Questions

243. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures in place for local authorities to bring vacant housing stock back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37543/26]

247. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce statutory regulations for online property bidding platforms and estate agents to deal with potential overbidding and gazumping; his views on introducing mandatory transparency standards for active property biddings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37480/26]

591. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered increasing HAP payments in Galway; if he has considered increasing the homeless HAP flexibility from 35% to 50% in Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36682/26]

625. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 513 of 6 May 2026, if supports are available to a person who has already received approval for social housing but has been issued with a social housing income assessment and has literacy vulnerabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37596/26]

344. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason local authorities are no longer accepting properties under long-term leasing arrangements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35932/26]

348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage which councils accept self-declarations in terms of owning properties abroad when a person from abroad applies for local authority homes. [35969/26]

349. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how long immigrants must be habitually resident in Ireland before they can apply for local author homes. [35970/26]

351. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently consider a waiver in respect of planning permission for short-term lets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36088/26]

369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has examined international models for integrating migration and homelessness forecasting into housing policy planning; and if so, which jurisdictions were examined. [36253/26]

101. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether representation for the disability service providers is provided for on the disability steering groups within each County Council; in particular, whether representation is provided for section 39A providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35749/26]

107. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's plan to address the housing needs of people with an intellectual disability who are cared for at home by parents and family members aged 70 and over; the plans in place to address the housing needs of these individuals when their carers pass away or can no longer care for them; and if he will make a statement on the…

699. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the process whereby Fingal County Council was informed by his Department that it must remove green roofs from housing proposed for Malahide Road, despite the provision of such green infrastructure being an objective of policy at national, regional and local levels, and the reasons for those instructions. [34575/26]

700. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency have been given to understand by his Department that they should not include green roofs in housing proposals. [34576/26]

728. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the specific mechanisms being used by his Department to address the affordability of housing at a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34988/26]

729. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the specific mechanisms being used by his Department to address the affordability of housing in the wider Dublin area, where housing is priced at a particularly high level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34989/26]

743. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that he brought a memo to cabinet on 21 April 2026 on the retrospective funding of OMCs who have already funded the remediation of celtic tiger era building defects. [35187/26]

749. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the eight pathfinder projects due to receive retrospective funding for building defects remediation; including a detailed update on where each pathfinder project is at; and the funding that has been approved and the outstanding issues to be addressed before funding will be released. [35328/26]

333. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an assessment has taken place on the additional infrastructure required for the population within a site in Dublin south-west inner city with several large residential construction projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33600/26]

334. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that will be taken to address the additional needs for infrastructure for large residential construction projects in Dublin south west inner city (details supplied), for example water, waste and power capacity; addition of primary and secondary school places; provision of additional primary healthcare; the transportation …

340. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review a case (details supplied); his views on whether this is correct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33621/26]

341. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will consider providing financial assistance for the renovation of Kilmainham Mill, in Kilmainham, Dublin 8. [33637/26]

346. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an assessment has taken place on the additional infrastructure required for the population within a 27 acre site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33890/26]

347. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that will be taken to address the additional needs for infrastructure, such as water, waste and power capacity; the addition of primary and secondary school places; the provision of additional primary healthcare; and the transportation network, for example any provision of infrastructure such as additional buses/bus routes…

499. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legislative or planning reforms under consideration to facilitate higher density housing, including apartments and duplexes, in existing urban areas, particularly in Dublin; the current status of any such proposals; the expected timeline for their introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32044/26]

552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a whole-of-government strategy exists linking housing policy with migration and population planning; if so, to outline the governance structure underpinning that coordination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33269/26]