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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Mark Wall Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
572. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position with a housing project in County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51746/25]
Mark Wall Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
573. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when an infrastructural project (details supplied) will open in Kildare south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51748/25]
Mark Wall Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
574. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of houses purchased and in the process of completing purchase under the tenant-in-situ scheme, by local authority, over the past three years, by quantity, by total cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51749/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
575. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on preparations for the university panel poll in the next Seanad elections. [51793/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
576. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes completed by each approved housing body in the State, and the additional social homes provided directly by local authorities, in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51794/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
577. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the circumstances under which a tenant in a home provided by an approved housing body can buy that home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51795/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
578. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the circumstances under which a tenant in a home provided by a local authority can buy that home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51796/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
579. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Government will enact the remaining provisions of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, to give local authorities the ability, specified in the legislation, to call plebiscites on directly electing their own mayors. [51863/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
580. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new social housing units completed in Cork City in each of the past three years, with a breakdown by municipal district. [51977/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
581. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Part V housing units delivered in Cork city since 2020; and the number located in Cork north central. [51978/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
582. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time for households on the social housing list in Cork city; the number of households waiting more than five years and more than ten years; and the measures being taken to reduce these waiting periods. [51979/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
583. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant local authority dwellings in Cork city as of the latest date available; the average turnaround time for re-letting; and the steps being taken to accelerate this process. [51980/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding allocated to Cork city Council for housing delivery in 2023 and 2024; and the projected allocation for 2025. [51981/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made under the tenant purchase scheme in Cork city since 2022; the number which have been approved; and the number which remain pending. [51982/25]
Colm Burke Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
586. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the publication of the rural housing guidelines; when publication can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52027/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
587. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's interpretation of barring orders and exclusion orders in the context of local authority tenancies, and the consequences for a respondent named on a tenancy. [52028/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
588. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have a statutory responsibility to remove a respondent subject to a barring order or exclusion order from a joint tenancy; and if not, the reforms that are being considered. [52029/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
589. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how barring orders or exclusion orders are disclosed to local authorities, and whether a system is in place to ensure timely communication between the Courts Service, the Gardaí and local authorities. [52030/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
590. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities are currently obliged to remove perpetrators from a tenancy where a barring order is granted; and if not, whether legislation is being considered to mandate this. [52031/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
591. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports that are provided to victims and their families in cases where a perpetrator refuses to voluntarily surrender their tenancy despite a barring or exclusion order. [52032/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
592. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering legislative change to allow victims and families to remain in the home, with the perpetrator legally removed from the tenancy. [52033/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
593. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to publication of the Government’s Autumn legislative programme, to set out the matters to be addressed in the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill; the timeline for the preparation and publication of the Bill; whether pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in respect of the bill; and if he will make a statement on th…
Pat the Cope Gallagher Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
594. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to introducing phased payments of the grant following on from the review of vacant property refurbishment grant carried out in 2024, to assist applicants with cash flow in managing such projects particularly with massive increased costs in construction (details supplied). [52137/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
595. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52143/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
596. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter regarding planning (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52149/25]