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332. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to accelerate and scale up the delivery of affordable housing via local authorities and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12896/25]

338. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, in light of the ongoing housing crisis, the Government’s plans to achieve the target of constructing 60,000 homes annually over the next 25 years; and how the Government intends to incorporate modern construction methods, such as modular housing, to expedite this process. [9496/25]

829. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €265 million approved for housing acquisitions in 2025, by housing programme; the amount approved in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/25]

840. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are further plans to reintroduce additional measures to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and help reduce housing construction costs by the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charg…

853. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable housing schemes granted approval by Cabinet in February 2025 that have been communicated to local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHB), providing a breakdown by AHB/local authority and the number of units in each scheme. [11155/25]

958. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the provisions in Circular 06/2024 - Arrangements for Social Housing Acquisitions which has resulted in approved housing bodies being unable to access capital advance leasing funding to acquire homes for those experiencing homelessness. [12504/25]

980. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to establish a State-sponsored housing infrastructure investment fund to provide finance for a major construction of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/25]

981. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to amend the local authority house purchase scheme to enable tenants to purchase “Section 5” houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12821/25]

982. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase the income limits to qualify for social housing as the current limits exclude a large cohort of individuals and families from both social housing and mortgage approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12822/25]

983. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to establish a scheme whereby local authorities acquire, by agreement or by compulsory purchase, and repair vacant houses for allocation to approved housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12823/25]

434. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of hectares of land owned by local authorities which is zoned for housing developments nationwide, by local authority; the total amount of local authority land which is zoned for housing, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9076/25]

497. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will take into consideration the circumstances of applicants when assessing applications for housing adaptations for people with a disability, housing aid for older people and the mobility aids grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7297/25]

512. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if assistance is available to families who go above the income threshold for social housing supports due to the automatic payment of working family payment arising from a reduction in income that year, and therefore lose their cumulative waiting time on the housing list. [7451/25]

532. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 3,000 social and affordable homes to be funded through the €450 million capital allocation approved by Cabinet on 18 February 2025 are to deliver homes within the existing Housing For All targets as set out in the 2021 Housing For All plan. [7702/25]

563. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated to each housing body in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the number of houses delivered by each body in each of those years; and what the targets were in each of those years. [8077/25]

237. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact number of persons on the social housing list in the electoral area in Mayo; the way the waiting list is devised, specifically the way an applicant is assigned their position on the social housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6899/25]

240. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing completions in Dublin west from 2019 to 2024, inclusive; and the number of houses versus apartments built in those years. [6941/25]

241. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the number of apartments in Dublin west built since 2018, by categories build to rent, approved housing bodies, social housing, cost rental and any other available data. [6942/25]

243. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 59 apartments at Clonsilla Lodge will be for private purchase, built to rent, cost rental, social housing, approved housing bodies or affordable purchase. [6944/25]

245. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the position on the provision of affordable housing in each electoral area in Mayo; the number of affordable houses proposed for each electoral area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6946/25]

262. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the name of the housing provider, the number, location and size of Affordable Cost Rental units delivered since the passing of the Affordable Housing Act 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7083/25]

437. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ask his officials to investigate making arrangements to set aside a portion of new cost rental developments to ensure that persons earning above the threshold for social housing assistance can access the schemes, as some have being missing out due to their income (above the threshold for social housi…

443. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what funding was made available to Cork County Council in 2024 in terms of returning vacant housing units to council housing stock and making them available for allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/25]

220. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has examined international housing policies, such as 0% mortgage schemes, shared equity initiatives, or expanded State-backed mortgage lending, to support individuals who can afford mortgage repayments but struggle with deposit and lending criteria in the Irish housing market; and if he will make a state…

180. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the successor housing plan to Housing for All will be published as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/25]

Sunday was a proud, historic and, I think the Taoiseach will agree, unforgettable day when we welcomed Prime Minister Mark Carney to Westport, Mayo but, more importantly, to his ancestral family home in Aughagower village. I thank him and his wife, Diana, as well as the Taoiseach and his wife, Mary, for coming and for being so gracious with their time. It is also really important to thank Colette…

I am sure the Government has no hesitation at all. There is a serious issue in terms of how the Minister for justice is dealing with some incredibly important Bills that will have implications for years to come, and that is his inability to engage with the Houses of the Oireachtas regarding EU matters in a timely manner. I have lost count of the number of times that a Minister from the Department…

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". I am pleased to introduce the Bill for the consideration of the House. I am conscious that the Bill has been the subject of much debate not only in this House and the media but also among the wider public. The Government fully understands the depth of feeling in Ireland and in this House on the subject of Palestine. We share these deeply held con…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 16, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on housing last met on Thursday, 14 May. The committee will next meet on Monday, 29 June. The committee works to ensure a cross-government approach to the implementation of our commitments regarding housing policy. Housing supply has increased significantly over the past number of years and home completions data…

I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes with extreme concern that: — 7,062 eviction notices were issued to tenants from January to March this year, up 51 per cent on the same period in 2025; — at the end of 2025 new rents were up statewide 5 per cent and 4.4 per cent for existing rents; and — six counties had double digit rent inflation last year including Limerick (12.6 per cent), Monaghan (12.4 pe…

----- with hands-off rent and people charging whatever they can get. The more who are evicted, the more homelessness and the bigger the demand, the higher the rents landlords can charge. It is happening, and the situation continues to get worse. In Laois, rents are sky high. Notices to quit are up, homelessness is up, house purchase prices are up, and what the Government has done is given a charte…

