Parliamentary questions

1376. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 9 July 2025, the date he will provide a substantive response; if his Department will provide this Deputy with a copy of the memorandum of understanding that was provided to inform the Oireachtas Committee charged with development of the 1976 Act; the date his Depar…

1377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm unequivocally to this Deputy whether, the State is legally required and empowered to manage all wild birds, including urban gulls, as laid down in Article 9 of the EU Birds Directive and pertinent National legislation (primary and secondary); if he is the Minister responsible for the neces…

1378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the Elective Derogation Regulation (details supplied) must be restored with immediate effect, before the 2026 breeding season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74331/25]

1379. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No’s, 148,149,150,151,152 of 16 July 2025, if he will provide a complete copy of the Department/NPWS’s correspondence concerning gulls and public health and safety with the HSE in 2017, as cited in his reply; and if he will provide copies of any consistent/similar correspond…

1380. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No’s 148,149,150,151,152 of 16 July 2025, and his statement in his reply that he is satisfied that the NPWS carries out their functions in a balanced and measured manner in line with the legislative provisions for the protection of wild birds, if is satisfied that, since the…

1381. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service has issued any public notices that it is perfectly legal under the Wildlife Acts 1976 and 2000 (Amended) to remove nests from occupied buildings provided they do not contain eggs or hatched chicks; if no such public notice has been issued, and…

1382. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a summary of all wildlife licences granted in the period 2019 to 2025 in respect of herring gulls and removal of their nests and eggs; the licence date, location, the reason for which licences were sought, the approved control actions; and the specific legal grounds for the granting of the licence…

1383. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the thresholds to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74354/25]

1384. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the minimum and average times that it has taken in 2025 from when a local authority home becomes vacant to when it is occupied by a new tenant, by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74356/25]

1385. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is planned to review the local election boundaries in advance of the 2029 Local Elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74363/25]

1386. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next Dail constituency boundary redraw will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74364/25]

1387. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the wind energy guidelines being updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74376/25]

1388. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the office rental costs per annum for staff in his Department and for each agency or organisation under his remit, in each of the years between 2015 and 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74452/25]

1389. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Q3 affordable housing delivery figures will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74468/25]

1390. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the value of the vacant property refurbishment grants that have been issued in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 respectively, for the purpose of renovating a rental property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74469/25]

1391. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to re designate the Broadmeadow estuary at Corballis, Donabate an exclusion zone for shooting given this forms part of the Broadmeadow Way Greenway cycle and pedestrian route from Malahide to Newbridge park when this is completed in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74470/25]

1392. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all EU infringement enforcement procedures against his Department; the date they were initiated; a description of the infringement/enforcement procedure; and a status update, in tabular form. [74479/25]

1393. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to commence all relevant provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2024 which would enable the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to introduce secondary legislation to implement scale of fees, capping the costs of environmental planning judicial reviews as per part 9 of the…

1394. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the financial supports available from his Department for conservation and restoration of historical and heritage buildings such as a building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74534/25]

1395. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address health and safety issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74541/25]

1396. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2025 have been signed into law; if Section 10.6, which provides for the extension of exempted development provisions allowing for a change of use from commercial to residential has been commenced; and if these provisions will extend to 3…

1397. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of when the regulations/guidelines for large wind turbines will be published; if they will include the noise regulations that are compatible with the World Health Organization standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74558/25]

1398. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the current practice where elderly and disabled people are in need of a replacement grant by the local authorities to replace gas boilers that are no longer functioning, pending the National Retrofit Plan being rolled out more extensively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74559/25]

1399. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rational for using Eircode routing keys in respect of the upcoming Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025 concerning the rent register as opposed to using the Pobal HP deprivation index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74601/25]

1400. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the payroll cost of his Department and of each organisation or agency under its remit individually, in 2015 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [74630/25]