Parliamentary questions

544. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of Dublin City Council application for funding for the regeneration of Oliver Bond flats, Dublin 8. [25295/25]

545. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections available to a person on a leasehold agreement. [25374/25]

546. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider initiating a review of the spouses and children’s scheme for local authority staff, with a view to assessing its compatibility with modern equality standards, including marital and family status diversity, reintroducing a refund mechanism for contributors who never marry or have children, as existed…

547. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons who applied for the local authority purchase and renovation loan in each local authority in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [25442/25]

548. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of people who availed of the first home scheme in each of the past five years, by county in tabular form (details supplied). [25443/25]

549. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of hotel / hostel beds currently in use as emergency homeless accommodation, by each local authority in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25473/25]

550. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ acquisitions fell through in 2024, in tabular form, by local authority; the reasons for the acquisition not taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25562/25]

551. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the cost rental backstop for local authorities and others. [25583/25]

552. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of judicial reviews taken against An Bord Pleanála, by year, for the past ten years. [25644/25]

553. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases conceded by An Bord Pleanála, by year, for the past ten years, including an explanation of any significant variations observed over that period. [25645/25]

554. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases overturned in judicial reviews involving An Bord Pleanála, by year, for the past ten years. [25646/25]

555. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases won by An Bord Pleanála in judicial reviews, and to supply a detailed breakdown by year for the past ten years. [25647/25]

556. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total legal costs incurred by An Bord Pleanála as a result of judicial reviews, providing a detailed figure for each year over the past ten years, along with a breakdown of any external legal expenditure incurred. [25648/25]

557. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of local authority housing developments nationwide that have been identified with significant construction defects; the measures being taken to remediate these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25723/25]

558. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the status of a refund of fees under the defective concrete blocks scheme on the home of a deceased applicant (details supplied); and if he is aware of the ongoing distress and legal complications caused by the delay, despite assurances in January 2023 that the refund would be iss…

559. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions paid to local authorities for owner occupiers building their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/25]

560. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the Uisce Eireann rebate paid to local authorities for owner occupiers building their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25773/25]

561. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reverse the decision to place additional limits on the tenant-in-situ scheme; if he is aware that Galway City Council has already spent its allocation for 2025 under the scheme; if he will engage with Galway City Council to improve homelessness prevention given this issue and the fact that there is…

562. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the context of the significant impacts of Storm Éowyn, he will consider financially supporting group water schemes for the provision of generators, to ensure the resilience in the water supply for the members of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/25]

563. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the four pathfinder projects in the interim fire safety defects scheme, including a detailed update on where each path finder project is at, the funding that has been approved and drawn down, and the outstanding issues to be addressed before actual remediation can take place. [25931/25]

564. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the eight pathfinder projects due to receive retrospective funding for building defects remediation, including a detailed update on where each pathfinder project is at, the funding that has been approved and the outstanding issues to be addressed before funding will be released. [25932/25…

565. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if wooden bicycle sheds, constructed in front gardens, are exempted development for the purposes of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25946/25]

566. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill and the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No. 2) Bill; if he intends to publish these Bills before the summer recess; and whether he hopes to have the defects Bill undergo pre-legislative scrutiny before the recess and the Housing Bill introduc…

567. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the supplementary estimate for housing will be published and brought to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [25953/25]

568. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of calls made for a fire brigade to CAMP west from County Roscommon in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25955/25]