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Eoin Hayes Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
581. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of people, adults and children, currently registered on social housing lists in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
583. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of affordable housing units delivered in Dublin annually over the past ten years, as compared to the annual targets of those same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
584. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the amount of social housing units delivered in Dublin annually over the past ten years, excluding vacant site grants, as compared to the annual targets of those same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Oral 15 May 2025 · to Housing
1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the delayed Department approvals for social and affordable housing. [24903/25]
Paul Murphy Oral 15 May 2025 · to Housing
2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned that housing delivery is at risk because of an inability of new houses to be connected to the electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/25]
Séamus McGrath Oral 15 May 2025 · to Housing
5. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his expectations for the delivery of affordable housing this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24902/25]
Albert Dolan Oral 15 May 2025 · to Housing
8. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his expectations for the delivery of affordable housing in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24661/25]
Michael Cahill Oral 15 May 2025 · to Housing
13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence; if he will provide an update on the development of a policy on rightsizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
17. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that no affordable homes will be delivered in phase 1A of the Poolbeg West strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
19. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Government missed its new-build social, affordable purchase and cost-rental targets in 2024; to set out what he intends to do to ensure the targets for 2025 are not missed; and to confirm what those targets are for new-build social, affordable purchase and cost rental. [24436/25]
John Lahart Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
27. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new builds by approved housing bodies in 2024; the number expected in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/25]
Shay Brennan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
28. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the progress made by the Land Development Agency to date in advancing affordable and social housing delivery; the pipeline now in place for further developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/25]
Martin Daly Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
44. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the financial support he is providing to local authorities to acquire second-hand properties for priority categories of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
45. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his assessment of the number of commencements for the first quarter of 2025; what measures his Department is taking to address this number and furthermore the measures his Department is taking to address uncommenced planning, particularly in relation to apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24508/25]
James O'Connor Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
50. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on home completions in the first quarter of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24647/25]
Pa Daly Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
57. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24734/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
61. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the amount allocated to Galway County Council for social housing acquisitions for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24030/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider how funding is being provided for social housing acquisitions, given the small amount of funding provided to Donegal and the significant need in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
63. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in Kilkenny since July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24642/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
66. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department collates data on the total number of persons on local authority housing waiting lists across the country, and, if so, to furnish that figure. [24059/25]
John Connolly Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
72. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for funding from each local authority under the social housing investment programme in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the date on which each application was submitted; whether the application was approved; if the application was approved, the date on which approval was provided to the lo…
Emer Currie Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a new housing activation fund to support the delivery of critical infrastructure that enables housing development; if he would consider making such a fund open for applications on a rolling basis; if it could be structured as a multi-annual fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24728/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
80. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund, or similar scheme, to help unlock land for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
82. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Oscar Traynor Road housing development, and on the timeline for delivery. [24568/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 15 May 2025 · to Housing
85. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation for building and acquiring social housing in County Monaghan, by category; the number of such homes built and acquired, in total, by year from 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/25]