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22. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the tenant in situ scheme will be operational again for local authorities to purchase houses for families facing eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12024/25]

23. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures that will be used to ensure that the increased housing targets of 50,500 homes annually between 2025 and 2030 are met alongside the current labour market constraints. [12891/25]

26. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether a house that was sale agreed under the tenant in situ scheme before the scheme expired can still complete the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/25]

27. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing projects submitted to his Department by Kilkenny County Council and by Carlow County Council that are currently awaiting approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12880/25]

29. Deputy Paul Lawless 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 nationwide by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12475/25]

30. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the extra €265 million funding recently announced for housing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12539/25]

32. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify if a local authority can refuse to take in charge a housing estate where the wastewater treatment facility has not been taken in charge by Uisce Éireann-Irish Water, where the developer of the estate has gone into liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12687/25]

33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units purchased by international investment funds in Ireland, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [12019/25]

34. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will commence the delivery of affordable housing projects across County Donegal. [11848/25]

36. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to ensure that additional land is zoned for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12680/25]

40. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the income eligibility rule for social housing support, which assesses income over an average of the past 12 months, as discretion should be allowed to account for significant changes to income, such as the loss of a job or a medical issue. [12533/25]

41. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he plans to update the 2005 sustainable rural housing planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12530/25]

43. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage If there are plans to increase funding for the housing adaptation grant for council tenants who require urgent home adaptations to make their living conditions more suitable to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12941/25]

46. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant in situ properties acquired in 2024; the number he expects to be completed in 2025; to provide a breakdown of the €265 million announced for housing acquisitions, including unit allocation, by local authority; if the allocation of funding for tenant in situ includes funding for refurbishment…

49. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when local authorities will be informed of their specific allocations from the extra €265 million he announced in funding for housing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12708/25]

51. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the provision of allocated housing for those who work in front-line public sector jobs, including teachers, nurses and members of An Garda Síochána; if this is under review within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12520/25]

54. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his plans to support rural housing in the mid Cork region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/25]

56. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when he will establish the Strategic Housing and Infrastructure Delivery Office, as outlined in the Programme for Government; if the office will be underpinned by legislation or sit within the existing structures of his Department; if he has developed the criteria and detailed job description for the …

60. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on housing commencement figures nationwide for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12582/25]

63. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review current income eligibility thresholds for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12685/25]

70. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will apply the local authority contribution waiver to planning applications for the development of housing, which were delayed by An Bord Pleanála due to a “significant backlog of cases” and which then subsequently missed the 31 December 2024 deadline to avail of the aforementioned waiver; and if he will…

74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of each large scale social housing regeneration or urban renewal scheme which Comhairle Cathrach Átha Cliath or Gníomhaireacht Forbartha Talún have been in touch with his Department about; when the project was first mooted with the Department; the progress to date; the funding committed to any; th…

77. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans his Department is putting in place for schemes on affordable and cost rental housing which are targeted at single people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12645/25]

84. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he will prioritise water and wastewater infrastructure to deliver the capacity to facilitate housing development in our towns and villages. [12723/25]

89. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to accelerate the delivery of social and affordable housing in the Dublin Bay north constituency; if he is reviewing the delays in planning, procurement or funding allocation; and if he is considering new legislative changes to streamline the process to ensure targets are met. [12946/25…

The Tánaiste selectively quoted from a number of sources, including the Housing Commission. The fact of the matter in regard to short-term lets is the Government is already talking about weakening the legislation by increasing the population cap and putting in exemptions that were not there when the original legislation was mooted. The housing crisis has become so severe that an 88-year-old with …

This issue I raise remains unresolved and it is distressing people across Donegal. We have acknowledged the defective concrete crisis is in private homes but even that scheme is deeply flawed and continues to leave many families struggling to get onto it. At the same time there is still no dedicated scheme for social housing, which we are waiting on. Critically, there is no scheme at all for publi…

This matter goes to the heart of how we as a State reckon with our past and respond to those who continue to live with its consequences. The focus today is on the history of Bessborough and the wider legacy of mother and baby institutions in this country. Bessborough was one of a network of institutions that operated for decades in Ireland by taking in women and girls, many of them very young, who…

Across the State there are families standing in cold kitchens looking at empty oil tanks. Workers are seeing the fuel gauge drop on the school run unsure of how they are going to pay for the next fill as prices at the pump spin out of control. For four long weeks, ordinary people watched with increasing anxiety while prices skyrocketed with the price of diesel up 55% and home heating oil, which wa…

Two cent per litre is €20 for a 1,000 litre fill when people are afraid to turn on their heating - this Government will be remembered as the Government of fuel poverty and energy poverty. It is pushing people into energy poverty. To add fuel to the fire, it is incredible that the Government still plans to proceed with the next carbon tax hike in May. At a time when people are already stretched to …

People across the country are waking up to the fact that in moments of real need, the Government again has failed to show up. It is completely unwilling to provide meaningful support where it matters the most. People have been abandoned and left to face the spiralling costs alone. What should have been a moment of leadership, compassion and decisive action instead has been a bluster of hesitation,…

Hundreds of thousands of people in this country are being impoverished and having hardship imposed on them because of the deranged lunatic in the White House, Donald Trump, and the psychopaths who run the Israeli regime and their bloodlust and warmongering. People in this country cannot pay their bills, cannot turn on their heating and, in some cases, cannot travel when they have disabilities beca…

