677. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the backlog within Tailte Éireann on applications for property registration; the reasons for the delays; the extra resources that are now required to address the problem within Tailte Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4399/26]
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678. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a local authority can consider a transfer request from a person from another local authority; the priority which can be placed on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4410/26]
679. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe grant applications for each local authority for each of the past three years; the number per county; the number of these grants per county that were successful; the number of grants that have been successfully drawn down; the total value of these drawn down grants per county, in tabular form; and if he will…
680. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme as the payment period concludes for many applicants; if a replacement support is being considered; if so, the details of any such support or supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4466/26]
681. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) to prevent them and their children presenting as homeless. [4479/26]
375. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the priority being given to native Irish speakers in application for planning permission and the purchase of houses in Gaeltacht areas. [2980/26]
376. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on the new over the shop grant; who is eligible and the criteria for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3181/26]
377. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether an extension has been granted to the replacement of boilers under the housing aid for older people grant in exceptional circumstances. [2917/26]
378. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available to a person who requires an urgent boiler replacement, who would previously have received this under the housing aid for older people grant and is not a suitable candidate for retrofitting given the urgency of the project. [2918/26]
379. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if in the instance of a social housing assistance income assessment being undertaken and that the decision is disputed by applicant after appeal with the local authority, the applicant has any recourse by way of appeal to his Department or other sources. [2936/26]
380. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the barriers that inhibit the use of compulsory purchase orders; whether legislative reform is planned during this Dáil term in relation to these orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2952/26]
381. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the suite of options for the control of cherry laurel that he has proposed to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for consideration; for an update on the work being undertaken by the NPWS in considering those options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2968/26]
382. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms in place or are being considered to restrict the purchase of residential property by foreign corporations/companies and non-EU nationals. [2985/26]
383. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Apartments and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; if the general scheme has been published for pre legislative scrutiny as indicated for the Dáil autumn term; the current stage of that process; the indicative timeline for publication and passage of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
384. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the preparatory or administrative work being undertaken in parallel with the legislative process to enable the statutory apartments and duplex defects remediation scheme to open for applications as soon as practicable following enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2987/26]
385. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the operation of the interim remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; if applications continue to be accepted pending enactment of the statutory scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2988/26]
386. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the retrospective costs pathfinder project; the stage it has reached; when its findings are expected to inform decisions on retrospective payments under the statutory apartments and duplex defects remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2989/26]
387. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the legal challenge to the 2025 Section 28 guidelines on apartment design standards including an assessment of the impact of the referral of the matter to the European Court of Justice on the use of the NEE standards; and an update on when the National Planning Policy Statement on apartment design standards …
388. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is tracking the number of planning applications submitted using the 2025 section 28 design standards for apartments; if so, to confirm the number of such planning applications lodged to date; and the total number of units involved in these applications, separating out new applications from applications to change e…
389. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of social homes delivered in 2025 broken down by delivery stream, including SHIP Construction, SHIP Turnkey, CALF Construction, CALF Turnkey, CAS Construction, CAS Turnkey, and social housing acquisitions. [3003/26]
390. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of affordable homes delivered in 2025 broken down by delivery stream, including cost rental equity loan, affordable purchase scheme and Local Development Agency, LDA, cost rental. [3004/26]
391. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental and affordable purchase homes delivered in County Waterford in each year from 2020 to 2025, and the pipeline for 2026, in tabular form, by funding stream and-or acquisition type. [3007/26]
392. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new social housing homes delivered in County Waterford in each year from 2020 to 2025, and the pipeline for 2026, in tabular form, by funding stream and-or acquisition type. [3008/26]
393. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ purchase applications received, completed and refused in County Waterford in each year from 2020 to 2025; and the number of instances for each refusal reason type. [3009/26]
394. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the review of the grant support arrangements for septic tanks, especially for those currently not eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3056/26]