Questions

346. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the amount his Department spent on homelessness prevention in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69828/26]

347. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the capital spend on housing by scheme and project type in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69826/26]

348. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies registered to cost-rental properties with an approved housing body or a local authority as a landlord; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69831/26]

94. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an emergency response to the growing number of people homeless in emergency accommodation and the very high estimates of those who are living in hidden homelessness; to outline the measures his Department is already taking; if he will declare the situation a crisis requiring an emergency and coordinated response; …

84. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the HAP review, to confirm a timeline for the publication of the review and its findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69058/26]

85. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Homelessness Prevention Framework; to confirm a timeline for the publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69061/26]

87. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan; to confirm a timeline for the publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69068/26]

510. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current processing times for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant from application to approval nationally, in the greater Dublin area, and the Dublin north-west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49474/26]

78. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a ban on no-fault eviction in light of consecutive months of record-breaking numbers of people and children in emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48048/26]

150. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail his plans to implement the recommendations of the report by the Oireachtas Committee Housing, Local Government and Heritage on homelessness; to outline specifically which recommendations he intends to implement; the timeframe for such implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48049/26]

152. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the new short-term letting regulations will return vacant homes to the rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48050/26]

155. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's plan to address the housing needs of people with an intellectual disability who are cared for at home by aging parents and family as highlighted by a campaign (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48055/26]

175. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to address the housing needs of over 55s who wish to right size into social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48052/26]

197. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of affordable homes to purchase; the measures being taken to address the cohort of people whose incomes are too high to qualify for social housing, but too low to qualify for affordable purchase schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48051/26]

311. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s plans to curtail economic evictions due to rising rents; the steps he is taking to address people being priced out of the private rental market; if he plans to introduce rent control measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48090/26]

226. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the publication of the Child and Family Homelessness Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44716/26]

135. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost to date of the DION IT system, including all design, development, consultancy, implementation and ongoing support costs, broken down by year since inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44409/26]

136. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the initial projected cost at the time of approval of the DION IT system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44410/26]

137. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the original business case and timeline for delivery of the DION system; the number of years the system has been in development; the key milestones set at inception; the extent to which those milestones have been met or delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44411/26]

138. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and nature of technical or operational issues identified with the DION system since its introduction; the dates on which such issues arose; the current status of each issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44412/26]

139. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of external consultants engaged in the development, troubleshooting and ongoing operation of the DION system; the total cost of such consultancy; the specific roles performed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44413/26]

140. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for approvals under the mortgage to rent scheme and CALF prior to the introduction of DION, compared with current processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44414/26]

141. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases under the mortgage to rent scheme and CALF currently awaiting approval; the average and longest waiting times for such approvals, the number of cases outstanding for more than twelve weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44415/26]

144. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether delays in approvals under the mortgage to rent scheme and CALF have been attributed in whole or in part to the operation and/or full implementation of the DION system; if so, whether his Department is taking specific steps to remedy such delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44529/26]

145. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approval letters issued under the mortgage to rent scheme and CALF in each of the past three years; the average time from application to approval in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44530/26]