Local Authorities

186. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a BSc degree in civil engineering is an eligible qualification for executive engineer and other engineering roles in local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8540/25]

236. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of the amount of funding each local authority in the State has received for national, regional and local roads in 2022, 2023, 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7889/25]

251. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the community involvement scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7346/25]

503. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make disability access training compulsory for technical and planning staff within each local authority. [7316/25]

504. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make funding available for each local authority for accessibility auditing and accessibility improvements to services to the public. [7317/25]

505. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make funding available for each local authority to ensure each event organised by the local authority would have individuals’ accessibility needs addressed. [7318/25]

506. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to make disability equity and awareness training compulsory for all local authority staff. [7319/25]

553. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the temporary waiver on development contributions payable to local authorities for those building homes in 2025; if he has assessed the impact that these contributions have on individuals trying to commence home construction, particularly in rural areas; and if he will consider further measures…

234. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding for cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme was suspended to local authorities at any period in October, November and December of 2024; the amount allocated to local authorities for the scheme across each month of 2024; the number in each local authority for cost rental purchase either underway, completed or…

235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the lack of funding in Galway City Council for extensions on council properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6893/25]

205. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will increase the funding available to local authorities for investment under the 2025 community involvement scheme and the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5678/25]

206. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will increase the funding available to local authorities for investment in regional and local roads under the 2025 regional and local road allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5679/25]

466. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to supply additional funding for priority-3 adaptation grants to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6222/25]

470. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 852 of 9 September 2024, if the review of the working group has been completed; if a Level 8 BSc in Construction Project Management is to be included in the list of approved qualifications for engineering roles within Local Authorities; and if he will make a statement …

175. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will request from Dublin City Council a detailed, itemised cost analysis of the sandbags installed in Clontarf as a flood defence measure, including the initial procurement and purchase costs of sandbags, installation costs such as labour, machinery, and contracted services, on…

202. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, given the increase in adaptation grants as announced in Budget 2025, it is a necessity of those who had previously applied under the old limits and were proceeding through the process, to submit a new application to their local authority. [5239/25]

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]

385. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to pass on the circular that needs to be sent to local authorities before councils can pass on the interest rate cuts, as it is now over 12 months since the first interest rate cut was announced by the ECB and none have been passed on to the mortgage holder; and if he will make a statement on t…

388. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make provision for municipal districts in the six local authorities that currently do not have any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4766/25]

570. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding allocated to Offaly County Council on an annual basis from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [2183/25]

579. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with Cork County Council on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2341/25]

594. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current situation in relation to the purchase of local authority houses by tenants; if he plans to review this situation; if he will consider a tenant purchase scheme for approved housing bodies tenants whose operators were amenable to the provision of such a sale and in circumstances in which income acc…

613. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering additional funding to local authorities such as South Dublin County Council, to enable the council to pursue in a more aggressive way the replacement of sodium bulbs with LED lighting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3095/25]

196. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport the number of universal design audits undertaken by local authorities in 2024. [46810/24]

711. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the budgeted level of funding provided to each local authority through the Local Government Fund for 2025. [46335/24]