Questions

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 and the date of approv…

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 form; and if he wil…

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 each, in tabular fo…

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. [12696/25]

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]

978. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide for municipal districts in the six local authorities that currently do not have them (details supplied) in order to improve decision-making within these local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12799/25]

979. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received any submissions to improve and replace Dublin's Victorian sewer system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12800/25]

980. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to establish a State-sponsored housing infrastructure investment fund to provide finance for a major construction of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/25]

981. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to amend the local authority house purchase scheme to enable tenants to purchase “Section 5” houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12821/25]

982. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase the income limits to qualify for social housing as the current limits exclude a large cohort of individuals and families from both social housing and mortgage approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12822/25]

983. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to establish a scheme whereby local authorities acquire, by agreement or by compulsory purchase, and repair vacant houses for allocation to approved housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12823/25]

984. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to amend the local authority differential rent scheme to exclude carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit from rent assessment under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12824/25]

985. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of developer provided infrastructure projects nationwide that fall outside the scope of circular PL5/14 of November 2014 and the agreed memoranda of understanding in terms of the transfer of water services infrastructure assets within the estates to Uisce Éireann, by local authority area, in tabular form. [12830/25]

986. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the housing crisis is causing particular concern for victims and survivors of domestic abuse; if there are specific resources available to local authorities; if he will outline these resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11670/25]

987. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the number of void houses in Leitrim and Sligo local authority housing supply; the number of weeks, months years that these houses have been vacant or void; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12901/25]

988. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12923/25]

297. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10416/25]

298. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant property refurbishment grants that have been applied for in each of the past four years; the number drawn down in the corresponding timeframe; if he will reform the grant to make it easier to use; if he will increase the completion time from 13 months to 20 months; and if he will allow the grant to be drawn do…

299. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if information is available to the public relating to Land Registry applications; if the original documents are available for a third party; the consent required by a third party; if these documents fall under freedom of information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10252/25]

300. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 11 February 2025, if work has begun on the planning guidelines for the short-term letting sector to supplement the introduction of the revised and re-titled Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill General Scheme; details of further public or stakeholder consultations on these guideline…

301. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the social and affordable housing projects that have been approved since 1 January 2025 and to provide a breakdown by delivery stream (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/25]