I have been in the House for over ten years and in that ten years, the Government has got it wrong. That is the bottom line. It does not matter where it is; whether it is urban or rural, the Government has got it all wrong in relation to housing and the crisis has gone from bad to worse. I hear a lot of Opposition Members shouting and attacking developers. I would not be in that attacking mode at …

The new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030, reinforces and expands the range of existing affordable housing measures being implemented by the Government. In particular, the plan provides for an unprecedented level of State funding in order to deliver an average of 15,000 starter home supports annually between now and 2030. Last year represented a record year in terms of…

I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Dublin City Council (DCC) has 6,000 flats across 100 complexes built from the 1930s to the 1960s; — due to poor maintenance by the Council, and underfunding by central government, living conditions in these flat complexes are amongst the worst in the city; — these sub-standard conditions have a significant impact on community cohesion and the well-bein…

I welcome the Our Rural Future policy consultation process. It is a further step to re-addressing and rebalancing the regional balance, which is so vital for all of us in this country. It is essential if we are to provide better services and better infrastructure for not just our rural areas but also for our rural villages and towns. I have listened to comments from the Opposition over the last t…

The Deputy looks at the world through one prism when it comes to housing; we look at it through another. In my vision for young people, housing is number one and it means a relentless focus on supply. The Social Democrats have opposed all supply measures in this House for the last number of years and they keep on criticising every single initiative that we have undertaken. If we do not get supply …

The supposed purpose of the Bill is to speed up the delivery of infrastructure and get various different bodies to work together. I would welcome any genuine attempt to simplify planning and speed up infrastructure delivery, which takes forever and a day to get moving, to deliver it on time and at the target cost while environmental laws and regulations are not ridden roughshod over. However, the …

Fair play to Deputy Ó Murchú. He always gets a lot in during the few minutes. I thank all Members of the House for their contributions to this evening's debate. We look forward to further engagement on the Bill as it progresses to Committee Stage. It is clear from the broader contributions that there is a consensus on the need to really reform how we deliver infrastructure. As I said at the outset…

I thank all the Deputies who raised questions. Deputy Cathal Crowe raised the CRIS centre in University of Limerick, which I have visited. I saw at first hand the excellent technology in respect of underwater remotely controlled drones which can observe critical undersea infrastructure, such as subsea cables, gas interconnectors and eventually offshore windmills. Such key infrastructure is vital t…

I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — child protection and welfare represent one of the most fundamental constitutional obligations of the State; — Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, operates as a statutory agency at arm's length from direct departmental control, funded by the Exchequer, but structurally separate from the Department of Children, Disability and Equality; — this governance …

Within the programme for Government 2025, Securing Ireland's Future, a commitment was specifically made to continue to accelerate social housing regeneration schemes in Dublin. This commitment is reiterated in the new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities. Where local authorities propose the complete redevelopment of flat complexes such as O'Devaney Gardens and St. Teresa's Gardens,…

The homeless crisis in Ireland has reached a historic and harrowing breaking point for so many families. The figures currently show that 16,734 people are trapped in emergency accommodation. That is a record-shattering figure, representing a 12% increase year on year. However, it is actually only a fraction of the truth if we add in rough sleepers and the 290,000 hidden homeless - the families who…

I thank the Deputy. Fair play to him for advocating, especially on behalf of those who are coming in to him in desperation and looking for a house to rent. I understand the frustration. We all have it in our constituencies. I will try to outline what the Government is trying to do to free up rental accommodation. Ireland's new housing plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities, is a wide-rangin…

Homeownership is very dear to the hearts of Irish people. It should be a reasonable hope of any family but homeownership has nose-dived and is sadly now a dream rather than a reality. Property prices have increased by over 47% since 2020, locking large numbers out of homeownership, and driving those lucky enough to secure a house into debt. The housing emergency in the State is driving middle and …

The Government's answer to the housing crisis caused by Governments its members were also members of is to encourage mainly foreign investment funds to buy up land to build apartments and to bulk-buy housing stock and estates. We have had an influx of such investment funds over the years because Governments have in the past created advantageous market positions for them by giving them favourable t…

I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I am glad to have the opportunity on behalf of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Browne, to clarify the position regarding the demolition of these partially completed houses at Ballypadeen, Cashel in Tipperary. The Minister sends his apologies. He will be in the House for five hours for the debate on the residential tenancie…

I will speak in support of this group of amendments, amendments Nos. 2, 7 and 8. I will explain the detailed reasons for that in a moment. I will start, however, with two small pieces of housekeeping. First, I acknowledge the very helpful role of the departmental officials. They have obviously been working on this Bill in a relatively short period of time and at any stage when either we or our co…

I wanted to get onto the housing committee. I am not a member of the committee but I welcome the opportunity to speak on this Bill again and support the amendments that were tabled, which relate to reviews, reports and caps. I have already said that I support the Bill in principle and the concept behind it but what is being proposed raises so many questions and concerns that, as others have mentio…

The Minister did not meaningfully address my amendments in his response to them. He spoke about Standing Order 197. The types of reports referenced under that Standing Order came in as part of political reform in 2011. They are often delayed, sometimes for two, three or four years in respect of certain legislation. God knows where we will be four years from now. There is no proper, thorough and st…

Is it happening? I am on the record of the Dáil as saying that I believe the cost of living in this country is going to have an adverse reaction. Today, for the people of Abbeyfeale who have worked in KOSTAL Ireland GmbH, there is the loss of 140 jobs, 95 operators and 45 non-operators. Where has the business gone? It has gone to China. EuroGiant is going into liquidation. It is happening because …