Questions

231. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current legislative timeline for the full implementation of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 and the establishment of the short-term letting register; and the specific measures being taken to ensure local authorities are adequately resourced to enforce the associated planning regulations. [67200/26]

360. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration will be given to extending the RAS pilot to cities outside of Dublin namely Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54343/26]

361. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the 23 recommendations contained in the Review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) published in January 2025; the number of recommendations fully implemented to date; the timeline for the remaining modifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54346/26]

454. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proposed rent increases for residents of a facility (details supplied), whereby monthly rents are proposed to increase from approximately €371 to €571, with some individual tenants facing increases of up to 176%; his views on whether such increases are compatible with the objectives of social housing; and if …

456. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will consider introducing additional statutory protections for older persons living in approved housing body accommodation to ensure that tenants on fixed incomes are not subject to excessive rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51242/26]

457. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the oversight his Department exercises over rent-setting policies of approved housing bodies funded under the capital assistance scheme; whether his Department has the power to intervene where proposed rent increases would cause financial hardship to elderly social housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…

458. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has examined extending rent pressure zone protections, or introducing equivalent rent increase limits, to approved housing bodies providing social housing under the capital assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/26]

460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the operation of the economic value provisions applied by approved housing bodies in determining rents, particularly in the case of elderly tenants living in social housing funded by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/26]

84. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce measures to reduce cost-rental rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/26]

187. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will carry out a review of the licensing system in relation to the Government’s plan to allow landlords to rent out modular units adjacent to the principal private residence under the proposed revised exempted development guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37482/26]

234. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures he will take to address the growing unaffordability of cost rental rents and unviability of cost rental developments; if his Department will outline the systemic impact of recent construction inflation on cost-covering rent calculations; the measures being introduced to support approved housing bodies,, local…

244. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position for a landlord who charges below market rent under the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003, if a tenant is deemed to have occupied property without paying market rent; if the difference between the rent paid and the market rent is deemed a taxable gift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33299/26]

245. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to alter section 40 of the Capital Acquisitions Tax Consolidation Act 2003, to examine the fact that rent forbearance is treated as a gift in the period it occurs, potentially creating a tax liability for the tenant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33300/26]

246. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners can provide guidance to ensure that temporary rent reductions offered to tenants facing financial hardship do not trigger a significant CAT liability on the tenant, acting as a barrier to supporting tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33301/26]

247. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will formalise into legislation the Revenue Commissioners guidance that allows for adult children to live at home without incurring CAT, given the current financial constraints on young people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33302/26]

1028. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take to address the unaffordability and the viability gap of cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19020/26]

1029. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider increasing RAS contribution limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19021/26]

434. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the commitment in Delivering Homes, Building Communities to remove the blanket ban on pets in apartments; when this measure will be applied to the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11572/26]

138. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assessment and modelling he and his Department have carried out in the context of the residential tenancies (amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2025 on rent levels in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4936/26]

1399. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the rational for using Eircode routing keys in respect of the upcoming Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2025 concerning the rent register as opposed to using the Pobal HP deprivation index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74601/25]

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]

437. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately commence section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, in order to restore rent-setting for local authority housing to a reserved function of elected councillors, as originally intended under the 2009 Act; the reason, in the absence of commencement, each local authority chief executive retai…

402. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a single deferential rent scheme for local authority tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27674/25]

81. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the review into rent pressure zones will be published; what measures he will take to safeguard renters in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24504/25]

739. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of inspectors for private rental properties for each local authority for the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23707/25]