Parliamentary questions

1236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby single people cannot qualify for affordable housing schemes due to their lower income relative to couples; if he is conscious of the need to support all prospective homeowners, regardless of relationship status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46174…

1237. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes to support apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46179/25]

1238. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if plans are in place to lower the voting age to 16 years given that no mention of such a change was made in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46222/25]

1239. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus) has not yet been added to Ireland's List of National Concern under the 2024 Invasive Alien Species Regulations, despite being recognised as a high-risk invasive species by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the National Biodiversity Data Centre, Coillte and t…

1240. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost per unit of retrofitting at a location (details supplied) and the overall cost of the project. [46265/25]

1241. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether inspections are required after council funded retrofitting; and if he is aware that none were reportedly undertaken at a location (details supplied) [46266/25]

1242. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 3 July 2025 if he will provide further details in respect of clarifications sought by his department, outcome of requests and if he will provide an update in respect of the advancement of the project. [46273/25]

1243. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites on the derelict sites register on 31 December 2024; the amount levied in 2024; the amount collected; the cumulative amount owed; the number of sites for which CPO notices were issued; the number of sites CPO’d; the number of sites for which derelict sites register notices were issued; and th…

1244. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the ceiling for the first home scheme in the Dublin area. [46337/25]

1245. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46352/25]

1246. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans to develop or draft development guidelines for solar energy projects similar to the 2006 wind energy guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46392/25]

1247. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are specific development guidelines for the development of large-scale fossil-fuel-bio-fuel powered energy projects similar to the 2006 wind energy guidelines (details supplied); if not, whether his Department have any plans to develop or draft guidelines for such developments; and if he will make a st…

1248. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying commercial rates to the relevant local authority of the location that the property is in; to provide a similar list of properties for agencies or bodies under its remit that are also absolved…

1249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority, in 2023 and 2024; the average cost of each home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46449/25]

1250. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an estimated unit cost to the Exchequer for providing cost rental homes,1-, 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom; and for providing affordable homes, 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/25]

1251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/25]

1252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of 100 percent redress for building defects affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46452/25]

1253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of 100 percent redress for mica affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46453/25]

1254. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes for apartment defects will complete pre-legislative scrutiny before the end of 2025; and when he anticipates that the legislation will pass both Houses of the Oireachtas. [46455/25]

1255. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus), despite being recognised as a high-risk invasive species by NPWS, NBDC, Coillte and the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss, has not yet been added to Ireland’s List of National Concern under the 2024 Invasive Alien Species Regulations. [46497/25]

1256. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency accommodation beds available in each county. [46498/25]

1257. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide full details on his Department's response to eliminate Asian hornets which a threat to all native Irish pollinators, including honeybees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46506/25]

1258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the county and local authority-level breakdown of Q2 2025 new dwelling completions, apartment share and pipeline indicators for Cork city and county; and if his Department projects the 2025 completions target to be met, given CSO data showing a 35% year-on-year increase in Q2 completions and a doubling in apartm…

1259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the immediate and medium-term biosecurity actions, beekeeper guidance, public reporting protocols and funding for surveillance and eradication of the Asian hornet in Munster for the next 12-months given confirmation of an Asian hornet nest in Cork. [46516/25]

1260. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a private landlord can be compelled to provide proof of ownership to a local authority when their tenant is applying for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46550/25]