Questions

1235. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made under the vacant property refurbishment grant, broken down by local authority area, that have been initiated and completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46171/25]

1272. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail for each local authority the number of applications made for croí cónaithe grants in each since they were first introduced; the number of applications that were granted; the number of applications that were refused and reason for refusal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46681/2…

1416. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently sanction additional funding to Sligo County Council for the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability schemes to bring its allocation to €2,450,000, which would equate to the sum provided in the council budget for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41023/25]

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]

1574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the awarding of the Housing First tender in Dublin; and to provide an explanation for the delay in the awarding of this tender. [42753/25]

1575. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme, the pilot retrospective building defects scheme and the legislation to underpin the wider building defects redress scheme. [42754/25]

1711. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his thoughts on the cessation of tenant-in-situ purchases made by local authorities; what alternative homelessness prevention intervention his Department is considering replacing preventions previously provided by tenant-in-situ acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44299/25]

1734. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the ceiling caps for the first homes schemes for Tipperary, as it is having a reverse impact in comparison to neighbouring counties with a higher threshold. [44394/25]

388. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department's plans for the tenant-in-situ scheme, given recent reports that both Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council have exhausted all of their available funds for 2025; if he intends to increase funding available for the scheme this year given the large waiting list for the scheme in both local …

507. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the croí cónaithe scheme in each of the years since its creation, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37193/25]

434. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures taken to implement a State savings scheme such as the Social Democrats-proposed ‘Homes for Ireland’ State savings scheme, submitted to him and the Taoiseach on 19 May 2025, which would leverage the €160 billion in deposits to fund affordable housing delivery. [36247/25]

457. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider establishing a dedicated scheme as part of budget 2026 for local authorities to access funding for the retrofitting or replacement of substandard historical housing stock, perhaps with a trial in Dún Laoghaire and Dublin city, where older stock is widespread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3543…

482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made on establishing a deposit protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/25]

762. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to put in place a defective concrete blocks grant scheme for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29227/25]

798. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the tenant-in-situ scheme in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29540/25]

1152. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if new TIS guidelines allow for older people and people with disabilities to be considered under the scheme even in cases where they do not have children living with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18622/25]

1153. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if increased funding will be provided to county councils to meet the demand under the built heritage investment scheme 2025 as some applicants have been approved but have been placed on a reserve list; and if he will expedite a positive decision on the matter. [18625/25]

1164. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the amount allocated and the number of homes to be returned under the voids return scheme in 2025, by local authority, in tabular form. [18810/25]

1202. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person (details supplied) does not qualify for a septic tank grant; the reason Meath is omitted from all septic tank grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19228/25]

1222. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the STAR allocations to each organisation that has been awarded equity payments under this scheme with a breakdown by scheme and amount of STAR awarded, in tabular form. [19402/25]

1229. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any financial supports or assistance schemes are available to help tenants who are transferring from a local authority property to a housing agency property with the cost of furnishing their new home, particularly for working households who do not qualify for social welfare supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

1245. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 264, 265 and 263 of 10 April 2025, if he will publish the analysis undertaking by the Residential Tenancies Board on behalf of his Department in respect of the accommodation recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19892/25]

1246. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 264, 265 and 263 of 10 April 2025, if the analysis undertaking by the Residential Tenancies Board on behalf of his Department in respect of the accommodation recognition payment was the only work carried out in respect of the impacts, or potential impacts, that the accommodation recognition pay…

1266. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of successful tenant in-situ schemes acquisitions completed by Wicklow County Council since its inception in April 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19985/25]