Parliamentary questions

Legislative Reviews

Ivana Bacik

56. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on his engagement with the Minister for Justice in respect of the need to update the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011; and if he is satisfied that the redress scheme for construction defects is practicable in view of the lack of a review so far. [24572/24]

Rental Sector

Ivana Bacik

183. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will legislate to restrict no-fault evictions. [24573/24]

Human Rights

Ivana Bacik

86. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to re-examine the position regarding recognition of the Armenian Genocide 1915-1917; and if he will report on any engagement with his counterparts in the European Union in respect of same since his taking office. [23667/24]

Defective Building Materials

Ivana Bacik

97. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the action he is taking to ensure homeowners eligible for the defective concrete blocks scheme can apply for SEAI grants including if they have already previously availed of them; when this problem will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24058/24]

Energy Infrastructure

Ivana Bacik

101. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated timeline for the proposed acquisition of a floating storage and regasification unit and construction of ancillary grid-connection facilities, if approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23640/24]

Energy Infrastructure

Ivana Bacik

102. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated budget required for the proposed acquisition of a floating storage and regasification unit and the construction of ancillary grid-connection facilities, if approved; the estimated annual budget to be allocated for the protection of a floating storage and regasification unit from potential attack during both the construction phase and following project completion; if he will outline the comparative estimated budget to develop infrastructure for the geological storage of natural gas and associated defence costs during construction and following project completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23641/24]

Energy Infrastructure

Ivana Bacik

103. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the relative risks pertaining to the probability of gas supply disruption from the UK, given the presence of two separate Moffat pipelines, outweigh the climate risks, at national and international level, associated with the inevitable emissions from a proposed new floating storage and regasification unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23642/24]

Defective Building Materials

Ivana Bacik

121. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when homeowners eligible for the defective concrete blocks scheme can apply for SEAI grants including if they have already previously availed of them; the number of current applicants that are affected; the number of cases SEAI has resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24059/24]

Road Safety Authority

Ivana Bacik

150. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the reason for the continued vacancies of two positions on the board of the Road Safety Authority since 1 January 2024; when the vacancies will be filled; his views on the board's capacity to manage recent increases in road deaths with a barely quorate seven members, instead of the full complement of nine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23942/24]

School Textbooks

Ivana Bacik

247. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the reason the funding awarded for schoolbooks was reduced to €80 per pupil from €96 in 2023; the savings to her Department from this reduction; if schools are allowed to pass on higher costs to parents; if she plans to reduce it further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24053/24]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

293. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the current maximum remediation option grant of €420,000 by 10% as provided for in the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 to account for increased building costs; when he intends to review the level of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24055/24]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

294. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will implement the updated costs report from an organisation (details supplied) received by his Department on 29 March 2024 to ensure that grants under the defection concrete blocks scheme account for increased construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24056/24]

Departmental Programmes

Ivana Bacik

295. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the changes he plans to make to the defective concrete block scheme; if he will ensure the cost of replacing foundations is provided for; the action he intends to take to address the presence of pyrite and pyrrhotite in aggregates within poured concrete foundations and the risk that these will cause future damage to rebuilt homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24057/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Ivana Bacik

312. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason parents of twins and triplets only receive one entitlement to parent's benefit until the child attains the age of two, given that 130 days' parental leave is provided per child. [23639/24]

Legislative Process

Ivana Bacik

435. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 640 of 8 May 2024, if he will list all the preparatory steps which are required prior to commencement of the Public Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023; and if he will offer a progress report in respect of each of these steps. [23668/24]

Health Services

Ivana Bacik

491. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend BreastCheck screening to younger age cohorts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24054/24]

Middle East

Ivana Bacik

145. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the statement of Ireland in the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israeli Practice and Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on 22 February 2024; and if he will comment on the statement of the Attorney General at [37], and its relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [23010/24]

Cycling Policy

Ivana Bacik

175. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on progress to require each local authority to appoint a cycling officer. [22850/24]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

71. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the statutory functions of An Garda Síochána in compiling statistics on the prevalence of certain types of theft and robbery offences; and where those functions are conferred. [21913/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

89. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children accessing early childhood education and school age childcare on the NCS sponsorship subsidy; if he will provide a breakdown of same by county, in tabular form; and if he will provide a breakdown of same by way of percentage of those in community and private services. [21917/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

90. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of referrals for NCS sponsorship by each of the Minister for Education, the Minister for Justice, Tusla, the HSE and local authorities in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21918/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

91. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average childcare fee paid by parents in each county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the lowest childcare fee paid by parents in each county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and the highest childcare fee paid by parents in each county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21919/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

92. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated percentage of Government funding, as against private fees, funding the early years sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21920/24]

Air Quality

Ivana Bacik

141. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the Government’s clean air strategy. [21908/24]

Environmental Policy

Ivana Bacik

142. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will make a statement on the waste and circular economy action plan. [21909/24]

Environmental Policy

Ivana Bacik

143. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will make a statement on the circular economy unit in Government. [21910/24]

Road Safety Authority

Ivana Bacik

230. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the functions of the Road Safety Authority in relation to compiling and analysing data to assess the cause and distribution of road traffic accidents; and where those functions are conferred [21911/24]

Equality Issues

Ivana Bacik

522. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the recent report (details supplied), he will outline the timeline for the introduction of socioeconomic status as grounds of discrimination in the Equality Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21565/24]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

63. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when a citizen’s assembly on the future of education will be established. [20844/24]

Defective Building Materials

Ivana Bacik

279. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the safeguards in place to ensure that public monies committed to owners’ management companies under the defects remediation schemes will be spent in their entirety on remediation works. [20475/24]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

374. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the reason she will not meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss the implementation of the Multi-Unit Developments Act [20472/24]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

375. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the reason her Department cannot issue regulations on service charges and sinking funds under sections 18 and 19 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act; and if she will make a statement on the development of the interim remediation scheme and the drafting of legislation for the full remediation scheme for defective apartments and duplexes with respect to those provisions. [20473/24]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

376. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the reason her Department will not review the Multi-Unit Developments Act; and if she will make a statement on the Programme for Government commitment to review the Act. [20474/24]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

377. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if draft regulations under sections 18 and 19 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act were delivered to her Department in February 2022; and the reason these regulations have not yet been issued by her Department. [20476/24]

Programme for Government

Ivana Bacik

378. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if she will make a statement on the need to regulate owners’ management companies. [20477/24]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

380. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the written standard operating procedure for returning asylum seekers between the UK and Ireland, as agreed in November 2020; and if the document is publicly available. [20493/24]

Legislative Process

Ivana Bacik

640. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health when provisions of the Public Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 will be commenced to bring private hospitals into the remit of HIQA for the purpose of investigation of adverse patient events. [20877/24]

Foreign Policy

Ivana Bacik

109. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh - Artsakh region of Azerbaijan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19923/24]

EU Directives

Ivana Bacik

93. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the nature of and current situation with regard to the European Commission's announcement of 24 April 2024 that it was sending Ireland a reasoned opinion (INFR(2021)2116) for the non-conformity of Irish legislation with Directive 2010/75/EU on Industrial Emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19629/24]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

196. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to change the purpose of the progression unit at Mountjoy Prison; and, if so, where the progression unit will be located. [19661/24]

Environmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

159. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the new low cost home energy upgrade loan scheme, announced on 26 October 2023, will commence in April 2024; the reason for the delay; and when the scheme will commence. [18779/24]

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]

Vacant Properties

Ivana Bacik

422. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of reports of a failure by a municipal district office (details supplied) to maintain vacant and derelict sites registers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19380/24]

School Meals Programme

Ivana Bacik

455. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 23 April 2024, if the national standards for school meals stipulates that produce which is delivered under the school meals programme must or should be sourced in Ireland; and the proportion of foods provided under the programme with a country of origin which is not Ireland. [19084/24]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Ivana Bacik

470. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on delays experienced by returning emigrants in obtaining a PPSN; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19383/24]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

96. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach his views on the new Cabinet committee on disability; and if the Minister for Health will sit on the new committee. [17897/24]

EU Directives

Ivana Bacik

137. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the exact nature and current status of the European Commission’s announcement of 24 January 2024 that it was sending Ireland a formal notice (INFR(2024/0072) for failing to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/958 amending Directive 2003/87/EC regarding aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17927/24]

