Parliamentary questions

410. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will issue local authorities with guidance on their ability to purchase tenant-in-situ properties in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6819/25]

411. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the waiver on local development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6845/25]

412. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the application for a gold mine by a company (details supplied) in the Sperrin Mountains, County Tyrone; if he has plans to publish a transboundary consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5488/25]

413. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the commitment in the Housing for All policy to introducing minimum BERs in the private rental sector from 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5495/25]

414. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will provide local authorities with a direction about the purchase of tenant-in-situ properties where the tenant is on the council housing waiting list and their notice to quit is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5496/25]

415. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to expand the rent pressure zone scheme to include additional designated areas in which rent increases are capped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5499/25]

416. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend the rent pressure zone scheme beyond 31 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5500/25]

417. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the help to buy and new home schemes to include second hand houses or apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5512/25]

418. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will seek emergency funding for the National Parks and Wildlife Service and meet with them to address the urgent and ongoing problem of coastal erosion that is damaging walking trails in Courtown Woods, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5526/25]

419. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider reviewing the government criteria for the local authority affordable housing schemes, which stipulates that just 30% of new homes in such schemes are ring-fenced for local applicants, with a view to substantially increasing this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

420. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a referendum on the public ownership of water services will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5531/25]

421. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Galway County Council will be advised of funding/allocations under the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5602/25]

422. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5652/25]

423. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to raise the income threshold for social housing qualification in Tipperary from its current base of €30,000 per annum for a single person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5673/25]

424. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to widen the base for HAP discretionary increase from its current income levels considering the high rents charged by landlords in Tipperary and other counties and the current cost-of-living. [5674/25]

425. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, as a condition of the vacant homes refurbishment grant, 50% of the walls of the existing derelict building have to be retained in order to access the grant; if so, where this rule is outlined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5689/25]

426. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions paid to local authorities for owner occupiers building their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5699/25]

427. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any plans to update or amend the Derelict Sites Act 2020 to allow local authorities to compulsorily acquire derelict houses or buildings that have been unused for a maximum of five years or less; if compensation to the owners of such derelict houses or buildings will be abolished; if the requirement …

428. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy of his Department toward the use of 3D printing for home construction; if he envisions widescale usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5730/25]

429. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the development contribution waiver in situations of SME developers, serving the owner occupier market, with viability and affordability challenges or on inner urban higher density schemes that face similar challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5736/25]

430. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to extend the development contribution waivers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5737/25]

431. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases that have occurred of the dezoning of land due to the 50:50 rule within the National Planning Framework. [5742/25]

432. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of each instance where the Office of the Planning Regulator has requested or advised local authorities to reduce residentially zoned land capacity; and to outline the reasons given in each case. [5743/25]

433. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Planning and Development Act 2024 draft exempted regulations will be published; and when the public consultation period is set to commence. [5744/25]

434. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions to local authorities for those building houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5762/25]