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Shane Moynihan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
545. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an indicative timeline on when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 will be transferred from the Department of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34250/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
546. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if further consideration has been given to enacting regulations on service charges and sinking funds under the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34251/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE-qualified historians employed by his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [34265/25]
John Connolly Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
548. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the review into the response of the State and State agencies into the impact of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34318/25]
Duncan Smith Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
549. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to raise the cap on the first home scheme and the help to buy scheme, specifically for Dublin, as new builds in areas such as Swords exceed the current cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34441/25]
Pat the Cope Gallagher Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
550. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of defective concrete block appeals he has received from Donegal; the number processed to date; the number of appeals that have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34445/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
551. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding and department supports are available under ‘Measure A8- Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without Access to Public Waste Water Services’ of his Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 and accompanying circular L1/22; the process for towns and settlements who are …
Michael Cahill Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
552. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he would consider extending housing adaptation grant schemes to include support for the purchase of generators for homes with a dependence on electrically powered medical equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/25]
John Brady Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
553. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a newly built social housing estate (details supplied) has been vacant for seven months post-completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34513/25]
John Brady Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
554. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has to date been spent on the public private partnership bundle 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34515/25]
John Brady Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
555. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he will ensure the houses due to be completed in the public private partnership bundle 3 will be completed; if he will consider working with the local authorities to have these properties developed and manages by the local authorities in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34517/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
556. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if provision has been made to continue the Economic and Social Intervention Fund in Limerick in 2026 and beyond, given that it is a critical instrument to help address disadvantage in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
307. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to include the remediation of apartments impacted by defective concrete blocks. [33238/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
308. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the intentions of Government to bring forward new guidelines to replace the 2006 guidelines on wind energy; and if further changes to the planning process are being considered in respect of the need to ensure that the views and concerns of local communities affected by large scale wind farms and s…
Erin McGreehan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
309. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the timeline for nominations and appointments to the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland Board. [33252/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
310. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the housing aid for older people grant, specifically whether boiler replacements remain eligible under the scheme; and if they are no longer included, the alternative supports that are available to cover such essential upgrades. [33261/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
311. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has plans to extend the croí cónaithe scheme to include shop owners and business owners in town centres. [33264/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
312. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Government’s new housing plan will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33268/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
313. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised national planning framework will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33269/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
314. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm unequivocally whether he is satisfied that the current policies, priorities, decisions and actions of his Department, including in particular, the National Parks and Wildlife Service, both should and do always treat the protection of public health and safety of citizens (especially but not exclusively, childre…
Conor Sheehan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
315. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application has been submitted by Cork City Council for funding for emergency funding to replace mobile homes/caravans used for Traveller housing damaged during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33274/25]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
316. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on an application from Kerry County Council (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33290/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
317. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if individuals who accessed the defective concrete blocks scheme prior to 29 March 2024 will be eligible for any additional payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33294/25]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
318. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to give a detailed response to enquiries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33370/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Housing
319. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill will be brought before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny by autumn 2025, given the urgent need to advance the implementation of the remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33447/25]