Parliamentary questions

1553. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the delays at the Land Registry; the initiatives being taken to rectify these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42339/25]

1554. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the position of a person (details supplied); if advice will be provided on whether they are eligible for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the additional supports that might be available to them to rebuild their home which is affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statemen…

1555. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42468/25]

1556. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén chaoi a bhfuil a Roinn ag tabhairt tacaíochta do húdaráis áitiúla chun sprioc 20% de sheirbhísigh poiblí ina n-oifigigh dhátheangacha faoi dheireadh 2030 a bhaint amach; cén dúl chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis seo go dtí seo; an céadatán den fhoireann i ngach údarás áitúil atá dátheangach faoi lát…

1557. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through Land Development Agency investment, in view of new regulations on apartment sizes; and the number that would be provided without that change in the law. [42535/25]

1558. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and the surrounding area, including by way of part V housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42537/25]

1559. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targeted policies being introduced by his Department to support young adults in accessing affordable housing, to enable family formation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42548/25]

1560. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has carried out a review of his Department's voids programme to take account of construction inflation; if not, his plans to do so; the average cost of a void turnaround in each local authority area, in tabular form; and the average time taken to convert a void in each local authority area, in tabular form…

1561. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the total capital outturn from his Department, in each year for 2020 to 2024, by vote subhead, in tabular form. [42611/25]

1562. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there are well in excess of 200 people over 65 years of age in homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42639/25]

1563. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider introducing emergency legislation to expedite housing developments for the general population as has been done in response to accommodation needs under IPAS given the urgency of the ongoing housing crisis. [42668/25]

1564. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the full year cost of the maintenance of local authority rented homes, broken down by local authority. [42731/25]

1565. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date for a mayoral plebiscite for Cork city that will happen before the 2029 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42737/25]

1566. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a timeline on his Department’s working group review of engineering qualifications for the local government sector, which began in April 2024 and is now awaiting a decision from him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42738/25]

1567. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of zoned land capable of residential development owned by local authorities nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/25]

1568. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the revised population targets as per the revised NPF have been formally communicated to local authorities. [42747/25]

1569. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his revised housing plan will be published. [42748/25]

1570. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to give a commitment to publish a summary of the Mulcahy Report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal along with recommendations for reform of the planning system to ensure that such irregularities do not happen again in the future. [42749/25]

1571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of all affordable housing that is, cost rental and affordable purchase units delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency with a breakdown by turnkey and construction, in tabular form. [42750/25]

1572. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on all European Commission infringement proceedings currently underway related to the functions in his Department; and to provide an update on compliance and fines related to each enforcement action. [42751/25]

1573. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of section 10 funded emergency homeless services; and to give a commitment to publish the review conducted by the CCMA. [42752/25]

1574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the awarding of the Housing First tender in Dublin; and to provide an explanation for the delay in the awarding of this tender. [42753/25]

1575. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme, the pilot retrospective building defects scheme and the legislation to underpin the wider building defects redress scheme. [42754/25]

1576. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants for the defective concrete block grant scheme in each county in which the scheme is operational; the progress of each applicant though each stage of the scheme; the number of applicants that have drawn down payments at each stage; the number of applicants who have fully drawn down their…

1577. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or any agency operating under the aegis of his Department, have used reserved contracts or social clauses in their public procurement tenders in the past five years; if so, the nature of the reserved contract or social clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42756/25]