Parliamentary questions

Sport and Recreational Development

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

381. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19230/24]

Sports Funding

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

382. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital funding allocations will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19241/24]

Departmental Funding

Catherine Murphy

383. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19370/24]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Ged Nash

384. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to update and modernise wind turbine setback guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19295/24]

Postal Voting

Denise Mitchell

385. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if those seeking to avail of a postal vote due to illness must pay for a certificate stating they are not fit to vote in person from a general practitioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18734/24]

Local Authorities

Violet-Anne Wynne

386. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a road safety officer in each of the 31 local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/24]

Local Authorities

Violet-Anne Wynne

387. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that a road safety officer vacancy will be filled in Clare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/24]

Housing Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

388. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if carer's allowance can be considered a form of income in the purchase of a council house for a person (details supplied). [18777/24]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of social homes in Cork south west; and the number of vacant social homes in Cork south west.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18788/24]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

390. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the time spent to carry out the four-stage approval process for publicly funded capital projects for each social housing, cost rental, affordable purchase, and mixed tenure development completed in 2023, broken down by tenure type and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/24]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

391. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received by each local authority area under the croí cónaithe town fund scheme, standard grant and top-up grant, respectively since the launch of the vacant property refurbishment grant; the number of approvals by each local authority area for the standard grant and the top-up grant, respectively; the average processing time through to completion for both grants, respectively; if the same qualifying criteria is applied across all local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18825/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

392. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18840/24]

Water Services

Michael Ring

393. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider applications for projects of a small scale under Measure A7 of the multi-annual rural water programme for connections of less than 25 households in certain circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18854/24]

Regeneration Projects

Thomas Gould

394. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an updated timeline for completion of the NWQR in Cork. [18916/24]

Regeneration Projects

Thomas Gould

395. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware that construction work at Phase 2C of the NWQR remains stalled; whether he has received any request for additional funding to resolve this from Cork City Council; and if so, the timeline for resolution of same. [18917/24]

Legislative Measures

Thomas Gould

396. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on legislation committed to on the renaming of streets. [18918/24]

Septic Tanks

Brendan Smith

397. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the grant scheme including additional designated areas to assist more householders to upgrade and-or replace septic tanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18974/24]

Water Supply

Peadar Tóibín

398. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has consulted with Uisce Éireann, An Bord Pleanála and local authorities with regard to sufficient water capacity throughout the national water supply system to meet both current demand and new connections for future housing development construction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18976/24]

Departmental Advertising

Thomas Gould

399. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to advertise the lead mains replacement scheme in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [19034/24]

Departmental Advertising

Thomas Gould

400. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration has been given to a targeted advertising campaign for the lead mains replacement scheme. [19035/24]