ensure sufficient cohorts of tenants will qualify for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30627/25]

861. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the Programme for Government Commitment to earmark certain cost rental units for key local workers to outline the progress that has been made on this to date; to define a key local worker; the key local workers that will qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30628/25]

862. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Programme for Government Commitment to establish statutory timelines for the RTB and enhanced enforcement powers granted to the RTB will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30629/25]

863. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Programme for Government Commitment to establish a cost rental version of the repair and lease scheme will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30630/25]

864. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Programme for Government Commitment to launching a new, comprehensive starter-home programme across the public, private and approved housing body, AHB, sector will be realised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30631/25]

865. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when work on translating revised national housing targets into local, tenure-specific targets which was reported as ongoing and at an advanced stage will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/25]

866. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE staff in his Department, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of vacancies, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of staff, by grade, on career break; the number of staff, by grade, on career break for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30634/25]

370. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant local authority houses in each local authority area in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26997/25]