579. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has undertaken work or plans to introduce requirements for estate agents and property websites to clearly label AI-generated or digitally altered images in residential property advertisements. [73687/26]
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580. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has examined or is planning to introduce a national digital bidding system to improve transparency and prevent false or misleading bids in residential property sales. [73688/26]
581. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has undertaken or plans to undertake a review of estate agent regulation, including the potential establishment of an independent complaints and redress mechanism for property buyers and sellers. [73693/26]
582. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has examined or plans to introduce mandatory standards for residential property advertisements, including verified floor areas, accurate property descriptions and transparent asking prices. [73695/26]
106. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and value of purchases of residential property by non-household entities in each of the years 2021 to 2025, distinguishing entities registered in the State from those registered outside of the State and excluding local authorities, approved housing bodies and other public bodies, in tabular form. [69211/26]
490. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether data is collected on residential property purchases by non-EEA nationals holding temporary immigration permissions; and if so, to provide relevant figures. [31891/26]
149. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure transparency in the home-buying process, to curb ghost bids and gazumping, and to curtail bidding wars that are leading to higher house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18166/26]
625. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of homes purchased in Ireland by investment funds, by area and house size, across 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [14473/26]
446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department holds disaggregated information on residential property purchases by non resident and non EEA buyers, including number and value of transactions by local authority area, price band and property type since 2020; whether he will arrange for publication of this information on a regular basis in line with existing…
1127. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if greater protections will be considered for buyers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59848/25]
646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the average price paid per unit by approved housing bodies and local authorities when purchasing newly built homes; the way in which this compares to the average private market purchase price; and if value-for-money assessments are being undertaken before these acquisitions are approved. [47949/25]
1480. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage under the Property Services Regulations Act 2011, whether the address of the property sold is published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41722/25]
1699. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of reports regarding the lack of transparency and culture of bidding wars that has emerged in the Irish housing market (details supplied), if he is concerned by these trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44272/25]
33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units purchased by international investment funds in Ireland, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [12019/25]
65. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes prevented from bulk sale in Meath since May 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12616/25]
108. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes prevented from bulk sale to residential funds in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12581/25]
913. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units that have been bought by individuals or companies from outside the EU for each of the past five years, by the nationality of the companies and individuals who bought the property. [11830/25]
914. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units bought by investment funds in Ireland for each of the past five years. [11831/25]
925. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in Ireland owned by individuals or businesses from outside the EU; and the estimated total value of these properties. [12043/25]
926. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that have been bought by individuals or businesses from outside the EU in each of the past five years; and the estimated annual value of properties which have been bought by individuals and businesses in the same timeframe. [12044/25]
379. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that went sale agreed in 2024; how many of these were apartments and how many were houses; the number bought by individuals; the number bought by institutions; the number bought by local authorities; how many of the individuals that bought these homes were first-time buyers; and if he will make a stateme…