1492. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he acknowledges that, in the context of the fair deal scheme, while properties may technically be sold with tenants in situ, doing so may significantly reduce the value of an estate and conflict with executors’ fiduciary duties; if this issue has been considered in the drafting of the proposed six-year tenancy requirement; and if…
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1493. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarity on the way in which the proposed six-year tenancy requirement is intended to operate in cases involving fair deal loan repayments and estate administration; if guidance or exemptions will be included in the legislation prior to enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2207/26]
1494. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Planning Statement will issue in 2026; if it will make childcare provision a binding requirement, including fit-out and operational phasing, and introduce a presumption against the change of use of crèche sites, with reference to an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2211…
1495. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to issue a circular confirming that childcare demand in apartment schemes must be based on child-yield methodology, and that any on-site facility must be at ground-floor level with safe access and outdoor play space in rail-accessible locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2213/26]
1496. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2250/26]
1497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2268/26]
1498. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the exempted development regulations on free-standing residential home extensions. [2291/26]
1499. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the solutions that are in place for people who are over the income threshold for social housing but under the income threshold for cost rental schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2373/26]
1500. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of the top ten capital or programme projects delivered by his Department or its agencies over the past three years which were completed on time and within the originally approved budget; the project name, location, delivery timeframe, original approved budget, final outturn cost, and delivery body, for each pr…
1501. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the annual spend on external consultants by his Department and its agencies in each of the past three years; the number of consultancy contracts, the largest individual consultancy engagements by value, and whether internal capacity-building or cost-benefit assessments were undertaken prior to engaging external consul…
1502. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list, for each of the past three years of the top ten projects per annum delivered by his Department or its agencies which were completed late and over the originally approved budget; the project name, location, original approved completion date, actual completion date, original approved budget, final outturn cost,…
1503. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish an interim order to prevent families with pets being disaffected in social housing in advance of the enactment of the pet ban legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2500/26]
1504. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the local authority housing vacancy figures for the year 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2509/26]
1505. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the refurbishment timelines, per county, for bringing vacant local authority housing stock back in to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2510/26]
495. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new criteria for executive engineers could be amended (details supplied). [73280/25]
496. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in place to improve the pre-application engagement process for renewable energy projects under the implementation of the RED III directive; if he intends to increase resources or staffing within the National Parks and Wildlife Service, National Monuments Service or other relevant bodies to enable developers to submit mo…
497. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce measures to ensure greater consistency across local authorities in their approach to assessing and issuing certificates of completeness for renewable energy planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73520/25]
498. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration is being given to maintaining the current system whereby renewable energy developers may choose to submit their planning applications either to local authorities or to An Coimisiún Pleanála; the rationale for any proposed changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73521/25]
499. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a builder can be compelled to carry out remedial works on the roof of a home at no cost to the homeowner where breaches of NSAI S.R.82:2017 – Slating & Tiling: Code of Practice have been found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73278/25]
500. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the new tenancy legislation from March 2026, where a rental property is split into two tenancies, if one tenant decides to leave before the lease ends after four years and a new tenant is also entitled to a six-year lease, whether this six-year tenancy will roll into a possible ten-year lease; how the property owner will then …
501. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance available to a person (details supplied) attempting to buy a modest home, who works full time and holds significant savings, but finds themselves priced out of the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73455/25]
502. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant in situ applications, for social housing and cost-rental properties, completed, by local authority, for the years 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73457/25]
503. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all national planning policy statements currently being prepared by his Department, in tabular form. [73476/25]
504. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the key measures taken to expand social housing provision during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73534/25]
505. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the key measures taken to expand affordable housing provision during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73535/25]