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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Eoghan Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1160. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding made available to Cork County Council for housing maintenance for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45265/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1161. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding made available to Cork City Council for housing maintenance for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45266/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1163. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarity for local councils on the issue of self-employed people wishing to put their name on the social housing list in relation to the discretionary requirement from individual councils to request a minimum of two years' accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment ackn…
Darren O'Rourke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1164. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Meath County Council is permitted the use of its own discretion when requesting a self-employed person, seeking to apply to join the social housing list to provide a submission of two years' accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment acknowledgement for the preceding 12-months…
Darren O'Rourke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1165. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce legislation compelling county councils to request self-employed individuals seeking to join the social housing list to provide minimum of two years’ accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment acknowledgement letter for the preceding 12-months. [45273/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1168. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by Cork City Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45319/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1169. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by AHBs in the Cork City Council, area in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45320/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1170. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by Cork County Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45321/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1171. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by AHBs in the Cork County Council, area in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45322/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1172. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of newly built houses, acquired by Cork City Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45323/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1173. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of newly built houses, acquired by AHBs in the Cork City Council area, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45324/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1174. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of newly built houses, acquired by Cork County Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45325/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1175. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of newly built houses, acquired by AHBs in the Cork County Council area in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45326/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the tenure mix that is, social, cost-rental, affordable purchase of Cork City Council’s 823-home pipeline at the Railyard (217) and Creamfields (606); the projected first-occupation dates; if modern methods of construction, including mass-timber will be facilitated through procurement and building-control guidance; and any funding …
Michael Lowry Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1190. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the disparity between the Local Authority Home Loan property price thresholds in counties such as Tipperary currently capped at €275,000 and the actual cost of purchasing even modest new homes on the market (details supplied) priced at €295,000, which effectively excludes many first-time buyers from access to t…
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1199. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position in relation to the application of local authority rates to sporting organisations in respect of stadiums that contain some bar, conference and banqueting facilities; the number of such stadiums currently subject to such rates; the total amount collected nationally in respect of stadiums in 2023 and 2024; if he plans…
Eoghan Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1213. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation of maintenance grant funding to Cork County Council in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45973/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1214. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation of maintenance grant funding to Cork City Council in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45974/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1215. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify if there is only one funding stream for local authorities for the taking-in-charge of housing estates by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45981/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1245. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46352/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1260. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a private landlord can be compelled to provide proof of ownership to a local authority when their tenant is applying for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46550/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1277. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with four Cork city council projects shortlisted for national innovation awards if he will pledge additional national funding or recognition for award-winning local government initiatives, particularly those advancing energy efficiency, community resilience, and climate awareness. [46811/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1408. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be made available to local authorities to assist in the purchase of additional four to five-bed larger family homes needed, that are not currently in the housing stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40963/25]
Holly Cairns Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1450. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if funding will be made available to Cork County Council for the installation of a dedicated surface water pipe in Union Hall from Doctors Hill to the lagoon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41414/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1471. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loan applications submitted to Roscommon County Council in 2024 and to date in 2025, the number in each year, to date, processed, the number approved, the number ongoing and the length of time applications are taking for the mortgage to be drawn down, in tabular form. [41630/25]