107. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the allocation of the general municipal allocation (details supplied) by individual councillors, particularly in relation to any differences in practice between municipal districts; and if he will outline the framework governing such allocations. [9956/25]
Topics / Local Authorities
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsLocal Authorities
485 questions from 108 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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477 written, 8 oral
108
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 8 |
| February 2025 | 25 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 24 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 56 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 55 |
| October 2025 | 14 |
| November 2025 | 38 |
| December 2025 | 29 |
| January 2026 | 28 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 20 |
| April 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 38 |
| July 2026 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 19 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
440. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will reconsider the recent directive to local authorities around housing aid grants for the elderly whereby funding will not be provided for the replacement of an old oil boiler (heating system) with a new model boiler; if funding will only be provided for second-hand boilers; and if he will accept that this pr…
272. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners employed by each local authority on 1 February 2025. [8741/25]
177. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the required qualifications for executive engineering positions within local authorities; if he considers a BSc in civil engineering to be an appropriate qualification given that it is accredited by two professional organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8282/25]
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 to alleviate financ…
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 in the pipeline, in…
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 on the matter. [6264…
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, ongoing maintenance an…
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 the matter. [4670/25]
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]