Parliamentary questions

640. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why the tenant-in-situ scheme no longer provides funding for refurbishment of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17341/25]

641. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request the Property Services Regulatory Authority investigate the practice of letting agents without PSR licences advertising short-term lets and if this is permitted under existing regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17385/25]

642. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of IS 465; and when he expects to bring forward legislation to amend the defective concrete block grant scheme. [17431/25]

643. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17481/25]

644. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if considerations has been given towards extending the time afforded to successful applicants under the vacant property refurbishment grant to complete the works on the vacant property for which grant aid has been approved beyond the 13-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17527/25]

645. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025 for each local authority, in tabular form. [17528/25]

646. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current outstanding strategic housing development planning application list, setting out the number of housing units and locations involved, in tabular form. [17531/25]

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for…

648. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which planning authorities are required to consider whether a building can satisfy building control regulations before permission is granted for it to be built; if planning authorities are required to provide measurements for access routes; if a building that requires a disability access cert…

649. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total annual budget provided to the residential tenancies board in each of the years 2015 to 2024. [17615/25]

650. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total staff count at the residential tenancies board in each of the years 2015 to 2024. [17616/25]

651. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each of the past five years and to date in 2025; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular …

652. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on nutrition and access to play areas and recreational facilities for children in emergency accommodation; and the measures taken by his Department to monitor children’s wellbeing while in emergency accommodation. [17638/25]

653. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take to deal with the expiration of planning permissions in the next five years; the actions that should implemented to urgently activate the planning permissions that are at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17647/25]

654. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce schemes that encourage mutual home ownership model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/25]

655. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will deal with the significant decrease in planning permissions, specifically in the three Dublin council areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/25]

237. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are capital funding streams available or planned to support the adaptive reuse of old or protected buildings for agricultural purposes, such as farm buildings or rural enterprise, in a way that preserves architectural heritage and supports rural economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the m…

238. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department under the HAP scheme in each local authority in respect for each year 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/25]

239. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details on the Programme for Government commitment to earmark certain cost rental units for key local workers; the criteria by which these will be chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16344/25]

240. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to change the current procedure for obtaining from the Revenue Commissioners a “Statement of liability“ to show proof of income, and to replace it with a simplified method of the applicant supplying their PPS number and date of birth, due to the current online process proving impossible for many applicants who …

241. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the housing crisis as it impacts one-person households; if his Department will ensure one-person households can avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme; if he will allow housing authorities allocate suitable two-bed properties to qualifying one-person households; and if he will make a stat…

242. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers approved for social housing supports in each local authority, broken down by number of bedrooms approved, in tabular form. [16396/25]

243. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers currently in HAP accommodation in each local authority, in tabular form and broken down by number of bedrooms approved. [16397/25]

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the €111 million capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March and the €450 million capital funding approved for social and affordable housing by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; for a breakdown of the €111 million, by funding stream, including SHIP, CALF…

245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €325 million capital funding for social housing acquisitions announced by the Minister on 31 March, by local authority area, in tabular form; and to confirm that this funding is additional to the funding detailed in the revised estimate for public services published by the Departmen…