Parliamentary questions

727. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details on multi-unit development remediation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46656/24]

728. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will update the voting process to make it easier for people to register for a postal vote; if he will extend the list of those who qualify for a postal vote to include those who are overseas; if he will take into account that other countries allow their citizens to vote in parliamentary elections as oversea…

729. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed at length regarding the tenant purchase scheme with a local authority; and if advice will be provided on this issue. [46694/24]

730. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be made available in 2025 to Uisce Éireann in order for the utility to provide new connections to more than 35,000 new homes per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46698/24]

731. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will request the Valuations Office to reinstate commercial rates levels for businesses that have doubled, trebled and quadrupled, to pre-Covid levels (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46704/24]

732. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people listed as homeless in Westmeath in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46723/24]

733. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people listed homeless in Longford in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46724/24]

734. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict properties in Westmeath in 2023 and 2024. [46725/24]

735. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict properties in Longford in 2023 and 2024. [46726/24]

736. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any new programmes being implemented in Longford-Westmeath to address the level of homelessness. [46728/24]

737. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes built in Westmeath in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46730/24]

738. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes built in Longford in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [46731/24]

739. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is currently a limit on the amount of surplus funds housing cooperatives may have at the end of a financial year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46738/24]

740. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on plans that the National Parks and Wildlife Service have to open new offices in Corofin, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46757/24]

741. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the ending of tenant in situ scheme funding to local authorities, like Galway City Council; if he will immediately address this to support local authorities in preventing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/24]

742. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his position with regard to Ireland’s membership of the Antarctic Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46784/24]

743. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant sites on registers, by local authority, in 2023; the amount levied; the amount collected; and the amount cumulatively owed. [46808/24]

744. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children who entered homeless accommodation in Cork in 2024. [46811/24]

745. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who passed away while rough sleeping in 2024, by county. [46812/24]

746. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the delivery of homes at St. Kevin’s Hospital. [46818/24]

747. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the referendum on water. [46820/24]

748. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review a Croí Cónaithe grant application (details supplied) and provide clarity or direction in relation to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46832/24]

749. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to increase the targets for affordable housing for Cork city and Cork County Council. [46844/24]

750. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider funding the regeneration of the flats at Togher (Cherry Tree Road, Clashduv Road, Maple Place, Sycamore Place, Hazel Road) and at Desmond Square, Cork. [46845/24]

751. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the funding available for regeneration of city council flats. [46846/24]