Local Authorities

765. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the existing requirements for new hires in local authorities to start at the lowest end of the pay scale for any role; his views on whether this may act as a disincentive for candidates to apply for these roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11672/26]

766. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the existing hiring policy within local authorities that requires new hires to start of the bottom of the pay scale for any particular role; his views on whether this acts as a barrier to unfair competition compared to internal hires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/26]

797. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to initiate a series of local authority boundary reviews, 11 years after the last set of reviews; if he plans to review the boundary in operation between Louth and Meath, covering the environs of south Drogheda in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12046/26]

430. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to state, with respect to a proposed change to a local authorities section 48 development contribution scheme review (details supplied), whether the Department has issued any instruction, guidance or circular on the charging of development contributions to cost rental and affordable purchase homes to local autho…

702. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Government funds made available to local authorities in each of the years 2024 and 2025 to support the refurbishment and re-letting of homes; the number of properties remediated under the voids programme in 2015, in tabular form. [9581/26]

712. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he accepts that introducing revised engineering qualification requirements in July 2025, while being aware that serving local authority engineers would not meet the new eligibility criteria and without publishing any quantified workforce impact assessment, represents a failure of workforce planning; whet…

223. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a break down of the funding allocated d by each county council in each of the years 2020 to date, under the CIS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8389/26]

224. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a break down of the funding drawn down by each county council in each of the years 2020 to date, under the CIS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8391/26]

352. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each county council in each of the years 2020 to date for roads, broken down by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8386/26]

353. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the funding drawn down to each county council in each of the years 2020 to date for roads, broken down by scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8387/26]

639. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether, prior to the introduction of revised engineering qualification requirements for local authority staff on 25 July 2025, any assessment was carried out to determine how many serving local authority engineers would be affected by these changes, including loss of eligibility for promotion; whether workforce…

657. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the regulations on local authority funding for community projects; the transparency measures for grant allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7865/26]

663. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of stock audits completed, by local authority, in the past 12-months, in tabular form. [8040/26]

664. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing retrofits completed in each of the past five years. [8041/26]

665. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to local authorities to remedy issues identified in stock audits in 2026. [8042/26]

666. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether all local authority housing will be audited by 2030. [8043/26]

675. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will indicate the best practice guidelines given by his Department to local authorities regarding the time taken to process routine applications for the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8369/26]

676. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the advice given by his Department to local authorities regarding the processing of emergency housing assistance payments; the length of time such applications should take to process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/26]

690. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of engineers currently employed by local authorities who have become ineligible for promotion or career progression under revised eligibility criteria, despite having previously been eligible to progress under earlier arrangements; whether his Department was consulted in advance of these revised criter…

691. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Government will review or issue guidance on qualification recognition and eligibility criteria to ensure consistency, fairness, and the retention of skilled engineers within local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8545/26]

713. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an assessment of the number of staff currently employed in local authorities which will be adversely affected has taken place before implementing the new engineering qualification criteria for engineers progressing their careers in the local authority; if his Department identified the number of serving local …

1224. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a break down of the funding allocated by each county council in each of the years 2020 to date, under the LIS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8388/26]

1225. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a break down of the funding drawn down by each county council in each of the years 2020 to date, under the LIS, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8390/26]

349. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff employed in active travel teams or working on active travel projects in each local authority, in tabular form. [6506/26]

605. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will expand the scope of the septic tank grants from local authorities to cover larger geographical areas in order for more rural homeowners to avail of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5466/26]