Questions

557. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the preparations and timeline for the statutory review of the operation and effectiveness of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, as required under section 7 of the Act; and the status of consultations with the Mayor of Limerick, Limerick City and County Council, and the …

607. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will be transferred from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to his Department. [74129/26]

460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staffing sanction requests approved by his Department for Kildare, Tipperary, Clare and Leitrim County Councils in the period 1 June 2023 to 1 October 2026, in tabular form. [72141/26]

461. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update and timeline for each stage of the Regeneration Projects in Galway, in tabular form. [72138/26]

96. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take this winter to reverse rising homelessness; when the promised and delayed child and family homelessness action plan will be published; and the emergency measures he will take this winter to accelerate exits from emergency accommodation. [68816/26]

245. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any private investment for the Water Supply Project Eastern and Midlands Region has been sought, negotiated, or secured from Chinese or other international private investors. [66281/26]

246. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Water Supply Project Eastern and Midlands Region (Shannon Pipeline Project) will be structured as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) or procured wholly by the State. [66261/26]

686. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units which could potentially be delivered through the conversion of vacant and derelict buildings in town and city centres; the estimated number of such buildings suitable for residential conversion; and if he will set out the Government’s strategy for maximising this source of housing supply. [64680/26]

687. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to ensure that vacant, derelict and disused buildings in towns and cities are brought back into residential use; whether consideration has been given to introducing stronger obligations on owners of suitable disused buildings to return them to productive use. [64679/26]

688. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict residential and potentially residential properties identified nationally; the number of these properties which have been brought back into use in each of the past five years, 2021 to date in 2026; and the number currently being progressed for residential use. [64678/26]

689. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant and derelict buildings in Limerick city that have been identified as potentially suitable for residential use; the number that have been brought back into use for housing in each of the past five years; and the schemes available to assist owners in converting such properties. [64684/26]

690. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of the European Citizens’ Initiative being organised by an organisation (details supplied) concerning the rejuvenation of disused buildings and their return to the housing supply; and whether the Government supports the objectives of this initiative. [64683/26]

691. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has examined the potential cost of converting vacant and derelict buildings into residential accommodation compared with the construction of new housing; whether barriers to such conversions have been identified, including planning, building regulations and funding; and the measures that are being considered…

360. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration will be given to extending the RAS pilot to cities outside of Dublin namely Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54343/26]

361. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the 23 recommendations contained in the Review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) published in January 2025; the number of recommendations fully implemented to date; the timeline for the remaining modifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54346/26]

454. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proposed rent increases for residents of a facility (details supplied), whereby monthly rents are proposed to increase from approximately €371 to €571, with some individual tenants facing increases of up to 176%; his views on whether such increases are compatible with the objectives of social housing; and if …

455. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has received any reports regarding governance or financial concerns relating to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/26]

456. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will consider introducing additional statutory protections for older persons living in approved housing body accommodation to ensure that tenants on fixed incomes are not subject to excessive rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51242/26]

457. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the oversight his Department exercises over rent-setting policies of approved housing bodies funded under the capital assistance scheme; whether his Department has the power to intervene where proposed rent increases would cause financial hardship to elderly social housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…

458. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has examined extending rent pressure zone protections, or introducing equivalent rent increase limits, to approved housing bodies providing social housing under the capital assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/26]

459. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to undertake a review of the approved housing body sector to examine governance, financial sustainability, value-for-money, asset management, rent-setting practices and tenant protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51245/26]

460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the operation of the economic value provisions applied by approved housing bodies in determining rents, particularly in the case of elderly tenants living in social housing funded by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/26]

80. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to tackle dereliction in advance of the introduction of the new derelict property tax; his plans to mandate local authorities to collect the millions in outstanding derelict sites levies; when the Government will introduce its new Compulsory Purchase Order Bill 2025 with streamlined and strengthened CPO power…

84. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce measures to reduce cost-rental rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/26]

98. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the HAP review will be published and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/26]