Parliamentary questions

1216. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19348/25]

1217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected in emergency accommodation settings; if comprehensive training on LGBTQ+ competency is mandatory for council housing and homeless service staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/25]

1218. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning applications for rural one-off dwellings submitted in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19392/25]

1219. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning approvals granted for rural one-off dwellings in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19393/25]

1220. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of refusals for rural one-off dwelling applications in Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan that were appealed to An Bord Pleanála in 2024, 2023, and 2022; and the percentage of those appeals that resulted in approvals. [19394/25]

1221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the justification in the Programme for Government commitment to continue to support one-off, rural housing (details supplied). [19395/25]

1222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the STAR allocations to each organisation that has been awarded equity payments under this scheme with a breakdown by scheme and amount of STAR awarded, in tabular form. [19402/25]

1223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider advocating for a ban on data centre construction in areas of high housing need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/25]

1224. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the amount of funding allocated local authorities to support the Social Housing Secondhand Acquisitions Programme in 2024 and 2025, by local authority; the proportion of the funding that is already committed in the 2025 allocation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

1225. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional funding to Uisce Éireann to address the water quality issues at Douglas Road, Cork; and the status if plans by Uisce Éireann to bring the water quality up to an acceptable standard. [19415/25]

1226. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, per local authority area, all social, affordable purchase and cost rental developments due for completion in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19435/25]

1227. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the further extension of the development contributions waiver; what assistance is in place for those starting out on a residential home self-build to alleviate the added financial pressure due to the reintroduction of development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

1228. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an extension of time will be provided to the derelict/vacant property grants due to the delay of ESB connections to properties following the aftermath of storm Éowyn as ESB crews were engaged in major repair works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19500/25]

1229. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any financial supports or assistance schemes are available to help tenants who are transferring from a local authority property to a housing agency property with the cost of furnishing their new home, particularly for working households who do not qualify for social welfare supports; and if he will make a sta…

1230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason emergency accommodation services are regulated by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive rather than HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19545/25]

1231. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his understanding of the number of social homes that will be available as part of the first phase of development of the Irish Glass Bottle site; the proportion of these which will be one, two and three beds, respectively; the price of affordable homes on the development; and if he will make a statement on the af…

1232. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options available for a person (details supplied) whose apartment, bought in 2022, has mould, pyrite, water ingress that has a broken heating system and windows that need replacing in order to be habitable by way of a grant; the options available for homeowners who find themselves unable to pay rising ma…

1233. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties brought back into use by Kerry County Council under the buy and renew scheme, each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19643/25]

1234. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when appropriate guidelines will be put in place for onshore wind farms, given the last guidelines were published in 2006 and then a draft in 2019, which went no further than draft stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19672/25]

1235. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No.15 of 20 March 2025, if his Department has contacted Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council to request updates on the current role and activities of their respective accessibility officers; if so, whether the findings can be shared; and if he will make a statement o…

1236. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage as stated in the Programme for Government, when he intends creating an ‘above-the-shop’ living refurbishment grant by topping up the vacant and derelict refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19690/25]

1237. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide additional funding to Limerick City and County Council who’s funding allocation for 2025 has already been committed to properties and projects and is unable as a result to take on any tenant-in-situ applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19700/25]

1238. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time limits for the remediation of serious health hazards such as damp and mould in social housing; if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and the Liberties Community Projec…

1239. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider arranging additional specific training for our fire and rescue personnel, in order that they can provide a supervisory role in a programme of annual controlled burning of gorse in support of landowners and for the continued safety of residents, wildlife and property; and if he will make a statemen…

1240. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a circular to local authorities around updating a social housing applicant’s housing need in line with recommendations from medical professionals, particularly with regard to individuals with developmental disorders who may need a sensory room; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …