Questions

633. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated timeline for the delivery of PPP Bundles 4-7; if the new completion dates differ from the original dates; the difference between the original and new completion dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22267/26]

634. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if any funding allocated to the delivery of PPP Bundles 4-7 has been spent before the change to delivery model to Local Authority direct delivery; if so, the amount which has been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22268/26]

635. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the extent of detrimental impacts on bird habitats from ongoing water pollution at Lady’s Island Lake SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22280/26]

636. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken by NPWS to protect habitats and plants within Natura 2000 sites at Lady's Island Lake from ongoing water pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22281/26]

637. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions a family can take when the family's income is higher than the limit for social housing, but not enough to buy or build a home with a mortgage, as house prices are too high; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/26]

638. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will act on a recommendation by the Housing Agency that all of County Carlow be included in the defective block work scheme; if so, when this will be announced;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22299/26]

639. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department intends to reconcile its requirement that social housing regeneration proposals should not result in a reduction in housing density with the current refurbishment proposals for Oliver Bond House in Dublin 8 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22306/26]

640. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the smaller than national minimum standard two-bed units of 48 square metres planned for the regeneration of Oliver Bond House in Dublin 8 would contribute to the poorer mental health, negative child development outcomes, and broader public health risks linked to inadequate housing space, including a reported 2…

641. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the number of social and affordable housing units approved, commenced and completed in the Roscommon–Galway constituency in each of the years 2023 to 2026, by local authority area, in tabular form. [22319/26]

642. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact number of vacant and derelict properties identified in the Roscommon–Galway constituency; and the number brought back into use under the Croí Cónaithe and other schemes to date, in tabular form. [22320/26]

643. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time for social housing in Roscommon-Galway and the number of applicants currently on the housing list, broken down by need category, in tabular form. [22321/26]

644. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the progress made on a revised Guide for the Rapid Operationalisation of Community Support Centres, based on the experience of its operation over winter 2025-2026, as his Department committed to in their Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/26]

645. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all community support centres that can be operationalised in the case of extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22395/26]

646. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management's review of all local authority severe weather plans and flood plans, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22396/26]

647. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the work underway to increase resilience in internal communications systems during extreme weather events, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/26]

648. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding his Department’s work on developing mutual aid agreements with European energy counterparts, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22398/26]

649. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding TETRA being rolled out to generation sites as an additional contingency in the event of backup communications (Optel) failures, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22399/26]

650. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding Uisce Éireann's installation of 30 new permanent standby generators and the purchase of mobile generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22401/26]

651. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on Uisce Éireann's target to facilitate an additional 75 sites for mobile generator connectivity by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22402/26]

652. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason agricultural buildings and structures are not eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/26]

653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage where it stipulates that agricultural buildings and structures are not eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22437/26]

654. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider extending the vacant property refurbishment grant to cover agricultural buildings and structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22438/26]

655. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of whole-time equivalent members of staff in each local authority for the years 2022-2023-2024-2025, by county/city authority; if he will provide a schedule of local authorities that applied to recruit additional staffing for those years; the local authorities that were granted permission, and refused; if he will clari…

656. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made towards the achievement of a government policy document on the development of windfarms and solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23120/26]

319. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned that the construction of the Shannon Pipeline by Uisce Éireann may have irreparable damage to the environment and agricultural land; his plans to reduce long-term risks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21365/26]