Parliamentary questions

460. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the establishment of a Nature Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/25]

461. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to progress the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2024 with regard to the rights of students in digs accommodation; if his Department intends to work or introduce any related legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6201/25]

462. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any policy to ensure that approved housing bodies repair any damage done to neighbouring properties as a consequence of insufficient maintenance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6211/25]

463. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless HAP applications received in 2024 and to date in 2025, broken down by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6212/25]

464. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the length of time it is taking for homeless HAP applications to be processed from the date the application is received until the application is put into payment, broken down by each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6213/25]

465. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any EU directive on oil boilers/boiler replacement is affecting those availing of housing adaptation grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6221/25]

466. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to supply additional funding for priority-3 adaptation grants to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6222/25]

467. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6234/25]

468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6252/25]

469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the lack of emergency accommodation available in Cork south west; whether it is his intention to work with the local authority to improve supply; and if so, to provide details of his plans to do so. [6260/25]

470. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 9 September 2024, if the review of the working group has been completed; if a Level 8 BSc in Construction Project Management is to be included in the list of approved qualifications for engineering roles within Local Authorities; and if he will make a statement …

471. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals for County Clare have been assessed by the Housing Agency under the defective concrete block scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6301/25]

472. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of his Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if he h…

473. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the 2025 allocation to Fingal County Council for tenant in-situ acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6387/25]

474. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he will take to ensure that single parent families that do not qualify for any existing housing scheme or payment can be supported in finding suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6404/25]

475. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a detailed breakdown and a full disclosure on several matters relating to the curlew conservation programme in operation since 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/25]

199. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will supply the complete notification received in respect of the Sperrins gold mine; if he will make a statement on the notification in respect of water abstraction and discharge; and if he will make a statement on the need to request a transboundary consultation due to the River Finn SAC. [5225/25]

200. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to advertise the transboundary consultation on the proposed goldmine in the Sperrins area of outstanding natural beauty, County Tyrone. [5367/25]

201. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the number of appeals submitted to An Board Pleanála via decisions made by Cork City and County Councils; the number of these upheld; the number of these overturned, for the years 2021, 2022 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5233…

202. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the increase in adaptation grants as announced in Budget 2025, it is a necessity of those who had previously applied under the old limits and were proceeding through the process, to submit a new application to their local authority. [5239/25]

203. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant homes identified by Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5253/25]

204. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notices served on vacant homes by Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/25]

205. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reopen the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5255/25]

206. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on funding for repair of void local authority houses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5351/25]

207. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the current council housing application does not give an applicant the option to choose domestic violence in the home criteria on a local government housing application form, nor give an option of fleeing coercive control; if he will commit to amending the council housing application form …