1469. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41597/25]
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1470. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and the total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41615/25]
1471. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Roscommon County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41630/25]
1472. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Galway County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41631/25]
1473. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Offaly County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41632/25]
1474. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on any work being carried out by his Department into the population growth of seagulls; their migration patterns and status as a protected species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41633/25]
1475. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the number of public and private houses and apartments actually built per annum since 2015, broken down by number of bedrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41647/25]
1476. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41663/25]
1477. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed progress report in regard to the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the long overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; if he will explain the lack of progress to date and confirm when will work commence on this long overdue wastewater treatmen…
1478. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when work will commence on a scheme for which funding was announced over 19 months ago by his Department; his views on whether this is now a major health and safety issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41671/25]
1479. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify that houses located in Enfield, County Meath, and properties with an address of Enfield, County Westmeath, can qualify for the pyrite remediation scheme; and if new applications are still being accepted for this scheme. [41674/25]
1480. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the Property Services Regulations Act 2011, whether the address of the property sold is published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41722/25]
1481. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an addition to the housing aid for elderly-housing adaption for those with a disability scheme for 2026 to allow those with medical need to apply for assistance with the provision of a mobility scooter. [41725/25]
1482. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date by which the public consultation on Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan for 2025 to 2029 will be completed; the date by which the plan will be subsequently finalised; and the date by which the plan will be approved and funded. [41731/25]
1483. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 16 July 2025, the reason that solar PV is limited to the installation of 1kWp solar PV for small social housing with a floor area less than 55 m2, with a maximum HLI of 2 under the local authority retrofitting schemes; if there are plans to expand this criteria to install more solar PV on lo…
1484. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the routine maintenance and conservation of structures (details supplied), as there is significant vegetation growing on them that may damage the structure of all of these historical structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41789/25]
1485. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time for a housing adaptation grant to be approved; the average amount awarded, per local authority area, in tabular form. [41830/25]
1486. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to broaden the scope of the septic tank grant, to allow all households who cannot afford to repair or replace problematic or unworkable septic tanks avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/25]
1487. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of septic tank grants allocated in each county since the scheme was first introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/25]
1488. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed progress report regarding the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; the reason Uisce Éireann is responding that it will take another seven years to complete, bring the completion time of a sewerage scheme in…
1489. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/25]
1490. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests his Department has received from Donegal County Council seeking funding to purchase additional fire appliances and-or emergency specialist equipment for Donegal fire services in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of funding requests that were approved, in tabular form; and if he w…
1491. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names, organisations, former responsibilities, current responsibilities and full remuneration, including of secondees, of all appointments to the housing activation office. [41855/25]
1492. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure, in tabular form. [41856/25]
1493. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the review of the vacant property refurbishment grant carried out in 2024, if he has considered introducing phased payments of the grant in order to assist applicants with cash flow in managing such projects, particularly with massive increased costs in construction; if he has further considered that staged pa…