642. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the length of time it took to complete the four-stage and single-stage approval process for all Traveller-specific accommodation projects completed in 2023 and 2024, by halting site bays and group housing schemes, and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5951/26]
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643. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a report of expenditure on Traveller accommodation, per county and accommodation type for 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5952/26]
644. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update regarding Traveller accommodation from the quarterly pipeline report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5953/26]
245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new Traveller-specific homes delivered in 2025; and the number to be delivered in 2026. [4943/26]
229. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all monies for Traveller accommodation has been drawn down by local authorities; the reason the planned work at a allocation (details supplied) has not started; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70538/25]
23. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of regeneration plans for a Traveller housing scheme (details supplied), given regeneration has been promised for over 25 years, and its latest iteration is with his Department; when he expects funding to be agreed for the long-awaited and desperately needed regeneration; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
38. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the expert group on Traveller accommodation. [65684/25]
488. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether Carlow County Council has applied for funding from the Traveller Accommodation Unit for Traveller-specific accommodation and a Traveller liaison officer; if so, the response from the Department to these specific requests; and if the funding was denied, the reason. [57218/25]
490. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €34 million in Budget 2026 being allocated to support the Traveller community, including for the delivery of new accommodation, and repair and maintenance work. [57221/25]
492. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding for Traveller accommodation applied for by each housing authority per year from 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57232/25]
293. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the function of the Traveller Accommodation Unit (TAU); the means by which funds from the TAU are allocated for housing in traveller communities; whether the funds can be used to staff traveller liaison officers, or other key support workers in Local Authorities; the amount of funding local authorities are allowed to draw…
1686. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding for Traveller accommodation that was applied for by each housing authority in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44224/25]
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]
508. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of traveller-specific accommodation funding returned to his Department, per county, in tabular form, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [33872/25]
315. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application has been submitted by Cork City Council for funding for emergency funding to replace mobile homes/caravans used for Traveller housing damaged during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33274/25]
772. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new traveller specific accommodation units delivered in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/25]
789. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new Traveller-specific accommodation units delivered, by local authority area, in each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29428/25]
790. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the Traveller-specific accommodation unit delivery targets, by local authority area, in each of the years 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29429/25]
867. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of the ongoing issues relating to the provision of emergency replacement mobiles or caravans to Traveller families affected by storm Éowyn in Cork (details supplied); if his Department has engaged with the local authority with regard to this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30668/25]
83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new traveller specific accommodation units delivered in 2024, by local authority area; the average cost per unit in each local authority area; and the total expenditure on the delivery of these new units in 2024. [12586/25]
842. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been made aware of issues relating to the provision of emergency replacement mobiles or caravans to Traveller families affected by storm Éowyn; if his Department has engaged with local authorities in areas worst affected by storm Éowyn in this respect; the anticipated timescale for dealing with requests for these replaceme…
843. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement mobile homes or caravans for Traveller families that have been received from local authorities by his Department in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; the number of these applications that have been approved, rejected or pending, by local authority; and if he will make a s…
859. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement of caravans or mobile homes that have been received by his Department since the recent storm Éowyn; and of these applications, the number that have been approved, rejected or still under consideration, by each local authority area, in tabular form. [11205/25]
860. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process of application and assessment for emergency replacement of caravans and mobile homes; the general timeline for the application and assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11206/25]
882. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement mobile homes or caravans that have been received by his Department; the number that have been approved and or are still under consideration and or have been rejected, by local authority; the estimated number of applications his Department expects to receive; the anticipat…