Parliamentary questions

138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes retrofitted to date; the average cost to retrofit to a b2 BER rating or higher; the proportion that have been retrofitted to a BER b2 rating or higher; the average pre and post BER of a retrofitted social home in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [39946/25]

139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes have been fitted with solar PV in each of the years 2020 to date; the average pre and post BER; the average cost; the average KwH installed, from 2020 to date in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form. [39947/25]

140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes, by whether they are occupied, on the market or vacant, by local authority. [39948/25]

141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes, by local authority in each of the years 2010 to date in 2025. [39949/25]

142. 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 create new national parks and increase funding to the NPWS to support its operation and visitor experiences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39956/25]

143. 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 support applications for additional UNESCO recognition sites to showcase Ireland’s heritage internationally and examine the role of the National Monuments Service in the progression of these applications; and if he will make a statement o…

144. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the Programme for Government, the progress his Department has made in ensuring the Housing Agency is able to effectively regulate the owners management sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39977/25]

145. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists for Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/25]

146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on a social housing waiting list in Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/25]

147. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people on the housing waiting list; the number of those in receipt of social housing supports, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/25]

148. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out in detail the specific "threats to public health and safety" that underpinned the legal justifications of the derogation for removal of nests and eggs of specified gull species in Balbriggan and its districts each of the years 2017 to 2023 inclusive, including i) such threats as were recognised by …

149. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of his Department's advice to his Ministerial predecessor which resulted in the revocation of the Balbriggan derogation (2017-2023, originally granted due to "a threat to public health and safety") for removal of nests and eggs of specified gull species, will the Minister inform the deputy as t…

150. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that he is no doubt aware that the State's Courts have consistently emphasised that protection of the health and safety of citizens is a paramount duty of the State within our legal framework, if he accepts, and if he will ensure, that protection of citizens' health and safety is, therefore, assuredly p…

151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with reference to the book entitled 'Seabirds Count' a census of breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland (2015-2021), ISBN 9788416728602, (pub. Nov. 2023), and recurring acknowledgements in that book of the 'Lead Partner' role played by his Department/National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in the conduct…

152. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with reference to the published book entitled 'Seabirds Count' a census of breeding seabirds in Britain and Ireland (2015-2021), which deals with 25 species of seabirds, has the Minister noted that 70+ pages out of 484 pages in the book are given over to the escalating proliferation of high density urban-bree…

153. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when additional funding will be allocated to a local authority (details supplied); if he will ensure that this grant aid is allocated without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40134/25]

154. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of animal welfare monitoring and oversight at Dublin Zoo; the independent inspections that have been conducted by the National Parks & Wildlife Service under the Zoo Directive during 2024 and 2025; what specific welfare issues, if any, were identified and what remedial actions have be…

155. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding that will be provided for a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40183/25]

156. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the rationale behind proposals to reduce minimum standards for apartment size, window dimensions, and green space provision in new housing developments; and how he intends to address concerns that such changes may negatively affect residents’ well-being and overall quality of life; and if he…

541. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Government’s commitment to having 30 percent of our oceans protected by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39579/25]

542. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; the reasons for delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39580/25]

543. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of discussions and plans to create a Liffey Valley regional or national park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39629/25]

544. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the spend to date on the implementation on his Department’s new IT system, project Dion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39731/25]

545. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2022; when he expects the Bill to go before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/25]

546. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to extend the cessation of the turf cutting compensation scheme beyond the current timeline; the rationale for any decision taken; and if consideration will be given to those still impacted by the cessation of cutting on designated lands. [38661/25]