Parliamentary questions

548. 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 since this scheme was launched, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37858/25]

549. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the total amount of money spent at a national level under the tenant-in-situ scheme since this scheme was launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37859/25]

550. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the total amount of money spent at a national level under the tenant-in-situ scheme since this scheme was launched, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37860/25]

551. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the average purchase price of a property purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme since this scheme was launched, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37861/25]

552. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the average purchase price of a property purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme since this scheme was launched, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37862/25]

553. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will identify the additional level of funding required by Galway City and County Council as a result of Storm Éowyn, and whether the required additional funding will be provided via the Local Government Fund, must be sourced from their respective budgets or will come from given State funding streams or …

554. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has had any engagement with Galway City and County Council in relation to cost of the damage of storm Éowyn; the level of expenditure used for humanitarian assistance; whether these costs will be provided. [37927/25]

244. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support Waterways Ireland in setting up and operating a CRM system for logging and dealing with queries raised with the organisation, similar to many local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36923/25]

245. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the development levy waiver scheme will be extended for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36691/25]

246. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there will be a redrawing of local electoral area boundaries in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36693/25]

247. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's analysis of the forecast effect on current spending on the HAP and RAS schemes as a result of the Government's proposed reforms to rent pressure zones; the extent to which an expansion of those schemes is likely due to increased rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36721/25]

248. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any initiatives proposed by his Department that seeks to protect the architectural heritage of Georgian Dublin, and the so-called Georgian core; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36732/25]

249. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the asks of the Irish Georgian Society in relation to the preservation and upkeep of Georgian Dublin; if he would consider meeting with this group to further these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36733/25]

250. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the conservation measures included in the recently published interdepartmental report on the recommendations of the Dublin City Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36734/25]

251. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 111 of 25 June 2025 and 505 of 17 June 2025, the reason the reply issued did not provide the requested statistical breakdown of applications and approvals for each home ownership support scheme since their commencement, disaggregated by the variables (details supplied). [36…

252. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of Bray Harbour; the amount of funding released to the project to date on an annual basis (details supplied). [36780/25]

253. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to compensation to individuals who are subject to‘cowboy’ builders under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36810/25]

254. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated number of completed housing units nationally that cannot be occupied due to a lack of capacity in water infrastructure, both wastewater and water. [36812/25]

255. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of a site (details supplied) and the funds he has granted to develop same. [36833/25]

256. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of all blueway projects currently being funded; and the funds released to date and status of each project to include completion date. [36834/25]

257. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 24 June 2025, if it is his Department’s intention to allow further funding applications under measure A8 of the existing the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026; if not, if his Department will next progress such funding applications under a further iteration…

258. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals lodged that directly relate to a business’s valuation certificate, since the establishment of Tailte Eireann on 1 March 2023, on a quarterly basis; the average waiting times for these appeals; and if any appeals are outstanding since before the establishment of Tailte Eireann in March 202…

259. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the case of persons (details supplied); to advise on a land dezoning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36900/25]

260. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children who entered emergency accommodation in each region, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [36910/25]

261. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of families who entered emergency accommodation in the south-west region, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [36911/25]