Parliamentary questions

679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if projected housing demand under the revised National Planning Framework distinguishes between demand arising from natural population growth and demand arising from net inward migration. [39080/26]

680. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has modelled the impact of migration trends on emergency accommodation demand, social housing demand and private rental demand separately. [39081/26]

681. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the infrastructure implications arising from projected migration-related population growth under the revised National Planning Framework, including healthcare, education, transport and water services. [39082/26]

682. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a cross-departmental modelling framework exists integrating migration projections with housing demand forecasting and infrastructure planning. [39083/26]

683. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will publish the underlying migration assumptions used in calculating projected housing demand under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030. [39084/26]

684. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the revised National Planning Framework includes a scenario modelling examining the impact of lower net migration levels on projected national housing demand to 2040. [39085/26]

685. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has quantified the projected number of additional housing units required annually under the baseline migration assumptions used within the revised National Planning Framework. [39086/26]

686. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to allow those in approved housing bodies to purchase their homes, considering some are now over 30 years in these accommodations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39087/26]

687. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the methodology, cost assumptions and market data used in determining the grant thresholds of €95,000 for one residential unit, €115,000 for two units, and €135,000 for three or more units under the croí cónaithe Vacant Above the Shop Grant; if the adequacy of these thresholds has been reviewed in light of cur…

688. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason commercial properties held through company ownership structures are excluded from eligibility under the croí cónaithe above the shop scheme; if his Department has examined the extent to which this eligibility restriction may affect uptake of the scheme, particularly in Dublin city where many commerc…

689. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken a review of the operation, uptake and effectiveness of the croí cónaithe above the shop scheme; if barriers to participation, including ownership structure requirements and refurbishment costs, have been identified as factors affecting application levels; and if he will make a …

690. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of enquiries, applications, approvals, refusals and completed projects recorded by each local authority under the croí cónaithe above the shop scheme since its establishment; the total value of grants approved and paid in each case, in tabular form. [39308/26]

691. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state the total cost of the development levy and water connection waiver for each year it has been in operation to date; and the number of homes each year for which the waiver has applied with a breakdown by local authority area. [39320/26]

692. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the substantial amount of time that applicants for housing medical priority are having to wait to obtain a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39349/26]

693. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there are currently no guidelines for industrial solar complexes; and when these guidelines will be established and implemented [39436/26]

694. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Question No. 346 of 14 May 2026, to provide a brief description each under subhead and programme level outturns. [39474/26]

695. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current position in relation to the construction of a new project in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39507/26]

696. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the newly established invasive species bureau, formed between the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS, and the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC), have a role in policy decisions regarding the management of invasive freshwater fish species in Lough Corrib SAC, County Galway; and if he will make…

697. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Irish freshwater catchments were never designated as 'cyprinid' under Article 2 of Council Directive 78/659/EEC, considering that his legacy department introduced S.I. No. 293/1988 - European Communities (Quality of Salmonid Waters) Regulations, under Council Directive 78/659/EEC, which designated …

698. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the works that will be undertaken this year and planned for 2026 on a restoration project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39574/26]

699. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of septic tank inspections carried out in each local authority area in 2024 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/26]

700. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and percentage of septic tank inspections which failed due to risks to drinking water contamination, groundwater contamination, river pollution, structural defects, maintenance failures and desludging failures respectively, in each of the past five years. [39619/26]

701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of septic tank advisory notices which remain unresolved for more than six months, one year and two years respectively, by local authority area. [39620/26]

702. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department maintains a national database identifying septic tank failures located near private drinking water wells or public water catchment areas. [39621/26]

703. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of enforcement proceedings initiated by local authorities arising from septic tank inspection failures in each of the past five years. [39622/26]