Parliamentary questions

232. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Fingal local authority will be included in the defective block scheme; when the decision will be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6868/25]

233. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing Agency records the internal dimensions of rooms only and does not consider the areas occupied by internal partition walls under the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; if the entire floor area including floor area occupied by internal walls should be calculated for grant allocation; and if h…

234. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding for cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme was suspended to local authorities at any period in October, November and December of 2024; the amount allocated to local authorities for the scheme across each month of 2024; the number in each local authority for cost rental purchase either underway, completed or…

235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the lack of funding in Galway City Council for extensions on council properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6893/25]

236. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for vacancies in private houses; the research that has been carried out to investigate the reasons for vacancies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6898/25]

237. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact number of persons on the social housing list in the electoral area in Mayo; the way the waiting list is devised, specifically the way an applicant is assigned their position on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/25]

238. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional measures being put in place by his Department to stop the growing problem of illegal wildlife hunting and trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6910/25]

239. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a low cost sites scheme in County Kerry to assist middle income earners in building a family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6913/25]

240. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing completions in Dublin west from 2019 to 2024, inclusive; and the number of houses versus apartments built in those years. [6941/25]

241. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the number of apartments in Dublin west built since 2018, by categories build to rent, approved housing bodies, social housing, cost rental and any other available data. [6942/25]

242. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a list of all housing projects in Dublin west where Government funding programmes are involved, including the type of funding programme, for what purpose and the number of units involved. [6943/25]

243. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 59 apartments at Clonsilla Lodge will be for private purchase, built to rent, cost rental, social housing, approved housing bodies or affordable purchase. [6944/25]

244. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses set to come on stream within the next five years in each electoral area in Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/25]

245. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the position on the provision of affordable housing in each electoral area in Mayo; the number of affordable houses proposed for each electoral area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/25]

246. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline and proposed plans or amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 concerning the differing entitlements to homeowners under the pyrite remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6947/25]

247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the allocation of funding towards tenant-in-situ schemes in Dublin for 2025 (details supplied); the assurances can be given or actions taken to accommodate the processing of applications for these particular tenants in the 2025 announcement; and the measures will be taken in advance of 2026 to en…

248. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to extend the eligibility of the tenant-in-situ scheme to all tenants in rented accommodation instead of tenants who already receive the housing assistance payment or the rented accommodation scheme, as this is a scheme that protects families from homelessness (details supplied). [6967/25]

249. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the applications received by his Department from Waterford City and County Council for social, affordable and cost rental housing developments in each year since 2019, providing the year of application, type and quantity of each proposed development, current status, and where appropriate year of…

250. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made by each local authority under the fire service capital programme for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [6978/25]

251. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided by his Government to each local authority under the fire service capital programme, for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [6979/25]

252. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he and his Department have in place to address the capacity issues affective storage of priceless historic artefacts and archives, including the risk that current rental storage space will soon no longer be available; the engagement he has had with the National Archives, National Museum of Irela…

253. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for when the next round of urban regeneration and development funding or equivalent funding will be announced. [7016/25]

254. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an organisation (details supplied) to be a part of the next round urban regeneration and development funding or equivalent funding when it is announced. [7017/25]

255. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total value of allocated urban regeneration and development fund funding that has been allocated to Kildare. [7018/25]

256. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes scheme; and if a pilot scheme is due to commence in 2025. [7023/25]