Parliamentary questions

259. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 15 May 2025, that responsibility lies with his Department for any decision relating to a request for the reinternment of remains (details supplied); if he will take the required decision, or put such a proposal to the highest levels of Government; and if he will …

260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people registered as homeless in the Longford-Westmeath constituency in the first quarter of 2025, broken down by women, children and men, in tabular form. [26481/25]

261. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider the two-year criteria for the new tenant-in-situ scheme where it will exacerbate homelessness; the reasoning behind the two-year criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26486/25]

262. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to conduct a review of the spatial-planning-and-national-roads-guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26507/25]

263. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units purchased through the tenant-in-situ scheme in each local authority in 2023 and 2024; the total expenditure incurred by each local authority through the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26508/25]

264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide up-to-date statistics on the number of vacant and derelict properties in Clonmel town; the impact these properties are having on public safety, local business, and regeneration initiatives; and the targeted and immediate actions his Department is taking to tackle vacancy and dereliction and support …

265. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of lifeguards employed by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26530/25]

266. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is implementing to address the reported increase in the number of children in emergency accommodation, as highlighted in recent statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26541/25]

267. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the implementation status of the 14 recommendations made in the 2019 report by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing regarding child and family homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26542/25]

268. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how his Department assesses the impact of housing policies on children, specifically regarding the use of a children’s rights framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26543/25]

269. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to develop a specific child and family focused homelessness strategy, as recommended by the Ombudsman for Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26544/25]

270. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26557/25]

271. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the marine protected areas legislation; to provide a timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/25]

272. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the version of software programmes (details supplied) used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/25]

273. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has full access and use of a software programme (details supplied); if not, the alternative provider being used and the version of that provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26618/25]

274. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cloud services currently being used by his Department, by name and version; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26636/25]

275. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department currently uses a software programme (details supplied); if so, the version of the programme that is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26654/25]

276. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department currently uses a commercial internet service provider; the name of the provider; the value of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26672/25]

72. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to the implementation of the slurry storage exemption by September 2025, at the latest. [26157/25]

73. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans for public consultation regarding the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: the form these consultations will take; the expected time period for which the consultations will be ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26227/25]

74. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being implemented to improve access to cost rental housing for single applicants in Dublin, given current eligibility criteria and affordability assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/25]

75. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received, granted, refused, or are currently being processed for the social housing tenant-in-situ scheme in County Kerry, since it was reintroduced in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26164/25]

76. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding rent pressure zones (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26178/25]

77. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the roadmap to implement minimum BER standards for private rented dwellings as promised in Housing for All, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26230/25]

78. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when objective 2.14 (Implement Minimum BER standards) was last included as an item in the quarterly updates for Housing for All; the reason it has not been included in recent updates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26231/25]