Parliamentary questions

626. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total amount spent in each local authority area on housing assistance payment from January 2025 to June 2026, by county; the number of tenancies in each local authority area that these HAP figures are sustaining, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47649/25]

627. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to conduct a local-authorities based review of estate management issues and solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47650/25]

628. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason retrofitting targets in Louth are lower than targets achieved in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47651/25]

629. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of properties purchased through Louth county council under the tenant-in-situ purchase scheme; the total amount spent on this scheme in county Louth to date; if additional targets will be set for this local authority under this scheme to the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the…

630. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the plans to deal with the change in CAS funding now being part of the overall local authority social housing acquisition fund and not as easily accessible for disability approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47653/25]

631. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his engagement with Uisce Éireann on dealing with clean and wastewater infrastructural deficits impacting on housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47654/25]

632. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the social, affordable and cost rental housing targets and delivery in county Louth; the issues holding up specific developments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47655/25]

633. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements); to confirm whether these reports have been published in full and are publicly accessible; and to state t…

634. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or excel on a quarterly basis, in line with open data standards; if not, the legal, technical, or operational constraints that prevent compliance with the requirement under S.I. No. 3…

635. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total annual expenditure on public procurement by his Department (excluding agencies), covering goods, services, and works, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; to clarify if his Department maintains any internal system or process that allows it to accurately report its own procurement spend, ind…

636. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department remains committed to the development of retirement villages as a viable long-term solution to housing the increasing elderly population of Ireland; if so, to provide an updated indication of the Government's financial support towards their development; if he plans to introduce legislation…

637. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on whether the Government remains committed to the identified objectives for retirement villages development as stated in 2019's 'Housing Options for our Ageing Population' report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/25]

638. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Limerick Council submitted a stage 2 application to his Department for a community centre (details supplied) in May 2025; if he will provide an update on this application; and the reason for its delay. [47802/25]

639. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a stage 1 application for a 27-unit housing infill scheme at a location (details supplied) was submitted by Limerick Council in May 2025; if he will provide an update on this application; and the reason for its delay. [47803/25]

640. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the construction of a new community centre (details supplied); when the application will be approved to go to Part 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/25]

641. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his reasoning for scheduling the Presidential election on Friday on 24 October; if he will consider scheduling all future elections on a weekend to avoid school closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47844/25]

642. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is legal for a person in an asylum centre or on a student visa in the State to successfully apply for a local authority home loan; the number of such loans that have been issued and the value for each loan in the past five years. [47846/25]

643. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider implementing a deposit protection scheme for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47935/25]

644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the impact of bulk-purchasing by State housing agencies on market prices for new homes; the number of homes purchased directly from developers by approved housing bodies and local authorities in each of the past five years; and whether measures are being considered to ensure first-t…

645. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the proportion of newly built housing units in 2024 and 2025 that were purchased by State agencies or approved housing bodies, as opposed to being made available for private sale; and his views on the implications for first-time buyers. [47948/25]

646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the average price paid per unit by approved housing bodies and local authorities when purchasing newly built homes; the way in which this compares to the average private market purchase price; and if value-for-money assessments are being undertaken before these acquisitions are approved. [47949/25]

647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has updated its estimate of the annual number of new homes required to meet demographic demand and household formation, given CSO projections and the current shortfall in supply; and the measures being introduced to close this gap. [47950/25]

648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current percentage of Ireland’s total housing stock that is in public, affordable, or cooperative housing; how this compares with European peers such as Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands; and whether he intends to adopt best practice models to expand non-market housing options. [47951/25]

649. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to streamline zoning and planning approval for housing projects; whether delays are contributing to inflated costs and restricted supply; and if consideration will be given to legislative changes to accelerate delivery. [47952/25]

650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if her Department has conducted research into the impact of housing unaffordability on young adults and families, including rates of emigration, household formation delay, and reduced fertility rates; and if she will commission an interdepartmental report on the social consequences of ongoing unaffordability. [47…