Questions

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 full grant in each …

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]

1578. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to streamline planning processes for critical infrastructure projects like the Metro; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42862/25]

1579. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of the mica issue, the way he is ensuring that current rebuilds meet appropriate structural standards, particularly in high-rebuild areas like Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42869/25]

1580. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the biodiversity cross-Border projects that have been identified by his Department as part of the National Development Plan review 2025; the timeline for the completion of said projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42879/25]

1581. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the lack of progress in establishing marine protected areas (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42906/25]

1582. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his assessment of the impact to date of his Department’s overall response to the mica crisis compared with the earlier pyrite scheme in terms of timing, regional consistency and scheme design; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42908/25]

1583. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the fact the mica scheme offers a maximum grant of €462,000, if he is aware that many homeowners report receiving significantly less due to square meter limits and capped supports for accommodation, storage and engineering; and his views on whether the current model reflects a fair and practical approach to re…

1584. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rationale for delivering the mica scheme through local authorities instead of a centralised body such as the Pyrite Resolution Board; and the way this approach has helped with consistency, rebuild timelines and overall homeowner experience across affected counties. [42910/25]

1585. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied with the State’s response to early indications of defective concrete blocks; if there were particular factors that influenced the timing of intervention, and how does he now reflect on State responsibility in light of regulatory challenges at the time. [42911/25]

1586. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of the defective concrete issue, the reforms underway to strengthen building product oversight, regulatory enforcement, or manufacturing standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42913/25]

1587. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the provision, if any, that exists for people in receipt of HAP in one local authority area, and who have children attending local schools, but who are on the housing list for a different local authority area, to transfer to the housing list of the local authority area in which they live and their children attend school witho…

1588. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of the private rental sector reforms, if in respect of those landlords with four properties or less, who had intended their properties to be part of a pension arrangement, if said landlords are obliged to sell the properties with the sitting tenants still in place; if he agrees that there is a risk of sitting te…

1589. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has made any funding available to local authorities to appoint vacancy officers to manage social housing voids; and if so, how much funding for each local authority. [42962/25]

1590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancy officers employed by local authorities nationwide, broken down by local authority. [42963/25]

1591. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions that have been bought to date in 2025, with a breakdown by local authority and acquisition type tenant-in-situ, housing first, vacant homeless, and so no; and an average cost, by local authority. [42988/25]

1592. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the seven legacy action due as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the status of the progress to date; the timeline for completion; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43040/25]

1593. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail for each specific local authority the precise number of Part V units currently due for delivery, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43050/25]