Parliamentary questions

Employment Rights

Catherine Murphy

265. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which the ERO for the security industry will commence. [22742/24]

Employment Rights

Steven Matthews

266. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the new draft employment regulation order for security officers; if he is concerned about the impact any delays are having on those who work in this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22755/24]

Employment Rights

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the employment regulation order for security officers will be signed and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22862/24]

Business Supports

Brendan Smith

268. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional measures will be implemented to assist small-scale manufacturing, small-scale hospitality and small-scale retail to meet increased business costs that have occurred over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22748/24]

Business Supports

Brendan Smith

269. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if additional measures will be implemented to assist small and medium enterprises to meet increased business costs that have occurred over recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/24]

EU Regulations

Louise O'Reilly

270. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if own-resource income generated and spent by Enterprise Ireland is excluded from EU state aid rules. [22918/24]

State Bodies

Louise O'Reilly

271. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the own-resource income generated by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in 2023; the amount each was sanctioned to retain; and the amount that was remitted to the Exchequer as an extra Exchequer receipt, by agency, in tabular form. [22920/24]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Ged Nash

272. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); if he is satisfied the agency referenced is sufficiently staffed and has sufficient senior staff who have the necessary qualifications staff to fulfil the agency’s regulatory and industry-facing role in respect of a key industrial sector; the steps his Department and the agency concerned have taken to address high senior staff turnover and attrition rates at the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22921/24]

Legislative Process

Pauline Tully

273. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the companies (corporate governance, enforcement and regulatory provisions) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next Stage. [22953/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

274. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the assistance being offered to a school (details supplied); when will this school be provided with an update and funding for these reconfiguration works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22341/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niall Collins

275. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22342/24]

School Accommodation

Frankie Feighan

276. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received an application from a school in County Sligo (details supplied) for the provision of an extension to facilitate additional classrooms; and when the school will hear back from her Department. [22356/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary teachers qualified per subject in each of the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22377/24]

Education Welfare Service

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in County Wicklow in each of the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22378/24]

School Curriculum

Paul Donnelly

279. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education to report on the proposal to include the P-Tech learning pathways programme for inclusion in the curriculum; and if there is a timeline to report back on the proposal. [22384/24]

School Staff

Paul Donnelly

280. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a payment. [22392/24]

School Accommodation

Holly Cairns

281. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if the accommodation needs of the pupils and staff at a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will meet with the school officials to discuss their concerns in relation to overcrowding; and to detail what steps her Department will take to ensure pupils and staff have adequate space. [22415/24]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

282. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her plans to support the expansion of a school (details supplied). [22427/24]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

283. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the communication she has had with Dublin City Council regarding a school (details supplied). [22428/24]

School Textbooks

John Brady

284. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to outline the reasons the Department of Education has reduced the cost of the schoolbook scheme from €96 to €80 per pupil; if this will be reviewed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22440/24]

State Examinations

Sorca Clarke

285. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of alternative leaving certificate courses recommended for students with ASD and learning disabilities that do not include the leaving certificate applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22447/24]

School Staff

Martin Browne

286. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if she will consider sanctioning the additional AP1 and AP2 positions for a school (details supplied) from September 2024 rather than September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22458/24]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

287. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will address the points raised; how she plans to address and resolve the serious financial situation and challenges this school and other national schools are facing; if she and her Department will engage directly with the management and principal of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22476/24]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

288. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that breastfeeding breaks for teachers are supported by extra resources to avoid knock-on effects of workload for other staff members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22490/24]

School Enrolments

Paul Kehoe

289. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of people (details supplied), broken down by county, who were in primary, secondary or third level education between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22495/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when the next round of tenders for large-scale capital projects for her Department are expected. [22497/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a campaign by students of a school (details supplied) regarding a large building project; if she will confirm receipt of postcards from the student body as part of the campaign; if she intends to respond to or engage with students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22498/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Griffin

292. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education when an assistive device laptop will be provided for a child in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22504/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

293. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the current status of a new school build in County Dublin (details supplied); the estimated completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22505/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

294. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education to confirm how many days of work have taken place on-site this year at the construction of a new school build in County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22506/24]

Special Educational Needs

Mary Lou McDonald

295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if consideration is being given to the continued provision of the extra SNA allocated to a school in County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22507/24]

School Textbooks

Sorca Clarke

296. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will explain the reasoning behind the reduction of the money allocated for the schoolbook scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22516/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Griffin

297. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education the reason there has been a reduction of special needs assistant hours from 95 to 90 in a school (details supplied); whether she understands that the parents as well as the staff in the school are very concerned about this, as it means more pressure on them; and whether this reduction could be reversed. [22532/24]

Special Educational Needs

Louise O'Reilly

298. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if additional resources will be provided to schools in the Fingal local authority area to allow for the expansion of school places and classes for children with special educational needs; if particular focus will be given to accommodating children with special educational needs who do not have a school place for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22534/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Shanahan

299. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education if there is any requirement for teachers to train or upskill in how to identify children in their classrooms with ASD or ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22555/24]

