774. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the additional staff sanctioned to An Bord Pleanála in 2023 and 2024 and the cost of increasing the sanction by a further 30 staff across clerical, administrative and inspector posts. [29382/25]
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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.
4,236
questions
4,233 written, 3 oral
140
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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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 |
Who asks, by party
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
775. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the additional staff sanctioned to local authority planning sections in 2024 and 2025; and the cost for every additional 100 staff sanctioned for planning authorities across the same grade as the additional sanctions in 2024 and 2025. [29383/25]
776. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost to the Exchequer for every additional 1,000 social housing units delivered through the following schemes, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CALF turnkey, and social housing acquisition. [29384/25]
777. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost to the Exchequer for every additional 1,000 affordable housing units delivered through the following schemes, CREL construction, CREL turnkey, AHF construction, and AHF turnkey. [29385/25]
778. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost of increasing the funding for housing adaptation grants by 25%, 50% and 100%. [29386/25]
779. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost of increasing the funding for social housing retrofits by 25%, 50% and 100%. [29387/25]
780. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost of increasing the funding for social housing maintenance including the voids programme by 25%, 50% and 100%. [29388/25]
781. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost of increasing the funding for estate regeneration by 25%, 50% and 100%. [29389/25]
783. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional cost of increasing the funding for defects remediation schemes by 50%, 100% and 150%. [29392/25]
784. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will state the number of SHIP applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29399/25]
785. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will state the number of CALF applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals [29400/25]
786. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will state the number of CAS applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29401/25]
787. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will state the number of CREL applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29402/25]
788. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will state the number of AHF applications that have been submitted to hid Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29403/25]
791. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of new Housing First tenancies created in each of the years 2016 to 2024 and to date in 2025, with a breakdown by local authority area; the total number of active Housing First tenancies currently operating in each local authority area; and if he will provide the Housing First targets for each local authority and h…
796. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the next tranche of URDF. [29531/25]
807. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to the local biodiversity action fund operated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; the estimated cost to increase it by 10% in 2026; the estimated cost to increase it by 25% in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the …
810. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new Housing First tenancies created in each of the years 2020 to 2024, by second-hand acquisition, turnkey and construction, with a further breakdown of each of these categories by local authority area. [29687/25]
821. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new towns and cities infrastructure investment fund will be established; the criteria for eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29777/25]
826. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing need and demand assessment targets for each local authority have been agreed and communicated to the relevant local authorities; and to provide those figures by local authority, in tabular form. [29955/25]
827. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the 30,330 new homes completed in 2024 by tenure including, social, affordable (AHB, LA, LDA), private rental and private purchase and one off/self-build, in tabular form. [29957/25]
834. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for clarification in relation to housing for older people grants eligibility where a person is residing in a retirement home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30060/25]
852. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the breakdown of the value of commercial rates collected by Kilkenny and Carlow County Councils for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/25]
854. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing projects that will now be transferred from the Peter McVerry Trust to local authorities and other approved housing bodies; to provide a breakdown of this by local authority area and number of units; and the number of social housing projects that will now not proceed as a result of the restructuring of t…
865. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when work on translating revised national housing targets into local, tenure-specific targets which was reported as ongoing and at an advanced stage will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/25]