Parliamentary questions

953. 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. [12487/25]

954. 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. [12488/25]

955. 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. [12489/25]

956. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all correspondence between an individual (details supplied) and Fingal County Council 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. [12490/25]

957. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all correspondence between his Department and Fingal County Council 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. [12491/25]

958. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the provisions in Circular 06/2024 - Arrangements for Social Housing Acquisitions which has resulted in approved housing bodies being unable to access capital advance leasing funding to acquire homes for those experiencing homelessness. [12504/25]

959. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the work of officials within his Department to implement the commitment in the programme for Government to work with the banks to expand the first homes scheme to first-time buyers of second-hand homes. [12565/25]

960. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about the impact of water consumption by data centres on water supply; his views on the impact of this consumption on water supply during periods when Uisce Éireann is encouraging water conservation; and if he will publish, or request Uisce Éireann to publish, the volume of water consumption by data processing c…

961. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce a deposit protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12637/25]

962. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce minimum BER standards for the private rented sector and for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12638/25]

963. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12642/25]

964. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will next update the Basic Unit Costs (BUCs) and the Acquisition Cost Guidelines (ACGs) for social housing; if these same measures are applied to affordable housing delivered via cost rental equity loan, CREL and the affordable housing fund, AHF; and if he will give a commitment to make the revised BUCs …

965. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many applications under the cost rental equity loan scheme are under consideration by his Department or relevant agencies; the number of housing units associated with each application; the location of each; the value of funding requested; the date on which each application was submitted, in tabular form; an…

966. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many applications under the cost rental equity loan scheme have been approved by his Department or relevant agencies in 2024, and in 2025, respectively; the sponsor and location of each approved application; the number of units in each; the level of approved funding for each; the date of submission and the …

967. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget allocation for the cost rental equity loan scheme in 2024; how much was used; the allocation for 2025; the current available amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12660/25]

968. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget allocation for the capital advance leasing facility scheme in 2024; how much was used; the allocation for 2025; the current available amount outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12661/25]

969. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many applications under the capital advance leasing facility scheme, CALF, have been approved by his Department or relevant agencies in 2024 and in 2025, respectively; the sponsor and location of each approved application; the number of units in each; the value of funding provided; the date of submission an…

970. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many applications under the capital advance leasing facility are currently under consideration by his Department; the number of housing units associated with each application; the location of each; the requested funding level; the date on which each application was submitted by a local authority, in tabular…

971. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many applications under the capital assistance scheme are currently under consideration by his Department; the number of housing units associated with each application; the location of each; the stage of the process each is at; the date on which each application was submitted and the estimated value/cost of…

972. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget allocation for the capital assistance scheme in 2024; how much was used; how many housing units it supported; the allocation for 2025; the current available amount outstanding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12665/25]

973. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the social and affordable housing completion figures for 2024 will be published; the number of social housing, cost rental and local authority affordable housing units, respectively, constructed in 2024; to provide a breakdown of each, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [126…

974. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the rent pressure zone scheme to assess if it has achieved any of its stated objectives; if further districts in counties Wexford and Wicklow can be classed as rent pressure zones, acknowledging the increases in rent in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12778/25]

975. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will give consideration to implementing mandatory parallel domestic water systems (blue-grey-brown) in new builds, to reduce demands for treated water in domestic settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12793/25]

976. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department can provide information on the current capacity of the Poolbeg and Shanganagh wastewater treatment facilities, the level they are currently operating at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12794/25]

977. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will require sustainable urban drainage systems to be installed in all new homes with a view to rolling them out, by retrofitting, to all homes in the longer term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12797/25]