270. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage as of January 2026, the number of positions that remain vacant in the housing section of Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8835/26]
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271. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage as of January 2026, the number of positions that remain vacant in the housing section of Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8836/26]
272. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased through the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme in 2025 through Cork City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8837/26]
273. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses which have been purchased through the tenant (incremental) purchase scheme in 2025 through Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8838/26]
274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department receives regular reports, briefings, or statistical updates from the Residential Tenancies Board in respect of notices of termination or eviction notices issued by private landlords; if so, the frequency of such reports; the format in which they are provided; whether they include quarterly or annual aggregate …
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department plans to compile, hold, or publish a centralised official dataset on notices of termination or eviction notices issued in the private rental sector, drawing on data held by the Residential Tenancies Board; if not, the reasons such data is not centrally maintained by his Department despite its policy responsibi…
276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he considers the number of notices of termination or eviction notices issued in the private rental sector to be a core housing performance and policy indicator; if so, the way in which this indicator is monitored and assessed by his Department; if not, the reasons for his position; and his views on the role such data plays i…
277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any guidelines or legislation governing the appraisal of a person’s need in assigning medical priority for the allocation of social housing. [8875/26]
278. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a vacant property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8920/26]
279. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to protect pet ownership in private rental accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8925/26]
280. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish details of the criteria needed for an accommodation provider (details supplied) to obtain the necessary planning permission in advance on new regulations coming into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8945/26]
281. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the development of wind energy planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9013/26]
282. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the development of solar energy planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9014/26]
283. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to address deficits in wastewater infrastructure in the villages of Craughwell and Clarinbridge in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9026/26]
284. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes built in County Galway in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/26]
285. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners in County Wexford that are expected to access the revised defective blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9052/26]
286. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any rental accommodation scheme tenant whose tenancy ends through no fault of their own is guaranteed an offer of alternative accommodation or housing support sufficient to prevent homelessness; to set out the specific statutory, policy, or administrative basis for such a guarantee, if it exists; to clarify the criteria by w…
287. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 620 of 27 January 2026, in view of the Court of Justice of the EU ruling on case C-444/21 EU Commission v Ireland if he will deliver individual conservation plans for each SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9119/26]
635. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a person (details supplied) will have access to a place finders service. [7414/26]
636. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a project (details supplied) as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8309/26]
637. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a preferred location for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8310/26]
638. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement his Department had with Cork City Council regarding a project (details supplied) as of January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8311/26]
639. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether, prior to the introduction of revised engineering qualification requirements for local authority staff on 25 July 2025, any assessment was carried out to determine how many serving local authority engineers would be affected by these changes, including loss of eligibility for promotion; whether workforce retention and servi…
640. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the National Planning Statement on Solar Energy; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7359/26]
641. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1133 of 4 November 2025, if he has been given the completed report and recommendations from the housing agency which commenced drafting in May 2025 , relative to the concrete block test results from properties sampled in County Carlow, in 2024; if the individual reports and recommendations w…