Parliamentary questions

370. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current funding levels of the housing adaptation grant, the disabled persons grant and the improvements works in lieu schemes for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [40287/25]

371. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the State’s biennial land audit, conducted via the LDA’s 'Report on Relevant Public Land', is being leveraged to deliver affordable housing and community infrastructure and the steps his department is taking to accelerate land transfer and repurposing. [40204/25]

372. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes that are currently being delivered or at planning stage in Dublin south-central, and what the expected completion dates are. [40317/25]

373. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people homeless in Dublin south central, in tabular form. [40318/25]

374. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an individual can contact the land registry office directly to request the deeds of their house; to outline this process; if this can be done if the land transfer application is still being processed; to outline if this process can be expedited in the event that they are selling their house; and if he will make …

375. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received a letter from a person (details supplied); if he will issue a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40332/25]

376. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider excluding the Department from the Multi Stakeholder Working Group set up to address issues around defective concrete blocks and involving the BPFI and the 100% Redress Banks and Insurance Focus Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40346/25]

377. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the framework for the next multi-annual rural water programme beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40372/25]

378. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if hi…

379. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40418/25]

380. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the amount of funding provided to each of the 31 local authorities for voids in years 2020-2025; the number of voids returned to use in each local authority in the years 2020-2025; and the number of outstanding voids in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on…

381. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on progress on the Dowth National Park project; when he expects the park and associated facilities to be open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40436/25]

382. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the process by which the home of a person (details supplied) will be included in the defective blocks scheme; if he will give a timeline for a resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40444/25]

383. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can avail of the vacant property refurbishment grants (croí cónaithe) if the property title is held by a limited company rather than the individual's name; if he will review an application (details supplied) refused on this basis by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

384. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to reintroduce town councils in Killarney, Tralee and Listowel, County Kerry as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/25]

385. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40480/25]

386. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff working in Tailte Éireann for each year from 2015 to 2025; the average processing time for an application for each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40499/25]

387. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the timeline for the proposed amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to take effect in view of the fact that homeowners are depending on these amendments in their rebuild; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/25]

388. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department's plans for the tenant-in-situ scheme, given recent reports that both Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council have exhausted all of their available funds for 2025; if he intends to increase funding available for the scheme this year given the large waiting list for the s…

132. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to prioritise urban greening of the existing built environment in cities, towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39958/25]

133. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 3 July 2025, if he has ever requested that the providers or delivery partners of home ownership support schemes supply anonymised, disaggregated application and approval data, specifically covering variables outlined in previous parliamentary questions; if not, if he …

134. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider loosening the criteria for the vacant property grant, which does not allow the property to be occupied during the grant application process as it can cause difficulties for the applicants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39810/25]

135. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of phase 3 of the Ulster Canal; when works on this phase will commence; the estimated date of completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/25]

136. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the State, through the Housing Finance Agency or another State body, took out a loan from the European Investment Bank for the purpose of delivering Social Housing PPP Bundle 3; whether that loan has been drawn down; if so, whether interest payments are being made on the loan by the State; and if he will …

137. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the development of 106 social houses in Blessington will commence, having been halted earlier in June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39937/25]