Parliamentary questions

878. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage who can qualify for the septic tank grants in the Meath local authority area given the low application success rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11412/25]

879. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in the eligible areas for septic tank grants in the Meath local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11413/25]

880. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a motion passed by Donegal County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11434/25]

881. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the person or body responsible for enforcing tree protection orders in local authorities and the process for members of the public to report infringements. [11442/25]

882. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement mobile homes or caravans that have been received by his Department; the number that have been approved and or are still under consideration and or have been rejected, by local authority; the estimated number of applications his Department expects to re…

883. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the delay in appointing a Minister of State for Traveller Accommodation is adding to delays in administering this emergency funding to Traveller families rendered homeless after storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11450/25]

884. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the Planning and Development Act 2024 to be implemented; if safeguards to prevent frivolous or vexatious objections, appeals and judicial reviews are provided for within the Act; if any rules relating to the distance an objector, appellant or submitter of a judicial reviews must be from the subje…

885. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11481/25]

886. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress for a heritage grant application (details supplied) for the Courthouse in Shillelagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/25]

887. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11522/25]

888. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on designating the Royal Canal Greenway a natural heritage area; the protections it would afford land adjacent to the canal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11548/25]

889. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the completion of local authority strategies for the creation, improvement and preservation of sustainable places and communities for the functional area of the planning authority, as detailed in the Planning And Development Act 2024, including when they will be published; and if he will ma…

890. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication date for a guide to the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/25]

891. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on planned new social and affordable housing units for east Cork over the next five years, including expected unit size, cost, completion deadline and any additional details. [11587/25]

892. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on the housing list in east County Cork, by local electoral area. [11588/25]

893. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce a legislative amendment to clear the way for the Housing Agency to conduct technical reviews and issue second appropriate remediation option determination to the local authority under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [11611/25]

894. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is an appeals procedure for a person whose application for the refund scheme for water has been refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11631/25]

895. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to increase the income thresholds to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11640/25]

896. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the local electoral areas that experienced greater than 10% population growth between the 2016 and 2022 Censuses; the actions taken by Government to ensure an adequacy in services in these fast growing areas; to provide specific examples of how Departments respond to such growth; and if he will make a s…

897. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the increases in the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme, announced in October 2024, will be applied to those individuals and families already in the process of reconstruction and not yet completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11646/25]

898. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications from County Mayo to the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme since its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11647/25]

899. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the marine protected areas legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11680/25]

900. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to tackle rising rents in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11687/25]

901. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the affordable housing plans for counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11688/25]

902. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to tackle rising rents in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11693/25]