EU Directives

Ivana Bacik

138. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the exact nature and current status of the European Commission’s announcement of 24 January 2024 that it was sending Ireland a formal notice (INFR(2024/0073) for failing to transpose Directive (EU) 2023/959 amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union's greenhouse gas emission trading system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17928/24]

Post Office Network

Ivana Bacik

140. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the disposal of public assets through the sale of An Post offices is consistent with his Department’s policy. [18129/24]

Departmental Schemes

Ivana Bacik

141. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to introduce a non-profit district heating scheme in Ireland; and his plans to transition existing schemes to a non-profit model. [18130/24]

National Transport Authority

Ivana Bacik

189. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the value of performance-related penalties issued to each public transport provider by the National Transport Authority in 2023. [18122/24]

Insurance Coverage

Ivana Bacik

217. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reform flood insurance in Ireland; his views on insurance cover for persons living in areas with demountable flood defences; his views on legislating for compulsory insurance cover for those living in areas which are prone to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18121/24]

Departmental Contracts

Ivana Bacik

246. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has undertaken an assessment with other Departments of the ending of work by an organisation (details supplied). [18124/24]

Wastewater Treatment

Ivana Bacik

360. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the European Commission's announcement of 7 February 2024 that it was sending Ireland a letter of formal notice (INFR(2023) 2178) for failing to fully comply with its obligations under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Directive 91/271/EEC), the eight towns with a population of more than 2,000 where wastewater is not properly treated before being discharged and the three towns of more than 10,000 in which wastewater is being discharged into sensitive areas without the more stringent treatment required by the directive; if he has responded to the Commission's letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17548/24]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

370. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of strategic housing developments still undecided by An Bord Pleanála; his plans to ensure the backlog of cases is cleared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17826/24]

State Bodies

Ivana Bacik

387. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of disputes lodged with the Residential Tenancies Board regarding alleged failures to pass on the electricity rebate; and the number of adverse findings made by the Residential Tenancies Board in respect of same. [18123/24]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

388. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to amend the tenant-in-situ scheme to introduce mandatory local authority purchase for certain tenants who are supported through the housing assistance payment or rental accommodation scheme. [18127/24]

State Bodies

Ivana Bacik

389. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the average wait time for a response from the Residential Tenancies Board to landlords seeking to register a tenancy in each of the years 2020, 2021 and 2022. [18128/24]

School Meals Programme

Ivana Bacik

400. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection the provenance of meat, vegetables and other ingredients for the hot school meals programme; if the ingredients are sourced in Ireland; and the procurement process for same. [17495/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ivana Bacik

421. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 9 April, how an assessment is conducted with respect to determining the extent to which a particular illness or disability impairs or restricts a person's capacity to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18082/24]

Registration of Births

Ivana Bacik

422. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the making public of the stillbirth register; if she has further plans for reform to support families through pregnancy loss and stillbirth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18083/24]

Work Permits

Ivana Bacik

474. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for processing applications for labour market access permits for international protection applicants; and the average waiting times for renewal of same. [18084/24]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

476. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Kevin Street Garda station, Irishtown Garda station, Donnybrook Garda station, Rathmines Garda station, Terenure Garda station, Sundrive Road Garda station and Pearse Street Garda station, in tabular form. [18131/24]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

543. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to commission research into the support needs of persons with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder. [17595/24]

Childcare Services

Ivana Bacik

573. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will examine the introduction of public provision of childcare, as recommended by the expert group report entitled Partnership for the Public Good; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18120/24]

International Protection

Ivana Bacik

574. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of accommodation centres for international protection applicants that were subject to inspection by officials from the International Protection Accommodation Service or a company (details supplied) and which failed the inspection process in each month of 2023 and to date in 2024, expressed as a figure and as an overall proportion of registered centres at the time of inspection. [18125/24]

Research Funding

Ivana Bacik

700. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to allocate increased funding across all career stages for researchers; and his views on the importance of basic or frontier research and the need for parity of esteem across disciplines. [17530/24]

Middle East

Ivana Bacik

130. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagement with the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the West Bank and Gaza. []

