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Rory Hearne Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
51. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the March 2026 rent reset will be operationalised in a way that will protect renters and mitigate for the financial incentive for landlords to evict tenants ahead of the rent reset date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53901/25]
Thomas Gould Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
52. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the restoration of town councils. [53201/25]
John Clendennen Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
53. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is doing to ensure that there is no net decrease in land supply from rezoning by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53284/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
54. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of older persons who are falling into homelessness, particularly in Galway; the way in which he will support older persons in accessing secure and affordable housing given that the number of persons reaching pension age in precarious housing situations will only continue to…
Tom Brabazon Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
55. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when it is expected that the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024 will be introduced; if this piece of legislation can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53755/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
56. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Oscar Traynor Road site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53890/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
57. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider the way in which greater downsizing options for those in private housing, who wish, to downsize their home can be provided. [53567/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
58. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is undertaking to enable local authorities to identify suitable sites for urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53464/25]
Martin Daly Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
59. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Roscommon County Council is currently missing its housing targets by approximately 50 percent; the specific measures his Department will take to support Roscommon County Council in meeting the targets set out in its County Development Plan, which calls for an average of 392 new homes per year between 2022 and 2028…
Rory Hearne Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
60. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the stalled PPP housing bundles; to provide an updated delivery time frame for the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53898/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to expand the provision of modular housing; the number of modular units which have been built since 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53633/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
62. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to revise the first home scheme house value limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53577/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
63. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of long-term private rental houses across the country. [53286/25]
Rory Hearne Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
64. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to implement a State savings scheme, similar to the Social Democrats' homes for Ireland State savings scheme, to fund the delivery of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53900/25]
Shay Brennan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
65. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53574/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
66. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will meet with the Lough Neagh stakeholders group to discuss the current ecological crisis impacting on the lake, and by extension to the sections of the wider river basin management area that fall within the counties under his jurisdiction. [53751/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
67. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the manner in which his Department will assist local authorities in further promoting the croí cónaithe scheme and the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53571/25]
Máire Devine Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
68. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national guidance exists for social housing tenants and applicants fleeing domestic, sexual, and gender violence to another local jurisdiction; whether he is aware that local authority councils are instructing those abuse survivor transfer applicants to return to their original jurisdiction where they may not have a support …
Pa Daly Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
69. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the report recently published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission which warned that the Government is unlikely to meet its targets to retrofit more than 36,000 houses; the measures he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53722/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
70. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding being provided for cost rental under Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53825/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
71. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the public consultation for review of exempted development received submissions advocating for the introduction of a statutory exemption from planning permission for the installation of electric vehicle charging arms on public footpaths (details supplied); his views on applying such a planning permission exemption if the conti…
Brendan Smith Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
72. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to roll out more affordable housing schemes in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53741/25]
James O'Connor Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
73. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants that have availed of the first home scheme by county; the amount that is drawn down in monetary value; the number of applicants that have availed of the help to buy scheme by county; and the amount drawn down in monetary value, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53897/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
74. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that the new housing plan makes it possible for Donegal County Council to construct affordable housing projects across the county. [53700/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Housing
75. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department or organisations and agencies related to his Department are taking with respect to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate and the Environment Report on Lady’s Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53529/25]