1491. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names, organisations, former responsibilities, current responsibilities and full remuneration, including of secondees, of all appointments to the housing activation office. [41855/25]
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1612. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of the current delays in the land registry; the plans his Department has to help alleviate this as many people who are looking to build are being delayed by this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43291/25]
549. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on giving the Residential Tenancies Board more powers and assistance to get information on landlords, considering the issue of the Residential Tenancies Board being unable to locate a current address for a landlord meaning that a dispute process cannot be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [387…
250. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of agencies that report to his Department where the objectives of said agencies include or do not include supporting the development of housing in the State, in tabular form. [38501/25]
407. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a status update on the Local Democracy Taskforce, in particular the timeline for its establishment, and the names and/or roles of the people who will sit on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27710/25]
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]
703. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the creation of the proposed housing activation office has been costed, and if so, if he will set out the projected costs for each of the first five years; including the number of individuals to be employed by the office and the list of skills or professional qualifications that will be required by those involved; and if he w…
748. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23818/25]
749. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23836/25]
750. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities …
751. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this prac…
752. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23891/25]
753. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensiv…
754. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23927/25…
755. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administ…
756. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23963/25]
270. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department aggregates or compiles quarterly prompt payment reporting data submitted by public bodies and agencies under its remit, in accordance with Government Decision S29296 of 19 May 2009, 2 and 8 March 2011, and 28 March 2017; if so, to provide the compiled data or summary tables for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024 to da…
271. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm which public bodies under the aegis of his Department are required to submit quarterly prompt payment reports in accordance with Government Decision S29296 of 19 May 2009, 2 and 8 March 2011, and 28 March 2017, regarding the 15-Day Prompt Payment Commitment; to provide a comprehensive list of those bodies; and to specify…
1328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm which body is responsible for providing a full technical review of a defective concrete block grant scheme application; whether responsibility is with the Housing Agency or the relevant local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20667/25]
1332. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current position of the technical review of the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme announced on 6 November 2024; if the scheme will not provide a mechanism to bypass the statutory right to appeal as set out in the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022; and if he will make a st…
451. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13578/25]
937. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12157/25]
938. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of th…
939. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year…
940. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…