Parliamentary questions

701. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any review of existing legislation or regulations to ensure that homeowners are given sufficient support and opportunity to engage with their property management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8576/26]

702. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any review of existing legislation or regulations to ensure that renters of residential property are given sufficient support and opportunity to engage with their property management companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8577/26]

703. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the repercussions for any property management company that fails to adequately engage with a homeowner of a property within their remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8578/26]

704. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the repercussions for any property management company that fails to adequately engage with renters of residential property within their remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8579/26]

705. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether an assessment was undertaken of the practical impact of section 85(1)(c)-(d ) of the Planning and Development Act 2024 on the delivery of grid connections and other long linear infrastructure projects; and if so, to provide the findings of that assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

706. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how applicants are expected to demonstrate existing statutory or compulsory purchase powers at planning application stage, given that such powers are typically only conferred after the granting of planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8589/26]

707. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he accepts that section 85(1) ) of the Planning and Development Act 2024 has the effect of limiting eligibility to apply for permission to statutory utilities, thereby excluding private developers; and if so, the measures that are proposed to prevent adverse impacts on competition and renewable deliver…

708. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the intended commencement date for section 85(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and whether commencement will be deferred pending clarification or amendment of the relevant provisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8591/26]

709. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has received proposals from industry to amend section 85(1)(c)-(d ) of the Planning and Development Act 2024 to include applicants who would be eligible to apply for statutory powers following the granting of permission; and if so, the current status of consideration of those proposals; …

710. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he accepts that legislative provisions which require certainty of land access or statutory powers prior to the granting of planning permission risk creating legal and delivery deadlock for strategic infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8595/26]

711. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will examine the introduction of targeted incentives to support small scale landlords to remain in the rental market; and whether he will engage with the Minister for Finance on options to reduce the financial pressures contributing to landlord exit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8…

712. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the commitment in the Housing Action Plan to update the code of practice for local authority nominations to AHBs to require that local authority and AHB tenants are not precluded from living with domestic pets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8656/26]

713. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an assessment of the number of staff currently employed in local authorities which will be adversely affected has taken place before implementing the new engineering qualification criteria for engineers progressing their careers in the local authority; if his Department identified the number of serving local …

278. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that are in place to support the protection of the seal population around the coast; the supports that are provided by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7289/26]

279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the situation in relation to the tenant-in-situ scheme in cases (details supplied); which local authority should be approached to explore the possibility of a tenant-in-situ scheme purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7021/26]

280. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the granting of licenses for the hunting of woodcock, now red listed due to a decline in breeding population in Ireland, and considered in decline in Europe, will be paused to allow a thorough assessment of the population and the impact of this hunting on the native population before the next season opens. [7…

281. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide a consolidated version of the electoral Acts, in particular the heavily amended 1992 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7043/26]

282. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an update has been received in relation to a derelict site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7048/26]

283. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned about the low number of sites included on Galway County Council’s derelict sites register given the prevalence of vacancy and dereliction across the county; if he has engaged with Galway County Council in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7049/26]

284. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the erection of hoarding around a site is sufficient grounds for removal from the derelict sites register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7050/26]

285. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the appointment of a permanent head of the housing activation office; his plans to underpin the office with legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7064/26]

286. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the test stage of the Díon project is complete; whether Phase 1 of the system is ready; when and if deployment of the new system will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7065/26]

287. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been made aware of concerns that the Electoral Commission, as well as international and domestic election observers, do not have a guaranteed right to access polling stations and count centres; whether he has plans to reform this situation to ensure guaranteed access for observers; and if he will make a…

288. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has conducted any review into the operation of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF); whether he will publish it; whether in his view it provided value for money; if he will detail the key lessons that can be drawn from the operation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on …

289. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the introduction of planning regulations to exempt detached modular homes and log cabins in back gardens from planning permission can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7138/26]