Parliamentary questions

436. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when existing purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) developments will be permitted to reset rents to market levels under new rent control rules that come into effect in April 2026, if it has been drawn to his attention that the current wording is unclear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70977/…

437. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the Galway Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71033/25]

438. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current timelines being met by An Coimisiún Pleanála for the assessment of planning appeals and planning applications made to An Coimisiún Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71034/25]

439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and type of sanctions imposed by the Property Services Regulatory Authority on licensed property services providers following anti-money-laundering compliance audits in each of the past five years; the number of cautions, formal directions, financial penalties, licence suspensions, licence revocations …

440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the escalation procedures the Property Services Regulatory Authority is required to follow where an audit identifies that a property sale completed without the customer due diligence or identity verification required under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010; whethe…

441. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the risk model used by the Property Services Regulatory Authority to select property services providers for anti-money-laundering audits; the proportion of high-risk licensees subject to more frequent inspections than the standard five-year cycle; and whether the current model aligns with the property sector risk…

442. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the staffing levels and specialist expertise available within the Property Services Regulatory Authority for anti-money-laundering supervision; the number of inspectors assigned to AML audit work in each year since 2021; the specialist AML training completed by those inspectors; and whether additional staffing or…

443. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he reconciles the identification of only three non-compliant businesses out of 1,761 anti-money-laundering audits in the period 2021 to 2025 with the risk profile for the property sector set out in the National Risk Assessment for Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing; whether his Department has reviewed t…

444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional supervisory powers and sanctioning tools he expects the Property Services Regulatory Authority to gain following implementation of the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive; the legislative timeline; and how these reforms will alter the Authority’s approach to repeated or serious non-compliance by pr…

445. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of civil servants and appropriate professionals involved in drafting the regulations governing wind farm developments; if the qualifications of each person involved in the work of drafting the regulations will be provided; if the input of affected communities already impacted by such developments w…

446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department holds disaggregated information on residential property purchases by non resident and non EEA buyers, including number and value of transactions by local authority area, price band and property type since 2020; whether he will arrange for publication of this information on a regular basis i…

447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to bring forward proposals for a public register of beneficial ownership for residential and commercial property in the State, including properties held through overseas companies or trusts; the status of any scoping work underway with relevant Departments and agencies on such a register; the e…

448. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing an appeals mechanism for tenant-in-situ refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71177/25]

449. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes will come before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71183/25]

450. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his expectations for the full legislative process on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71184/25]

451. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the working group to review qualifications for engineering roles in the local Government sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71185/25]

452. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the working group to review qualifications for engineering roles in the local Government sector will include clerks of works/building inspectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71186/25]

453. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 30 September 2025, to list the aspects of the Ballymun regeneration project were uncompleted as of the end of 2013, when the project was "largely completed," and those which remain incomplete today. [71223/25]

215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average and median statutory decision making times recorded in An Coimisiún Pleanála for each of the past five years for planning appeals, strategic housing developments, large scale residential developments and strategic infrastructure cases, in tabular form; and to confirm the year-on-year change in each ca…

216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and proportion of planning appeal cases, large scale residential development cases and strategic infrastructure cases in each of the past five years that did not meet their statutory decision timeframes; and to provide the Department’s analysis of the principal factors contributing to breaches of timel…

217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current performance monitoring framework his Department uses to assess the operational output and decision timelines of An Coimisiún Pleanála, including the specific indicators tracked, the reporting schedule, and any interventions or support actions taken by his Department in response to identified underperf…

218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the commencement schedule for each section of the Planning and Development Act 2024 relating to An Coimisiún Pleanála, including the expected dates for the introduction of statutory time periods, the new appeals processes, and the implementation of the section 588 declaration requirements. [70400/25]

219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resourcing plan agreed between his Department and An Coimisiún Pleanála for 2024 and 2025, including sanctioned staffing levels, the number of posts filled, the number unfilled, the recruitment timeline for remaining sanctioned posts; and his Department’s assessment of whether current staffing is adequate to …

220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail his Department’s assessment of the impact of judicial review volumes on planning decision timelines in An Coimisiún Pleanála over the past five years, including data on the number of judicial review (JR) cases initiated each year; the proportion relating to housing or infrastructure; and his Department’…

221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether his Department holds internal performance reviews, audits or risk assessments regarding the operational capacity of An Coimisiún Pleanála; and the findings from the most recent reviews relating to governance, output, and decision making delays. [70403/25]