Parliamentary questions

440. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to create a tracking system with the land registry to enable applicants to monitor the progress of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/25]

441. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/25]

442. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received for an exemption under residential zoned land tax due to actively farmed land in County Galway and County Roscommon. [35289/25]

443. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who received a septic tank grant, per county, over the last three years; the number of tank inspections carried out in County Tipperary; how a person whose septic tank is not working can qualify for a grant to improve their septic tank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35306…

444. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has met with a group (details supplied); and, if not, if he will do so in the coming months. [35319/25]

445. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the dates and attendees of all meetings he and-or his Department officials have had with the Environmental Protection Agency since he took office. [35324/25]

446. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of offshore renewable energy applications to An Bord Pleanála that have been met within the 18-week decision timeframe; the reason the timeframe was not met for the remaining projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35336/25]

447. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that sufficient resources are in place at An Bord Pleanála to determine the outcome of offshore renewable energy applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35337/25]

448. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has engaged with phase 1 offshore renewable energy applications before submission of planning applications; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35338/25]

449. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is standard policy for the National Parks and Wildlife Service to engage with phase 1 offshore renewable energy applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35339/25]

450. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider mandating the National Parks and Wildlife Service to engage with phase 1 offshore renewable energy applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35340/25]

451. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff in the National Parks and Wildlife Service working full-time on the delivery of offshore wind projects and applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35341/25]

452. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the exact role of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the area of offshore renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/25]

453. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if protections will be added for family home bed and breakfasts not to become commercially rateable properties, allowing them to maintain their family home status and be protected in legislation as non-commercial properties for the purpose of local authority rates, as has been the unofficial position since foun…

454. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35395/25]

455. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state the number of social homes delivered via buy-and-renew in 2024; and the average cost of the delivery of these units to the Exchequer. [35402/25]

456. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why County Kerry is not included in the affordable housing scheme; if it will be included, and when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35414/25]

457. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider establishing a dedicated scheme as part of budget 2026 for local authorities to access funding for the retrofitting or replacement of substandard historical housing stock, perhaps with a trial in Dún Laoghaire and Dublin city, where older stock is widespread; and if he will make a statement …

458. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned about the level of access to training available to planners and associated staff in local authorities with regard to the standards and frameworks used in the assessment of biogas plant developments nationally, especially considering a national planning framework would be seen as the typical pr…

459. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the role of the Land Development Agency in relation to the purchasing of vacant sites and units that have the potential for significant residential development; the arrangements that exist for the purchase of such sites prior to them being placed on the open market in circumstances in which the ownership is under…

460. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract w…

461. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the cases of persons (details supplied) regarding their application for housing aid for older people grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35496/25]

462. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify several queries in regard to rent pressure zones (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35506/25]

463. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified water bodies (HMWBs) under the EU Water Framework Directive in a deliberate manner to undermine the integrity of the SAC for the commercial development of the lake and its tributaries…

464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the transfer of responsibility for OMCs from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to his Department will happen before the summer recess; if the regulations concerning sinking funds and service charges will be in place by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35583…