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1186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department conducted an assessment of the impact of family reunification arrivals on demand for social housing and emergency accommodation; and if additional housing units have been earmarked for this purpose. [45566/25]

1266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants on the housing list in County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/25]

1268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants in County Kerry that were allocated houses in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/25]

1269. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses constructed or bought in County Kerry and allocated to qualified housing applicants in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46655/25]

1315. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households not habitually resident in the State who have been allocated social housing by a local authority in the State, by local authority and year; the overall number of households allocated social housing by local authority and by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47510…

1418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by the Housing Agency, with tenants still paying high rents with no recourse for repairs or maintenance, or long-term rental agreements or registration with the RTB; and if he will make a s…

1429. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the provision of social housing stock and affordable cost-rental homes for vulnerable and low-income households, inclusive of new builds and vacant housing, and provide an additional investment of 10% of capital expenditure in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41…

1432. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who do not have habitual residency in Ireland but are currently on the housing waiting list, or are in receipt of HAP, or have been allocated a local authority house. [41253/25]

1456. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current income bands or caps that determine eligibility for affordable housing supports under Housing for All. [41441/25]

1481. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an addition to the housing aid for elderly-housing adaption for those with a disability scheme for 2026 to allow those with medical need to apply for assistance with the provision of a mobility scooter. [41725/25]

1552. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of students studying on English language courses who were housed in the private rented sector, who were housed in designated student accommodation, who were staying with host families and who were in other types of accommodation, in the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a state…

1558. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and the surrounding area, including by way of part V housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42537/25]

1563. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider introducing emergency legislation to expedite housing developments for the general population as has been done in response to accommodation needs under IPAS given the urgency of the ongoing housing crisis. [42668/25]

1571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of all affordable housing that is, cost rental and affordable purchase units delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency with a breakdown by turnkey and construction, in tabular form. [42750/25]

1587. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the provision, if any, that exists for people in receipt of HAP in one local authority area, and who have children attending local schools, but who are on the housing list for a different local authority area, to transfer to the housing list of the local authority area in which they live and their children…

1591. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions that have been bought to date in 2025, with a breakdown by local authority and acquisition type tenant-in-situ, housing first, vacant homeless, and so no; and an average cost, by local authority. [42988/25]

1623. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on progress in implementing the Housing Commission’s recommendation of holding a referendum on a right to housing. [43584/25]

1626. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide detailed information on the annual amount spent on housing maintenance by approved housing bodies. [43595/25]

1635. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new housing completions required annually over the next five years in order to meet the combined demand from existing housing need and projected levels of immigration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/25]

1638. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider establishing a cross-departmental housing supply dashboard or task force to monitor real-time monthly data on housing commencements, completions, immigration trends, and residential price movements in order to improve coordination across Government and respond more quickly to emerging pres…

1671. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the possibility of making more funding available to local authorities to administer the housing adaption and housing aid for the elderly schemes in all future years. [44058/25]

1691. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the vacant property grant is included in affordable housing delivery figures; if he will consider plans to reclassify the vacant property grant from being a form affordable housing to a stand alone measure to address vacant and derelict property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44229/2…

1702. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has investigated forming a State construction company, similar to an ESB for housing, with the aim of providing secure employment for construction workers and a supply of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44275/25]

1703. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has explored setting up State delivered modular housing factories to accelerate housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/25]

1710. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the average cost of delivery for each local authority under the auspice of the Social Housing Investment Programme, for all forms of social housing delivery – including direct delivery, Part V, turnkey and acquisitions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44298/25]

I thank Deputy Gould for raising this very important matter. I am happy to have the opportunity to discuss the regeneration on the northside of Cork city on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Browne. The regeneration of social housing is a matter, in the first instance, as the Deputy knows, for local authorities. It is their responsibility to identify an opportunity to advance regeneration programmes…

I thank the Minister for his reply. He quoted different sets of figures from the CSO. I am quoting figures from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Yes, it has to be a priority, but the Government needs to scale up the delivery of cost rental and affordable to buy for that wedge of people, workers and families, who are caught just above the threshold for social housing but be…

Deputy Paul Murphy referred to various meetings. I am not aware of the US ambassador's attendance at the meeting in question. I have no truck with those who attended the meeting. Again, we have to have faith in our own democracy and assert our own principles here in this House. We should do this and do so collectively, but, again, it is a challenging area. The increasing fragmentation of Irish pol…

I appreciate the Deputy raising this question. I have been informed, and it is my understanding, that the services managed by Tusla's Liberty Street House are not being curtailed. This is the information that has been given to me. Tusla is undertaking a reform programme that will continue to meet the needs of service users of Liberty Street House. The integration of services will mean that the ser…

I thank Deputy O'Callaghan. I wish him, his family, his Social Democrats colleagues and everybody a happy Christmas. I think the broadcasting issue he mentioned is a matter for the Oireachtas rather than directly a matter for the Government. As the leader of a political party in the Oireachtas, I am happy to engage with other parties in relation to the issue of the Oireachtas broadcast workers. It…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 364 together. The Deputy was determined to ask this question because it came in as a priority, regular oral and a written question. I am glad it got tabled because it is an important issue in relation to the expenditure of public money and the impact of that on the delivery of housing. A well-functioning housing market, we can all agree, is crucial to supp…

