Parliamentary questions

212. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the implementation of national standards under the EU Gigabit Infrastructure Act. [44653/26]

213. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the Copper Network Switch Off Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44654/26]

214. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there are plans to carry out an education and information campaign on the Copper Network Switch Off Plan. [44652/26]

215. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of financial investment expected to be incurred by his Department to support a sporting event (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44737/26]

216. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on all inputs that his Department made prior to the adoption of regulation EU 2024/900; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45084/26]

217. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing completions in Dublin south-west in each of the past five years and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44650/26]

218. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing completions anticipated in Dublin south-west in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44651/26]

219. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline any plans to make Uisce Éireann more accountable to members of the Oireachtas considering the poor responses received from the dedicated email provided by the utility. [44655/26]

220. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to increase apartment building given that commencements collapsed when the 2024 levy waivers ran out. [44661/26]

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]

222. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase housing supply to ensure it matches the pace of population growth. [44664/26]

223. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children currently living in emergency accommodation and family hub accommodation, respectively, in each local authority area; the average length of time children have spent in such accommodation during the past three years; the measures being taken to reduce the time families spend with children…

224. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the voted expenditure allocation for each of the four croí cónaithe city calls; if his Department intends to fund a fifth call; if so, when; and the amount, in tabular form. [44714/26]

225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed update on the cost rental equity loan pipeline; if he will provide information on the funding approvals to date; and the number of schemes and units each scheme is expected to deliver in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, by local authority area and AHB approved for each scheme. [44715/26]

226. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the publication of the Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44716/26]

227. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the eligibility criteria for the vacant above-the-shop grant to registered companies; if he acknowledges that the current restriction limiting applications to individual applicants inhibits the uptake of the scheme; his views on whether extending eligibility to corporate owners would rapidly …

228. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which a family can avail of homeless services and supports, including accommodation, in cases in which the family is going to be made homeless and is not on the local authority housing list; if he will outline the process for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44730/26]

229. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all inputs that his Department made prior to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/900; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44741/26]

230. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons for the refusal of a Historic Structures Fund 2026 application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44742/26]

231. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing properties purchased under the affordable purchase scheme, by each local authority in each of the years, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [44825/26]

232. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any cases whereby HAP payments were reinstated or reimbursed to landlords during the Covid-19 moratorium period, where the HAP payments had earlier been suspended due to a tenant not paying their contribution to the local authority, but the landlord was prevented through temporary Covid-19 Go…

233. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a statutory instrument requiring developers to provide essential amenities and infrastructure before new housing developments are occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44868/26]

234. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to extending the pyrite remediation scheme to recognise estates with known pyrite issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44869/26]

235. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make provision for inclusion of a deceased person's PPSN, where possible, in a death certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44644/26]

236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the increase in income disregards carer’s allowance as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44675/26]