Questions

306. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage which body has ultimate authority for interpreting the provisions of the local government superannuation scheme in relation to ill-health retirement and professional added years, namely the Department, local authorities, MyPay, or another body; and the appeals or review mechanisms available where conflicting advice is issued. [750…

307. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether professional added years awarded under the local government superannuation scheme are subject to clawback where an employee retires on certified ill-health grounds after reaching 60 years-of-age; the legislative basis for his Department's position; and if he will provide details of the relevant statutory provisions and cir…

308. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's policy regarding members of the local government superannuation scheme who retire on certified ill-health grounds after attaining the minimum retirement age of 60 years; whether such retirements are regarded as ill-health retirements or standard retirements for pension calculation purposes; and if he will make a s…

310. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a member of the local government superannuation scheme who entered local authority service prior to 1 April 2004 and who was awarded professional added years in accordance with the scheme retains the full benefit of those added years where they retire on certified permanent ill-health grounds after attaining age 60; if not, the…

311. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the case of a member of the local government superannuation scheme who entered local authority service prior to 1 April 2004, who is entitled to professional added years under the local government superannuation scheme and who retires on certified permanent ill-health grounds after attaining the age of 60 years but before n…

430. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any assessment has been undertaken of the extent to which increases in local property tax receipts since 2021 have resulted in additional local authority services or have instead contributed to maintaining existing levels of service provision; and if he will provide details. [71901/26]

431. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of Local Property Tax paid by a homeowner that represents a net additional contribution to the funding of local authority services, as opposed to funding that would otherwise have been provided through the Exchequer or other local authority revenues; and if he will set out the way in which this is calculated. [71905/2…

432. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether increases in local property tax receipts result in any corresponding reduction in Exchequer funding to local authorities under the current funding model; and, if so, the mechanism by which such adjustments are calculated. [71902/26]

434. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of additional revenue raised nationally through increases in the local property tax local adjustment factor in each of the years 2024 to 2026; whether this revenue is additional to the local authority's baseline funding; and the way in which such additional revenue is accounted for in determining overall local authority f…

437. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what proportion of local property tax receipts retained by each local authority constitutes additional discretionary funding available to that authority; and what proportion represents funding incorporated into its baseline or otherwise replacing. [71899/26]

438. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of local property tax collected within each local authority administrative area that is retained by that local authority; whether any portion is transferred, redistributed or otherwise adjusted through the national LPT funding model; and if he will provide a breakdown for each local authority for 2024, 2025 and 2026. …

440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of Local Property Tax collected nationally in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the total amount allocated to local authorities; the total amount redistributed through equalisation; and the total amount of additional revenue generated through local adjustment factors. [71903/26]

460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staffing sanction requests approved by his Department for Kildare, Tipperary, Clare and Leitrim County Councils in the period 1 June 2023 to 1 October 2026, in tabular form. [72141/26]

467. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actual and projected number of residential dwellings and population for each local authority for 2020, 2025 and 2030 under the assumptions used for national and regional planning; and the resulting number of dwellings per 100 persons in each local authority for each of those years, in tabular form. [72350/26]

361. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the decision not to provide an increased local property tax allocation to Kildare County Council for 2027; and the measures under consideration to address the long-standing funding deficit faced by Kildare County Council and ensure that it is a…

108. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to give additional powers to local councillors in particular to strengthen municipal districts; and the functions he is planning to devolve. [69113/26]

111. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if councils have been given housing targets; and if these targets are being monitored. [69341/26]

80. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the Athy Municipal District's annual Local Property Tax allocation is due to reduce by approximately €217,000 from 2027 onwards; his views on the potential impact this may have on the delivery of local infrastructure and community projects; and if he will intervene to reverse this decision. [69013/26]

81. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role, if any, his Department has in overseeing the distribution of Local Property Tax funding between municipal districts within a local authority area; whether concerns regarding equity and need can be reviewed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69010/26]

88. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications approved, in progress and refused under the Land Acquisition Fund, by local authority and by year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [69095/26]

96. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed breakdown of the methodology used to calculate the allocation of retained Local Property Tax to the five Municipal Districts within Kildare County Council for each of the years 2027, 2028 and 2029; and to outline specifically the allocation made to Athy Municipal District in each of those years. [69180/26]

367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and size of homes bought by each local authority in 2021 and the first two quarters of 2022; and the cost of these homes to each local authority; and to make a statement on the matter. [67147/26]

230. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer's allowance and carer's benefit is disregarded from income assessed for local authority housing; and the income that the local authority have discretion in relation to disregard. [66005/26]

376. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if as part of Budget 2027 he will examine introducing a local improvement scheme for local authorities to access that would fund the power washing of cities and towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54761/26]

273. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [54179/26]