Parliamentary questions

1291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason no metrics are listed in the 2025 REV for his Department for sub heads A15 (regeneration and refurbishment) and A12 (traveller accommodation). [20104/25]

1292. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date the tenant-in-situ programme will resume as many applications are left pending without a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20112/25]

1293. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether persons who commenced their rebuild prior to the introduction of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme on 23 October 2024 will be eligible to receive the increased amount of redress; what they need to do to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20120/25]

1294. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Keeping Community Safe (Framework for Fire Safety in Ireland) has been reviewed in the past two years; the person or body who led this review; if this review has been accepted and agreed by the Minister; the criteria changes made to risk categorisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20…

1295. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects that were funded under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund within County Longford in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20154/25]

1296. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the inclusion of grade 1 homes in the pyrite scheme, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [20160/25]

1297. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the case of a family (details supplied) who are living in overcrowded accommodation, who are being removed from the housing list for being over the income limit, but have been turned down for an affordable housing scheme due to insufficient income; if he will propose a solution for this fa…

1298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]

1299. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments and home purchase for each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/25]

1300. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to local authorities under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers; if he is aware of the waiting lists faced by travellers needing a replacement caravan or mobile home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/25]

1301. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to a local authority (details supplied) to ensure that an individual waiting four years for a replacement mobile home under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers is accommodated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20213…

1302. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to instruct local authorities to reduce the interest rates for their long standing variable interest mortgage holders, as the last reduction was October 2023 and there have been multiple interest rate cuts by the ECB since this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20233/25]

1303. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20304/25]

1304. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the restoration of the town council tier of local government; the powers he intends to give to town councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20316/25]

1305. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20331/25]

1306. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all properties his Department have rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20349/25]

1307. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20367/25]

1308. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20385/25]

1309. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on their efforts to further develop the Ulster Canal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20401/25]

1310. 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 Cahersiveen, County Kerry, where there is huge demand; the reason affordable housing has not been made available to the Cahersiveen public before now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20424/25]

1311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received, granted, refused, or are currently being processed for the social housing tenant-in-situ scheme since it was reintroduced in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20430/25]

1312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review the housing assistance payment scheme in light of recent reports of a shortfall in the number of housing units available within it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20467/25]

1313. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of acres of land sold, by each local authority, for counties Wicklow and Wexford to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/25]

1314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the guarantee will apply for homes that have been remediated with outer block solution when homes have cracking and defective blocks in the inner walls, or if cracking and defective blocks materialises at a later stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20493/25]

1315. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons elephants were moved from/to Dublin Zoo in the recent years in light of the fact that transport of elephants is a stress source for the animals and potentially increases mortality by 50%. [20510/25]