467. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assessments in relation to water, waste water and so on, that were carried out on the Sustainable Rural and Gaeltacht Housing Draft National Planning Policy Statement; when the strategic environmental assessment and appropriate assessments were commissioned; who has been commissioned to undertake them; and if he will make a sta…
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471. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost (both CREL and all-in cost) of the delivery of a cost rental home in 2025. [51389/26]
472. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of the delivery of an affordable purchase home in 2025. [51390/26]
473. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of accommodation to carry out a social housing stock condition survey. [51391/26]
474. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total allocation for sub head A39, DPGs/Improvements/Remedials in Budget 2026. [51392/26]
475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average gross and net cost to the Exchequer per year of the 2,328 homeless HAP tenancies set up in 2025. [51393/26]
476. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost to the development levy waiver and water utility connection for each year the waiver has been in operation, the number of homes against which the waiver was claimed in each year; and the average cost of the waiver in each year. [51394/26]
477. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new social housing leases entered into in 2025; the average cost per year arising from these leases; the breakdown of lease type and average annual cost of each sub type per unit leased. [51395/26]
499. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the public consultation and engagement with the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage he intends to undertake with respect to the Sustainable Rural & Gaeltacht Housing DRAFT National Planning Policy. [51824/26]
342. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for the vacant above the shop grant since the scheme opened; the number of grants approved; the number of grants drawn down; and to provide a breakdown for this information by local authority area. [50635/26]
343. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the procedures for updating city and county development plans following the adoption of a national planning policy statement by Government, including statutory timelines for public consultation or adoption of the content of the policy statements into existing development plans. [50730/26]
192. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether he has issued guidance or instruction to local authorities regarding the operation of their social housing transfer lists in recent times; and if so, to outline the guidance or instruction and to publish a copy of the correspondence. [49969/26]
195. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the five year review of the approved housing body regulatory authority. [50053/26]
465. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of active RAS tenancies currently in operation and the full year cost of those tenancies to the exchequer, by private RAS and AHB RAS. [48961/26]
475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state the total number of funding requests for social housing acquisitions including tenant-in-situ acquisitions refused in 2024 and 2025 with a breakdown by local authority, acquisition scheme and reason for refusal. [49160/26]
476. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the most up to date basic unit cost guidelines for social housing construction and acquisition with the relevant breakdowns for each local authority area. [49161/26]
477. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the average cost of delivery social housing in 2025 via SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction (with CALF cost and total cost), CALF turnkey (with CALF cost and total cost) CAS turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, and Part V broken down for each local authority area, in tabular form. [49162/26]
478. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state the number of requests for increased SHIP, CALF and CAS funding requests in 2025, where construction costs changed after initial cost appraisal, with a breakdown by local authority Area; the number approved and the number rejected, and an average cost of increase per scheme approved and rejected for each local authority Ar…
494. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the 2014 European Commission infringement proceedings against the State for breaches of the Urban WasteWater Treatment Directive. [49441/26]
495. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the 2024 European Commission infringement proceedings against the State for breaches of the Urban WasteWater Treatment Directive. [49442/26]
496. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of developers who have applied to provide water and wastewater infrastructure under the November 2025 DPI initiative. [49443/26]
497. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the issue of legacy developer provided water and wastewater infrastructure schemes that have not been taken in charge by the local authorities or Uisce Eireann. [49444/26]
511. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list all EU funding streams that are available to his Department and other State agencies tasked with the delivery of social and affordable homes; and the amount of each fund drawn down in each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [49556/26]
512. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the delivery of affordable homes in the Poolbeg West SDZ. [49558/26]
513. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests for increased CALF and CAS funding on individual projects after construction has commenced, and where costs have increased above initial stage 1 approval in the past 12 months, with a breakdown by local authority and by funding request approval/rejection. [49559/26]