Questions

346. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the final turnout for Vote 34, including capital and current expenditure and all subheads and programme level outturns, for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [35946/26]

686. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide further information on the shared accommodation scheme pilot for young people in Cork City referenced in Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030 and in the National Youth Homelessness Strategy 2023-2025, including information on the number of young people supported by the scheme since it began; to detail…

717. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the action plan on delivering housing for older people, as committed to in 'Delivering Homes, Building Communities'; the way in which the consultation process for the action plan will be conducted, including the timelines, stakeholders to be consulted, and the way older people and representative organisations will be …

743. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that he brought a memo to cabinet on 21 April 2026 on the retrospective funding of OMCs who have already funded the remediation of celtic tiger era building defects. [35187/26]

748. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the transfer of functions including responsibility for the Multiple Unit Development Act and the Property Services Regulatory Authority from the Department of Justice; Home Affairs and Migration to his Department. [35256/26]

749. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the eight pathfinder projects due to receive retrospective funding for building defects remediation; including a detailed update on where each pathfinder project is at; and the funding that has been approved and the outstanding issues to be addressed before funding will be released. [35328/26]

523. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of active HAP and RAS tenancies on 1 November 2025; and to provide a total number for each scheme. [32781/26]

155. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new Traveller-specific housing units delivered in each year from 2019 to 2025, with a breakdown for each year by new group housing, major refurbs, new halting site bays, major refurbs of bays, caravan loans, emergency replacement mobiles and acquisitions, in tabular form. [31168/26]

156. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will request local authorities to include a Traveller-ethnic identifier in their reporting of homelessness in order to establish the level of homelessness in the Traveller community. [31169/26]

584. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the affordable and purchase homes delivered in 2025, by delivery stream including, AHP local authority delivery, AHP turnkey, AHB cost rental direct delivery, AHB cost rental turnkey, LDA cost rental direct delivery, LDA turnkey, in tabular form; and the average cost of delivery for each stream broken down by total…

239. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the remediation scheme for social housing with defective concrete blocks. [27728/26]

240. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the interim fire safety remediation scheme for buildings with celtic tiger era defects. [27729/26]

241. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the pilot scheme for retrospective payments for OMCs who have undertaken remediation of celtic tiger era building defects. [27730/26]

242. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the legislation for the remediation scheme for buildings with celtic tiger era defects will be published. [27731/26]

252. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a qualification achieved in a university (details supplied) meets the requirements for the criteria outlined for senior executive engineers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27863/26]

1652. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the recent settlement reached between the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and Revenue regarding payment in kind to certain NPWS staff members, including the number of staff members involved, the categories of payment in kind, the years during which the settlement covered and the total cost of the s…

1672. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of tenant-in-situ acquisitions funded by his Department in each of the years from 2018 to 2026 with a breakdown by local authority and the total for each local authority, in tabular form. [24333/26]

1738. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether any of the social homes funded by his Department that were to be part of bundle 3 of the social housing PPP scheme have commenced construction; if so, when; the number; and the timeline for the delivery of each of the schemes involved. [25549/26]

1739. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for commencement and completion of the social housing schemes funded by his Department that were to be included in bundles 4 to 7 of the PPP social housing scheme and the details of the location of each scheme and number of units involved, in tabular form. [25550/26]

1740. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the social housing benchmarking exercise used in bundles 1, 2 and 3 of the PPP social housing scheme. [25551/26]

1741. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a copy of the review into bundles 4 - 7 of the PPP social housing scheme; the person or body that undertook this review; and the date on which it was completed and submitted to him. [25552/26]

1757. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Dublin City Council is considering removing the exemption from development levies from cost rental developments funded by his Department; and if he is concerned about this proposal given as this would increase development costs and in turn rents to State. [25828/26]

1760. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of first home scheme applications, approvals and drawdowns for every year the scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026 with the total annual expenditure for each year included in the table, in tabular form. [25899/26]

1761. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure by his Department and the LDA on homes delivered via croí cónaithe cities and project tosaigh; and the breakdown of this information by year, scheme and annual cost for each year since each scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026. [25900/26]

1785. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names and organisations that have met with him, his political advisors or his Departmental officials on the issue of domestic residential exempted development regulations in the past six months; and the dates on which these meetings occurred and the officials in attendance. [26133/26]