Parliamentary questions

199. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he acknowledges that the revision of I.S. 465 strengthens the position of homeowners whose applications were downgraded by the Housing Agency and who have consistently argued that such downgrade decisions were legally and scientifically flawed; and if he will confirm that all downgrade appeals will c…

200. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that the defective concrete blocks appeals boards will continue to hear and determine outstanding downgrade appeals without interruption or delay, given that all downgrade appeals determined to date have resulted in the Housing Agency's decisions being annulled; that those appeals wer…

201. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the fact that all downgrade appeals heard to date have resulted in the Housing Agency's decisions being annulled, he will direct that cases returned to the Housing Agency for re-assessment be dealt with immediately and as a priority; given that some homeowners have been engaged with the …

202. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria used by his Department, and by any Government housing support schemes under its remit, to determine whether a dwelling is classified as a modular home or modular housing unit; whether homes constructed using modern methods of construction that incorporate traditional brick and mortar elements may …

203. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current criteria for acceptance of residential properties to the historic thatch grant scheme; the maximum funding available to households under the scheme; when he expects the scheme to reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48089/26]

204. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants who have availed of the €24,100 lump sum payment under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48266/26]

205. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants who have availed of the €1,500 annual payment under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48267/26]

206. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the total level of expenditure for the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme since its establishment; to provide an annual breakdown of this expenditure from its establishment to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48268/26]

207. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and affordable cost rental homes delivered in each local authority area in the past five years; the projected number of affordable purchase and cost rental homes to be delivered in each local authority area over the next five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a state…

208. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing developments specifically designed for older people delivered in each local authority area, including age friendly, right sizing, and supported housing schemes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48354/26]

406. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans within his Department to support local authorities who wish to support community groups taking over derelict buildings within towns and villages to combat dereliction and improve streetscapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47120/26]

407. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47571/26]

408. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legislative framework to address the issue of very high or overhanging trees and hedgerows, specifically leylandii, on neighbouring properties; and if there is any planned legislation on the issue given the existence of same in other jurisdictions. [47644/26]

409. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the main recommendations outlined in the Value-for-Money Report for Local Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46824/26]

410. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of approved housing bodies operating in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/26]

411. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a compassionate hardship clause or legislative amendment to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme to accommodate families who have inherited a defective property from a relative who was diagnosed with a terminal illness, and subsequently passed away before they were medically o…

412. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the conservation covenants in use in England and Wales under the Environment Act 2021; if he plans to introduce a similar scheme here in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46872/26]

413. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review and increase the income thresholds for social housing to better reflect the current cost-of-living, to ensure the thresholds are future proofed; when the last such review took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46900/26]

414. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish 2025 derelict sites levy data. [46902/26]

415. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that different definitions of dereliction are being used in the vacant and derelict property refurbishment grant and the derelict sites register; and if he will give a commitment to review the definition in order to align them in order that his Department operates a single definition of derelictio…

416. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s plans to counter coastal erosion, dealing with the potential of coastal erosion on housing and infrastructure; and the contingency plans being put in place to relocate people from unsafe coastal areas in view of increasing climate change impacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

417. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current enforcement powers and legal tools, in his Department or related semi-State bodies, which can be used to tackle and seize abandoned or derelict vessels on inland waterways; his Department’s plans to measure the scale and scope of this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46959/2…

418. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to include the replacement of double glazed windows under the housing aid for older people's grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46966/26]

419. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a regulatory impact assessment was carried out on the Housing and Residential Tenancies Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026; if so, to provide a copy of the assessment; and if not, the reason, such an assessment was not undertaken. [46972/26]

420. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to extend the cost rental scheme to County Mayo in view of the amount of persons that do not qualify for social housing but find themselves homeless and unable to afford market rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46982/26]