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]
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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 a waiting list for …
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 introduced for second stage …
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]
569. 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 Castlerea and surrounding areas in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25956/25]
570. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the criteria to access grants to assist with the cost of upgrade works on septic tanks and given how limited the locations are where households can avail of such grants; if he will consider widening the criteria following a report by the EPA on the number of tanks failing inspection; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details regarding the Housing Activation Office, including the number of people on its staff, the organisations to be represented, the names of those appointed/seconded to date in 2025, the powers and functions of the office and whether the head of office will be appointed through the Public Appointments Service.…
572. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time equivalent staff funded by his Department in planning authorities, broken down by local authority and An Bord Pleanála, in tabular form; and whether all of these posts are currently filled, and where not, the number of vacancies that exist in each planning authority where funding has been provided for his De…
573. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details for all capital plans for the development of fire services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/25]
574. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has received a funding application for renovation of vacant properties in the Iveagh Trust flats on Kevin street; and if so, when the funding will be released for these homes. [26053/25]
575. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Pearse House regeneration scheme. [26054/25]
576. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Oscar Traynor Woods Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26056/25]
577. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the community gain fund that forms part of the Oscar Traynor Woods Development; if the council has received this funding; and the plans for expenditure. [26057/25]
578. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a status update on the development of the new wastewater treatment plant in the wider Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/25]
579. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of persons, adults and children, currently living in emergency accommodation in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/25]
580. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of people, adults and children, currently homeless in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/25]
581. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of people, adults and children, currently registered on social housing lists in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/25]
582. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the amount due, and past-due, in fines owed on derelict properties in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26065/25]
583. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of affordable housing units delivered in Dublin annually over the past ten years, as compared to the annual targets of those same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/25]
584. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the amount of social housing units delivered in Dublin annually over the past ten years, excluding vacant site grants, as compared to the annual targets of those same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/25]