Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Ministerial Appointments

Mattie McGrath

296. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of meetings held by each Minister in his Department with each of two organisations (details supplied), since the formation of the Government on 27 June 2020 and to date in 2024. [24092/24]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Brendan Smith

297. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Nature Advisory Committee, as recommended in the 2021 Review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, will be established; the reason such a delay has occurred in establishing this committee which can provide a structured forum for consultation with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24100/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Brendan Smith

298. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in establishing a sustainable hunting of wild birds stakeholder forum; the timeline for its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24101/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

299. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there has been any purchases of tenant in situ properties where there were issues of pyrite since the scheme commenced. [24105/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

300. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has been contacted by Fingal County Council to request delegate sanction to purchase properties for applications that have been refused under the tenant in situ scheme (details supplied). [24106/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has used delegate sanction to allow the council to purchase properties that had some repairs. [24107/24]

Wildlife Conservation

Paul Murphy

302. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant in situ applications that were purchased, refused and withdrawn since the commencement of this scheme; and if, in the interest of transparency, he will compile this, as the local authorities are not providing this detailed information. [24108/24]

Departmental Data

Steven Matthews

303. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the review of the suite engineering qualifications declared under section 160 of the Local Government Act 2001; the membership of the expert panel established as part of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24122/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Richard Boyd Barrett

304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the recourse a person (details supplied) has in circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23534/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

305. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of further medical and financial evidence submitted for a review of a decision on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23537/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

306. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if an oral hearing will be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23558/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

307. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of the review for DCA in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23592/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Pádraig O'Sullivan

308. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23599/24]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

309. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of increasing maternity benefit to cover the first 12 months of a child’s life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23601/24]

Legislative Process

Pauline Tully

310. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe within which the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024, which was signed into law in March 2024, will be applied. [23603/24]

Departmental Policies

Francis Noel Duffy

311. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Social Protection the position on means testing home carers who may wish to return to work; if a scheme is being developed to ensure that such persons are not penalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23607/24]

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]