1118. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social, affordable and cost-rental units currently in the pipeline for delivery at various stages with his Department; the expected delivery year from these totals in each of the three categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44525/25]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Data
4,236 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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4,233 written, 3 oral
140
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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departments asked
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| January 2025 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
1120. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/25]
1249. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Part V homes bought, by each local authority, in 2023 and 2024; the average cost of each home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46449/25]
1250. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an estimated unit cost to the Exchequer for providing cost rental homes,1-, 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom; and for providing affordable homes, 1-, 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/25]
1258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the county and local authority-level breakdown of Q2 2025 new dwelling completions, apartment share and pipeline indicators for Cork city and county; and if his Department projects the 2025 completions target to be met, given CSO data showing a 35% year-on-year increase in Q2 completions and a doubling in apartments. [46515/25]
1266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants on the housing list in County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/25]
1268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants in County Kerry that were allocated houses in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/25]
1269. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses constructed or bought in County Kerry and allocated to qualified housing applicants in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46655/25]
1270. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses that will be constructed or bought in County Kerry in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46656/25]
1382. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the age profile categories of clients being granted invalidity pension in the last number of years, broken down under age profiles, under 25, 25 to 34, 35 to 44, 45 to 54 and 55 to 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46183/25]
1404. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of applications for fuel allowance from persons over 70 years of age that were refused the fuel allowance in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; the top three reasons for refusal; and the grade of staff member within his Department that decides to approve or refuse fuel allowance for persons over 70 years of age. [46708/25]
1407. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]
1408. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers that qualify for the carer’s allowance in the wake of changes to income disregards, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/25]
1417. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail the number of homes that currently qualify for the fuel allowance, in tabular form, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/25]
1424. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants in receipt of foster care allowance qualified for back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if the number is in keeping or different to the figures in his statement in June 2025 announcing their inclusion in the scheme. [47327/25]
1425. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of extending eligibility for the fuel allowance to all pensioners; to all in receipt of the working family payment and-or a medical card; the estimated full-year cost of abolishing the waiting period of a year for those on jobseeker’s allowance; the cost of increasing the rate by €20 per week; and of extending the payment p…
1438. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers allowance applications received in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, and the number approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/25]
1439. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for domiciliary care allowance applications in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/25]
1440. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance recipients in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47480/25]
1513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of offences under s.2 and s.3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and relevant Public Order Act 1994 provisions where the victim’s nationality was recorded as Indian, with monthly and Garda division breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45130/25]
1514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recorded hate related crimes and incidents flagged with bias motivation to race, ethnicity and nationality for the period 11 February 2025 to 11 August 2025; the subset where victim nationality was Indian; and the number of charges citing hate aggravation under the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024, indicating pr…
1515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide comparative figures for the same offence categories and period (details supplied) for Irish nationals and to provide details of the five most frequently recorded non-Irish victim nationalities; to provide the data quality profile, that is rates of unknown or not recorded for nationality and ethnic/cultural background fields…
1680. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked jeeps in the garda fleet as of 15 August 2025; if he will provide the same figures as of 31 August 2022, in tabular form. [46706/25]
1683. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the information is on file for a person (details supplied) given no documents are showing up on the online portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46831/25]
1691. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents successfully de-escalated by prison officers without the use of physical force in each of the years 2022 to date, by prison, in tabular form; his views on the collection of data in this circumstance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/25]