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Claire Kerrane Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
401. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding for Galway County Council in 2025, and each local authority in the State for comparison, in tabular form. [13637/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
402. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department maintains an internal monitoring framework, dashboard or structured reporting mechanism which tracks the number of Notices of Termination issued in the private rental sector as a core housing performance indicator; if so, the frequency at which such data is formally reviewed at senior management or Ministerial…
Paul Lawless Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
403. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether reviews were undertaken at the end of phase one and phase two of the National Landscape Strategy 2015–2025; if so, to provide an update on Ireland’s ongoing obligations under the European Landscape Convention (ELC) and how these are being fulfilled following the conclusion of the National Landscape Strategy 2015–2025; his p…
Paul Lawless Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
404. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the release of the Coastal Change Management Strategy Report in 2023, to provide an update on the development of Ireland’s National Coastal Change Management Strategy; the current status of the Strategy, which is overdue; the expected timeline for its publication; the current position of the National Coastal Change Manag…
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
405. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a formal policy decision was taken in 2025 to reduce or limit the use of tenant-in-situ acquisitions under the Second-Hand Acquisitions Programme; if so, the date of that decision; whether Cabinet approval was sought; and the policy rationale underpinning the change [13854/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
406. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital allocation provided for tenant-in-situ acquisitions in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the originally approved allocation for 2026; whether any revised spending ceiling has been issued to local authorities for 2025 or 2026, by local authority. [13855/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
407. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ acquisitions completed nationally in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number approved but not yet completed; and the number of applications refused or withdrawn in each year. [13856/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
408. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department has undertaken any assessment of the impact of reduced tenant-in-situ acquisitions on entries into emergency accommodation in 2025; and if so, if he will publish that assessment. [13857/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
409. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any circular, directive or written guidance was issued to local authorities in 2025 limiting, prioritising or redefining the criteria for tenant-in-situ acquisitions; and if so, if he will provide a copy of that guidance. [13858/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
410. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether funding previously allocated for tenant-in-situ acquisitions has been reallocated to the Buy and Renew programme; the value of any such reallocation; and the policy justification for that shift [13859/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
411. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average acquisition cost per dwelling under the tenant-in-situ approach in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and how this compares to the average cost per dwelling under the Buy and Renew programme in the same period [13860/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
412. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Government intends to continue the tenant-in-situ approach as a core homelessness prevention measure in 2026; and if so, what target number of acquisitions has been set [13861/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total annual population increase in each of the years 2022 to 2025; the number of residential housing completions in each corresponding year; and whether the Department has assessed the impact of net migration on housing demand projections to 2030. [13868/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
414. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure on social housing acquisitions for each year from 2020 to 2025 and the allocation for 2026; and the number of units purchased with this funding in each year with a breakdown by category (i.e. tenant-in-situ, vacant acquisition etc.), in tabular form. [13890/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
415. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of social housing acquisition funding for 2026 for each local authority. [13891/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
416. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the work of the Housing Activation Office, including the number of applications for funding it has received from which local authorities and for what infrastructure; and to provide an update on the progress of each application. [13892/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
417. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities can fund attic conversations for their own housing stock from their capital funding to provide additional bedroom space for families experiencing overcrowding and who would otherwise have to apply for a social housing transfer to a larger home. [13893/26]
Albert Dolan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
418. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has identified any structural, legal, financial, or administrative constraints that limit the effective use of the Land Acquisition Fund by local authorities, including issues related to site viability, timing, valuation, or co-funding requirements; and if he will outline any steps taken to address such const…
Albert Dolan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
419. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration has been given to introducing greater flexibility into the Land Acquisition Fund, including but not limited to staged acquisitions, advance purchase, or earlier intervention in the land market, in order to accelerate housing delivery; and if not, the reasons for same. [13904/26]
Cormac Devlin Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
420. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the annual funding allocation to Circle Housing AHB for the years 2020 to 2025, and to confirm if there is a dedicated contact email for Oireachtas members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13976/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
421. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the administrative boundaries that will be used to determine towns in excess of 20,000 people for the purposes of regulating short-term rentals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13326/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Social
422. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider a once-off emergency winter payment for disabled people, as it would provide immediate relief in the disproportionate burden being carried by most of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/26]
James Geoghegan Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Social
423. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if he will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if he will outline all sections of en…
Eoin Hayes Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Social
424. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the total administration fees paid, over the span of a scheme participant enrolment in MyFutureFund, as a percentage of their total employee contributions to their fund, by €5,000 band of average annual income from €20,000 to €80,000 that is, €20,000, €25,0000, €30,000, €35,000 and €80,000 , as against the age at which they entered the scheme, in tabular…
Keira Keogh Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Social
425. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific reasons an application (details supplied) and subsequent appeals, for carer’s allowance were refused; if the applicant will receive back pay; if the person must submit a new application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13527/26]