Questions

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 matter. [47652/25]

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]

653. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the tenant-in situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48015/25]

654. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by social housing investment programme, by type (details supplied), in tabular form. [48022/25]

655. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are schemes or loans available to persons (details supplied), to financially assist with purchasing a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48026/25]

656. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is creating a dedicating funding stream for local authorities to help provide storm community hubs during extreme weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48044/25]

657. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if data is available for first home scheme participants on the distribution of applicants’ credit card limits; the relationship between such limits and approval outcomes, and the guidance given to applicants on managing revolving credit during the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48083/25]

660. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding allocated by his Department to each local authority under the housing adaption grant scheme in each of the past five years; if the allocations by his Department were categorised whereby specific amounts were ring fenced for priority 1, 2 and 3, applications; if it is a matter for each local authority …

662. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the help-to-buy and first home schemes in view of reports that many first-time buyers cannot afford new homes in developments such as (details supplied) even when availing of these supports; and if she will outline whether changes are planned to scheme thresholds or eligibility to address affordability challenges i…

671. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason persons on the working family payment are not entitled to HAP (details supplied). [48439/25]

686. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1237 of 8 September 2025, if there is a timeline for the passage of this legislation once completed; if there is a further timeline for when qualified recipients will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48733/25]

688. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a national phone line where applicants of the vacant home scheme seeking information and support with their application can call in view of the complexity of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/25]

689. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the stress and difficulties, delays in local authorities paying for works carried out under the vacant homes scheme is causing for homeowners; the steps he and the Government will take to reduce these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/25]

690. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the stress and difficulties the current requirements to prove vacancy when seeking to avail of the vacant homes scheme is causing for homeowners; the steps he and the Government are taking to address this and ensure works can begin on the relevant properties in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on…

691. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the circumstances under which a section five requirement can be waived in relation to applications for the vacant homes scheme; if he will reconsider or expand these circumstances in view of the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/25]

1112. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of properties acquired under the cost rental tenant in-situ scheme since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44508/25]

1125. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to provide any additional funding to local authorities under the tenant in situ scheme in addition to the funding already provided this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44757/25]

1133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in counties Westmeath and Longford living in HAP supported accommodation. [44873/25]

1162. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants that were successful in the tenant incremental purchase scheme for Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45267/25]

1177. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person was directed to Fingal County Council regarding the Tenant in Situ Scheme by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation of €20 million for the scheme had already been exhausted within the first six months of the year; his plans to allocate supplementary funding to ensur…

1202. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if priority will be given to critical skills workers such as teachers, nurses and Gardaí in upcoming affordable housing schemes: the way in which such a priority would work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45845/25]

1203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to concerns that existing housing schemes functionally exclude many single individuals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45856/25]

1212. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a person who has recently been approved for social housing can have their payment transferred under the housing assistance payment, notwithstanding they are currently in receipt of emergency rental supplement as this payment was approved before they were approved on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the …

1227. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Councils will receive funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/25]