199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to raise the income limits for social housing eligibility. [17821/26]
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213. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes his Department expects to deliver over the next five years. [17820/26]
227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of any analysis undertaken by his Department on the ‘viability’ of housing developments; and whether this includes raising rents in new tenancies. [17819/26]
155. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if considering his recent media comments about getting families out of homeless accommodation and preventing families from entering homelessness, the measures he is taking to ensure this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15378/26]
159. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm if Wicklow County Council have been given a budget for tenant-in-situ applications and if it is available for new applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15392/26]
771. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received any applications or requests to any section of his Department or State body under his aegis, for funding or financial collaboration from private investors with regard to an ice hockey arena in Cherrywood, County Dublin; if so to provide full details including amount of public funds being sought, whether t…
801. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated by the Traveller accommodation unit to each local authority for acquisitions specifically for the Traveller community between 2019 and 2025. [12251/26]
802. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria to get approval for funding for Traveller-specific acquisitions from the Traveller accommodation unit; and to outline any changes to these criteria since 2019. [12252/26]
803. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for Traveller-specific acquisitions that have been refused by his Department. [12253/26]
804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Traveller liaison officer roles his Department has funded since 2019; and the number of requests for funding for these roles his Department has denied. [12254/26]
420. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the homes delivered over the past five years, by local authority; the number of units transferred to local authorities for social and affordable homes under Part V agreements; whether these units were delivered as part of each development or in a separate site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11339/26]
721. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the cost ceilings provided to each local authority by his Department around the country for the tenant-in-situ scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10116/26]
722. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10158/26]
277. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any guidelines or legislation governing the appraisal of a person’s need in assigning medical priority for the allocation of social housing. [8875/26]
658. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7933/26]
659. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department or any body under its remit has any contracts with an organisation (details supplied); or has contracted work from that organisation within the past two years. [7951/26]
279. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the situation in relation to the tenant-in-situ scheme in cases (details supplied); which local authority should be approached to explore the possibility of a tenant-in-situ scheme purchase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7021/26]
670. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the review of the income limits for social housing, discussed in recent correspondence (details supplied). [6402/26]
259. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the failure of the developers (details supplied) to deliver on key obligations and commitments, including the promised town centre and bridge, and the affordable housing requirements attached to LIHAF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5004/26]
643. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the delay in permitting people to move into homes in Domville Crescent, Cherrywood, that they were allocated over 14 months ago; the legal issues between the AHB Oaklee and the developer that appear to be stalling access to homes for the families who urgently need to be housed; if he will agree that this i…
673. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to expand on his recent statements that local authorities should take urgent measures to prevent older people experiencing homelessness; and the specific measures his Department has implemented, or will implement, to achieve this. [4289/26]
1496. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2250/26]
1497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2268/26]
603. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage following a failure to reach an agreement in the WRC, if his Department will go to the Labour Court to resolve a dispute with trade unions representing workers in the Dublin Fire Brigade, in line with the relevant codes of practice for industrial relations disputes involving essential services. [72228/25]
453. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 30 September 2025, to list the aspects of the Ballymun regeneration project were uncompleted as of the end of 2013, when the project was "largely completed," and those which remain incomplete today. [71223/25]