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Conor Sheehan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Housing
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 …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
433. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the strategic review of the approved housing body sector, the analysis of cost rental schemes including the cost rental equity loan scheme, and the financial analysis of the capital advance lease facility funding model, each of which the Budget 2026 Expenditure Report stated was due for completion in 2026; wheth…
Cormac Devlin Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Housing
237. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the departmental review on income thresholds is due to be completed. [66056/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Housing
451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct his Department to publish the 2017 review into Donegal County Council planning matters by a person (details supplied) with all personal identifying data completely redacted; if not, the specific legal provision that prevents an anonymised version from being made public; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Peadar Tóibín Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Housing
452. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the exact date his Department last sought legal advice from the Attorney General regarding the release of a report (details supplied); the specific conditions or legal benchmarks that must be met before this document can be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51181/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Housing
453. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has exercised his Ministerial discretion to weigh the public interest in transparency against the privacy rights of individuals named in a report (details supplied); his Department's definitive timeline for resolving this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51182/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1093. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will share analysis undertaken by his Department to quantify the level of concentration of ownership of Irish housing stock by foreign investors, or subsidiaries of foreign investors by country of origin over the last past years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42860/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1094. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will share analysis undertaken by his Department to quantify the level of concentration of ownership of Dublin housing stock by foreign investors, or subsidiaries of foreign investors by country of origin over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42861/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1095. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to share analysis of the level of concentration of Canadian ownership of Irish housing stock over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42862/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Housing
1668. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the results of the review on income thresholds for social housing support will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24231/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Housing
1797. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the thresholds for individuals to qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26404/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1010. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding his Department's review of the current exempted development regulations; when he expects these changes to come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18564/26]
Barry Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1016. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the merits of relaxing regulations to allow homeowners to build larger stand-alone cabins in back gardens and create additional housing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18736/26]
Paul Lawless Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Housing
403. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether reviews were undertaken at the end of phase one and phase two of the National Landscape Strategy 2015–2025; if so, to provide an update on Ireland’s ongoing obligations under the European Landscape Convention (ELC) and how these are being fulfilled following the conclusion of the National Landscape Strategy 2015–2025; his p…
Cathal Crowe Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Housing
799. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarity on when the technical review of the defective concrete block scheme, operated by his Department, will conclude and lead to changes being made to the current iteration of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12151/26]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Jan 2026 · to Housing
288. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has conducted any review into the operation of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF); whether he will publish it; whether in his view it provided value for money; if he will detail the key lessons that can be drawn from the operation of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7074/26…
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Housing
305. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the interim supports available pending completion of the national development plan review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73053/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Housing
366. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the replies issued on 21 November 2025 to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), if his Department holds the specific information originally requested; if so, when he will provide the figures requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66973/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Housing
465. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to review the unit cost threshold of €15,000 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56656/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Housing
496. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review HAP limits for each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57324/25]
John Connolly Written 15 Oct 2025 · to Housing
198. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the review of the coordinated response to storm Éowyn established to examine all aspects of the State response to the storm under section 6.15 of the Strategic Emergency Management Framework has been completed; if a report arising from the review has been published and the actions which are arising from the report; and if he wi…
Carol Nolan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the findings of the interim review of the rent-a-room scheme for local authority tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45301/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1566. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a timeline on his Department’s working group review of engineering qualifications for the local government sector, which began in April 2024 and is now awaiting a decision from him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42738/25]
John Connolly Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
548. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the review into the response of the State and State agencies into the impact of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34318/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1242. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review is being carried out into the funding of local authorities; when this review will have been carried out; if the financial challenges faced by Galway County Council will be taken into consideration as part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19797/25]