Parliamentary questions

802. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the temporary waiver of development contributions will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1622/25]

803. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grants available to convert a town centre premises to a residential unit. [1640/25]

804. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the planning fees waiver further in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1643/25]

805. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing maintenance workers that currently work for Cork County Council; the measures his Department is taking to encourage employment in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1691/25]

806. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a coordinated policy for local authorities in relation to the way they deal with large levels of snowfall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1696/25]

807. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if persons starting a residential development (home) now will be able to avail of the development contribution waiver; if this waiver applies to people starting now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1698/25]

808. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details on the proposal contained in the programme for Government to “on a regional, phased basis, establish town councils in large towns to provide a focal-point for raising concerns of towns and coordinating town-focused activities”; if this could signal the return to town and borough counci…

809. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to further extend the local development levy waiver on new houses beyond December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1719/25]

810. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by his Department where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1767/25]

811. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the income thresholds for applicants for social housing supports (details supplied). [1793/25]

812. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the proposal to reinter on Omey Island a number of skeletal remains removed from the island and understood currently to be stored at the National Museum of Ireland Cultural Resource Centre. [1810/25]

813. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1864/25]

814. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the position in respect of Chapter 4 (188) of the Historic and Archaeological Heritage and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023. [1876/25]

815. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which the schedule of national monuments has been updated; if he will provide a schedule of historic buildings of more modern times that are included on the register of national monuments; and if he will outline the relationship the national monuments service has with the OPW in respect of national…

816. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting list in Kerry, in tabular form; how many children are on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1896/25]

817. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of the HAP payment in county Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1897/25]

818. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his intention to address the issue of dereliction in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1898/25]

819. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the issue of vacancy in County Kerry; the measures he is taking to encourage increased registration of vacant properties and the collection of the vacant sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1899/25]

820. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1901/25]

821. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties, by county, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1902/25]

822. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of targets for Kerry for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and for each year out to 2030, in tabular form; if and when these targets have been revised over the lifetime of this Government; to provide an update with regard to any proposed revisions upward; and if he will make a statement on the…

823. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of LIHAF applications received for Kerry since its inception; the number that were approved and not approved, respectively; the status of all approved applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1928/25]

824. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who are homeless in County Kerry; to provide a breakdown of the number of homeless persons in County Kerry in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1929/25]

825. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any public contracts in his Department provided to companies or individuals who do not pay tax in Ireland, including the names of the contractor, value of the contract and purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2038/25]

826. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last 10 years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2056/25]