499. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all capital plans for the development of fire services within County Kildare. [31968/25]
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738. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the process he envisages will be used by local authorities to accommodate additional residential zoning; if this will be done by amendment or review of County Developments Plans; if instruction has issued; if not when will they issue to commence this process; the timeline planned by him for completion of the …
769. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns regarding fire safety and building defects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29311/25]
248. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider correspondence (details supplied) regarding the second hand capital assistance scheme and the need for additional funding to be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27922/25]
76. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding rent pressure zones (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/25]
41. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the compulsory purchase order activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/25]
59. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on progress made with developments under the urban regeneration and development fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24722/25]
1214. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 2 April 2025, the amount of funding released in the first quarter of 2023, 2024 and 2025 to local authorities for the purchase or construction of social housing units by approved housing bodies, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/25]
1215. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 2 April 2025, the number of approved housing bodies (AHBs) whose memorandum and articles of association allow for the sale to tenants of residential properties; the number of residential properties that have been approved by the Charities Regulator for sale by AHBs to their tenants;…
148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned at the declining number of habitable thatched houses in the State; if he accepts that the cost of thatching together with the difficulty in securing affordable insurance presents particular difficulties for residents in these classic homes; if he further accepts that the level of grant aid available for retha…
177. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate how he considers it just that a local authority tenant may have the opportunity to purchase their home whereas the tenant of an approved housing body (AHB) under the current system has no such opportunity even if the managing AHB is willing to facilitate tenant purchases (details supplied); and if he will ma…
178. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the total amount of State funding provided to approved housing bodies in Q1 of 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/25]
179. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that given the reintroduction of the tenant-in-situ scheme, he will ensure that the purpose of the scheme is not frustrated by the introduction of new restrictive conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16133/25]
19. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he intends to promote modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12906/25]
59. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which modular housing will be utilised to meet housing targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12905/25]
450. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all funds owing have been recouped to Kildare County Council in respect of private serviced sites which they have developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/25]
453. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the directions given by his Department to local authorities whereby it is guaranteed that regular communication takes place between each local government planning department and the forward planning unit within the Department of Education to meet developing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
454. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline directions given by his Department to the HSE in respect of engagement with each planning authority having regard to the need to monitor adequate medical services in local areas, including, for example, GP, dental and community care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/25]
530. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to support first-time buyers of second-hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/25]
552. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a statutory register for architectural technologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7918/25]
435. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year costs to recruit four additional WTE hydrometeorologists for Met Eireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5814/25]
440. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if plans to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions payable to local authorities for building a house in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5876/25]
349. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is conscious of the substantial progress made by Kildare County Council in utilising the tenant-in-situ purchasing scheme to combat homelessness; if he envisages approving a rolling programme for Kildare and other local authorities to maximise the benefits of the scheme; when fresh approval will issue to proceed with purc…
594. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current situation in relation to the purchase of local authority houses by tenants; if he plans to review this situation; if he will consider a tenant purchase scheme for approved housing bodies tenants whose operators were amenable to the provision of such a sale and in circumstances in which income accruing would be ringf…
598. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proliferation of log cabin/wooden residential structures for on sites, in back yards and gardens throughout the country arising from the housing crisis demand; if he will introduce whatever legislation is necessary to provide a reprieve for these dwellings and their occupiers from a requirement for plannin…