596. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department are evaluating to reduce building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54816/25]
Topics / Construction Industry
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsConstruction Industry
76 questions from 28 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 14 July 2026.
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73 written, 3 oral
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| May 2025 | 10 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 1 |
| October 2025 | 3 |
| November 2025 | 16 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 2 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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600. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will assess the amount construction costs will be reduced if planning application wait times are reduced by 25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54821/25]
1127. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of prolonged delays to a new development (details supplied) in Sligo; the action he will take with the developer and stakeholders regarding the completion timeline; his plans to implement stronger protections for buyers in off plan purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/25]
1597. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide updated figures on the installation of heat pumps in new homes for Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43061/25]
1676. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update into the review of the Construction Progress Report pipeline. [44157/25]
1702. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has investigated forming a State construction company, similar to an ESB for housing, with the aim of providing secure employment for construction workers and a supply of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44275/25]
1703. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has explored setting up State delivered modular housing factories to accelerate housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44276/25]
588. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his officials have been made aware of alarming practices on the part of residential housing developers (details supplied); if he will outline the non-judicial remedies homeowners may seek in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39332/25]
15. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the efforts he and his Department have made to encourage new technologies in the construction sector; the role he believes modular housing can play in the current crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35401/25]
822. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress of the mandatory registration to the Construction Industry Register Ireland due at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29778/25]
109. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the work of the Construction Sector Group to date in 2025; to detail how the priority themes are being progressed by the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27328/25]
827. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of the construction and green skills unit within his Department in implementing the Careers in Construction Action Plan. [27259/25]
828. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the date for the completion and publication of the report commissioned by the construction and green skills unit within his Department to identify existing skills and training targets, common skills requirements, and information gaps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27260/25]
829. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress of the delivery of the MMC Skills Action Plan; when he expects the plan to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27261/25]
830. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of the establishment of an MMC traineeship, and if this traineeship will be available as expected in Q3 2025. [27262/25]
831. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to update as to when the scheduled review of the Careers in Construction Action Plan in 2025 will begin. [27264/25]
20. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department is taking to increase training capacity in modern methods of construction nationwide to meet housing and infrastructure targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25972/25]
689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average per-unit cost of construction under social and affordable housing schemes, by year and by project type (house or apartment), compared to private sector benchmarks. [23343/25]
1233. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department have spent on encouraging Irish construction workers to return to Ireland; if he will outline any financial incentives for those workers to return; the amount of construction workers that have returned to Ireland in the each of the past five years and if his Department has done a …
277. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the Construction Industry Register Ireland regulations; when the regulations will be formally notified to the European Commission; to provide specific details on what notification procedure or process through which these regulations will be notified; any associated steps involved in the notification process; an…
97. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the recent meeting of a group (details supplied); if there is a work plan for this group for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/25]
508. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is aware that asbestos sheets had been used for the construction of the (details supplied), and if the Department will have these sheets removed in a safe manner. [10743/25]
251. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment given the current housing crisis, if he has any plans to bring in qualified non-EU workers in the construction industry, such as plumbers, electricians, bricklayers and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10304/25]
428. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy of his Department toward the use of 3D printing for home construction; if he envisions widescale usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5730/25]
587. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the statutory register for architectural technologists to give them recognition alongside other sector disciplines, architects, engineers and building surveyors in built environment; the timeline for the register to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2455/25]