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Rory Hearne Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1052. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the 7.5% targets for wheelchair accessible social housing are met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19281/26]
Niall Collins Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1053. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19320/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1054. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes delivered in every county in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19323/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1055. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the analysis undertaken by his Department comparing the cost to the State of providing emergency homeless accommodation with the cost of preventing homelessness through the tenant-in-situ acquisition scheme operated by local authorities and the housing agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19335/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1056. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average annual cost to the State per household placed in emergency accommodation, including hotels, B and Bs and family hubs in the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1057. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average capital cost per dwelling acquired under the tenant-in-situ scheme, including purchase price, legal fees and refurbishment costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19337/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1058. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost to the Exchequer over a five-year period of supporting a household in emergency accommodation compared with the cost of acquiring a property under the tenant-in-situ scheme for that household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19338/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1059. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has conducted or commissioned value-for-money or cost-benefit analysis comparing, emergency accommodation expenditure, and, homelessness prevention measures such as tenant-in-situ purchases. [19339/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1060. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure on emergency accommodation in each of the years, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the total expenditure on tenant-in-situ acquisitions over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1061. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will publish any internal reports or analysis undertaken by the Department or the housing agency comparing emergency accommodation and the tenant-in-situ scheme approaches [19341/26]
Barry Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1062. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the interim apartment remediation scheme; if water ingress defects are being considered for inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19371/26]
Réada Cronin Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1063. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken by his Department to reduce the number of those on a Kildare County Council waiting list for a house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19383/26]
Réada Cronin Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1064. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the progress toward delivering affordable housing in North Kildare; the measures currently being advanced by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19384/26]
Réada Cronin Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1065. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the construction of infrastructure that will help to deliver housing in North Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19385/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1066. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 on the 4 of March 2026, if he could provide the value of the sponsorship in cash terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19394/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1067. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sponsor of Ireland's participation in Marché International des Professionnels de l'Immobilier (MIPIM) Conference last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19399/26]
Séamus McGrath Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1068. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to his recent announcement that over 11,000 social homes have been retrofitted since the introduction of the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme; to provide a breakdown on a local authority basis of the number of social homes that have benefitted; the allocation to each local authority to the end of 2025 under the s…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1069. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a pathfinder apartment defects remediation scheme (details supplied); the timeline, budget, and the way in which findings will be rolled out nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19467/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1070. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether current local authority IT systems used to collect housing and homelessness data record the reasons people become homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1071. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can clarify whether all information collected by local authority officials when a person presents as homeless or at risk of homelessness is notified to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19473/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1072. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is possible within current IT provisions for local authorities to collate and publish information on youth homelessness (18-24 years); including reasons for entering homelessness and exits from homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19474/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1073. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 822 of 17 February 2026, if he could provide a county/local authority breakdown of the 9,175 cases where An Coimisiún Pleanála applied the planning condition prohibiting multiple sales. [19478/26]
John Brady Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1074. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department or any body under it’s aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19500/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1075. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department administers any funding schemes which can support provision of Christmas lights in rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19546/26]
Albert Dolan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1076. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a residential development (details supplied) has been approved for funding and inclusion under the fire safety defects remediation scheme; the current status of any application in respect of the development; the timeline for assessment and decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19620/26]