Parliamentary questions

92. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in establishing planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65645/25]

93. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of the vital need for a second bridge in Celbridge; to provide an update on the project currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60446/25]

94. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which Delivering Homes, Building Communities will support the provision of modular homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65689/25]

95. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a draft National Planning Statement to replace the 2025 apartment guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65674/25]

96. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to re-introduce town councils; the way in which he will approach this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65158/25]

97. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure greater downsizing options for persons in private housing who wish to downsize their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65630/25]

98. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the housing assistance payment thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65776/25]

99. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the key measures to increase usage of modern methods of construction under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65568/25]

100. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for moving to a proactive maintenance approach. [65561/25]

101. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme for Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council; if he can commit to multiannual funding of this scheme; if allowances for the increased cost of housing in Dublin will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65276/25]

102. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 18 September 2025, where he specifically states that “There are no plans at this time to expand the number of such terrestrial sites," and by implication there are “no plans at this time to” consider Rathcoole Alluvial Woodland as a potential candidate site f…

103. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the exempted development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65418/25]

104. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to support renters in Roscommon and Galway facing very high rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65682/25]

105. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will release the funds to allow Donegal County Council to remediate the huge amount of homes in their housing stock affected by defective concrete blocks. [65160/25]

106. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his assessment of home completions in the first nine months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65569/25]

107. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to support affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65480/25]

108. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict and vacant properties, to include houses, apartments and flats nationwide, that are across the State; the steps that are being taken to bring these homes back into use; and the estimated timeline for same. [65848/25]

109. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to ensuring that tours of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal return to being available every day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65787/25]

110. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to the report of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Strategic Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65640/25]

111. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update regarding the Government’s policy towards access to ancient archaeological sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56039/25]

112. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the actions his Department, or organisations and agencies related to his Department, are taking with respect to the recommendations of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate and the Environment report on Lady’s Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65854/25]

113. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review and increase the social housing income limits for counties such as Tipperary, which currently stands at €30,000 per annum, given that the national minimum wage is set to rise to €14.15 per hour from 1 January 2026, bringing annual earnings for a 40-hour week to approximately €29,432, consider…

114. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the key measures to increase affordable housing availability under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 - 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65543/25]

115. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms he will introduce, in light of the establishment of the Housing Activation Office, to monitor and enforce the performance of local authorities in progressing housing projects; and the way in which his Department intends to address councils that consistently fail to deliver homes in a timely manner.…

116. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure an adequate supply of family homes for young people, while acknowledging that this is not specifically about removing families from homelessness, in the context of the fact that half of households in Ireland have children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65843/25]