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1182. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that he has received the Housing Agency's review of rent pressure zones, and to publish the report. [18981/25]

1189. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage , further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 8 April, the reason the current outstanding strategic housing development application list waiting to be determined by An Bord Pleanála (ABP) is no longer available on the ABP website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19022/25]

1200. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the methodology and data sources used by his officials for housing needs assessment of an average of 50,000 new homes a year to 2040 as set out in the revised national planning framework. [19207/25]

1201. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he plans to safeguard crucial programmes like Housing First while several of such organisations are in crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19220/25]

1205. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total spend on retrofitting of housing units by local authority, in tabular form. [19249/25]

1207. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the number of affordable houses, cost rental and cost purchase, homes planned for Cork City and County Council and on the targets he has set for same. [19251/25]

1215. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 2 April 2025, the number of approved housing bodies (AHBs) whose memorandum and articles of association allow for the sale to tenants of residential properties; the number of residential properties that have been approved by the Charities Regulator for sale by AH…

1217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected in emergency accommodation settings; if comprehensive training on LGBTQ+ competency is mandatory for council housing and homeless service staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/25]

1221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the justification in the Programme for Government commitment to continue to support one-off, rural housing (details supplied). [19395/25]

1223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider advocating for a ban on data centre construction in areas of high housing need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19404/25]

1224. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the amount of funding allocated local authorities to support the Social Housing Secondhand Acquisitions Programme in 2024 and 2025, by local authority; the proportion of the funding that is already committed in the 2025 allocation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

1229. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any financial supports or assistance schemes are available to help tenants who are transferring from a local authority property to a housing agency property with the cost of furnishing their new home, particularly for working households who do not qualify for social welfare supports; and if he will make a sta…

1231. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his understanding of the number of social homes that will be available as part of the first phase of development of the Irish Glass Bottle site; the proportion of these which will be one, two and three beds, respectively; the price of affordable homes on the development; and if he will make a statement on the af…

1262. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the ban on the granting of planning permission to build new houses outside 60km per hour speed limits on national primary and secondary routes will be lifted, following the reduction in speed limits across the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19962/25]

1264. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans that are in place to provide additional resources to An Bórd Pleanála to speed up the whole planning process, get more housing units built; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19964/25]

1282. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can provide details of the manner in which once-off payments and once off commissions or bonuses are treated in the estimation of a persons entitlement to HAP; if he is aware that people who have spent years on the housing list are being removed due to a once-off payment which puts them over the limit,…

1283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP payments allocated through the inter-authority movement of housing assistance payment scheme in each of the years from 2021 to date, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20087/25]

1299. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments and home purchase for each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/25]

1311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received, granted, refused, or are currently being processed for the social housing tenant-in-situ scheme since it was reintroduced in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20430/25]

1325. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what immediate measures are being implemented to address the critical shortage of rental properties available under the Housing Assistance Payment scheme, given that only 41 such properties were available nationwide in March 2025, representing just 4% of all rental listings; and if he will make a statement on…

1327. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these re…

1328. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm which body is responsible for providing a full technical review of a defective concrete block grant scheme application; whether responsibility is with the Housing Agency or the relevant local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20667/25]

1329. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses purchased by each of Carlow County Council and Kilkenny County Council under the tenant-in-situ scheme in each year since the scheme was launched; if his Department refused any such purchase during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20679/25]

1344. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V and AHB Part V and PPP, in tabular form. [20936/25]

1346. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to increase the first-home scheme threshold in County Louth to reflect the rising housing prices. [21014/25]

I just want to inform Deputy Heneghan that I welcomed four young hares into my field the other morning. They were grand specimens. I thank the local community groups, the Tidy Towns committees and the rural development companies for the great work they do enhancing our environment around all our towns and villages in the county of Kerry. We are facing a massive challenge with our wastewater trea…

I thank my colleague, Teachta Ó Broin, for bringing forward the motion. The Government's housing record is not just a failure; it is a disgrace. In County Clare alone, 125 notices of termination were received by the RTB in quarter 1 of 2026, compared with 79 in the same period last year. That number is not just a statistic. These are 125 people and families having their lives turned upside down –…

The housing situation in Kildare has reached a point of crisis. The overwhelming majority of cases raised by constituents who come into my office looking for help relates to housing. New figures show that in the first quarter of 2026 alone, the RTB received 250 notices of termination in Kildare, an increase of almost 100 compared to the same period last year. Nationally, evictions rose by 50%. The…

It is difficult to escape the conclusion that the Government does not want to solve the housing crisis, and that it is serving the interests of people who profit from it. The worse it gets, the more those people profit. Why do I say that? The consequence of the changes around the rents in resetting them and allowing rent increases up to market levels has been an absolute disaster. For example, in…

The homeless figures for the end of March 2026 are a damning indictment of this Government and the previous Government's effort to address of the housing emergency. A record 17,517 people were living in homeless emergency accommodation, including 5,571 children, which is another shocking record. The record shows that evictions result in direct, immediate increases in homelessness figures. Quarter …

I thank the Deputy for raising what is a very important matter, namely, the urban regeneration of Oliver Bond House. I did meet in the last couple of hours with the residents of Oliver Bond House and the Oliver Bond regeneration forum. The meeting was very much an opportunity for a meaningful discussion with the residents, to listen to them and to see where we can go from here in a very productive…