Schools Building Projects

Claire Kerrane

300. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she has made a decision on reopening the school summer works programme this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22581/24]

School Funding

Paul Murphy

301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that some schools are receiving insufficient funding from her Department and the adverse effects this is having on staff, management, parents and, most worrying of all, the pupils; if she agrees there is a need for increased investment in schools and pupils; and if she will ensure the additional funding needed for a school (details supplied) is urgently provided. [22608/24]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

302. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs organisers who cover Dublin Mid-West; if all areas in Dublin Mid-West have access to a SENO; the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22639/24]

School Staff

Mattie McGrath

303. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to consider the request for additional leadership and management support staff to be allocated for the 2024-25 school year for a school in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22646/24]

School Accommodation

Mattie McGrath

304. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an application for additional accommodation made by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to provide adequate SET teaching and learning classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22647/24]

School Admissions

Paul Murphy

305. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene and request that a pupil (details supplied) is accepted for enrolment in September 2024. [22661/24]

School Funding

Kathleen Funchion

306. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the reason for the reduction of primary school funding from €96 to €80 per pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22667/24]

School Enrolments

Seán Sherlock

307. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education how a school in Cork (details supplied) is being assessed in terms of growth and viability. [22673/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

308. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when the next round of tender offers will be issued for school building projects in the Dublin Mid-West area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22712/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

309. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she has received the postcards sent as part of a campaign by the students and parents of a school (details supplied); if she has responded to the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

310. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the reason a cut was made to staffing in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22739/24]

Schools Building Projects

Frankie Feighan

311. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education for an update regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied), for which funding was agreed and put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/24]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Connolly

312. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the procurement process undertaken to appoint an organisation (details supplied) to provide independent advocacy services to assist individual survivors of residential institutional abuse; if no procurement process was undertaken, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22847/24]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Connolly

313. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the resources allocated to a company to provide independent advocacy services to assist individual survivors of residential institutional abuse (details supplied); the duration of the contract; the number of additional staff to be employed by the company and the areas to which they will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22851/24]

School Equipment

Pádraig O'Sullivan

314. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for assistive technology (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22855/24]

Education Schemes

Bríd Smith

315. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if he is aware of the Inspire programme as an education support programme for vulnerable students (details supplied); if there are plans to extend this programme; the annual remuneration for an Inspire programme line manager; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22865/24]

School Patronage

Thomas Gould

316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the building for a school (details supplied). [22868/24]

Schools Building Projects

Duncan Smith

317. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new primary and secondary school in Rush, County Dublin, given the population increase in the area, with a lack of school places for new families moving into the area; when these much-needed schools will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22886/24]

School Accommodation

Jackie Cahill

318. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education for an update on a primary school’s ASA project (details supplied), which is currently at stage 1 under review, given the serious health and safety concerns posed by the current situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22906/24]

School Funding

Francis Noel Duffy

319. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has made a cut to the ancillary grant to DEIS band 1 school (details supplied); if she is aware of the impact this is having on the learning materials for the school, limiting pupils’ access to high-quality, modern educational resources, which will inevitably impact their academic development; if she will reinstate the full grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22911/24]

School Accommodation

Niamh Smyth

320. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the full amount of funding awarded for the extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22924/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Éamon Ó Cuív

321. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) in Galway; the funding that has been awarded to support this status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22934/24]

Schools Building Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

322. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on funding for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22935/24]

Education Schemes

Ged Nash

323. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if schools in Drogheda, County Louth, will be included in the comprehensive system of student support called the City Connects pilot project, which is becoming operational with the support of the North East Inner City Implementation Board, Dublin; if the opportunity for the inclusion of relevant schools in Drogheda has been raised with the Drogheda Implementation Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22939/24]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

324. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied); if she will address the points raised; how she plans to address and resolve the serious financial situation and challenges this school and other national schools are facing; if she and her Department will engage directly with the management and principal of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22961/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

325. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on what steps are being taken to address the urgent concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied); if she can ensure these concerns will be addressed promptly to provide the necessary resources and services to special schools like this one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22963/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

326. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 14 May 2024, if she can review additional details (details supplied); if the Minister can provide assurance that these concerns will be addressed and confirm that this child will receive an ASD primary school place for the 2024-25 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22966/24]

School Admissions

Bernard Durkan

327. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if all efforts can be made to ensure a local school place can be facilitated in the case of the children of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22968/24]

School Staff

Claire Kerrane

328. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on improving pay, terms and conditions for school caretakers, following arrangements for secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22970/24]

School Curriculum

Michael Healy-Rae

329. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the reason the members of three subject development groups (details supplied) were not made aware of a number of submissions made to the NCCA; if she will instruct the NCCA to make this information available to the members of the subject development groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22971/24]

School Accommodation

David Stanton

330. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education to outline the current situation with respect to providing proper accommodation for the students at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22998/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Catherine Murphy

331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will seek details on any strategic plans to increase tennis participation in Kildare. [22376/24]

Tourism Industry

Cian O'Callaghan

332. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if traditional bed and breakfasts operating since the 1980s will be affected by the registration of short-term tourist letting Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22385/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

333. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a sports capital grant for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22429/24]

Sports Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

334. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the status of funding applications related to an athletics track (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22600/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

335. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of a sports capital grant application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22929/24]

Housing Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

336. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units delivered under the buy and renew scheme in each year since 2016; the total cost in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22339/24]

Housing Policy

Matt Shanahan

337. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available for persons in the following situation (details supplied). [22380/24]

Local Authorities

Cian O'Callaghan

338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners currently employed in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22386/24]

State Bodies

Cian O'Callaghan

339. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners currently employed in An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22387/24]

Planning Issues

Steven Matthews

340. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the proposal to amend planning regulations to allow homeowners to install small bike sheds in front of their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/24]

Defective Building Materials

Joe McHugh

341. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeowners transferring from the old scheme to the new scheme under the defective blocks legislation who are due money back; the number who have been paid to date; to give an indication as to when the homeowners who are owed money will be reimbursed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased in each local authority where tenants had received a notice to quit in each year. [22470/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses that have been purchased with the use of a local authority home loan in each local authority in each year. [22471/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

344. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the core targets for each local authority in terms of house building; and the number that have been built in each local authority to date. [22472/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason core targets for house building are being enforced as caps. [22483/24]

Vacant Sites

Thomas Gould

346. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for the vacant sites levy, by local authority, in tabular form, for 2023. [22514/24]

Derelict Sites

Thomas Gould

347. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed, and the number of sites on each register, for the derelict sites levy, by local authority, in tabular form, for 2023. [22515/24]

Compulsory Purchase Orders

Thomas Gould

348. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all data available on the CPO activation programme launched in April 2023. [22531/24]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

349. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Cork; to provide detail on the length and cost of each leasing agreement, from 2020 to date, by year and local area, in tabular form. [22543/24]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

350. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social homes acquired through long-term leasing in Kerry; to provide detail on the length and cost of each leasing agreement, from 2020 to date, by year and local area, in tabular form. [22544/24]

Approved Housing Bodies

Róisín Shortall

351. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is acceptable for an approved housing body (details supplied) to ask one of its tenants to cover the cost of an attic conversion in a situation in which there is additional housing need due to overcrowding; if this is Department policy; whether it applies to all approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22556/24]

Housing Policy

Michael Healy-Rae

352. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if the universal cost ceilings for housing have been updated since they were issued by his Department in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22587/24]

Housing Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

353. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, given that applicants for social housing require a demonstrated connection to the area in which they are applying, how somebody (details supplied) who has recently received a stamp 4 visa, despite having lived without documentation in Dublin city for the past 12 years in various hostels, demonstrated eligibility; and what documentation will be required for them to establish eligibility for social housing in order that they can find housing. [22613/24]

Local Authorities

Kathleen Funchion

354. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine an anomaly within local authorities in the recruitment of engineer grades (details supplied); if there will be a review of the current situation given that many local authorities are struggling to fill and attract talent to skilled roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22666/24]

Legislative Process

Catherine Connolly

355. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the marine protected areas Bill 2022; the timeline for publication of the Bill, which was promised by quarter 1 of 2024; the reason for the delay in publication; the expected timeline for the Bill's passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22678/24]

Planning Issues

Rose Conway-Walsh

356. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of purpose-built childcare facilities that have been built each year since the introduction of the Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Childcare Facilities issued as ministerial guidelines under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; the number of childcare facilities that became operational; the number that remain operational today; the reason there has not been a purpose-built childcare facility for each 75-dwelling development since the introduction of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22698/24]

Departmental Circulars

Eoin Ó Broin

357. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will issue a circular to local authorities providing guidance on the issue of social housing tenants in Part V units and access to communal facilities in multiple-unit developments to ensure fair access to communal facilities for all residents in line with the Part V objective of promoting social integration in mixed-tenure developments. [22699/24]

Departmental Websites

Catherine Murphy

358. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop a website that offers the same benefits as a website (details supplied) for persons to report issues in the public realm. [22813/24]

Defective Building Materials

Cathal Crowe

359. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if foundations will be included in the IS 465 review with respect to the defective concrete blocks scheme. [22818/24]

Emergency Accommodation

Richard Boyd Barrett

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in relation to the Housing Agency’s Housing First policy, acknowledging that hostel accommodation is unsuitable for some individuals recovering from substance addictions, how an individual who is receiving residential treatment for addiction, but who is not approaching housing through the housing list, can find accommodation suitable to their addiction journey after their time in residential treatment comes to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22833/24]

Housing Policy

Louise O'Reilly

361. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if individual local authorities have any discretion in terms of social housing tenants being able to transfer into a property, whether AHB or council owned, in a different local authority area. [22852/24]

Planning Issues

Eoin Ó Broin

362. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is responsible for introducing renewable acceleration areas into planning law; if so, when this will be done; and if it will require primary legislation or regulations. [22853/24]

Planning Issues

Thomas Gould

363. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Part V acquisitions and leases are executive or reserved functions. [22867/24]

Regeneration Projects

Noel Grealish

364. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated timeframe for when the next round of urban regeneration and development funding is to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/24]