Parliamentary questions

79. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential properties that have been issues BER certs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/25]

80. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a person whose home was purchased under the mortgage-for-rent scheme by an organisation (details supplied) is eligible for a transfer through their local authority if they meet all other criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26245/25]

81. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to strike a fair balance between investment in housing and ensuring first-time buyers are not pushed out of the market; if he is aware of reports that some new developments (details supplied), are being marketed overseas to large investors; if he plans to introduce any further measures to…

522. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a community group in County Kildare (details supplied) have failed in a number of applications for Community Monument funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/25]

523. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the statement of the Minister for Finance in his Budget speech on 1 October 2024 (details supplied) in relation to water infrastructure. [25296/25]

524. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of a High Court decision last October which ruled that a Valuation Tribunal subjecting a charity shop (details supplied) to commercial rates was incorrect in law, if he can outline how that outcome will affect all other charity and community shops throughout the country with their obligation to pay co…

525. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the progress on the publication of the report on the State's response to Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25086/25]

526. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to re-introduce the local development levy waiver on new houses, as was offered to home builders up to December 2024, considering the increasing building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/25]

527. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the number of housing units currently delayed due to An Bord Pleanála's failure to issue timely decisions on planning applications; if he will outline the specific actions being taken to address these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25117/25]

528. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish an independent oversight mechanism to monitor delays in the planning system, particularly with respect to An Bord Pleanála's decision-making backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/25]

529. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider emergency legislative or administrative measures to fast-track housing applications that are stalled due to the planning backlog at An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25119/25]

530. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm whether targets have been set for the clearance of An Bord Pleanála's case backlog and if so, what accountability mechanisms are in place to ensure these targets are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25121/25]

531. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine whether the continued delays in planning decisions are affecting the viability of housing projects and contributing to cost inflation in the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25122/25]

532. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he accepts that the failure to reform key institutions such as An Bord Pleanála has become a structural barrier to housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25123/25]

533. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will explain the rationale behind the 2024 funding allocation for the tenant-in-situ scheme, in light of reports that some local authorities received less than half of the funding required; the steps being taken to address this shortfall and ensure local councils can fully implement the scheme; and if he…

534. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider the decision to situate the proposed housing activation unit within his Department rather than under the Department of the Taoiseach, in order to ensure stronger cross-Government coordination on critical issues affecting housing delivery, including justice, transport, utilities, and plann…

535. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average time it takes for Tailte Éireann to process a query. [25143/25]

536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason no reports for the Irish Cup coursing meeting at Limerick racecourse on 21-23 February 2025 have been published on the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) website; if this three-day meeting was monitored by an NPWS ranger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25145/25]

537. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the available supports for a property in need of repair before its owner can offer its use to a local authority for social housing, but which has not been vacant for at least 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25175/25]

538. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an application from South Dublin County Council for community monuments funding for 2025 for a sum of €130,000 was refused, from a fund totalling over €7 million nationally; how this will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25204/25]

539. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme will be in operation; when he expects that applicants will be able to draw down funding from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25272/25]

540. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application to the interim remediation scheme, established in December 2023, has been made on behalf of a complex (details supplied); can he set out the status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25273/25]

541. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units delivered under the repair and leasing scheme, per local authority area, per annum, since its inception, in tabular form; the reason(s) for the substantial differences between the best performing and worst performing local authorities, in respect of this scheme; the interventions his Depar…

542. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed update on actions taken by his Department to ensure compliance with the European Convention of Human Rights on foot of their decision in the Collective Complaint FIDH v Ireland Complaint no 110/2014 and its decision in 2017 finding the Irish State failed to take sufficient and timely measur…

543. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the stock condition surveys currently being undertaken by local authorities including an explanation of the methodology used, data collected, local authorities involved, percentage of local authority stock in each local authority surveyed to date; and to give a commitment that the outcome…