Questions

512. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if assistance is available to families who go above the income threshold for social housing supports due to the automatic payment of working family payment arising from a reduction in income that year, and therefore lose their cumulative waiting time on the housing list. [7451/25]

520. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that will be taken by Government and local authorities to ensure the housing completion targets of 41,000 by the end of 2026 and up to 60,000 per year by 2029 and 2030 will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/25]

526. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made by the local authority stock management policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7649/25]

530. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to support first-time buyers of second-hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/25]

534. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposed allocations schemes for cost rental housing including an update on whether any regulations have been issued by him and any scheme specific cost rental allocations schemes approved; and if so, where and for which category of worker/tenant. [7711/25]

536. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to people with a disability who receive the HAP service, the rationale for setting the allowance at 20% below the poverty rate, with a further deduction taken as a fair pay your way contribution to the housing system; and whether the Minister has any plans to change the 20% rate." [7719/25]

540. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to tackle vacancy and dereliction; the measures put in place to tackle these issues since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/25]

230. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will complete the definitions for the extent of the 2025 tenant-in-situ scheme; the other options available to tenants who are facing live notices to quit and would otherwise qualify for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7223/25]

247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the allocation of funding towards tenant-in-situ schemes in Dublin for 2025 (details supplied); the assurances can be given or actions taken to accommodate the processing of applications for these particular tenants in the 2025 announcement; and the measures will be taken in advance of 2026 to ensure this gap betwee…

248. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to extend the eligibility of the tenant-in-situ scheme to all tenants in rented accommodation instead of tenants who already receive the housing assistance payment or the rented accommodation scheme, as this is a scheme that protects families from homelessness (details supplied). [6967/25]

259. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes acquired under the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2024 by each local authority and the budget allocation for acquisitions in 2025 for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/25]

260. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will issue a statement to each local authority advising them of their budget for housing acquisitions in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7081/25]

437. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ask his officials to investigate making arrangements to set aside a portion of new cost rental developments to ensure that persons earning above the threshold for social housing assistance can access the schemes, as some have being missing out due to their income (above the threshold for social housing) being insufficie…

443. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what funding was made available to Cork County Council in 2024 in terms of returning vacant housing units to council housing stock and making them available for allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/25]

180. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the successor housing plan to Housing for All will be published as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4989/25]

181. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish a social housing Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4990/25]

182. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to revise the income limits for social housing eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4991/25]

356. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on any plans and timelines to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4118/25]

372. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the recent Housing Commission report and to outline if a working group will be established to facilitate the implementation of the report. [4559/25]

386. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason increases in social welfare payments seem to coincide with rent increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4672/25]

568. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms, if any, available for cost rental tenants to transfer property to another cost rental unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2160/25]

595. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 22 January 2025, to confirm that no circular has been issued to local authorities with respect to housing assistance payment rates for separated parents with part access to their children, whereby the HAP rate is changed when the child turns 18. [2671/25]

598. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proliferation of log cabin/wooden residential structures for on sites, in back yards and gardens throughout the country arising from the housing crisis demand; if he will introduce whatever legislation is necessary to provide a reprieve for these dwellings and their occupiers from a requirement for plannin…

604. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is in favour of tiny homes being built in Ireland; if he plans to update planning policy and planning legislation to enable same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2810/25]

617. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any new programmes planned, or being implemented, in Meath to address the current level of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3182/25]