Parliamentary questions

555. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications on the social housing waiting list for County Mayo, in November 2025, by towns, in tabular form. [71572/25]

556. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing applicants in County Mayo requesting one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom accommodation, as of November 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71573/25]

557. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when changes to the vacant property refurbishment grant are likely to come into effect; and the position for applicants who have gone sale agreed at the point at which the change comes into effect. [71614/25]

558. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a review of the National Landscape Strategy for Ireland 2015-2025 is expected; if his Department are working on a successor strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71615/25]

559. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made on the recommendations of the review of the NPWS 2021 (details supplied); to clarify their respective roles and interactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71616/25]

560. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons the Kish and Bray Banks have not been included in the NPWS northwest Irish Sea special protection areas despite being designated as important bird areas by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71617/25]

561. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 15 May 2025, if he will provide an update on the research being undertaken to develop a new social housing eligibility model; if this research has progressed further; whether consultation with stakeholders has commenced; if, arising from this research, there will be a…

562. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently examine the situation facing community childcare in County Donegal, many community-based early-years services are severely affected by defective concrete; the specific supports available or that will be made available, to early-years and childcare facilities whose buildings have been structur…

563. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department's Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71633/25]

564. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will sign the planned secondary legislation to allow local authorities to have their County Development Plans to be extended for a short period beyond 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71676/25]

565. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department holds targets or key performance indicators for bringing derelict dwellings back into use nationally and in County Kildare; to provide the most recent performance data; the remedial actions where targets are not being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71711/25]

566. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any supports available to support the upgrade and maintenance of a shared septic tank attached to an apartment block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71726/25]

567. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any emergency supports available to support the upgrade and maintenance of a shared septic tank attached to an apartment block that is actively leaking into the water system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71728/25]

568. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any supports available to support the full replacement of a shared septic tank attached to an apartment block; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71730/25]

569. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the emergency supports available to support the full replacement of a shared septic tank attached to an apartment block that is actively leaking into the water system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71732/25]

570. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when local authorities will be notified of successful applications for funding for capital projects under the 2026-2030 Fire Services Capital Programme. [71770/25]

571. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if guidelines on applicants for social housing at local authority level will be amended in order that those who have had to move back in with parents, on foot of the video advice from his Department, will not be deemed 'suitably housed' and wil…

572. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if a video will be done advising adults who no longer have parents alive, on the way in which they should approach notices to quit and unaffordable rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71778/25]

573. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to a video advising adults how to move back in with parents, if a video will be done on advising adults who cannot return to the family home for reasons of domestic violence, on the way in which they should approach notices to quit and unaffordable rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7…

574. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to control costs and prevent overruns in the greater Dublin drainage project. [71510/25]

575. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will give approval to the HSE to occupy apartments for people in their care (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71917/25]

576. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocated to Carlow County Council for housing grants in 2025, under housing aid for older people grant, housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and mobility aids grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71936/25]

577. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding drawn down by Carlow County Council for housing Grants in 2025, under housing aid for older people grant, housing adaptation grant for people with a disability and mobility aids grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71937/25]

578. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the fair deal where a house must be sold within one year of the date of death, if a new tenant after 1 March 206 has a right to a six year tenancy in the same house after it is sold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71950/25]

579. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on an application for a person (details supplied) to the NPWS environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71993/25]