It is a bit ironic that the Government is putting a halt to this scheme in 2027 and reducing the amount now when it boasts and brags about the support it gives to Ukraine, pumping money in at EU level, some of which is potentially going in a military direction. We have a scheme here. I am not in favour of ending any scheme housing anybody in this country during a housing crisis. That should be per…

I move the following Revised Estimates: Vote 1 — President's Establishment (Revised Estimate). That a sum not exceeding €6,198,000 be granted to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2026, for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Secretary General to the President, for certain other expenses of the President's Establi…

Before I discuss the legislation and the legal mechanisms of co-operation between states, it is important to pause and remember exactly what we are about today. This is by no means just another Bill. It is about the 29 people and two unborn children killed in Omagh, the 220 people injured and the families who, nearly three decades later, are still searching for answers. It can be too easy for atro…

Táim an-bhuíoch as an deis chun caint ar an ábhar seo. Gabhaim buíochas le Páirtí Shinn Féin as an deis seo. I will start by saying "Go raibh míle maith agat" leis na daoine atá ag déanamh obair na gcapall sna hospidéil agus i ngach uile áit inár health service. It is commendable. Three weeks ago, sadly, I lost my best friend, Eleanor Lanigan, to cancer. The men and women in St. Vincent's Hospita…

Younger generations, renters and workers are being broken by the Government's housing policy failures. Today, we hear that last year there were 20,000 eviction notices issued to private renters, the highest we have seen since the Famine, and up 41% in the last quarter, made worse by the rent hike Bill. We are seeing evictions increasing on a scale we have not seen in this country. These evictions …

I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "welcomes that: — Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, operates as the single dedicated agency with a clear statutory remit; — Tusla is held to account through robust governance and oversight arrangements; — Tusla is served by well qualified staff who are committed to delivering essential child prote…

I will start by thanking Independent Ireland for bringing forward this important motion. It is very important that we talk in this Chamber about Tusla as often as we can. I have concerns around the motion as moved tonight, particularly around those services that, as contributors have said, are working well, those who are working well within the system and what would happened to them if we had to d…

Ballycommon is a picturesque village in north Tipperary, located between Nenagh and the shores of Lough Derg in Dromineer. I am here today to convey the deep frustration of the people of Ballycommon in relation to 34 houses that could be built in that village if Uisce Éireann would just do its job. I have submitted a freedom of information, FOI, request to Uisce Éireann asking how much it has spen…

The Minister's rental reforms are going to increase homelessness, certainly in the short term. One of the leading issues in regard to addressing homelessness is having an adequate supply of social and affordable housing. Based on the quarter 3 construction status report, the Minister is only going to, as of that date, meet 30% of his target for social housing delivery. In 2024, 10,596 were deliver…

Earlier this week the Minister visited Oscar Traynor Road, where there are two- and three- bedroom cost-rental units. The two-bedroom units cost almost €1,600 per month and the three-bedroom units cost almost €1,800 per month. That means people need a net income of €54,000 to be able to access the two-bedroom units and €64,000 for the three-bedroom units. This tells us that a huge group of people …

House prices are completely out of control and have been for a long time. They have increased by 68% since 2020 when Fianna Fáil took over the housing Ministry - 68%. In Dublin, the median price of a home is €500,000. That is half a million euro for a home. What is the Minister doing to address the issues that are contributing to inflation in the market, such as dysfunction in our housing market, …

I thank Deputy Ó Broin and I am surprised at his comments. The national regeneration and refurbishment programme is the largest regeneration programme in terms of funds in the history of the State. The remediation of local authority social housing estates and flat complexes in the country's most disadvantaged communities is one of my key priorities. This includes those defined by the most extreme …

The Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, worked with the Minister of State, Deputy Moran, who was in Donegal in recent weeks, where he met with residents and saw the condition of these houses. There is an urgency in that some of the houses are in appalling conditions, are clearly unsafe and families are still living in them. At the same time, they live on a dangerous flood plain. Of course, those…

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I appreciate there are concerns but I would say to all public representatives of all parties that we need to imbue in our nation a sense of strategic direction. Historically, we got it right in terms of utilities. That underpinned inward investment into this country and economic development without question. We are at a tipping point now in respect of whet…

I wish to raise the topic of URDF or its successor, the new cities and towns initiative. I welcome the Taoiseach's announcement yesterday that the housing Minister had raised this at Cabinet and that a new round of funding will be provided for populated areas which are in desperate need of it. In my constituency of Kildare North, towns like Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth and Naas are all areas which…

I am very grateful for, and glad of, the opportunity to speak here today. I must declare a small interest in this. I am a postmaster. I have a district divisional office, DDO, and I deal on a daily basis with post offices and post office issues, not just as a politician, but also on the practical side of what it takes to deliver the mail. Of course, because of those two jobs, I have dealt an awful…

Without commenting on specific cases, the State has been asked to intervene left, right and centre, and everywhere. There is a problem there in terms of sustainability. When estates are developed, there have to be bonds and people have responsibilities. There are different cases, and I accept all of that, but there is an issue for us as a State. People have obligations when they enter these contra…

I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to address the House on Second Stage of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2026. This is urgent legislation, intended to ensure legal certainty for wards of court who are moving to a decision-making process, as set out in the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act of 2015. I appreciate the understanding shown b…