Local Authorities

77. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation provided to each local authority in 2024 to complete change of tenancy works on local authority social housing stock, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53176/25]

92. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to improve the fairness in local government funding to individual local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52990/25]

95. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied with the level of funding provided for local authorities in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53816/25]

104. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given the significantly increased housing targets for local authorities, if his Department will ensure that the local authorities are adequately resourced to deal with the expected increased volumes of planning applications. [53892/25]

132. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied that local authorities are responding positively to the National Planning Framework and are complying with the objectives of the Revised National Planning Framework; if he will provide an update on the progress made on housing and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

329. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will simplify the calculation on the way in which local authorities retain property tax collected in their county. [39988/25]

330. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will simplify the calculation on the way in which local authorities retain property tax collected in their county. [39541/25]

213. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding remedial works on a bridge (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/25]

554. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to examine the current boundaries as they pertain to the administrative areas of existing local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51334/25]

555. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department plans to examine the current funding mechanism for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51335/25]

583. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant local authority dwellings in Cork city as of the latest date available; the average turnaround time for re-letting; and the steps being taken to accelerate this process. [51980/25]

587. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's interpretation of barring orders and exclusion orders in the context of local authority tenancies, and the consequences for a respondent named on a tenancy. [52028/25]

588. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have a statutory responsibility to remove a respondent subject to a barring order or exclusion order from a joint tenancy; and if not, the reforms that are being considered. [52029/25]

589. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how barring orders or exclusion orders are disclosed to local authorities, and whether a system is in place to ensure timely communication between the Courts Service, the Gardaí and local authorities. [52030/25]

590. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are currently obliged to remove perpetrators from a tenancy where a barring order is granted; and if not, whether legislation is being considered to mandate this. [52031/25]

591. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports that are provided to victims and their families in cases where a perpetrator refuses to voluntarily surrender their tenancy despite a barring or exclusion order. [52032/25]

592. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering legislative change to allow victims and families to remain in the home, with the perpetrator legally removed from the tenancy. [52033/25]

205. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance the number of local authorities that own land liable to residential zoned land tax; the amount of revenue raised through local authorities since the introduction of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49582/25]

210. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges provided construction is completed prior to December 2026 if fully accounted for within the expenditure and revenue projections contained in the Annual Progress Report; if not, if additional resou…

231. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will confirm that the obligations of local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the EU Open Data Directive (2019/1024, transposed by S.I. 376/2021) reinforce the duty to provide detailed disaggregated data such as budgetary and housing maintenance i…

233. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will confirm that the obligations of local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the EU Open Data Directive (2019/1024, transposed by S.I. 376/2021) reinforce the duty to provide detailed disaggregated data such as budgetary and housing maintenance i…

355. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if it is a requirement for the local authority to own the building they apply for the artist workspace scheme for; or if there is a requirement for the building to be leased for a certain period of time; whether Donegal county council have submitted an application to the scheme; if applications are still being acce…

369. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review of existing local authorities' rates for retailers is being considered to reflect the lower level of footfall in towns and villages due to the proliferation of online shopping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49680/25]

370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any review of the way in which local authorities are handling county councillors’ questions (details supplied) for written reply; and if he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49693/25]

377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any review of how local authorities are handling councillors’ questions for written reply; and whether he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49883/25]