The Minister talked to colleagues earlier about policy. I launched a policy to return vacant, boarded-up homes to use in housing families. This is the low-hanging fruit and I still cannot understand why the Minister, his Department and the other Ministers in the Government do not tackle it. The voids programme for 2026 will allow for the return of 2,200 homes, with local authorities receiving only…

I welcome Deputy Heneghan's genuine interest in housing solutions. There is no one fix for solving our housing crisis. Supports for people to reuse existing properties to be able to get the homes they need in their local communities are important, and this is something the Deputy is passionate about as well. We will continue to engage right across the House. I will always listen to any proposals …

This is probably the only product in the world where the price you pay for it is not the price that it cost to deliver it, plus profits, but a fictional valuation of an open market value. As for the only additional question I will ask, the Minister may not be able to answer it because it predates him taking up his current role. At any stage was the consideration of using open market value a conce…

In relation to the potential of a waiver, it would be important that central government step in and continue to fund the local authorities to the same level they would have been funded if the individual was paying this. I am conscious, however, of those houses that are already there. Some people might be paying for sites, if they do not have one they can get from a family member. There is the cost…

I acknowledge the Deputy's concern for people who live in social housing. I visited County Louth recently. I acknowledge the fantastic progress of Louth County Council in terms of delivering social homes, but I also recognise that it has a very large social housing list and faces a particular challenge with regard to the high level of homelessness within the county and the wider region. I have met…

The Minister will always be welcome when we are talking about the opening of social housing in County Louth. The problem is that we need to see a lot more of it, The issue relating to Fulacht Fia or any of the other schemes is the huge numbers of people on the waiting list and of people who believe they may have a chance of getting a house. Unfortunately, the hopes of many will be dashed. To retu…

At the outset, while respecting the rules of the House in relation to by-elections, let me say that I absolutely deplore, condemn and abhor any racism directed towards any candidate in this democracy. I want to be very clear in relation to the comments of the former Taoiseach: they were not appropriate and they were wrong. It absolutely is perfectly legitimate in this country - in fact, I would ev…

I raise the possibility of having nuclear energy in Ireland. As people across both sides of the House will be aware, I am bringing forward legislation to remove the prohibition on generation of power by nuclear fission. I would like to get an idea from the Tánaiste, the leader of our coalition partners in government, of his views on whether this is possible. As we are in the House and it is being…

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to bring the Industrial Development (Amendment) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill before the Dáil. This is a short but important Bill which further empowers IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to accelerate investment, employment and regional development. My Department keeps the statutory framework of the enterprise agencies under rev…

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue and providing me with the opportunity to address it on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy John Cummins. The current mandatory retirement age of firefighters is 62, which was raised from 58 in 2024. It is the same for all uniformed services, including the Irish Prison Service, An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces. A firefighter may retire upon atta…

Across Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, civilians are living through devastation, fear and displacement on a scale that should shock the conscience of the world. Families are burying children. Communities are being destroyed. Humanitarian conditions are catastrophic. We know this and I think we all agree on this. While international attention has shifted in recent weeks towards the broader regiona…

I welcome the opportunity to debate the shortcomings in abortion services in Ireland. My priority is access for women to the services which were voted for and endorsed by the people in 2018 and the too many barriers which remain. One of those barriers is the three-day wait. Sinn Féin supports removing the three-day wait. We never supported the three-day wait in the first place. We have tabled legi…

Fianna Fáil's former leader and Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has engaged in disgusting racism in Dublin Central, saying we have “too many” immigrants and saying, "The ones I worry about are the Africans", and that, "We can’t be taking in people from the Congo and all these places." He said he worries about the next generation of Muslims. Bertie Ahern doing it makes the agenda very blatant: scapegoat i…

I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I too welcome everyone in the Public Gallery to listen to the statements today. I welcome the opportunity to address the House and to update Members on the recently published National Safety Camera Strategy, and on road safety matters more generally. My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, will deliver the closing statement. As many Deputies will be…

I am glad to have the opportunity to speak in today's debate. Central to all of this have to be the victims of road accidents. My own dear mother-in-law, Mary Fehilly, passed away around 18 months ago and it just left the family feeling hollow. What I have found every day since is that you very much tune into the radio when you hear of an accident up the country. Heretofore, you would hear an awfu…

I am not entirely reassured by the Minister's assurances. He talks about a code of practice which this House will have no hand, act or part in developing. His own Department and his office, in particular, since he has taken office have been incredibly reluctant to provide information to the Members of this House on how decisions are made or how matters relating to the outworkings of legislation ac…

The need for these designations to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas is absolutely critical because I do not trust this Government not to bully its way through on things it wants, over the legitimate concerns of stakeholders, in these decisions. I want to highlight again an instance of this, which is very relevant and happened in the last few weeks. Fishers in Dublin Bay, who have been fish…

It is. I have talked to young people who have been to Australia and Canada. In 2025, about 31,000 Irish came back into the country and 35,000 went out. Our population has grown exponentially over the last two to three decades. The Deputy must know that. Employment went up by 8.5% between 2020 and 2025. It went up 52% between 1995 and 2025. Therein lies the challenge to public expenditure and servi…

For decades, the residents of Oliver Bond House have lived in some of the most appalling conditions in our city. Decades of neglect have left these families living in damp, overcrowded, rat-infested homes. In April, the Department of housing wrote to Dublin City Council refusing a funding request to deep retrofit and amalgamate 74 homes in the flat complex. The rationale was that the council's pro…