Questions

1419. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its…

1420. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to his Department’s published procurement-related payments over €20,000 for 2023 and 2024, the methodology used to calculate and display the total figures now included in these reports, introduced first in the 2023 Q4 report (details supplied); if any exclusions, adjustments, data timing differences or rounding mechanisms …

1421. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide access to his Department’s procurement-related payment reports over €20,000 for years prior to 2020, noting that such records are not currently visible or accessible on the Department’s designated webpage for these reports (details supplied); if he will either provide direct links to these earlier records (if they are h…

1422. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of major amenity and regeneration projects funded by his Department or through the URDF in the past five years, if he will comment on the balance of investment between the northside and southside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/25]

1423. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any circumstances whereby a social housing applicant can transfer his or her application to another local authority and retain their original date of application. [41167/25]

1424. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any circumstances whereby a social housing tenant can transfer to a property in another local authority in another county i.e. in cases where there are extenuating family and personal reasons and there should be some provision for this. [41168/25]

1425. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the final turnout for 2024 for Vote 34, including capital and current expenditure and all subheads and programme level outturns. [41171/25]

1426. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will approve funding at an early date in respect of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/25]

1427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant in each month since it was established; the number approved, granted, refused and rejected; the number for which a decision is pending; and if he will detail how much money has been paid out under the scheme to date. [41211/25]

1428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to scams which have emerged across the country where websites and bad actors advertise private rental properties and take large online deposits from prospective tenants for properties which actually do not exist. [41212/25]

1429. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the provision of social housing stock and affordable cost-rental homes for vulnerable and low-income households, inclusive of new builds and vacant housing, and provide an additional investment of 10% of capital expenditure in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41213/25]

1430. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a homeless prevention budget amounting to 20% of all homelessness expenditure, including provision for a prevention support worker in each local authority, and a HAP rent arrears fund to support low-income households experiencing financial difficulty and at risk of losing their tenancy due to rent arrears; a…

1431. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the additional supports available to them to rebuild their home which is affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41243/25]

1432. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who do not have habitual residency in Ireland but are currently on the housing waiting list, or are in receipt of HAP, or have been allocated a local authority house. [41253/25]

1433. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current position in relation to a new project in County Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41255/25]

1434. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the publication of the wind energy guidelines. [41277/25]

1435. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the inspections his Department undertakes to ensure the quality and safety of homeless hostels, both private, charities and public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41288/25]

1436. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the inspections his Department has undertaken to ensure the quality and safety of a facility (details supplied). [41289/25]

1437. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding if any that has been provided to a facility (details supplied). [41290/25]

1438. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the wrap-around supports provided in homeless hostels, both private, charities and public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41291/25]

1439. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the wrap-around supports provided in a facility (details supplied). [41292/25]

1440. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the circumstances of a family can be examined (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41309/25]

1441. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering amending the housing adaptation grant scheme to allow funding for the installation of sensory rooms or sensory areas in private homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41319/25]

1442. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of amending the housing adaptation grant scheme to allow funding for the installation of sensory rooms or sensory areas in private homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41320/25]

1443. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual affordable housing delivery targets for each county and local authority in Ireland for each of the years 2025 to 2028, in tabular form; the rationale behind the allocation of these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41341/25]