Parliamentary questions

538. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if further funding will be available for local authorities to help with the backlog for housing adaptation grants for older people and disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51145/25]

539. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in the Wicklow-Wexford constituency currently priority one on the Local Authority list for the housing adaptation grant for older people and disabilities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/25]

540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to address delays in local authority housing transfers, particularly in Cork city and county, and the average waiting time for approved transfers in 2024-2025. [51150/25]

541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will review the current local authority housing transfer system, with particular reference to waiting times for approved transfers in Cork city. [51166/25]

542. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the eligibility areas of grant aid schemes administered by a local authority to upgrade, repair or replace domestic wastewater treatment system/septic tank systems; if he will ensure those previously tested with high risk factors can be later included; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an independent ecological damage assessment will be undertaken in respect of the River Allow, in view of its designation under the Munster Blackwater Special Area of Conservation (site code 0021700) and its blue-dot high-status objective; and when the assessment is expected to be completed and reported. [51226…

544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has been formally informed by the Environmental Protection Agency and Inland Fisheries Ireland of recent reported incidents concerning the River Allow; if not, when such notification will occur; and the measures in place to ensure timely inter-agency communication in fut…

545. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 September 2025, if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the current enforcement regime; if reform or direction to a body (details supplied) is being considered to deal with persistent breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51254/25]

546. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a circular will be issued to outline the changes to tenancy laws that are coming into force in March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51270/25]

547. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on legislation to allow for retrospective payments under the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51271/25]

548. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals made under the remediation of dwellings damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks grant scheme have been processed to completion in 2025; the number of appeals which remain active; the average turn-around time of appeals nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5127…

549. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the publication of the National Development Plan Review, when the towns and cities infrastructure investment fund will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51284/25]

550. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider conducting an audit to date of a public project's (details supplied) financial, physical, social, and economic aspects following the closure of multiple organisations tasked with delivering the project and the previous publication of a Comptroller and Auditor General Report identifyin…

551. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department have completed the work needed to allow the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme be reviewed for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51298/25]

552. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the process by which his Department determines the polling day for elections; if maximising turnout rates are considered in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51303/25]

553. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to advise when updated wind energy guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51317/25]

554. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to examine the current boundaries as they pertain to the administrative areas of existing local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51334/25]

555. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to examine the current funding mechanism for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51335/25]

556. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51367/25]

557. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans and timeline to change regulations for small dwellings, such a portacabins, to be built in residential gardens for caring responsibilities and families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51409/25]

558. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of two funding streams announced for the tenant-in-situ scheme, an additional €50m announced through press release and an additional 30% of tenant-in-situ budget for local authorities; if there are two separate funding streams, if the €22 million allocated to Dublin City Council is contained in the ad…

559. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to amend the planning regulations in relation to listed buildings to permit solar panels to be erected as exempt development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51506/25]

560. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline any grants available to a person wishing to convert an old building into an interpretive museum, and if there are any grants available for preservation of old buildings if used to educate, or as a museum. [51508/25]

561. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of water ingress due to defects at an apartment complex (details supplied). [51518/25]

562. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if owner management companies will be able to apply for the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme retrospectively. [51520/25]