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Robert Troy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1669. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the new regulations on short-let rentals (details supplied), if an exemption will be put in place for existing short-let properties which were never previously available for long-term let. [44001/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1670. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress on the delivery of future housing in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44057/25]
Robert Troy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1671. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the possibility of making more funding available to local authorities to administer the housing adaption and housing aid for the elderly schemes in all future years. [44058/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1672. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reopen the tenant-in-situ scheme in County Mayo for cases where the tenants are facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44083/25]
John Clendennen Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1673. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait time for a deed of rectification from Tailte Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44086/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1674. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he has taken to ensure that local authorities and AHBs are able to quickly resolve matters arising in tenant enforcement where a tenant is engaged in anti-social behaviour or criminality. [44109/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1675. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant enforcement officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [44113/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1676. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update into the review of the Construction Progress Report pipeline. [44157/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1677. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites for which a vacant sites tax or zoned land tax has been applied, and the number of sites for which it has been received, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [44159/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1678. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding data across all local authorities for the tenant-in-situ scheme since its introduction in 2023, broken down by month, local authority, and whether the funds were used, in tabular form. [44169/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1679. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reopen the tenant-in-situ scheme in County Mayo for cases where the tenants are facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44170/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1680. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of regeneration projects that have been applied for by each local authority, the number that have been approved and whether any are outstanding. [44173/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1681. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding provided for regeneration in each of the past five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [44174/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1682. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of directly built local authority homes delivered in each of the past five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [44175/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1683. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department provides any funding for the boarding up of homes and if so, how much was provided in each of the past five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [44179/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1684. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct Waterways Ireland to provide water tap services, pump out machines, postal services and refuse services for those on liveaboards and recreational boats on inland waterways in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1685. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will instruct Waterways Ireland to provide water tap services for those on liveaboards and recreational boats at the 12th lock on the Royal Canal, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44223/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1686. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding for Traveller accommodation that was applied for by each housing authority in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1687. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the designation of recipients of HAP housing as having their housing needs met, to allow them to remain on social housing waiting lists and be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44225/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1688. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to define the aspects of affordability related to the vacant property grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44226/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1689. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average income of those in receipt of the vacant property grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44227/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1690. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of multiple property owners who received the vacant property grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44228/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1691. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the vacant property grant is included in affordable housing delivery figures; if he will consider plans to reclassify the vacant property grant from being a form affordable housing to a stand alone measure to address vacant and derelict property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44229/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1692. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the vacant homes action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44230/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1693. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department is taking to work with local authorities in collecting the derelict sites levy; if he has any plans for the establishment of LA vacancy units modelled on the success of a similar team dedicated to dereliction in Limerick County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44…