Questions

507. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with respect to the Social Housing Support Household Means Policy 2021, the criteria with respect to maintenance payments received by an applicant. [57407/25]

98. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if holders of refugee, subsidiary protection and programme refugee statuses who are applying to access social housing supports are required to show proof of income for the previous 12 months if some of that period was spent in their country of origin; if it is only required to show proof of income from the date they received that st…

381. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected cost and allocation for the temporary waiver of the development levy and water connection charges in 2026. [50042/25]

1569. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his revised housing plan will be published. [42748/25]

11. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a date for when his revised housing plan will be completed and published. [35826/25]

542. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed update on actions taken by his Department to ensure compliance with the European Convention of Human Rights on foot of their decision in the Collective Complaint FIDH v Ireland Complaint no 110/2014 and its decision in 2017 finding the Irish State failed to take sufficient and timely measures to ensure the rig…

617. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the relationship between and the difference between the housing capital allocations of €3.6 billon and €3.8 billion for 2025 referenced by him in the media (details supplied) and the capital allocation for housing of €3.094 billion for 2025 as set out on page 159 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 publishe…

629. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarifications to the statement issued by his Department to the media on Sunday 30 March 2025 (details supplied). [17239/25]

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the €111 million capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March and the €450 million capital funding approved for social and affordable housing by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; for a breakdown of the €111 million, by funding stream, including SHIP, CALF, CAS, CREL and AHF;…

245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €325 million capital funding for social housing acquisitions announced by the Minister on 31 March, by local authority area, in tabular form; and to confirm that this funding is additional to the funding detailed in the revised estimate for public services published by the Department of Finance on 19 D…

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated estimate for sub heads A4, A7, A11, A236 and A31 following the announcement of an additional €436 million in capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March 2025. [16422/25]

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a copy of the circular on social housing acquisitions issued to local authorities alongside the capital allocations for acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025. [16423/25]

249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the €325 million for social housing acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025 is additional to the €1.867 billion allocated to A4 SHIP, A7 CAS and A11 CALF in the revised estimates published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2024; and if not, if this is the amount from within the revised estimates as published in Decembe…

964. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will next update the Basic Unit Costs (BUCs) and the Acquisition Cost Guidelines (ACGs) for social housing; if these same measures are applied to affordable housing delivered via cost rental equity loan, CREL and the affordable housing fund, AHF; and if he will give a commitment to make the revised BUCs and ACGs available t…

534. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposed allocations schemes for cost rental housing including an update on whether any regulations have been issued by him and any scheme specific cost rental allocations schemes approved; and if so, where and for which category of worker/tenant. [7711/25]

372. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the recent Housing Commission report and to outline if a working group will be established to facilitate the implementation of the report. [4559/25]

595. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 22 January 2025, to confirm that no circular has been issued to local authorities with respect to housing assistance payment rates for separated parents with part access to their children, whereby the HAP rate is changed when the child turns 18. [2671/25]

710. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the decision of a local authority to withdraw the one adult and one child rate of HAP from separated parents with part access to their child when the child reaches 18 years is a policy of his Department or a decision for the local authority; if he agrees with such decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46312/…