Parliamentary questions

264. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason holiday lets cannot be registered with the RTB if people are living in them long term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35035/25]

265. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if apartment owners who have already paid for remediation works to be carried out, due to their urgent nature, will be included in the remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35062/25]

266. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the planning regulations and guidelines being developed for solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35068/25]

267. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the rural housing guidelines; and whether any changes to them are expected. [35069/25]

268. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that local authorities (details supplied) would not deem an application for the housing adaptation grant as incomplete, where outstanding supporting documentation is required, and return it by post along with supporting documentation to the applicant but instead accept the application, retain the docume…

269. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case of landlords in the rent pressure zone in Kerry (details supplied); to clarify the definition of a large landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35089/25]

270. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department’s efforts to establish a unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners’ management companies to ensure effective governance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35099/25]

271. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration can be given to increasing the property price ceiling for houses in Galway city for which support can be sought from the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35119/25]

272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1314 of 29 April 2025, when letters of assurance will issue to homeowners that have had their homes remediation under the scheme; the number of letters of assurance issued and the number of homeowners awaiting a letter of assurance; and if he will make a statement on the m…

273. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he is taking in the short and medium-term to support the night-time economy through the creation and protection of cultural spaces through clearer planning definitions, promote creative partnership models to activate vacant properties, encourage regular engagement between the cultural, nightlife…

108. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 to include in the classes of development requiring an environmental assessment report for certain installations of stationary battery energy storage systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34562/25]

109. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to prevent, and treat, wildfires in the coming summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34608/25]

110. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional assistance and resources that will be provided for Dublin Fire Brigade, and other fire services across the country, to deal with the threat of wildfires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34609/25]

111. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 17 June 2025, to provide a statistical breakdown of applications and approvals since the commencement of each of the home ownership support schemes currently in operation (details supplied), in tabular form, and if the Minister will outline whether this data is used f…

112. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will put in place guidelines to local authorities for the reletting of casual vacancies setting a maximum timeframe within which a house must be relet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34647/25]

113. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he agrees that it is totally unacceptable in a housing crisis for a local authority to take up to one year to relet a residential property; if he will engage with local authorities to ensure the efficiency of their procedures in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34648/25]

114. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the commencement of sections 48 to 50 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, which provide for the establishment of a tenancy deposit protection scheme; the reasons these provisions have not yet been commenced; if any assessment has been carried out on the cost-benefit implications …

115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding his Department provided for the housing adaptation grants for older people and people with disabilities in the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [34734/25]

116. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units provided under the CAS for care leavers scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34751/25]

117. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided for the CAS for care leavers scheme in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34752/25]

118. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has considered a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34769/25]

119. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a status update on the General Scheme of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill; to explain the delays in this legislation considering that pre-legislative scrutiny was completed in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34782/25]

120. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning applications that are referred to An Bord Pleanála, that are subsequently approved; to provide a breakdown of these figures for each of the midlands counties of Westmeath, Offaly and Laois for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a…

121. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his position on the removal or bypassing of man-made barriers on the River Blackwater, in line with the EU’s objectives for free-flowing rivers under the Water Framework Directive.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/25]

122. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resources provided to all local authorities for the provision of social work staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34848/25]