Parliamentary questions

523. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide on update on the new proposed River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canal and Barrow Navigation bye-laws; if Waterways Ireland has provided any update in relation to fees and charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37445/25]

524. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what his department doing to ensure that The Apartment and Duplex Remediation Bill 2004 comes before the Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage for pre-legislative scrutiny in the Dáil autumn term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37449/25]

525. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views regarding the retail planning guidelines; if there is a timeline in place for the review of the guidelines; if he is conscious of the fact that the current guidelines are proving to be an impediment to the maintenance and expansion of a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement o…

526. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details on possible costs for each local authority to employ an archaeologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37474/25]

527. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, the engagement that has taken place with his Department and the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, local planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála in relation to addressing the safety and reg…

528. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to cessation of turf cutting scheme applicants whose scheme is due to end this year, if the scheme will be extended; if not, if other compensation will be provided to these turbary right holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37611/25]

529. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans reduce homelessness each year from 2026 to 2030, to meet the Lisbon Declaration timeframe of working towards ending homelessness by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37693/25]

530. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the timeframe for the development of a homeless prevention framework; whether it will have a budget line and resources dedicated to it in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37694/25]

531. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the collaborative work he plans to undertake with his colleague, the Minister for Health, on issues around health and homelessness and what shared resources will be brought forward in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37695/25]

532. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if capital assistance scheme funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/25]

533. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given the ongoing housing crisis and the need to support families in mortgage-to-rent schemes in meeting their financial and social needs, if his Department has considered reviewing or amending current legislation and tenancy agreements to allow such tenants to sublet one or two rooms in their homes, provided t…

534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown on age, nationality, employment status of those in emergency homeless accommodation in Ireland; if his Department stores data on the number of whom suffer from substance abuse or drug addiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37782/25]

535. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of retained female firefighters within the State, and the fire station they are stationed to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37790/25]

536. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time female firefighters within the State, and the fire station they are stationed to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37791/25]

537. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by each local authority on female specific facilities to support their female firefighters over the past three years; the amount per year, per station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37792/25]

538. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the position regarding local authorities that have fully committed their 2025 funding allocation for the acquisition of second-hand homes under the tenant-in-situ scheme, in particular where a local authority has indicated it will not proceed with further acquisitions without clarity on the funding va…

539. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; if legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes will be laid before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny before the end of 2025; and when the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill will be passed and commenced. [37…

540. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed at each of the 31 local authorities at the end of 2024, in tabular form. [37835/25]

541. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the reasoning behind the decision, during the biannual review, to not increase the price ceiling in Cork for houses for which support can be sought from the first home scheme; if consideration will be given to increasing the property price ceiling for houses in Galway city for which support can be sou…

542. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the position in regard to the vacant and derelict property grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37840/25]

543. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, the number of graduate planner posts and staff officer posts in the first tranche of supports. [37842/25]

544. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, the job titles that the graduate planners from the first tranche of supports took in Meath County Council planning department. [37843/25]

545. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, if the supports from him increased capacity in the planning department. [37844/25]

546. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of local authorities that have fully drawn down their funding allocation under the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37856/25]

547. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of properties purchased under the tenant in situ scheme at a national level in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37857/25]