166. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is intended to commence the relevant sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 relating to designation of urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/25]
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167. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the deepening ecological catastrophe engulfing Lough Neagh, and noting that the 2025 fishing season has already been adversely impacted by the onset of blue-green algae pollution, and by a moratorium on commercial fishing, he is willing to meet with a representative group of Lough Neagh stakeholders to discuss how t…
168. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on call 3 for the urban regional development fund, including the number of projects that applied for funding, the number that have received funding, and an update on progress with 1,297 vacant or derelict properties identified by local authorities that were part of the funding applications. [30887/25]
169. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the reasons for his plans to downgrade the environmental target standards of 466 stretches of river, lakes and estuaries by classifying them as heavily modified water bodies, HMWB; whether his Department has assessed the long-term impacts of such designations on our environment; and if he will make a statement on …
170. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the interim funding for multi-unit development defects remediation; the total number of schemes that have applied; the schemes approved; the total number of units involved in each scheme; the moneys approved, allocated and spent to date in 2025; and when works are expected to commence and conclude on each approve…
171. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to legislate for and implement a comprehensive remediation scheme, including retrospective payments, for defective apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30914/25]
172. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all the meetings he and his officials have had with the ESB since he took office, providing dates and attendees for each meeting. [31081/25]
173. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all the meetings he and his officials have had with the infrastructure unit of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, providing dates and attendees for each meeting. [31082/25]
174. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the borrowing capacity of all local authorities combined for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31083/25]
175. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that employ an international relations officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31128/25]
176. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the development of a national shared electoral registration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31150/25]
177. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of electoral register entries that have a valid PPSN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31151/25]
178. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of electoral register entries that have a valid Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31152/25]
179. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of retired officials who were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their service…
735. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the development of national hazard maps for surface water and groundwater flooding, as recommended in the National Climate Change Risk Assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30735/25]
736. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department plans to designate hundreds of rivers, lakes and estuaries as 'heavily modified water bodies'; if this means the Department no longer intends to improve the water quality and environmental health standards of these sites and is essentially giving up on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [307…
737. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce the regulations dealing with service charges and sinking funds; and if the Housing Agency will have enough resources in 2026 in order that it can commence regulating the OMC sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31289/25]
738. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the process he envisages will be used by local authorities to accommodate additional residential zoning; if this will be done by amendment or review of County Developments Plans; if instruction has issued; if not when will they issue to commence this process; the timeline planned by him for completion of the …
739. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's policy in relation to remote working and details of any systems in place for logging days from home or in office. [28954/25]
740. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data his Department has access to in relation to notices of termination issued to social tenants housed by approved housing bodies. [28957/25]
741. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reform commercial rates or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28982/25]
742. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/25]
743. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage is it is the intention of his Department to reclassify the Lough Corrib Catchment as a Heavily Modified Water Body (HMWB) under the EU Water Framework Directive in an attempt to undermine its status as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) under the EU Habitats Directive as well as a means to validate the presence of invasive fre…
744. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects legislation to underpin remediation schemes to come before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29031/25]
745. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he expects the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill to have completed the legislative process by the Easter Recess in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29032/25]