Questions

353. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the number of social, and affordable houses respectively, completed in Arklow, County Wicklow in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number currently under construction; the number for which planning has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69931/26]

354. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the review of eligibility criteria and the identification of priority areas for grant aid schemes administered by local authorities to upgrade, repair or replace domestic wastewater treatment systems/septic tank systems; and the timeframe for these changes to come into effect. [69920/26]

355. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider reviewing the current mandatory retirement age of 62 for retained fire fighters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69981/26]

356. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider reviewing the current mandatory retirement age of 62 for retained fire fighters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70012/26]

357. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the formal complaints mechanisms available to residents of emergency accommodation where they have concerns regarding the conduct of accommodation providers or staff (details supplied); if complaints can be made directly to the relevant local authority, the regional homeless executive or his Department; the proc…

359. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's plans to ensure that every local authority home still without attic, cavity or any other suitable insulation has it installed; and his plans to boost the BER rating for all local authority homes to at least a B rating. [70056/26]

361. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the decision not to provide an increased local property tax allocation to Kildare County Council for 2027; and the measures under consideration to address the long-standing funding deficit faced by Kildare County Council and ensure that it is a…

362. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the list of household income thresholds for people who want to enter a mortgage to rent agreement, by county. [70105/26]

363. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will consider increasing the current income limit thresholds for eligibility for social housing for Cork County. [70118/26]

364. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider, as part of Budget 2027, increasing the funding available under the vacant property refurbishment grant and derelict property top-up grant; if an increase is being actively examined in light of rising construction and refurbishment costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70169/26]

365. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the number of applications for the EPA DPI register have been received to date; to provide a breakdown of the applications by local authority area; and number of homes per application. [70199/26]

366. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether standard Section 254 and MapRoad Licensing, MRL, frameworks between local authorities and telecommunications providers accommodate minor public footpath excavations for last-metre domestic broadband connections; and what guidance is provided to local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, to resolve lea…

367. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria used in determining the regional property price caps under the first home scheme; whether a review of the cap applicable to county Carlow has been undertaken in the past 12 months; and if he will consider aligning Carlow's cap of €375,000 with those of neighbouring counties cap of €400,000, including Laois, Kilk…

368. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanism in place for members of the public and legitimate operators to report suspected non-compliance with the safety requirements for commercially hired inflatable amusement equipment under the Planning and Development (Fairgrounds and Fairgrounds Equipment) Regulations 2025; if operators advertising inflatable equ…

369. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to enforce the safety-certification requirements for commercially hired inflatable amusement equipment, including bouncy castles, under the Planning and Development (Fairgrounds and Fairground Equipment) Regulations 2025; the number of inflatable-hire operators inspected since the regulations came …

370. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the cut-off year for eligibility for qualification under the warmer homes scheme has not changed since the revamped scheme was introduced; and when this date of before 1st January, 2006 is expected to move forward to include homes built in the years after 2006. [70417/26]

371. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basis on which mortgage-to-rent caps are calculated; the current limit in each county: and if he has considered increasing the limit in County Monaghan. [70456/26]

372. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the schemes available to assist a private resident-owner of an apartment, situated in an urban area, who wishes to vacate their current property and relocate to another property within the locality; if there is a swap scheme available to two such individuals who may be in this position; and if the housing purchase support schemes a…

373. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the mortgage to rent scheme purchase price caps in light of house price inflation, particularly in those non urban areas that have experienced significant second hand house price inflation in recent years. [70483/26]

374. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans for lands (details supplied) purchased by the Land Development Agency; when is it planned these lands will be developed and approximately; and the number of homes planned for these lands. [70641/26]

375. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to installing an automatic weather station or other appropriate monitoring equipment in the lower foothills of the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks, County Kerry to improve monitoring of local wind conditions in the Laune Valley and Killorglin area. [70613/26]

376. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that he has indicated previously that his Department would be reviewing and raising social housing income limits this year, to provide an update on his work in this area. [70626/26]

377. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Ireland’s draft nature restoration plan submitted to the European Commission on 1 September 2026 will be made publicly available. [70649/26]

378. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ask Met Éireann to examine whether the existing weather monitoring network adequately captures localised wind speeds and severe weather conditions in the Laune Valley and Killorglin area, particularly given the surrounding mountainous topography. [70609/26]

379. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department monitors the geographic concentration of proposed and approved onshore wind energy developments; the number of turbines approved and proposed in county Kilkenny; and whether consideration is given to ensuring an equitable distribution of renewable energy infrastructure across regions. [70343/26]