244. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant council houses, broken down by local electoral area, for 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/25]
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245. 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; and if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and The Liberties Community Project ‘Respiratory H…
246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to request Kerry County Council to open up, as a matter of priority, a low-cost sites scheme in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, where there are serviced sites available for a number of years at Over the Water, Cahersiveen and where there is demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/25]
247. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to introduce a housing community living scheme for senior citizens who have indicated a wish to relocate from rural areas in County Kerry into towns and villages around the county where they can access services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25040/25]
248. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists for Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25053/25]
249. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on a social housing waiting list in Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25054/25]
250. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority for housing acquisitions in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/25]
251. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm when a facility (details supplied) will be taken in charge by his Department. [25068/25]
252. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to eliminating ceilings for the first homes scheme on a county basis, and introducing one tier for Dublin and Cork and a second tier for all other counties (details supplied). [25075/25]
101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 245 and 247 of 3 April 2025, if Leitrim County Councils social housing acquisition budget for 2025 is €2 or €3 million. [24517/25]
102. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24585/25]
103. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 7 May 2025, through which formal notification procedure the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) regulations will be notified to the European Commission; whether this will be via the Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) or another mechanism; and if he will make a stateme…
104. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme; if he plans to increase the level of funding allocated to Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to support this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24665/25]
105. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the current and future status of Uisce Éireann; whether additional capital funding will be allocated following the revelation that the €1 billion announced as part of Budget 2025 was not for additional capital investment; to outline the additional funding Government intend to provide to cover the shortfall from this; an…
106. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will request his Department to investigate this matter to ensure that all inspections are fulfilling their legal obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24714/25]
107. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 29 April 2025, which provided a tabular breakdown of funding that has been recouped to date, if he could more specifically provide details of the level of funding that was committed to but may not have been recouped, or drawn down, yet by the local authorities; and if he will make a stat…
108. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has met with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to the published review of connection policy for large energy users; if he is aware of concerns that housing targets are being placed at risk due to new capacity being used by growing data centre demand; if he is aware that the CRU believes it do…
109. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to issue a full report on the capacity of water and wastewater for all of the towns and villages in a county (details supplied); if the lack of progress in water and wastewater infrastructure projects will be addressed urgently given the current housing crisis; if the possibility will be explored of allowing builders and developers …
110. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan will be increased to a realistic level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24805/25]
111. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date with the local authority affordable purchase homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24806/25]
112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact breakdown of the amount of finance that was allocated to each local development company for 2022 and 2023 regarding the community car initiative for Ukrainians; if information will be provided in relation to an FOI (details supplied); his views on the LDC’s response that they are not subject to FOI’s given that they are in…
113. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated to and expended by Monaghan County Council for the tenant-in-situ scheme, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24880/25]
114. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people on the housing waiting list; the number of those in receipt of social housing supports, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24881/25]
115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he has taken to help farmers address noxious and invasive species such as hogweed, ragwort, Japanese knotweed, rhododendron ponticum affecting their lands; and if he will introduce a public information campaign to highlight this matter. [13466/25]
116. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he is taking to ensure a radical overhaul in the approach to vacant and derelict properties; if he will support a significant increase in the vacant homes tax to serve as an effective deterrent. [22417/25]