1233. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if cross-generational tenant purchases through the tenant purchase scheme are allowable; and if so, the regulations or criteria that apply. [46164/25]
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1236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby single people cannot qualify for affordable housing schemes due to their lower income relative to couples; if he is conscious of the need to support all prospective homeowners, regardless of relationship status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46174/25]
1237. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes to support apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46179/25]
1240. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost per unit of retrofitting at a location (details supplied) and the overall cost of the project. [46265/25]
1241. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether inspections are required after council funded retrofitting; and if he is aware that none were reportedly undertaken at a location (details supplied) [46266/25]
1244. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the ceiling for the first home scheme in the Dublin area. [46337/25]
1251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/25]
1254. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes for apartment defects will complete pre-legislative scrutiny before the end of 2025; and when he anticipates that the legislation will pass both Houses of the Oireachtas. [46455/25]
1278. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected capital assistance scheme underspend for 2025. [46838/25]
1282. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the monies spent on a project by a local authority for a housing scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46977/25]
1397. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the issues identified with the serviced sites scheme, considering only four local authorities have provided for the scheme and no houses have been sold; and his plans to make the scheme a success. [40797/25]
1398. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local councils who provide a serviced sites scheme; the number of sites currently proposed by each local authority; the number of serviced sites being built currently in each local authority; and the number of sites available to purchase in each local authority, in tabular form. [40798/25]
1399. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the issues local authorities are having in providing serviced sites schemes; if he has met with local authorities to discuss the serviced sites scheme; if the scheme is to be enacted to deal with any shortcomings highlighted by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40799/25…
1407. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the number of refusals by the pillar banks of the first home scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the reasons for refusals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40902/25]
1412. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made under the first home scheme in each of the years since it was set up, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40978/25]
1413. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants approved by the first home scheme in each of the years since it was set up; the number of these applicants who did not draw down the funds; the number who did not draw down due to the fact that the pillar bank refused the first home scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40…
1418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by the Housing Agency, with tenants still paying high rents with no recourse for repairs or maintenance, or long-term rental agreements or registration with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
1460. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently reconsider the significant reduction in funding to the tenant in situ scheme allocated to Fingal County Council, reported to have been cut by more than 50%, and funding already allocated, given that this scheme remains one of the few effective mechanisms currently preventing families from falling into home…
1492. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 on social and affordable housing funded through SHIP, CALF, CAS, AHF, CREL, AHB borrowing and LDA expenditure, in tabular form. [41856/25]
1510. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount estate agents are paid in commission or fees for selling homes under affordable housing schemes funded by the State. [42052/25]
1515. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of homes purchased in County Wicklow from CAS funding 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. [42081/25]
1516. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount Wicklow County Council received for CAS funding for in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42082/25]
1517. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to increasing the CAS funding to Wicklow County Council to meet the demand for houses purchased under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42083/25]
1544. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority home loans approved and drawn down for Cork county for 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42257/25]
1545. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe applications received, with a breakdown of vacant and derelict applications received for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; and the number of these applications for the same years under vacant and derelict that have drawn down their approved funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a state…