919. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount by which the Economic and Social Intervention Fund, ESIF, was reduced in Limerick in 2024 compared to 2023 and 2025 compared to 2024; if provision has been made to continue the ESIF in Limerick in 2026 and beyond, given that it is a critical instrument to help address disadvantage in Limerick city; and if he will ma…
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920. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that have been bought in each county, by each local authority under the tenant-in-situ scheme since the year of commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11898/25]
921. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects funded to date through the urban regeneration and development fund, by county and location, the total amount allocated to each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11922/25]
922. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means by which he will encourage and incentivise local authorities to deliver a greater focus and budget on nature restoration; and the enforcement measures available should local authorities not comply with their obligations in this regard. [11930/25]
923. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11935/25]
924. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department has undertaken since 2017 on each of the eight recommendations from chapter 5 of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services Report of April 2017 dealing with issues related to water conservation, in tabular form. [12003/25]
925. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in Ireland owned by individuals or businesses from outside the EU; and the estimated total value of these properties. [12043/25]
926. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that have been bought by individuals or businesses from outside the EU in each of the past five years; and the estimated annual value of properties which have been bought by individuals and businesses in the same timeframe. [12044/25]
927. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the pressure on the Irish housing market, he will consider banning the purchase of Irish properties by individuals and businesses from outside the EU for the next five years. [12045/25]
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; and if he will make a …
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 regarding the erection of t…
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 Acquisitions. [12125/25]
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 the chairperson of th…
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 reference to the year…
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 statement on the matter. [1…
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]