43. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage If there are plans to increase funding for the housing adaptation grant for council tenants who require urgent home adaptations to make their living conditions more suitable to their needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12941/25]
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46. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant in situ properties acquired in 2024; the number he expects to be completed in 2025; to provide a breakdown of the €265 million announced for housing acquisitions, including unit allocation, by local authority; if the allocation of funding for tenant in situ includes funding for refurbishments; and if he will ma…
49. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when local authorities will be informed of their specific allocations from the extra €265 million he announced in funding for housing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12708/25]
53. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to further review the eligibility and funding for the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12937/25]
72. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the tenant in situ allocations for each local authority in 2025; the number of acquisitions that, although the process had commenced, did not complete as a result of the Government decision to suspend the scheme, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12807/25]
73. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the long-term social housing leasing scheme in the context of expenditure and a shortage in housing supply. [12914/25]
74. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of each large scale social housing regeneration or urban renewal scheme which Comhairle Cathrach Átha Cliath or Gníomhaireacht Forbartha Talún have been in touch with his Department about; when the project was first mooted with the Department; the progress to date; the funding committed to any; the number of current …
76. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase funding for the tenant in situ scheme to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12670/25]
77. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans his Department is putting in place for schemes on affordable and cost rental housing which are targeted at single people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12645/25]
78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will abolish the restrictions on the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12671/25]
81. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the second-hand acquisitions programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12878/25]
113. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown, on a local authority basis, of the number of tenant in situ purchases made by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12881/25]
336. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the allocation of funding towards tenant-in-situ schemes for Dublin for 2025. [8176/25]
339. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenants in Clare on the tenant-in-situ scheme; and the number that have been rejected since inception. [13042/25]
818. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will announce the funding allocations and sanctioned number of acquisitions that will be designated to local authorities under the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/25]
821. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider reviewing the Government criteria for the local authority affordable housing schemes, which stipulates that just 30% of new homes in such schemes are ring-fenced for local applicants, with a view to substantially increasing this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10697/25]
825. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing grants available for a person (details supplied) living in a home who’s owner is now deceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/25]
828. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on an extension of the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10876/25]
829. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €265 million approved for housing acquisitions in 2025, by housing programme; the amount approved in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10880/25]
830. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of units local authorities will be able to acquire under the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; if each local authority has been provided with the numbers each can acquire; if not, when that will be outlined; the amount in total allocated for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2025; the amount approved in 2023 and 2024, in tabula…
838. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the Housing Agency regarding a cost rental tenant-in-situ application (details supplied) to prevent a person from becoming homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11015/25]
845. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of fossil fuel boilers that were granted funding through the housing aid for older persons grant in 2023 and 2024, per local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11132/25]
846. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the fact that State funds have been made available to numerous private businesses under the built heritage investment scheme 2025; if he will provide justification for providing funds to seemingly profitable businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11143/25]
849. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes that were stalled awaiting approval from his Department at the start of January 2025, across how many schemes and in which local authority areas. [11151/25]
850. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 3,000 social and affordable homes that received Cabinet approval in February that will be delivered in 2025, 2026 and 2027; and to provide a breakdown of the units to be delivered each year, by type and funding stream. [11152/25]