It’s funny, because I thought “paramount in importance” was a relatively common phrase, but I can’t seem to find any example sentences on a Google search. I would say “paramount in inspiring me” is fine and the meaning is perfectly clear. I wouldn’t mark it wrong on an essay and it wouldn’t sound weird in a conversation. Maybe other English speakers would disagree, but I think it’s more of a stylistic preference than a grammatical concern.

I agree with Jonathan. There’s also the word “await” which has the meaning of “wait for”. For example: “Whose response do I need to await?” It’s slightly old fashioned, so you might not hear it as often as “wait for”, but it’s certainly not obsolete or obscure.

To me, "rip apart" sounds slightly stronger, but Jonathan's right; there's no major difference.

"House" is better. "House ID" is a compound noun, so a plural form of the first noun is usually unnecessary.

The first sentence is correct. "How important..." is a noun phrase, so it doesn't need to follow the word order for questions. The normal word order is fine.

Both are fine, but "on a global scale" seems to be more common.

"A special gratitude" sounds better to my ear, but I agree with Jonathan that "a (special) debt of gratitude" is the more common phrasing.

Yes, they're both fine, though I would say "the risk of disease" (singular) is more common than "the risk of diseases" (plural).