Parliamentary questions

1241. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who has been approved for remediation works on their house under the defective concrete blocks grant scheme may elect to have the house rebuilt using a modular model which would resemble the existing design and layout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/25]

1242. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review is being carried out into the funding of local authorities; when this review will have been carried out; if the financial challenges faced by Galway County Council will be taken into consideration as part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/25]

1243. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the value thresholds for the first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19806/25]

1244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the average cost incurred in retrofitting a standard three-bedroom local authority home. [19879/25]

1245. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 264, 265 and 263 of 10 April 2025, if he will publish the analysis undertaking by the Residential Tenancies Board on behalf of his Department in respect of the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19892/25]

1246. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 264, 265 and 263 of 10 April 2025, if the analysis undertaking by the Residential Tenancies Board on behalf of his Department in respect of the accommodation recognition payment was the only work carried out in respect of the impacts, or potential impacts, that the accommoda…

1247. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the development levy waiver and Uisce Éireann rebate schemes will be extended beyond December 2026; and when an announcement on this can be expected, given the large number of developments awaiting clarity to proceed. [19894/25]

1248. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he can undertake to address the shortcomings in the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, which results in a lack of full technical assessments and insufficient funding being provided to affected homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19902/25]

1249. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will implement an exemption scheme for planning permission and other fees for homeowners rebuilding their homes due to defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19903/25]

1250. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed progress report in regard to the €6 million in funding announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; the reason for the lack of progress; if the new wastewater treatment plant will be developed on a greenfield site; if not, if Beaufor…

1251. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when affordable housing units for sale, will be made available to the general public in County Kerry (details supplied); the reason affordable housing has not been made available to persons in Kerry before now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19945/25]

1252. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in all towns and villages in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19946/25]

1253. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Cahersiveen, County Kerry where there are sites available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19947/25]

1254. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/25]

1255. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/25]

1256. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19950/25]

1257. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19951/25]

1258. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19952/25]

1259. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that those who sell their apartment in the next few months, and who have paid large sums of money for remediation works in their apartment blocks, will be eligible for any retrospective defects rebate scheme when it begins, if they or their OMC has engaged with his Department on the matt…

1260. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made to put in place a fully State-funded defects remediation scheme to tackle fire safety, water ingress and serious structural defects in apartments and duplexes across the State; and how will owners be fully reimbursed for the costs of remediating such defects in the past or in the immediat…

1261. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a building standards regulatory authority with sufficient resources to ensure regulatory compliance through regular on-the-ground inspections will be set up to ensure that major defects seen in Celtic Tiger-era apartment complexes will not be repeated. [19958/25]

1262. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the ban on the granting of planning permission to build new houses outside 60km per hour speed limits on national primary and secondary routes will be lifted, following the reduction in speed limits across the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19962/25]

1263. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the grant schemes supporting the refurbishment of vacant and derelict buildings in towns and villages have been successful in their aims; if any fine tuning of the schemes is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19963/25]

1264. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to provide additional resources to An Bórd Pleanála to speed up the whole planning process, get more housing units built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/25]

1265. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if legislation is in place for a Government housing body to take over unfinished ghost estates after a certain period and to complete them as finished housing units for the people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19965/25]