Parliamentary questions

636. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the stakeholder organisations that have submitted to the Local Democracy Taskforce consultation; to provide an outline of the key themes emerging from the consultation submissions date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3378/26]

637. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether new six-year tenancy terms will apply to those renting out homes while undertaking the fair deal scheme; and if so, the way in which this will be applied upon their death given the responsibility to repay the fair deal loan most often facilitated through sale of the home. [3380/26]

638. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the regulations on sinking funds and service charges will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3484/26]

639. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional funding that was provided to the Housing Agency in Budget 2026; if this will allow the agency to commence regulation of the owners' management company sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3485/26]

640. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a full assessment of the carbon impact of all measures contained in the programme Delivering Homes, Building Communities will be undertaken and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3518/26]

641. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social rental housing units being provided in 2022, 2023, and 2024 under payment and availability agreement arrangements (P&A); the total cost of these agreements in these years; and the average P&A cost per unit in these years, in tabular form. [3544/26]

642. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Wind Energy Guidelines; when they will be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3553/26]

643. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the delay in permitting people to move into homes in Domville Crescent, Cherrywood, that they were allocated over 14 months ago; the legal issues between the AHB Oaklee and the developer that appear to be stalling access to homes for the families who urgently need to be housed; if he wi…

644. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the roles within public or semi-State organisations under his Department that are excluded from the single public service pension scheme; the number of people employed in those roles, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3621/26]

645. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that 24 of the 27 Member States of the European Union require photographic ID to be produced by all voters at polling stations; his views on whether it is acceptable for Ireland to be one of three outliers who do not have such a requirement; and his plans to amend the law to bring Ireland in line w…

646. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the 3,504 non-EEA persons referenced in his Department's homelessness statistics for November 2025 qualify for emergency accommodation; the legal duty the State owes to non-EEA nationals to provide them with housing; the criteria which non-EEA nationals must meet in order to qualify for emergency…

647. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the house price ceilings under the local authority home loan. [3745/26]

648. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated and amount spent for the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2025, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3749/26]

649. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assistance available for a family who have received a notice of termination from their landlord and are over the income threshold for social housing support and who cannot avail of the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme as the landlord requires the property back for a family member; and if he will make a statem…

650. 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. [3859/26]

651. 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. [3860/26]

652. 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. [3861/26]

653. 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. [3862/26]

654. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3875/26]

655. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that the delivering homes, building communities plan aims to support local authorities to meet their target of inspecting 25% of the private rented tenancies in their area, to provide the number of properties that were inspected in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the data available to date, by tenanc…

656. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has reviewed the approaches taken by different local authorities in defining and assessing ribbon development in their county development plans; whether variations exist between counties in how ribbon development is calculated; and if so, whether he considers such variation to be consist…

657. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national planning policy provides sufficiently clear guidance to local authorities on the treatment of backland or backyard development; whether his Department is aware of significant variation between county development plans in facilitating or restricting such development; and whether updated guidanc…

658. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he plans to issue updated national guidance or circulars to local authorities to ensure a consistent approach to ribbon development and backland development across the State; and if so, the proposed timeline for same. [3905/26]

659. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the 'owner occupier guarantee', as set out in the Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Act 2021, and on the number of houses and duplexes that have been covered by the relevant provision of the Act. [3963/26]

660. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); his views on the merits of amending existing first-time buyer supports in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3982/26]