98. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process for the establishment of the strategic housing activation office; to detail how the office will sit within the structures of his Department and whether the office will be underpinned by legislation; to provide the staffing complement of the office, including the number of people seconded from his Department, …
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99. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce additional housing supports to single-income households trying to purchase a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24732/25]
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department’s efforts to earmark certain cost-rental units for key local workers, in line with commitments in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/25]
101. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether each county's house-building targets will be monitored monthly by the Minister; if he will meet with all county council chief executives and directors of planning on a quarterly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24825/25]
102. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to help local authorities to continue the tenant in situ scheme, given that Dublin City Council has already exhausted the funds currently allocated from central government [24887/25]
103. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the victims of the pyrite in concrete products scandal in the east of Ireland received 100% redress under the pyrite remediation scheme while the victims of the pyrite and pyrrhotite (internal sulphate attack) in concrete products scandal have been denied genuine 100% redress in the west of Ireland. [24440/25]
104. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his Department’s pilot scheme for providing sewage infrastructure to currently unsewered villages, such as Broadford and Cooraclare in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/25]
105. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the local authority house purchase scheme to enable tenants to purchase "section 5" houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24259/25]
106. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure the protection of hedgerow habitats; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23721/25]
107. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the number of housing completions in Cork in 2024; to specify the number completed by type of housing (private, social, affordable, cost rental); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24840/25]
108. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions being taken to protect and restore biodiversity through the national biodiversity action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24856/25]
109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost-rental housing units delivered in County Meath in 2024 and to date in 2025; how that compares to targets; the ambition he has in terms of cost rental for County Meath in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23596/25]
110. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a new, comprehensive starter home programme across the public, private and approved housing body sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/25]
111. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has costed the re-establishment of borough councils; if he will lead a reform programme to ensure the return of town and borough councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15142/25]
112. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific steps being taken to fast-track the delivery of affordable housing in commuter belt areas like Kildare north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/25]
113. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify what engagement has taken place between Uisce Éireann and his Department on the taking in charge and upgrading of over 500 water sewage treatment plants that were built prior to 2008 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24841/25]
114. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an indication and timeline on the review of rent pressure zones, given that current legislation is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24779/25]
115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the establishment of the Housing Activation Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/25]
116. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and his Department are more carefully vetting the potential applicants for the proposed Housing 'Tsar', in light of the issues surrounding a former candidate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24353/25]
238. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the source of the non-voted €490 million allocated to Uisce Éireann under the heading 'internal’ (income-own resources) in the published Revised Estimates for 2025; if this funding is intended to be spent in 2025 exclusively or if it is to be spent over a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24…
239. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the source of the non-voted €514 million allocated to Uisce Éireann under the heading 'external’ (borrowings-EU receipts) in the published Revised Estimates for 2025; if this funding is intended to be spent in 2025 exclusively or if it is to be spent over a number of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
240. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the total expenditure allocated to Uisce Éireann for its public capital programme in each of the past five years, broken down by voted Exchequer and non-voted other sources, in tabular form. [24984/25]
241. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24937/25]
242. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Kildare County Council is no longer in a position to provide for new tenant in situ applications; if he will be providing additional income to prevent families from entering homelessness in Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24959/25]
243. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the merits of introducing new building regulations that would require any public building with toilet access to have baby-changing facilities in both male and female toilets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24963/25]