Parliamentary questions

1341. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the progress of the digitisation of the planning permission’s application process. [20882/25]

1342. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report the names of which local authorities are yet to join the National Planning Portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/25]

1343. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out all changes made to the revised National Planning Framework from the draft version published in November 2024 and the final version approved by cabinet in April 2025, in tabular form. [20935/25]

1344. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V and AHB Part V and PPP, in tabular form. [20936/25]

1345. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing new builds delivered in 2024 by delivery streams, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V, Approved Housing Body Part V and regeneration and PPP. [20937/25]

1346. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to increase the first-home scheme threshold in County Louth to reflect the rising housing prices. [21014/25]

1347. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated for housing maintenance, by local authority, in 2024, in tabular form. [21063/25]

1348. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the sun shelter on the east pier of Dún Laoghaire harbour; his views on the merits of fully repairing and maintaining the structure on the basis of its heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21073/25]

1349. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the sun shelter on the band stand in Dún Laoghaire; his views on the merits of fully repairing and maintaining the structure on the basis of its heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21074/25]

1350. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the east pier and the Carlisle pier of Dún Laoghaire harbour; his views on the merits of maintaining these locations on the basis of their heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21075/25]

1351. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the RMS Leinster Memorial in Dún Laoghaire; his views on the merits of maintaining and upgrading this memorial to reflect the significance of this event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21077/25]

1352. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the full list of projects in County Galway for which urban regeneration and development funding has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/25]

1353. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basic units ceiling costs for the purchase of social housing provided to each local authority in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/25]

1354. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken analysis of the comparative cost per unit per local authority of the provision of social housing in 2023 and 2024 through the various methods available to housing authorities, including Part V, direct build and turnkey developments. [21145/25]

1355. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when new wind energy planning guidelines for onshore wind energy developments will be published; the reason for the delay with these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21148/25]

1356. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the Victorian balustrades on the Carlisle pier in Dún Laoghaire; his views on the merits of fully repairing and maintaining the structure on the basis of its heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21165/25]

1357. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or his Department is aware that families are being prevented from cutting turf on Barroughter Bog, County Galway, Clonmoylan Bog, County Galway and Ardgraigue Bog, Killimor, by order of the National Parks and Wildlife Service; if will he take steps to ensure that a contractor engaged to cut turf for these …

1358. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will be allocated to local authorities for the housing grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21205/25]

1359. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when rural planning guidelines will be sent to local authorities; if he will provide a timeline for commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21206/25]

1360. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the proposed revisions and timeline to Building Regulations Technical Guidance Document L (Conservation of Fuel and Energy) for Dwellings and Technical Guidance Document F (Ventilation) following public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21221/25]

1361. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and percentage of eligible applicants for the housing development and contribution waiver that have completed their respective housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21226/25]

1362. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that are eligible for the housing development and contribution waiver built have yet to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21227/25]

1363. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units in Offaly that are eligible for the housing development and contribution waiver but have yet to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21228/25]

1364. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost, per unit, of new-build affordable housing delivered in 2024, broken down by AHF construction, AHF turnkey, CREL construction, CREL turnkey, LDA Project Tosaigh, and LDA direct delivery, in tabular form. [21249/25]

1365. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new build affordable housing delivered in 2024, broken down by AHF construction, AHF turnkey CREL construction, CREL turnkey, LDA Project Tosaigh, and LDA direct delivery, in tabular form. [21250/25]