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Carol Nolan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
655. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of people currently on local authority housing waiting lists; the breakdown of those on these lists who are Irish citizens, UK nationals, EEA nationals, or nationals of other countries. [6153/26]
Denise Mitchell Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
656. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure adequate funding is provided to Dublin City Council in order to allow it to continue operate its financial contribution scheme which is vital in allowing older people to downsize to DCC older person’s accommodation, while also increasing council housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6215/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
657. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rezoning requests received by each local authority, in tabular form; the proposed date of adoption by each local authority under the guidelines of the first revision of the national planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6273/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
658. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered the difficulty for single full-time workers in securing housing (details supplied); if a review will be carried out on the social housing eligibility bands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6284/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
659. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected completion date for the updated wind turbine regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6307/26]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
660. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current number of stock audits completed on local authority social housing; if there is a fund to address issues identified in these audits; and if so, the overall sum allocated to this fund in 2026 and ongoing. [6324/26]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
661. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall spend on social housing retrofit; and the number of units this applied to in each of the past five years respectively, in tabular form. [6325/26]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
662. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall Government funding allocated to the Ballymun Regeneration, Moyross Regeneration and NWQR in Cork respectively, in tabular form. [6326/26]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
663. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated under the voids return programme in 2026; and the number of units this will return, to use, by local authority in tabular form. [6327/26]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
664. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to the local government fund in 2009, 2015, 2020 and 2026. [6328/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
665. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to ensure that RAS tenants who receive an eviction notice are guaranteed access to alternative accommodation or support to prevent homelessness including through the Tenant-in-Situ scheme; and the timeline by which these protections will be implemented. [6349/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
666. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department (or the Residential Tenancies Board under its remit) maintains and publishes up to date statistics on the number of eviction / termination notices issued by private landlords; if so, for each quarter since 2022, the number of notices which have been issued; his views on the trends in this figure; and if he wil…
Barry Heneghan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
667. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures in place to accelerate the reuse of vacant and derelict buildings for housing and community purposes; the steps taken to improve delivery timelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
668. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding allocated under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund to projects in Dublin Bay north; the status of approved or pending projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6379/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
669. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has engaged with local authority or community leaders in Donaghmede regarding housing and infrastructure delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6383/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
670. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the review of the income limits for social housing, discussed in recent correspondence (details supplied). [6402/26]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
671. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently review the proposed short-term lets legislation and take into consideration a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6413/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
672. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will request an organisation (details supplied) to draft a follow up report on construction costs for the defective concrete blocks grant scheme, considering that the last one was almost two years ago. [6420/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
673. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to address concerns related to the roll out of the new computer aided dispatch system to Dublin Fire Brigade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6468/26]
Albert Dolan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
674. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is satisfied that bodies funded through his Department's Vote are applying a consistent approach to the publication of procurement-related payment and purchase order information, particularly with regard to the use of machine-readable formats; whether his Department monitors publication practices across its aegis bodies …
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
675. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the proposed scheme to enable families to relocate out of the flood zone (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6491/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
676. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if the funding for the recently announced infrastructure fund to be administered by the housing delivery office, will be funded under REV programme subhead A21; to confirm that this replaced the local infrastructure housing activation fund; and the way in which the administration of this fund will differ from its LIHAF p…
Conor Sheehan Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
677. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the advice received from the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to the compilation of the rent register as part of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6523/26]
Willie O'Dea Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Housing
678. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the policy on one off housing will be changed to make it easier for people to build on their own land as per the recent statement by the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6624/26]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Social
679. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused any form of financial disability aid or other financial supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5454/26]