221. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the rest of the Planning and Development Act 2024 will be fully implemented. [44662/26]
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611. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the implementation of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 2024 to earmark certain cost rental units for local key workers; the number of units his Department intends to earmark for key workers per year; the location of the housing units; the cost per unit; the timeline for when these units will be available; and…
757. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to update on progress to transpose the energy performance of buildings into Irish law; if his Department will meet the deadline to transpose this into Irish law by 29 May 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12683/26]
520. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average time over the past six years it has taken to produce a stamped final bill in his Department from the time when his Department has received government approval for the general scheme and the heads of a bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70276/25]
365. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress of the legislation to underpin the apartment defects remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66972/25]
591. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of the Planning and Development Act 2024 which has been enacted; the amount which remains to be enacted; and the timeline for the complete enactment of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63552/25]
456. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 9 October 2025, the timeframe in which he intends to progress legislation to amend eligibility criteria for the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56542/25]
44. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish legislation on the multi-unit development defects redress scheme. [53748/25]
55. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is expected that the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024 will be introduced; if this piece of legislation can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53755/25]
318. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill, including pre-legislative scrutiny by autumn 2025 and completion of the legislative process by Easter recess 2026, to ensure the statutory remediation scheme can open for applications by autumn 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53836/25]
1733. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44387/25]
1741. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44428/25]
387. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the timeline for the proposed amendments to the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to take effect in view of the fact that homeowners are depending on these amendments in their rebuild; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40617/25]
529. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for clarification on the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34066/25]
97. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider implementing legislation to compel landlords or housing bodies to notify tenants of overpayments and promptly return such payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/25]
67. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the marine protected areas Bill; if he proposes to progress this piece of legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13203/25]
774. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the schedule for commencement of the various chapters and sections of the Planning and Development Act 2025, indicating which chapters and sections will be implemented this year and in what month or quarter. [24425/25]
884. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the Planning and Development Act 2024 to be implemented; if safeguards to prevent frivolous or vexatious objections, appeals and judicial reviews are provided for within the Act; if any rules relating to the distance an objector, appellant or submitter of a judicial reviews must be from the subject site of a plannin…
899. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the marine protected areas legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11680/25]
451. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the Marine Protected Areas Bill; if he intends to continue with the approach taken last term or if he plans to take a new approach; if the previously identified technical issues with the Bill remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9668/25]
362. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on …