Questions

1518. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that was sought and awarded to Wicklow County Council for retrofitting works for local authority homes in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42084/25]

1530. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress his Department has made to reform planning conditions for childcare facilities to open in areas of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42163/25]

1578. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to streamline planning processes for critical infrastructure projects like the Metro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42862/25]

1627. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the examination of ‘meanwhile use’ for creative and cultural infrastructure (details supplied). [43617/25]

1632. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Gaeltacht planning guidelines, which were being finalised in February 2024 will be published. [43703/25]

1666. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out work on planning guidelines for drone delivery bases, given that while the regulation of the drones fall within the Department of Transport drone bases are a commercial activity in terms of land use and operating times. [43978/25]

1667. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered guidelines for drone delivery bases and the way their hours of operation might be regulated given that while the regulation of the drones fall within the Department of Transport, drone bases are a commercial activity in terms of land use and operating times. [43979/25]

1668. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the planning guidelines to prevent further proliferation of gaming arcades in suburban village centres. [43982/25]

1669. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the new regulations on short-let rentals (details supplied), if an exemption will be put in place for existing short-let properties which were never previously available for long-term let. [44001/25]

1700. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permission exemptions for VATSUs granted in 2024 and 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44273/25]

1705. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the on the number of affordable houses, cost rental and cost purchase, homes planned for Cork City and County Council and on the targets he has set for same. [44282/25]

560. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the policy of using maximum parking space guidelines for residential developments in intermediate urban locations under the "Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments" guidelines; if he will consider moving instead to minimum parking requirements to ensure residents' needs are met; and if he wi…

561. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the number of parking spaces afforded to developments in intermediate urban locations under the "Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments" guidelines due to overspill parking into other developments and negative impacts on apartment living under current guidelines; and if he will …

574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Ministerial Orders to remove the residential category from zoned land under Section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, in each year from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will provide each Ministerial Order, the local authority, the size of the land in hectares, and the permitted d…

576. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to review planning laws and regulations regarding land fronting on to national roads where farming families are unable to secure permission to build on family farmland or other available sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38997/25]

600. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all assessments and analyses undertaken by his officials in the preparation of the Planning Design Standards for Apartments, Guidelines for Planning Authorities, 2025, including analysis of the cost reductions per unit of accommodation arising from the revised standards; and to publish these assessments and ana…

603. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the research papers on which his claim that Irish apartment design standards are the highest in Europe; if this research was produced by his Department; if not, the name of the organisations that undertook this research; and to publish the research on which this claim was made which is being used to justify the new design s…

499. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on a review of planning regulations in relation to a new and separate exempted development threshold for stand-alone nutrient storage, in view that the thresholds and conditions associated with the exemption are practical and enable farmers to make the necessary investment to deliver the required nutrient storage…

514. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when new rural planning guidelines will be published for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37271/25]

515. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time to get a decision from An Bord Pleanála in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the single longest time an application had to wait for approval in each of the years; his views on whether these delays are acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37272/25]

517. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the taxpayer is funding An Bord Pleanála to assess the planning application for the now discontinued Sceirde Rocks Wind Farm Scheme (case reference 321697) in light of the correspondence the Department received on 25 April 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37302/25]

525. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views regarding the retail planning guidelines; if there is a timeline in place for the review of the guidelines; if he is conscious of the fact that the current guidelines are proving to be an impediment to the maintenance and expansion of a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37452…

143. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the public consultation on widening planning exemptions to allow people to build garden rooms and extend their homes; if there is a timeline for when it will be launched; if the parameters of the consultation can be outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36481/25]

16. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if new EE-zoned land will be identified in tandem with industrial land rezonings for housing to enable relocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35806/25]

35. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide data on the average time between planning permission being granted and construction commencing for residential developments in Dublin Bay North over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35794/25]