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]
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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 Department has initiated …
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 measures to ensure the rig…
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 of the surveys will…
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 under the predecess…
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 issued; and when this r…
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]