Parliamentary questions

1715. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to expedite the introduction of the over-shop grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25045/26]

1716. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to expedite reform of the National Planning Guidelines for one-off housing and give particular attention to areas under significant urban pressure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25046/26]

1717. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of AHB P and A agreements commenced in 2024 and 2025; the average length of the agreements; the average cost of these agreements; and the details of all costs covered in the monthly availability agreement payment. [25076/26]

1718. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason AHBs receive funding for housing maintenance while local authorities do not; and whether he would consider expanding these funding models to local authorities. [25077/26]

1719. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the data used to create charts (details supplied). [25078/26]

1720. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to previous requests (details supplied) to consider a planning permission waiver for short-term lets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25185/26]

1721. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review and update the Local Government Fund equalisation mechanism, in light of concerns regarding the adequacy of funding provided to certain local authorities, including Galway County Council; whether he will acknowledge the existence of structural underfunding within the current model; and if …

1722. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish submissions received from stakeholders on the upcoming exempted development regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/26]

1723. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the tenant-in-situ scheme will be operational again for local authorities to purchase houses for families facing eviction; the amount of funding which has been allocated to Sligo County Council for the scheme in 2026; the amount of funding which has been allocated to Leitrim County Council for the scheme …

1724. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated by the programme or measure funded, for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25277/26]

1725. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to change policy in relation to differential rents for single working parents in light of the fact that there are very different rates between local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25309/26]

1726. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider amending the planning legislation to remove the requirement for TII to have input into planning applications within the boundaries of settlements along national secondary routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/26]

1727. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated regulations for one-off housing will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/26]

1728. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of allocated carbon tax funding that remained unspent at year end; the amount surrendered back to the Exchequer via the Central Fund; the amount carried over via formal arrangements for deferred surrender; and whether amounts carried over were retained for the specific programme/measure origin…

1729. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if favourable consideration can be given to converting a garage change of use to the rear or side of a dwelling to an apartment/small dwelling house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25396/26]

1730. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to detail his Department's engagement with Public Jobs regarding this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25398/26]

1731. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his proposal to remove any ban on pets in social and affordable housing; if this will include HAP tenancies; if he intends on progressing legislation to include private tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25418/26]

1732. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25447/26]

1733. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional resources to local authorities to improve the processing time for vacant property refurbishing grant applications, as currently Mayo County Council are only processing grant payments for building completion works received in September 2025, which is causing significant hardshi…

1734. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of the Fire Services Capital Programme 2026 - 2030; if he will provide a schedule of sites located to participate in the programme; and the budget allocation for the Fire Services Capital Programme 2026 - 2030 [25483/26]

1735. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide local authorities with resources to provide full-time fire services and those that he has identified to date [25484/26]

1736. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenancies granted under the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme for the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25495/26]

1737. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocated to the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; the total revenue made from rent by the Housing Agency; the average rent in each of the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25496/26]

1738. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether any of the social homes funded by his Department that were to be part of bundle 3 of the social housing PPP scheme have commenced construction; if so, when; the number; and the timeline for the delivery of each of the schemes involved. [25549/26]

1739. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for commencement and completion of the social housing schemes funded by his Department that were to be included in bundles 4 to 7 of the PPP social housing scheme and the details of the location of each scheme and number of units involved, in tabular form. [25550/26]