Parliamentary questions

757. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to immediately request local authorities to refrain from increasing rents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/25]

758. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing first tenancies that will be made available in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area in the next year. [23985/25]

759. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to offer guidance on how individuals can be referred for consideration for a housing first tenancy. [23986/25]

760. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether legislation will be progressed to transfer the powers of local authority chief executives to the elected council Mayors, Lord Mayors and Cathaoirligh so that council decision-making reflects local views as expressed in local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23987/25]

761. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering any policy measures to expand public land holdings in Irish cities and bring them in line with cities like Helsinki where 70% of land is in public ownership; his views on how such a policy might support housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23988/25]

762. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the number of architects currently employed by local authorities, broken down by local authority; the number of vacant local authority architect posts there are, broken down by local authority; and for details of any plans to increase the number employed. [23989/25]

763. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the qualifications required to take up a post as a local authority medical adjudicator. [23990/25]

764. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to increase the threshold for the vacant property refurbishment grant, in line with the commitment made under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24038/25]

765. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider instructing county councils to make more use of modular homes to tackle the housing crisis; if he will make any required funds available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/25]

766. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed report on progress under the measure A8, Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without access to Public Waste Water Services; the names of all settlements that have been approved under this measure, and that have progressed to site identification, to design p…

767. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress being made to support biodiversity; the key achievements since 2020; the plans between now and 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24227/25]

768. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social homes brought back into active use in 2024 under the voids programme by local authority, in tabular form; the funding provided for same in each local authority during 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/25]

769. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units that have received planning permission with conditions restricting the bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser and ring-fencing them for owner occupiers since May 2021 by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24307/25]

770. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce additional housing supports to single income households looking to purchase a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24322/25]

771. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes, from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/25]

772. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reinstate the refurbishment costs as part of the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24351/25]

773. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta sonraí a thabhairt maidir leis an teagmháil agus comhoibriú go léir idir a Roinn féin agus Rannóg na Gaeltachta sa Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta maidir le ceist na tithíochta i limistéir Ghaeltachta. [24412/25]

774. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the schedule for commencement of the various chapters and sections of the Planning and Development Act 2025, indicating which chapters and sections will be implemented this year and in what month or quarter. [24425/25]

775. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing projects approved under the single stage approval process in each year since that process was introduced; the number of units in each of these applications in each year; the total cost of these applications in each year, by local authority area, in tabular form. [24454/25]

776. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the regeneration of the Tarry Path in Cork. [24455/25]

777. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding provided to date for the north west quarter regeneration in Cork; the total amount currently allocated; and the expected cost to complete the programme. [24456/25]

778. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the north west quarter regeneration in Cork. [24457/25]

779. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 1 May 2025, regarding the affordable housing and social housing scheme at Tober Ciúin, Ardmore, County Waterford, with particular regard to whether the development is to consist solely of social housing units with no affordable housing units as per his response…

780. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Government's policy with regard to the continuation of the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24482/25]

781. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties that have been purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme, broken down by local authority and by year. [24483/25]