691. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state the total cost of the development levy and water connection waiver for each year it has been in operation to date; and the number of homes each year for which the waiver has applied with a breakdown by local authority area. [39320/26]
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
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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 questions
268. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of stock audits undertaken in 2025 and 2026 to date, by county, in tabular form. [38602/26]
334. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider providing funding for the local improvement scheme on a multi annual basis; to ensure local authorities who administer the scheme can deliver them in a more efficient and cost-effective manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38345/26]
165. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the work of the Local Democracy Taskforce; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37503/26]
199. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the local government task force report will to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37309/26]
232. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if as part of his plans for local government reform, he intends to increase the number of councillors and their powers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37478/26]
590. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Galway City Council will be given its homeless allocation for 2026; if he will address the increased demand for homeless services in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36681/26]
602. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1691 and 1695 of 14 April 2026, the number of new staff sanctioned for hire in Kildare County Council, Kerry County Council, Fingal County Council and Meath County Council in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 and of new hires realised in those years. [37139/26]
608. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to reintroduce the financial contribution scheme for local authorities. [37366/26]
616. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider making it mandatory for local authority meetings to be live streamed, recorded and published for the public to view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37466/26]
384. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any formal benchmarking framework exists comparing homelessness service delivery standards across local authorities or homeless regions. [36349/26]
105. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for Local Government when he will publish the report from the Local Government Taskforce. [35531/26]
673. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the commitment to 'significant resources in the 2024 Action Plan, to provide a breakdown of the way in which the funding secured in Budget 2025 has been allocated specifically to frontline planning posts in local authorities versus administrative or department-level oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
674. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the latest workforce data for the local government planning sector, specifically identifying the percentage of current senior and executive planners eligible for retirement within the next five years; the way in which the 2024 Action Plan specifically addresses this imminent loss of institutional knowledge; and if he wi…
675. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners who have been reassigned or recruited to ACP from local authorities since January 2024; the measures in place to backfill these critical vacancies at the local level, regarding the transition of An Bord Pleanála to An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34042/26]
158. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amounts based on current or latest data, of rent arrears owed by social housing tenants in each local authority area; the number of social housing households that the corresponding rent arrears relate to per each local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31218/26]
744. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are obliged to participate in inter-county/council tenant-in-situ agreements/arrangements; whether they decide that they will only consider the scheme for families/individuals on their own housing waiting lists; if he will provide the guidelines or circular addressing this; and if he will make a stateme…
123. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1691 and 1695 of 14 April 2026, the number of new staff sanctioned for hire in Kildare County Council, Kerry County Council, Fingal County Council and Meath County Council in 2026, and of new hires realised in 2026 to date. [28844/26]
261. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the person or body that owns/runs the Walkinstown community centre; the grant, if any, provided to refurbish the centre; the plans open it to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28859/26]
563. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of members of staff responsible for currently planning work for each local authority in the State; the numbers for the past four years; and the number of planning applications processed by each local authority in the same timeframe. [27980/26]
1623. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount Cork City Council paid in 2025 following the boundary redraw; and how much they will pay in 2026. [23532/26]
1624. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the last time the Local Electoral Boundary Area Committee for Cork City Council and Cork County Council met. [23533/26]
1625. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of outstanding issues on the 2019 boundary redraw in Cork that remain. [23534/26]
1647. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding which has been allocated to the Dublin City Council Home Building Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23925/26]
1648. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the funding application submitted by Fingal County Council to develop housing at Tuckett’s Lane, Howth, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23947/26]