Parliamentary questions

802. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria to get approval for funding for Traveller-specific acquisitions from the Traveller accommodation unit; and to outline any changes to these criteria since 2019. [12252/26]

803. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for Traveller-specific acquisitions that have been refused by his Department. [12253/26]

804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Traveller liaison officer roles his Department has funded since 2019; and the number of requests for funding for these roles his Department has denied. [12254/26]

806. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is necessary for local authorities to require evidence of income from the previous 12 months for example, 2025, when assessing housing adaptation grants, and so on, for people who are self-assessed earners, where their notice of assessment is usually not issued by the Revenue Commissioners until later in…

807. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount allocated to each local authority for tenant-in-situ in 2024 and 2025; the total amount spent by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12325/26]

808. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a pre-school (details supplied) operating under the ECCE scheme has received a commercial rates bill; whether this is now the standard for all ECCE pre-schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12349/26]

809. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether there are any proposals, or funding available through his Department or Uisce Éireann to support community-led integrated constructed wetlands for village wastewater treatment; whether pilot projects of this nature are being considered, operating independently of Uisce Éireann capital funding, but in line wit…

810. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all organisations and projects that received matched and-or partner funding from his Department in 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of funding allocated to each organisation or project; what was achieved and the stated outcomes from the funding provided in each case; the plans his Departmen…

811. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the maximum equity a person can hold in their home to still qualify for the mortgage to rent scheme. [12430/26]

812. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of successful applications up to and including January 31, 2026 for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, by county; and the number of unsuccessful applicants and the amount in funds released to date under the scheme, in tabular form. [12499/26]

813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the review of the code of practice for the Approved Housing Body (AHB) allocation process to be completed; to clarify the full membership of the working group undertaking the review, in light of his previous statement that it comprises representatives of his Department, local authorities, the AHB …

814. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has issued any direction to local authorities regarding the installation of permeable surfaces such as permeable grass, grid tiles to manage rainwater and reduce flooding. [12550/26]

815. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the National Monuments Service has not carried out an official inspection following notification in August 2025 of the possible discovery of a rare Souterrain in Courtown Woods, north County Wexford; when such an inspection will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12…

816. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the interim measures that are in place to protect the site of the possible rare Souterrain in Courtown Woods, north County Wexford, pending an official inspection by the National Monuments Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12598/26]

817. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the National Monuments Service has engaged with the local heritage group in Courtown Woods, north County Wexford, following notification in August 2025 of the possible discovery of a rare Souterrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12599/26]

818. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether staffing or resource constraints within the National Monuments Service contributed to the delay in carrying out an inspection of the possible rare Souterrain reported in August 2025 in Courtown Woods, north County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12600/26]

819. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes built between the start of 2021 and to date in 2026 that have heat pumps installed in them; to provide a breakdown of the number of new homes built each year with heat pumps installed between the start of 2021 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on t…

820. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the exempted development guidelines for residential development will be brought into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12666/26]

821. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the proposed planning exemptions for modular units will be introduced; and if he will allow flexibility for side placement and generous square footage in constrained sites. [12788/26]

822. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 614 of 20 March 2024, the number of houses and duplexes that received planning permission with conditions restricting the bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser and ring-fencing them for owner occupiers following the introduction of new guidelines in May 2021; a…

823. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of wheelchair-liveable houses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12816/26]

824. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a fire station (details supplied) will be included in the new priority fire service infrastructural projects 2026-2030 given the inadequacy of the existing very old building which is not fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12833/26]

825. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of builders who have signed up to the statutory register under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, broken down by year since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/26]

826. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the number of homeowners nationally who remediated defective concrete block damage at their own expense prior to the introduction of the Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme, in circumstances where no State support was available; and if so, to provide details of that assessment; and if…

827. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any costing in relation to providing retrospective or partial financial support to homeowners who undertook verified remediation works in good faith before the establishment of the Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme, and if so, to provide details if his Department has carried out …