Departmental Data

1085. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the bust of General San Martin, the national hero and liberator of Argentina, which was presented to the Government by a delegation in April 1966 (details supplied) will be put on public display. [19075/25]

1127. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how a finder’s fee from the national museum of Ireland for the finding of historical artefacts is determined; what the criteria are for determining who is entitled to payment and what percentage of payment they are entitled to when more than one party claims to be entitled to the commission; and i…

1128. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the work of officials within his Department to attract large scale or international sporting events to be held in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20854/25]

1139. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide a list of arts, culture and media organisations he has met in his capacity as Minister since his appointment. [21277/25]

1170. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is factual that the keeping communities safe document has not been ratified by the relevant trade unions at the time of publication; and his Department’s current position regarding its status and applicability. [18856/25]

1179. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all land that had its residential zoning by way of ministerial order in each of the years since 2020, by local authority area and land volume. [18977/25]

1183. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the commencement schedule for each of the chapters and sections of Part 9 of the Planning and Development Act 2024; and to clarify if a partial commencement of chapter 2 is envisaged earlier in 2025 under block A2, with remaining sections of chapter 2 Part 9 to follow, with the subsequent and later i…

1198. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of residentially zoned land in each local authority development plan, including a range of the number of residential homes that this land could yield in each local authority, in tabular form. [19205/25]

1199. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the analysis his Department has undertaken to assess the volumes of residential zoned land in the current city and county development plans; and the level of residential land deficits his Department estimates to exist across the State and in each local authority administrative area. [19206/25]

1204. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total number of units retrofitted, by local authority area for each of the past five years. [19248/25]

1205. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total spend on retrofitting of housing units by local authority, in tabular form. [19249/25]

1218. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning applications for rural one-off dwellings submitted in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19392/25]

1219. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning approvals granted for rural one-off dwellings in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19393/25]

1220. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of refusals for rural one-off dwelling applications in Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan that were appealed to An Bord Pleanála in 2024, 2023, and 2022; and the percentage of those appeals that resulted in approvals. [19394/25]

1244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the average cost incurred in retrofitting a standard three-bedroom local authority home. [19879/25]

1288. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all briefing documents provided to him by his Department officials since taking office; and the dates on which those briefing documents were submitted to him. [20101/25]

1298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]

1313. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of acres of land sold, by each local authority, for counties Wicklow and Wexford to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/25]

1327. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these re…

1344. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V and AHB Part V and PPP, in tabular form. [20936/25]

1345. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing new builds delivered in 2024 by delivery streams, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V, Approved Housing Body Part V and regeneration and PPP. [20937/25]

1461. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will disclose which groups have lobbied him regarding the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024, the automatic enrolment of workers into pension schemes, the timing and implementation of automatic enrolment, including all documentation, correspondences, meetings and minutes of meetings with lobbyists relat…

1487. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide figures for the number of people who have had their jobseekers’ payments cut each month to date in 2025; the amount deducted from payments as a result; how this compares with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21257/25]

1488. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of enterprises in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme to support employment of those with disabilities and the number of individuals so supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21274/25]

1506. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 999 of 22 January 2025, if he is now in a position to provide data requested from the Garda Commissioner by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/25]