502. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently examine issues raised in regard to the first home scheme and the inaccessibility of the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57390/25]
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202. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans for the National Housing Agency to purchase a housing estate (details supplied) where all the tenants have received eviction notices to leave between February and June of next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55743/25]
98. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently amend the national planning framework and the sustainable rural housing guidelines as county development plans are aligned with these national policies which prohibits many applicants building a family home on their own land and buying a site and building a permanent place of residence around the town or village where …
274. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 497 of 24 June 2025, for an update regarding the issue which continues to be causing problems for the boatmen, is most unsightly for the many tourists in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49360/25]
661. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently amend the National Planning Framework and the Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines, 2005 as county development plans are aligned with these national policies which prohibits many applicants building a family home on their own land and-or buying a site and building a permanent place of residence around the town or vill…
696. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application for storm damage funding (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48859/25]
1119. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the case of major health and safety issues (details supplied); if action to address these issues will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/25]
1123. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if south Kerry in conjunction with an organisation (details supplied) where the organisation has access to lands locally, can be used as a pilot area for the development of cluster type housing and community housing with services in order to provide urgently needed housing in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
1134. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount Kerry County Council paid in coroners fees and expenses during 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; his views on whether these payments should not be the responsibility of the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44902/25]
1135. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount each local authority paid in coroners fees and expenses during 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; his views on whether these payments should not be the responsibility of the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/25]
1146. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings, under the ownership or control of his Department within County Kerry; the length of time they have been idle; the plans in place, if any, for future use; if these unused properties, lands and buildings can be used for affordable and social housing and low cost site…
1185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any fast-track or alternative planning mechanisms for urgently needed childcare and preschool services, particularly in rural or underserved areas in Kerry. [45454/25]
1266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants on the housing list in County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/25]
1267. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless families, adults and children the homeless service deal within County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/25]
1268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants in County Kerry that were allocated houses in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/25]
1269. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses constructed or bought in County Kerry and allocated to qualified housing applicants in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46655/25]
1270. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses that will be constructed or bought in County Kerry in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46656/25]
1273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide funding to ensure the continued preservation of historic sites associated with a person (details supplied) such sites should include the penal chapel where the person was baptised, the old abbey where their parents are buried and the birth place at Carhan, Cahersiveen, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on …
1429. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the provision of social housing stock and affordable cost-rental homes for vulnerable and low-income households, inclusive of new builds and vacant housing, and provide an additional investment of 10% of capital expenditure in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41213/25]
1430. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a homeless prevention budget amounting to 20% of all homelessness expenditure, including provision for a prevention support worker in each local authority, and a HAP rent arrears fund to support low-income households experiencing financial difficulty and at risk of losing their tenancy due to rent arrears; a…
1476. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41663/25]
1477. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed progress report in regard to the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the long overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; if he will explain the lack of progress to date and confirm when will work commence on this long overdue wastewater treatmen…
1478. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when work will commence on a scheme for which funding was announced over 19 months ago by his Department; his views on whether this is now a major health and safety issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41671/25]
1486. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to broaden the scope of the septic tank grant, to allow all households who cannot afford to repair or replace problematic or unworkable septic tanks avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/25]
1487. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of septic tank grants allocated in each county since the scheme was first introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/25]