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Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority, in 2023 and 2024; the average cost of each home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46449/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1250. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an estimated unit cost to the Exchequer for providing cost rental homes,1-, 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom; and for providing affordable homes, 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of 100 percent redress for building defects affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46452/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of 100 percent redress for mica affected homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46453/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1564. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the full year cost of the maintenance of local authority rented homes, broken down by local authority. [42731/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1589. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has made any funding available to local authorities to appoint vacancy officers to manage social housing voids; and if so, how much funding for each local authority. [42962/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancy officers employed by local authorities nationwide, broken down by local authority. [42963/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1717. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated one-year cost of removing all income thresholds for social housing eligibility. [44343/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1718. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the potential for revenue raising through the application of differential rents to individuals on high incomes were the income thresholds for social housing eligibility removed. [44344/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1719. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated one-year cost of adding all social welfare payments to the income disregards for social housing eligibility. [44345/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1720. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated costs of establishing a monitoring body which will conduct regular inspections of private rental units to ensure compliance with local and national standards; and further to the costs of establishing this body, the potential costs of running it for one year. [44347/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1721. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated costs of establishing an independent Traveller-specific housing agency to oversee the delivery of culturally appropriate Traveller accommodation nationwide; and the estimated costs of delivering housing for all Travellers who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. [44348/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1722. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated costs of building 66,910 homes on the 83 parcels of disused and underused land in public ownership identified by the Land Development Agency; and to provide an update on the status of these parcels (details supplied). [44350/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1723. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is consistent with national policy that a local authority in Dublin has voted to reduce the density of zoned housing on a vacant parcel of land (details supplied). [44352/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
94. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will legislate to ensure that there is an obligation on landlords and letting agents to inform tenants of any overpayments they may have made. [38047/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
467. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of hectares of land zoned under the residential zoned land tax that is currently undeveloped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35623/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
498. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years (details supplied), including all such materials that have been “unpublished” by divisions, sections and units of his Department that became part of the Minister’s Department following …
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Housing
513. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed update on the status of PPP bundles 4,5,6 and 7, given the withdrawal of funding for bundle 3; and whether there is a risk that costs will limit delivery of any projects in future, as happened with bundle 3. [32296/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Housing
514. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the impact of delays to delivery of PPP bundle 3 on social housing delivery in Dublin northwest, where 183 social homes are now delayed, representing a significant proportion of projected delivery over the next two years. [32297/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Housing
515. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed update on discussions between the LDA and Dublin City Council in relation to the Ballymun LAP site 1, a former shopping centre. [32298/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Housing
527. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, given that rents in Ireland are extremely high by European standards, how the Government expects a loosening of rent pressure zone rules to contribute to the lowering of rents given that the proposed reforms facilitate an increase in rents. [32530/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Housing
534. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the third draft of the byelaws given to him in September 2024 by Waterways Ireland officials, without being reviewed with stakeholders, without restarting the 90 days of consultation period and effectively not complying with the recommendation of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing (details supplied). [32693/2…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Housing
792. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most up-to-date resources with respect to design of social homes; and the guidelines in place at the national level for same. [29506/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 27 May 2025 · to Housing
356. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 25 February 2025, his views on whether it is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy, namely that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination of both, a person can be assured of a minimum basic income and a person in employment will always recei…