1394. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of all full- and part-time staff employed at the Met Éireann facility in Shannon Airport in December 2019 and June 2025; the details of investments made in the Shannon operation since December 2019; and his plans for future investments. [40733/25]
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1395. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the small villages that are currently participating in measure A8 regarding the wastewater collection and treatment needs for villages and settlements without access to public wastewater services scheme. [40771/25]
1396. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that Rooskagh Valley, Shanagarry, County Cork, is included in any future measure A8 regarding the wastewater collection and treatment needs for villages and settlements without access to public wastewater services schemes. [40772/25]
1397. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the issues identified with the serviced sites scheme, considering only four local authorities have provided for the scheme and no houses have been sold; and his plans to make the scheme a success. [40797/25]
1398. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local councils who provide a serviced sites scheme; the number of sites currently proposed by each local authority; the number of serviced sites being built currently in each local authority; and the number of sites available to purchase in each local authority, in tabular form. [40798/25]
1399. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the issues local authorities are having in providing serviced sites schemes; if he has met with local authorities to discuss the serviced sites scheme; if the scheme is to be enacted to deal with any shortcomings highlighted by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40799/25…
1400. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a group water scheme in County Mayo (details supplied); if he is aware that the scheme is operating over 800 connections; if he is aware that the scheme has made multiple applications for takeover by Uisce Éireann; if he will provide an update on the applications for the takeover of the scheme; and if he wil…
1401. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated planning guidelines for wind farms will be issued; the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40829/25]
1402. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated planning guidelines for rural houses will be issued; the reason for the ongoing delay in publishing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40830/25]
1403. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40839/25]
1404. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department’s review of ##wind energy development guidelines and the publication of the revised guidelines. [40847/25]
1405. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a decision will be made on funding allocations for the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 under measure A5 – Extensions and new schemes; if a decision has been made on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40869/25]
1406. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40883/25]
1407. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the number of refusals by the pillar banks of the first home scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the reasons for refusals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40902/25]
1408. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be made available to local authorities to assist in the purchase of additional four to five-bed larger family homes needed, that are not currently in the housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40963/25]
1409. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the manner in which MEPs who do not serve their full term are replaced; whether the list of replacement candidates submitted in advance of the nomination deadline, and published alongside the notice of poll, can subsequently be amended by the party or independent candidate who originally submitted it; and if he will make a statemen…
1410. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 8 July 2025, the reason rough sleepers are not counted in the monthly homeless statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40967/25]
1411. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the recent declaration of yellow warnings by Met Éireann for what was a period of average summer weather was excessive; if his Department has had any engagement with Met Éireann on the use or overuse of these colour-coded warnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40969/25]
1412. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made under the first home scheme in each of the years since it was set up, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40978/25]
1413. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants approved by the first home scheme in each of the years since it was set up; the number of these applicants who did not draw down the funds; the number who did not draw down due to the fact that the pillar bank refused the first home scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40…
1414. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeframe for sourcing a suitable site for the south-west fire station in Cork following the publication of the fire cover review; if the project will be expedited considering the lack of a fire service in the general area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40980/25]
1415. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the immediate measures he is taking to protect thatched properties and to ensure that they can obtain sufficient insurance to ensure their survival as an important element of our national heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40983/25]
1416. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently sanction additional funding to Sligo County Council for the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability schemes to bring its allocation to €2,450,000, which would equate to the sum provided in the council budget for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41023/25]
1417. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41042/25]
1418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by the Housing Agency, with tenants still paying high rents with no recourse for repairs or maintenance, or long-term rental agreements or registration with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matt…