Parliamentary questions

853. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable housing schemes granted approval by Cabinet in February 2025 that have been communicated to local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHB), providing a breakdown by AHB/local authority and the number of units in each scheme. [11155/25]

854. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any capital advance leasing fund (CALF) or cost-rental equity loan (CREL)-funded projects currently under construction have had their staged CALF or CREL payments delayed; and if so, the number, including the total number of units, and for what reason. [11156/25]

855. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the 2025 social housing tenant-in-situ target, with a breakdown for each local authority area; if a circular communicating this and the new restrictions to the scheme has been issued to local authorities; if not, when it will be circulated; if he will commit to publishing the circular on his Departmen…

856. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing tenant-in-situ purchases concluded in 2024, with a breakdown by local authority area, providing an average purchase cost for the total number of such acquisitions and an average for the acquisitions in each local authority area [11158/25]

857. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any initiative proposed by his Department that seeks to address long-term vacancy in privately owned housing units [11190/25]

858. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if completion of phase 2C of the City Northwest Quarter Regeneration Programme will involve any demolition; and the timeline for completion of same. [11202/25]

859. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement of caravans or mobile homes that have been received by his Department since the recent storm Éowyn; and of these applications, the number that have been approved, rejected or still under consideration, by each local authority area, in tabular form. [11205/25]

860. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process of application and assessment for emergency replacement of caravans and mobile homes; the general timeline for the application and assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11206/25]

861. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites under the ready-to-build scheme that have had applications received for development by each local authority since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11217/25]

862. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites under the ready-to-build scheme that have had applications approved for development by each local authority since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11218/25]

863. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of sites under the ready-to-build scheme currently being developed by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11219/25]

864. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites under the ready-to-build scheme completed by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11220/25]

865. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the progression of the proposed new fire station in Clara, County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11299/25]

866. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the lack of funding in Offaly County Council for extensions to council properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11304/25]

867. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by each local authority on emergency homeless accommodation in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11308/25]

868. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated or drawn down by each local authority for spending on emergency homeless accommodation in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [11309/25]

869. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of housing assistance payments at the end of each of the past ten years. [11310/25]

870. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount paid in housing assistance payments in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [11311/25]

871. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons availing of the rental accommodation scheme at the end of each of the past ten years. [11312/25]

872. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount paid out under the rental accommodation scheme in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [11313/25]

873. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of local authority access officers; if this role is filled in each local authority; whether the role is full-time or part-time; and what grade the access officer role is in each Local Authority [11335/25]

874. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an application for the tenant-in-situ scheme was rejected for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11351/25]

875. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an application for the tenant in situ scheme for a person (details supplied) was rejected.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11352/25]

876. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the size of the Irish delegation at COP16 in February 2025; the level of seniority of the delegates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/25]

877. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Ireland had ministerial presence at COP16 in Rome in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11372/25]