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]
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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. [5233/25]
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 to include this as q…
208. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development levies to local authorities for those building houses in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5386/25]
209. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an overview of the legislation he plans to introduce to ensure that those who were already approved for defective concrete block grants can retrospectively benefit from the 10% grant increase which was announced in autumn 2024; when this legislation will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statem…
210. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the technical review of I.S. 465 regarding the defective concrete block scheme will commence; when the review is likely to conclude; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5394/25]
211. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions to local authorities for those building houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5401/25]
212. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the temporary waiver of development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5402/25]
213. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant homes that were brought back into use in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5424/25]
214. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of ‘above-the-shop’ homes that came into use in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5425/25]
215. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has specific targets for bringing vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5426/25]
216. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has specific targets for bringing ‘above-the-shop’ back into use as permanent dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5427/25]
217. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initiatives he will be taking in relation to rent pressure zones; if he is aware of concerns about their possible abolition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5433/25]
218. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the waiver in respect of development contributions of €4,200 for new house builds, which has been a huge help to potential homeowners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5438/25]
219. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider the introduction of additional supports for middle-income public sector workers, such as teachers and special needs assistants, who do not qualify for social housing but remain unable to secure a mortgage due to high property prices and lending restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5439/25]
220. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has examined international housing policies, such as 0% mortgage schemes, shared equity initiatives, or expanded State-backed mortgage lending, to support individuals who can afford mortgage repayments but struggle with deposit and lending criteria in the Irish housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
175. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to progress the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4869/25]
176. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the establishment of the new town and infrastructure investment fund; to consider ringfencing a certain proportion of the fund for the rejuvenation of Dublin city centre, in recognition of its special role as our capital city; if he will increase the funding available under the living city initiative as per the …
177. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual payment by his Department to the climate action fund scheme, as required by virtue Circular 01/2020 (D/PER), broken down by trip, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [4959/25]