Questions

51. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the March 2026 rent reset will be operationalised in a way that will protect renters and mitigate for the financial incentive for landlords to evict tenants ahead of the rent reset date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53901/25]

63. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to increase the number of long-term private rental houses across the country. [53286/25]

97. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will implement protections for students from excessive rent increases that may occur following on from the new rent rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39573/25]

106. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider his stance outlined in Parliamentary Question Nos. 384, 385 and 386 of 23 September 2025 (details supplied) regarding the regulation of licensee arrangements in rental accommodation in view of the exploitation outlined in Threshold's ‘Renting at the Frontier’ report launched 30 September 2025; and if he will ma…

107. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support short term rental/family run self-catering businesses, and the rural tourism sector, by putting an exemption in place from planning for existing operators and treat those with four or less units in the same manner as B and Bs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53821/25]

128. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on increasing the supply of cost-rental homes in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53448/25]

133. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will examine measures to support the continued availability of rental accommodation to households in receipt of the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53827/25]

546. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a circular will be issued to outline the changes to tenancy laws that are coming into force in March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51270/25]

570. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Housing for All commitment to introduce a minimum BER for private rental accommodation; the timeframe for its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51726/25]

593. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to publication of the Government’s Autumn legislative programme, to set out the matters to be addressed in the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill; the timeline for the preparation and publication of the Bill; whether pre-legislative scrutiny is planned in respect of the bill; and if he will make a statement on th…

362. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he accepts that the requirement to sell with tenants in situ significantly reduces the market value of rental properties in developments such as Sirius Wharf; and whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of this provision. [49763/25]

371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that 53 families in Sirius Wharf, Cobh, will face eviction notices by February 2026 as landlords exit the rental market; and the emergency provisions that will be put in place locally to prevent homelessness in this case. [49760/25]

372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has assessed the impact of the March 2026 legislation, which prevents landlords with more than three units from selling with vacant possession, on the supply of rental properties in Cobh and in Cork city and county. [49761/25]

373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures being planned for Cobh to protect families facing eviction as a result of the March 2026 legislation. [49765/25]

384. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to protect renters who are subletting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50147/25]

385. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation to protect renters who are in a subletting arrangement and are not covered under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/25]

386. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation to protect renters in digs accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50149/25]

643. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider implementing a deposit protection scheme for renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47935/25]

693. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current policies and supports available for tenants who fall into rent arrears; the procedures in place to ensure that vulnerable families are not put at risk of homelessness due to missed payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48776/25]

1181. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide clarity on the status of a landlord (details supplied) following changes to the rent pressure zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45401/25]

1279. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the extension of rent pressure zones announced on 10 June 2025 was not given legal effect until 20 June 2025; if he will publish the Departmental advice he received warning of risks to tenants during this gap; and the monitoring the Department undertook of rent increases in non-RPZ areas during that period. [46924/25]

1280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has assessed the risk that the new “reset to market rent” provisions will incentivise economic evictions; the safeguards in place to prevent abuse of this provision; and if he will consider mandatory proof-of-market requirements and strengthened penalties for landlords found to be misusing resets. [46925/25]

1281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the level of proactive enforcement carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board on rent pressure zone compliance since June 2025; the number of sanctions imposed; and his plans to strengthen Residential Tenancies Board resources to allow for rolling compliance inspections, rather than relying on te…

1511. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to review the monthly rent of cost-rental properties and if he will decrease these so as more people can access these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42067/25]

1529. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assistance available to people who are not on a social housing list when they are given notice to quit their rental property and are unable to find an alternative place to rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42156/25]