Parliamentary questions

222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s role in ensuring consistency of decision making timelines across planning authorities and An Coimisiún Pleanála; and the cross-agency coordination mechanisms which exist to identify systemic causes of delay and to implement corrective actions. [70405/25]

223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s current governance oversight arrangements for An Coimisiún Pleanála, including reporting obligations, performance metrics, compliance assessments and the measures used by his Department to ensure that statutory timeframes, once commenced, are met in practice. [70406/25]

224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures in Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025–2030 that deal with delayed hospital discharges for older people and disabled persons who are medically fit for discharge but unable to leave due to housing shortages; and the delivery timelines attached to these measures. [70418/25]

225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has set annual output targets in Delivering Homes, Building Communities for the provision of housing suitable for older people and disabled persons transitioning from hospitals or nursing homes; and if so, the targets for 2025, 2026, and 2027. [70424/25]

226. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70441/25]

227. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70527/25]

228. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available for an updated fire station in Glencolmcille, County Donegal; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70537/25]

229. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all monies for Traveller accommodation has been drawn down by local authorities; the reason the planned work at a allocation (details supplied) has not started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70538/25]

230. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the establishment of the new town and infrastructure investment fund; and if community facilities, such as family centres, will be funded. [70544/25]

231. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait time for each land registration involving Tailte Éireann; the number of staff working under the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70559/25]

232. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are empowered to design and implement local rates waiver schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70560/25]

233. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all organisations which the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in place with; if all of the MoUs with these organisations are subject to the current review of MoUs being undertaken by NPWS; the process and timeline for the reviews; the way i…

234. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number and amount of vacancy grants funded by his Department each year since it was introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70658/25]

235. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and value of residential property purchases completed by non-resident buyers in each of the past five years, disaggregated by price band and county; the proportion of these purchases completed without mortgage finance; and the actions his Department is considering to protect housing affordability for d…

481. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Ireland did not send a delegation to the COP15 of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, given that most European countries sent a national delegation alongside the EU one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70188/25]

482. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which he received a letter of recommendation from the Housing Agency in relation to homes in County Meath being included in the defective block scheme; when a decision will be made in relation to this; the date on which homeowners in County Meath will be able to apply to the scheme and conditions …

483. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of group water schemes transferred to Uisce Éireann in County Donegal including name, transfer date, public money invested in each scheme prior to transfer; and to confirm the State cost to bring those schemes to compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69054/25]

484. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when each local authority will be required to publish its Housing Delivery Action Plan; the target for the delivery of cost rental and affordable purchase homes by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency is under Delivering Homes Building Communities from 2025 to 2030; and if …

485. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the sectoral reform working group will be established; and if he will list the attendees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69095/25]

486. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Uisce Éireann or the local authority are responsible for foul water accumulations running from public roads into the back gardens of private residences (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69105/25]

487. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to request information in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69203/25]

488. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding a matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69204/25]

489. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the intended timeline for the implementation of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025; when a commencement date is expected to be set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69217/25]

490. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be provided to Galway County Council to progress the Gort civic amenity site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69290/25]

491. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify if tax refunds, tax credits (including the rent tax credit), and medical-expense relief will be treated as one-off income for the purposes of Social Housing and HAP means assessments; whether Revenue classifies these refunds strictly as adjustments to tax liability rather than earnings; whether gui…