I move: "That the Bill be read a Second Time." I am very pleased to introduce the Bill to the House. I look forward to hearing the contributions of colleagues. As Deputies will be aware, back in 2023 the Houses enacted the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act. The Bill I am introducing today is an amendment to that legislation. The legislation the Houses enacted in 2023 constituted an importan…

I want to raise the issue of Erkina House, Rathdowney, which is a long established and excellent HSE facility that comes under the mental health services. By definition, the residents are vulnerable people and are entitled to peace of mind and not to be upset by the HSE in their works. Three years ago, we raised this in the House, and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, was with us and was perso…

The definition of "madness" is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result and that is exactly what the Minister is doing with this so-called plan. It is not a new plan and anybody with a shred of honesty who has read it would say that plainly. It is the same old failed policies repackaged, rebranded and re-presented one more time but this time with far less feeling. …

The housing plan the Government has outlined doubles down on policies that are not working and is ultimately not going to address the affordability issue. We have policies that are adding fuel to the fire and encouraging inflation in the cost of housing. One of the most frustrating conversations I have in constituency offices is with people who are on an income - a person or a household - between…

At last week's housing committee I asked the Minister whether this Bill would lead to more homes being delivered, and he could not give me a straight answer on that or on why he was bringing these regulations forward. Is this more developer-led lobbyist-influenced policy or is it simply that there are problems that should not be there and now the Minister is trying to fix them? To give the Minist…

I am glad to have the opportunity to speak here this evening. There are a few points I would like to make. First of all, I think the Minister is doing a good job. It is a very difficult Department. I think everyone would acknowledge this, including predecessors who have held the position. The Minister has made a good start and I hope he succeeds in all areas that he is seeking to lead out on. I w…

I move amendment No. 4: In page 8, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Report on supportive measures for rental property activation in areas impacted by defective concrete blocks 4.The Minister shall, within 3 months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on supportive tax measures for rental property activation in areas impacted by defective con…

I welcome the opportunity to speak on this resolution for a number of reasons. The Labour Party's position on the resolution brought forward on budget night in respect of the proposal to cut VAT for apartment developers was well rehearsed on that night and on Committee Stage of the Finance Bill a couple of short weeks ago. We sought to make the point on budget night and introduced amendments that …

I thank Deputy Séamus McGrath for taking this question on the increase in social housing availability on behalf of Deputy Willie O'Dea. Since the beginning of 2022, Government has supported the delivery of 35,163 new social homes across thousands of individual projects funded through build, acquisition and leasing programmes. Building on progress made to date, delivering homes, building communiti…

I agree with quite a lot of what the Deputy had to say. He said that retrofitting the private rental sector would be good for everyone. I agree with him on that. He spoke about 100% renewables being the target. I agree with that target. That is what we should be aiming for and striving towards. The conditions described by the constituent who wrote to him are not good enough and should not be suppo…

Notwithstanding other matters that may have happened today, I believe this is the most important debate to be happening in this House. It is not just about Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine but, rather, a question around the war in Europe and, indeed, a war on Europe by an increasingly aggressive Russia. I have to express my disappointment that while every other parliament in Europe has been de…

First of all, I fundamentally disagree with the positioning of the Deputy in respect of the housing issue, which is the number one priority facing our country, particularly young people. Progress was made under Housing for All and the targets outlined in it were achieved, despite commentary to the contrary. Over 137,000 houses have been built since Housing for All was published, with €14 billion i…

There was shock across the State when the news broke on budget day that there was going to be no tax breaks for workers. I was in disbelief. I had assumed that, given a €2.5 billion tax package, there would surely be something in the budget for ordinary workers, who we all know are at the pin of their collars trying to make ends meet. The fact they were not mentioned and not heard by this Governme…

-----and this year they will retrench on it. One of the major problems with this Government is that it is focusing on the actual cycle itself. Post-election budget hammers the middle-income earners. Instead of the promised tax cuts the Government mentioned, for middle Ireland there is a tax increase today. It is an incredible situation. Instead of the cuts to student fees, there is a fee increase …

I very much welcome the Bill and thank our colleagues in the Social Democrats for bringing forward an interesting approach to ensuring transparency. It is an understatement to say it is a real pity that the Government is opposing the Bill. The reality is that the State is handing over billions of euro every year to developers in this State in respect of Part V housing, affordable purchase houses,…

Mr. Lawlor continued: "We welcome meaningful, evidence-based reforms that support the accelerated, coordinated, and sustainable delivery of apartments and homes in communities across the country." The institute goes on to say: In particular, the erosion of unit mix requirements represents a market-led approach to housing that is fundamentally at odds with the significant work undertaken by the D…

I welcome this legislation and I welcome the Minister to his position. I saw how steadfast he was against big industry and big business at the time of the gambling Bill. I fought with him on that Bill but he had the resolve to stick with it. I thank him for meeting and engaging with us, and for the briefings. The Minister has a monumental task. I have said it to him privately and I will say it ag…

The Department of housing, with the Minister for housing’s approval, decided not to proceed to award the contract for social housing bundle 3 through a public-private partnership. The basis for that decision was that the cost per unit was more than €1 million and almost double the cost of similar units delivered in 2020. Unit costs at that scale would not be compatible with the overall delivery of…

It is interesting in debates in the House and on the media how the Government will not own its own proposals. It tells us that what it is doing is going to increase investment in the rental sector and that will ultimately bring rents down. That is the underlying logic of what the Government is doing. However, it refuses to say the bit in the middle in terms of why this is going to increase investm…