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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Conor Sheehan Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Housing
179. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when local authorities will receive their local authority tenant-in-situ allocation for 2025; the amount that has been allocated to each local authority for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4988/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Housing
385. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to pass on the circular that needs to be sent to local authorities before councils can pass on the interest rate cuts, as it is now over 12 months since the first interest rate cut was announced by the ECB and none have been passed on to the mortgage holder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4670/25]
Barry Ward Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Housing
388. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make provision for municipal districts in the six local authorities that currently do not have any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4766/25]
Mary Lou McDonald Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Housing
570. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated to Offaly County Council on an annual basis from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [2183/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Housing
579. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with Cork County Council on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2341/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Housing
594. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current situation in relation to the purchase of local authority houses by tenants; if he plans to review this situation; if he will consider a tenant purchase scheme for approved housing bodies tenants whose operators were amenable to the provision of such a sale and in circumstances in which income accruing would be ringf…
John Lahart Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Housing
613. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering additional funding to local authorities such as South Dublin County Council, to enable the council to pursue in a more aggressive way the replacement of sodium bulbs with LED lighting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3095/25]
John Connolly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
711. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the budgeted level of funding provided to each local authority through the Local Government Fund for 2025. [46335/24]
Michael Cahill Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
721. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to reinstate the town councils to places such as Tralee, Killarney and Listowel in Kerry; if he will consider further towns for inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46599/24]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
769. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of additional powers granted to local authorities and the number of powers removed from local authorities over the ten-year period 2015 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1227/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
805. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing maintenance workers that currently work for Cork County Council; the measures his Department is taking to encourage employment in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1691/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
806. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a coordinated policy for local authorities in relation to the way they deal with large levels of snowfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1696/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
808. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details on the proposal contained in the programme for Government to “on a regional, phased basis, establish town councils in large towns to provide a focal-point for raising concerns of towns and coordinating town-focused activities”; if this could signal the return to town and borough councils with the powers t…
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
820. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1901/25]