Parliamentary questions

1069. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the number of vacant and derelict properties identified in Mallow; and the progress which has been made in bringing them back into use under the Vacant Homes Action Plan. [58977/25]

1070. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider expanding the croí cónaithe scheme to cover small towns like Mallow and Fermoy where housing vacancy remains high. [58979/25]

1071. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will provide ring-fenced funding for Cork County Council to deliver affordable housing developments on publicly owned land in the Mallow area. [58980/25]

1072. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to ensure fair and timely allocation of affordable homes delivered through approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58981/25]

1073. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide updated national targets for social housing completions for 2025; and to detail if they will be met. [58982/25]

1074. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the effectiveness of the first home scheme and the help-to-buy scheme in enabling middle-income earners to purchase homes in high-cost regions. [58983/25]

1075. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to ensure that local authorities can recruit sufficient staff to deliver housing targets under Housing for All. [58984/25]

1076. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available for families living in emergency accommodation in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59001/25]

1077. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the retrofitting programme for local authority housing in Cork city and county, particularly in older estates in Cork North-Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59019/25]

1078. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available to Cork City Council for retrofitting older housing estates in Cork north central as part of the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59022/25]

1079. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the number of social and affordable housing units currently under construction in Meath; and if he will outline projected completion dates for each development. [59100/25]

1080. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be allocated to Meath County Council to accelerate the delivery of serviced sites in Navan, Trim and Kells under the Serviced Sites Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59101/25]

1081. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any further delays experienced in the planning process for housing developments in Meath; the supports available to local authorities to streamline approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59102/25]

1082. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant or derelict properties identified in County Meath; and the number of these that have been brought back into use under the croí cónaithe or related schemes. [59103/25]

1083. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether one off slurry storage units are exempt from planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59114/25]

1084. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department provides specific funding to local authorities for the purposes of refurbishment of vacant social housing stock; if he will detail the amount which has been made available to Wicklow County Council and Wexford County Council for this purpose; the amount which has been drawn down in …

1085. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units that have been realised in the past five years from projects that availed of the vacant homes refurbishment grant in County Wicklow and County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59171/25]

1086. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the measures his Department is taking to address homelessness among the over 65s and to prevent people retiring into homelessness; the number of people over 65 in County Wicklow and County Wexford that have entered homelessness, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if…

1087. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the newly introduced two-year eligibility requirement is being reviewed or removed from the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59174/25]

1088. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of acres of land which was added to the Connemara National Park from 2020 – 2025; the total cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59179/25]

1089. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s views on the purchase of land for the expansion of existing national parks; the way in which his Department balances this with desires of local farmers to expand their own holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59180/25]

1090. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if section 9 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 has been commenced by ministerial order, and if not, the reason for this. [59207/25]

1091. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the statutory basis upon which S.I. No. 376 of 2023 was made; and if the Attorney General advised that the regulation complied with Article 15.2.1° of the Constitution. [59208/25]

1092. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has conducted a comparative analysis of Ireland’s housing stock per capita versus other EU countries, in view of recent commentary highlighting that Ireland has among the lowest housing availability per person in Europe; and if he will publish this data annually. [59221/25]

1093. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reforms planned to reduce the timelines for planning application decisions for major housing and infrastructure. [59222/25]