Parliamentary questions

7. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce a new voids programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24659/25]

8. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his expectations for the delivery of affordable housing in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24661/25]

9. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how quickly the new housing national planning framework targets will be given to the county councils so that they can amend their county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24826/25]

10. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated to Roscommon County Council for the tenant in situ scheme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24656/25]

11. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to expand the provision of modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24654/25]

12. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the derelict sites levy collection in 2024. [24896/25]

13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence; if he will provide an update on the development of a policy on rightsizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/25]

14. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently review the cut in funding for the social housing acquisition programmes, given its negative impact on key homeless schemes like tenant in situ and housing first. [24433/25]

15. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately establish the local democracy task force promised in the programme for Government 2025 with a view to the early re-establishment of borough and town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24258/25]

16. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for confirmation as to when the social housing thresholds in County Laois are to rise, as there is still quite a number of people on housing lists who are over the threshold by a small amount, and many who are getting on in age worrying that if they do not qualify for social housing, they will become homeless du…

17. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that no affordable homes will be delivered in phase 1A of the Poolbeg West strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/25]

18. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his priorities for heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/25]

19. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Government missed its new-build social, affordable purchase and cost-rental targets in 2024; to set out what he intends to do to ensure the targets for 2025 are not missed; and to confirm what those targets are for new-build social, affordable purchase and cost rental. [24436/25]

20. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be provided to local authorities in 2025 to cover the additional applications for housing adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23493/25]

21. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated for housing adaptation grants in Louth from 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24599/25]

22. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for housing acquisitions, such as the tenant in situ scheme in Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24854/25]

23. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 9 April 2025, to provide an update on the formulation of planning guidelines for solar energy developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24869/25]

24. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next tranche of funding will be released in order to facilitate the necessary second bridge in Celbridge under the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16235/25]

25. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider reevaluating the maximum market values in the local authority home loan, given that in Kildare, it is capped at €360,000 and the newest batch of affordable homes released by Kildare County Council were valued at €365,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24845/25]

26. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on funding to Mayo County Council to enable the local authority to bring void properties back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24871/25]

27. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new builds by approved housing bodies in 2024; the number expected in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/25]

28. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the progress made by the Land Development Agency to date in advancing affordable and social housing delivery; the pipeline now in place for further developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/25]

29. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on proposed new rural planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24838/25]

30. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the income limits for eligibility for social housing in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24839/25]

31. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the current and future funding of Uisce Éireann, whether additional capital funding will be allocated following the revelation that the €1 billion announced as part of budget 2025 was not for additional capital investment; what additional funding the Government intends to provide to cover the shortfal…