460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staffing sanction requests approved by his Department for Kildare, Tipperary, Clare and Leitrim County Councils in the period 1 June 2023 to 1 October 2026, in tabular form. [72141/26]
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1035. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staffing sanction requests approved by his Department for Cavan, Wexford, Mayo and Donegal County Councils in the period of 1 January 2023 to 1 May 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41896/26]
673. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the commitment to 'significant resources in the 2024 Action Plan, to provide a breakdown of the way in which the funding secured in Budget 2025 has been allocated specifically to frontline planning posts in local authorities versus administrative or department-level oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
674. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the latest workforce data for the local government planning sector, specifically identifying the percentage of current senior and executive planners eligible for retirement within the next five years; the way in which the 2024 Action Plan specifically addresses this imminent loss of institutional knowledge; and if he wi…
675. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners who have been reassigned or recruited to ACP from local authorities since January 2024; the measures in place to backfill these critical vacancies at the local level, regarding the transition of An Bord Pleanála to An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34042/26]
603. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancies that exist for qualified planning staff in each local authority, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21740/26]
604. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sanctioned posts for qualified planning staff in each local authority, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21741/26]
605. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancies that exist for qualified planning staff in each regional assembly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21742/26]
606. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken, including a list of open competitions and future planned competitions to fill the vacancies in qualified planning staff in local authorities and regional assemblies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21743/26]
607. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified planners that have resigned from local authorities between 2020 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21744/26]
608. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authorities that are supporting their staff to get an accredited planning qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21745/26]
605. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will expand the scope of the septic tank grants from local authorities to cover larger geographical areas in order for more rural homeowners to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5466/26]
606. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a homeowner can request an inspection of their septic tank by local authorities if they believe it to be non-compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5467/26]
1498. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing applications, by local authority that have used the section 179A exemption since 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41972/25]
578. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if the setting of rents for local authority housing is an executive or a reserved function of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/25]
14. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will be released for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35898/25]
76. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the borrowing capacity of local authorities and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31084/25]
174. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the borrowing capacity of all local authorities combined for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31083/25]
179. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when local authorities will receive their local authority tenant-in-situ allocation for 2025; the amount that has been allocated to each local authority for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4988/25]