Questions

102. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct local authorities to end the practice of including carer’s allowance as income in the differential rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35792/25]

112. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will put in place guidelines to local authorities for the reletting of casual vacancies setting a maximum timeframe within which a house must be relet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34647/25]

113. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that it is totally unacceptable in a housing crisis for a local authority to take up to one year to relet a residential property; if he will engage with local authorities to ensure the efficiency of their procedures in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/25]

122. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resources provided to all local authorities for the provision of social work staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34848/25]

495. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Louth County Council has had to limit access to housing adaptation grants and related schemes; if there are plans to provide additional resources to Louth County Council and other local authorities to meet demand for such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33788/25]

540. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times that dwellings have been deemed to be inactive and notified to his Department by a local authority in the past five years, in tabular form. [34192/25]

321. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the number of staff employed in Cork County Council to address vacancy and dereliction; the population size served by the local authority area of Cork county; the number of vacant or derelict properties in the local authority area issued with compulsory purchase orders in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the amount of derelict…

322. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed in Limerick city and County Council to address vacancy and dereliction; the population size served by the local authority area of Limerick city and county; the number of vacant or derelict properties in the local authority area issued with compulsory purchase orders in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and …

323. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the number of staff employed in Waterford city and County Council to address vacancy and dereliction; the population size served by the local authority area of Waterford city and county; the number of vacant or derelict properties in the local authority area issued with compulsory purchase orders in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024…

161. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost to retrofit a local authority home, broken down by pre- and post-BER in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31331/25]

174. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the borrowing capacity of all local authorities combined for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31083/25]

175. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that employ an international relations officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31128/25]

768. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will be encouraged and supported to provide low-cost sites to help those with a housing need, particularly first-time builders/buyers, as fully serviced, ready-to-build sites at a reduced cost would prove enormously successful in allowing people to construct their own homes; and if he will make a statement on…

830. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the role of local authorities in the regulation of commercial drone delivery operations, including their responsibilities in respect of planning oversight, noise impact assessments, operational parameters such as flight times and routes and public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30002/25]

253. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of recruiting a full-time professional archaeologist for every local authority in the State. [28009/25]

265. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of lifeguards employed by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26530/25]

543. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the stock condition surveys currently being undertaken by local authorities including an explanation of the methodology used, data collected, local authorities involved, percentage of local authority stock in each local authority surveyed to date; and to give a commitment that the outcome of the surveys will…

546. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider initiating a review of the spouses and children’s scheme for local authority staff, with a view to assessing its compatibility with modern equality standards, including marital and family status diversity, reintroducing a refund mechanism for contributors who never marry or have children, as existed under the predecess…

3. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline of the completion of the stock audit across all local authorities. [24904/25]

4. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reverse the decision to cut funding for social housing acquisitions, including housing first and the tenant in situ schemes. [24905/25]

101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 245 and 247 of 3 April 2025, if Leitrim County Councils social housing acquisition budget for 2025 is €2 or €3 million. [24517/25]

107. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 29 April 2025, which provided a tabular breakdown of funding that has been recouped to date, if he could more specifically provide details of the level of funding that was committed to but may not have been recouped, or drawn down, yet by the local authorities; and if he will make a stat…

720. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many county directors of planning hold professional planning qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/25]

721. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the recommended number of planners for county councils nationwide, as per various reports and reviews, to enable them to manage their growing workload and function in a timely efficient manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/25]

722. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how any shortfall will be addressed and new planners recruited as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23608/25]