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

72. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the planning guidelines in respect of childcare facilities as part of large-scale developments will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16990/24]

Middle East

Ivana Bacik

138. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the Spanish Prime Minister’s statement that Spain would recognise Palestinian statehood before the summer; and if Ireland will also recognise Palestinian statehood before the summer. [16163/24]

Middle East

Ivana Bacik

219. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recent Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divestment from certain investments in occupied territories. [16164/24]

Departmental Reports

Ivana Bacik

234. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the timeline for publishing the updated report on the funding landscape for housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16628/24]

Departmental Reviews

Ivana Bacik

235. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the progress in reviewing the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund funding programme, which allocated an additional €400 million for equity-based housing investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16657/24]

Departmental Reports

Ivana Bacik

253. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the publishing of a report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs on skills requirement for modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16649/24]

Construction Industry

Ivana Bacik

265. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in developing a dashboard of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) metrics to benchmark, and subsequently track, levels of MMC adoption in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16652/24]

School Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

370. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 20 March 2024, if she will offer a timeframe for commencement and completion of building works for those schools which submitted a stage one response in February 2023. [16759/24]

Tourist Accommodation

Ivana Bacik

382. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for introducing new regulatory controls requiring short-term and holiday lets to register with Fáilte Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16670/24]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

391. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proportion of planning applications which are decided by An Bord Pleanála within eight weeks in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to-date in 2024; the proportion of planning applications which were decided by An Bord Pleanála within sixteen weeks in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the proportion of planning applications which were decided by An Bord Pleanála in a period exceeding sixteen weeks in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to-date in 2024. [16161/24]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

392. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if An Bord Pleanála has requested additional resources for staffing in the past 12 months; and, if so, the roles for which additional funds were sought. [16162/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

408. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects Priority Action 1 of Housing for all to be completed; his plans to publish the actions of the high-level working group on efficiency of the social and affordable housing allocation; the timeline for the implementation of the improvements aimed at reducing allocation time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16620/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

409. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 2 of Housing for all; the timeline for the publishing of the strategic review of the AHB sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16621/24]

Departmental Bodies

Ivana Bacik

410. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an overview of the progress of the LDA's active sites and State lands with near-/medium-term development potential by the LDA; the forecast for the delivery of units by the LDA in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16622/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

411. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 9 of Housing for All; his plans to publish the discussion paper on factors influencing viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16623/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

412. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 10 of Housing for All; whether a consultancy has been secured to undertake the study on associated costs of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16624/24]

Housing Schemes

Ivana Bacik

413. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sites identified for accelerated delivery of housing through modern methods of construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16625/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

414. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 14 of Housing for All; when he expects to publish the report on lessons learnt and recommendations to support adoption of modern methods of construction in delivery of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16626/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

415. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress on Priority Action 15 of Housing for All; how many units are projected to be delivered as a result of design-and-build procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16627/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

416. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for completion of Priority Action 19 of Housing for All; the progress of the study on the potential for SME growth in residential construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16629/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

417. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress on Priority Action 20 of Housing for All; the number of workers entering and returning to the construction industry in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16630/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

418. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the publishing of the review of the private rental sector; the recommendations ensuing from the review; the timeline for the implementation of the recommendations of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16631/24]

Planning Issues

Ivana Bacik

419. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to publish the draft revision of the National Planning Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

420. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to publish the updated housing targets for Housing for All based on ESRI modelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16633/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

421. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 28 of Housing for All; the timeline for publishing the results of the CPO activation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16634/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

422. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 30 of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16635/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

423. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of Action 38 of Housing for All; the relevant State lands which will be transferred to the LDA in 2024 and 2025 for housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16636/24]

Water Services

Ivana Bacik

424. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for publishing the new water services policy statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16637/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

425. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for publishing 'first right of refusal' legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16638/24]

Building Regulations

Ivana Bacik

426. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for publishing the review of Part B of the Building Regulations (Fire Safety); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16639/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

427. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for completion of Action 32 of Housing for All; his plans to publish case examples of efficient and innovative housing designs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16640/24]

Housing Policy

Ivana Bacik

428. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for completion of Action 33 of Housing for All; his plans to allow individuals to share cost rental homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16641/24]