1199. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the analysis his Department has undertaken to assess the volumes of residential zoned land in the current city and county development plans; and the level of residential land deficits his Department estimates to exist across the State and in each local authority administrative area. [19206/25]
Topics / Departmental Data
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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1204. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total number of units retrofitted, by local authority area for each of the past five years. [19248/25]
1205. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total spend on retrofitting of housing units by local authority, in tabular form. [19249/25]
1218. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning applications for rural one-off dwellings submitted in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19392/25]
1219. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning approvals granted for rural one-off dwellings in 2024, 2023, and 2022 in counties Louth, Meath, Cavan, and Monaghan. [19393/25]
1220. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of refusals for rural one-off dwelling applications in Louth, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan that were appealed to An Bord Pleanála in 2024, 2023, and 2022; and the percentage of those appeals that resulted in approvals. [19394/25]
1244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the average cost incurred in retrofitting a standard three-bedroom local authority home. [19879/25]
1288. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all briefing documents provided to him by his Department officials since taking office; and the dates on which those briefing documents were submitted to him. [20101/25]
1298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]
1313. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of acres of land sold, by each local authority, for counties Wicklow and Wexford to date; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20477/25]
1327. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these residential applicatio…
1344. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V and AHB Part V and PPP, in tabular form. [20936/25]
1345. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing new builds delivered in 2024 by delivery streams, SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, Local Authority Part V, Approved Housing Body Part V and regeneration and PPP. [20937/25]
1461. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will disclose which groups have lobbied him regarding the Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024, the automatic enrolment of workers into pension schemes, the timing and implementation of automatic enrolment, including all documentation, correspondences, meetings and minutes of meetings with lobbyists related to automatic enro…
1487. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide figures for the number of people who have had their jobseekers’ payments cut each month to date in 2025; the amount deducted from payments as a result; how this compares with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21257/25]
1488. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of enterprises in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme to support employment of those with disabilities and the number of individuals so supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21274/25]
1506. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 999 of 22 January 2025, if he is now in a position to provide data requested from the Garda Commissioner by his predecessor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/25]
1535. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases taken by the DPP since 1 January 2020 that have not complied with the premise of parity of representation set as precedent in case law Carmody v. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Others. (2009); the case names, dates, and locations of these court cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18963/25]
1594. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of flights facilitating deportation that have taken place in the last 12 months; the number he anticipates to take place by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20050/25]
1607. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of former Garda officers that have provided consultancy to his Department and or An Garda Síochána in the past three years to date; the costs associated with those engagements, the nature of same; and if the engagement resulted in a report being produced. [20177/25]
1875. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied); if she believes that the treatment of this person is in line with the obligations of government under the UNCRPD, which provides for the right of disabled persons to live independently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20049/25]
1898. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline the manner in which such funding is managed and accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20409/25]
1899. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years per discipline for young people in each Integrated health area of the mid-west regional health area children's disability network teams, in tabular form; to include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and the long…
1900. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years, per discipline, for young people in each Integrated health area of the Dublin and south east regional health area children's disability network teams, in tabular form; to include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve month…
1905. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times in months and years per discipline for young people in each integrated health area of the Dublin and midlands regional health area children's disability network teams, in tabular form; to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve mont…