Parliamentary questions

928. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advance the plans to build a new fire station in Rathdowney, County Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12047/25]

929. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps the Government will be taking to progress the 35th amendment of the Constitution (water in public ownership); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12048/25]

930. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders made by the local authorities in counties Wexford and Wicklow, from January 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12053/25]

931. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of purchases made under the tenant-in-situ scheme for County Wexford and County Wicklow in 2023 and 2024; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12056/25]

932. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is currently considering the establishment of a separate statutory register for the category of competent architectural technologist in respect of design and assigned certifier functions under the terms of the relevant legislation; the status of a process in which his Department has been engaged since 2016; an…

933. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grant funding opportunities available (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12086/25]

934. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, without any further delay, he will refuse the request by the then- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman, to annul the decision by the councillors in the Athlone/Moate district of Westmeath County Council, which they took to invoke a prohibition order regardi…

935. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on proposals to address the gearing challenges identified as a threat to future borrowing levels by approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12124/25]

936. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Exchequer funding for the Housing First scheme is separate to the acquisitions funding announced March 2025; the amount of funding allocated to Housing First in 2025; and the reason his Department is preventing approved housing bodies from utilising capital assistance leasing funding for Housing first Acquisi…

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 t…

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 r…

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 stateme…

941. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of business cases for emergency accommodation providers currently awaiting a decision from counties Wexford and Wicklow; the length of time it has taken for a decision to be made for these business cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12223/25]

942. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the remediation scheme for fire safety defects in apartments and duplexes; when homeowners who already paid a fire remediation levy in respect of repairs to their own homes and complexes will see their remediation costs refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12262/25]

943. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that not all local authority tenants are being income assessed on the same differential rent review (details supplied); the reason Kilkenny County Council does not have a maximum rental cap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12279/25]

944. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a group (details supplied) will receive funding through the 2024-2026 multi-annual rural water programme. [12322/25]

945. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to media reports that he is considering introducing charges on domestic households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12327/25]

946. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Housing Finance Agency reviewed its interest rates in the period 2022 to date; to provide details of any adjustments that arose from any such review; the criteria on which a decision to adjust rates are based; if there is any governmental oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1233…

947. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place for Ireland to sign the Council of Europe FARO Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society (2005) (details supplied); if there is a timetable for this; the reason it has not been signed up to this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12364/25]

948. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons a property would be deemed ineligible for the defective concrete blocks grant scheme in view of the fact that a report has confirmed that there is pyrite in the property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12382/25]

949. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the functions, roles and services that were carried out and delivered by civil service or State agency workers; the cost to the State of each contract since the implementation of the Building Momentum public service agreement, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12445/25]

950. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12484/25]

951. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all correspondence between his department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12485/25]

952. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all correspondence between his Department and an individual (details supplied) between April 2021 and March 2025 in regard to the serviced sites fund projects at Ballymastone, Donabate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12486/25]