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Housing Policy

767 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

767
questions
752 written, 15 oral
120
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
8
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20254
February 202533
March 202523
April 202519
May 202558
June 202518
July 202541
August 20250
September 202526
October 202550
November 202596
December 202517
January 202677
February 202653
March 202640
April 202633
May 202675
June 202644
July 202618
August 20260
September 202617
October 202625

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.

  • Aontú23 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil173 from 32 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael109 from 20 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent47 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland91 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party60 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity35 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin166 from 32 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 87
  2. 43
  3. 37
  4. 24
  5. 24
  6. 22
  7. 20
  8. 19

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
574. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason his Department does not record disability status for households supported under the Housing Assistance Payment, and when such tracking will be introduced in line with the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66206/25]
Pa Daly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
587. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 164 of 19 November 2025, the number of dwellings fitted with solar PV; the average cost per installation; the average kW installed; the targets that exist for solar PV under the EERP scheme, in each of the years 2020 to date 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623…
Matt Carthy Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Housing
166. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the assessments his Department has carried out on the impact of students studying English language courses on housing pressures in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64303/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Housing
167. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his Department’s strategy in relation to the housing needs of students studying on English language courses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64304/25]
Matt Carthy Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Housing
168. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of students studying on English language courses who were housed in the private rented sector; who were housed in designated student accommodation; who were staying with host families; and who were in other types of accommodation, in the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the audit and reporting obligations that will apply to all delivery bodies under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the schedule for publishing expenditure reports; and whether regional-level cost data will be included in these reports. [64410/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit for social housing, affordable purchase, and cost-rental homes delivered in 2023 and 2024; the projected average unit cost under Delivering Homes, Building Communities for each year to 2030; and the measures in place to control unit-level cost inflation. [64401/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the additional €6 billion referenced in Delivering Homes, Building Communities will be allocated across construction, land acquisition, infrastructure, subsidies, and administrative costs; and the timeframe for expenditure in each category. [64402/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the controls in place to ensure value for money in approved housing bodies-delivered housing projects funded under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the audit mechanisms applied; and the criteria used to approve per-unit funding for approved housing bodies schemes. [64403/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
543. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected impact of construction cost inflation on the delivery targets set out in Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the inflation assumptions used in the plan; and the contingency measures in place to prevent cost overruns. [64404/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
544. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average acquisition cost of land used for housing delivery in the past two years; the expected land costs for new sites under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and the steps being taken to reduce land acquisition pressures, including land-value capture and State-owned site activation. [64405/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
545. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a formal value-for-money review has been completed for the Housing for All programme; if so, the findings of the review; and the way in which these findings informed the design of Delivering Homes, Building Communities. [64406/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total projected expenditure on developer subsidies for affordable homes and cost-rental units under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the expected per-unit subsidy in each scheme; and the evidence used to justify these subsidy levels. [64409/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
550. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of first home scheme drawdowns, where the home buyer was also availing of help-to-buy, for each year since the first home scheme has been operational. [62755/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
551. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of help-to-buy drawdowns where the home buyer was also availing of first home scheme for each year since the first home scheme has been operational. [62756/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
553. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the Bill to introduce new housing reforms in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62784/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected annual housing delivery for Cork city and Cork county under the new national plan Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and the expected output for each year to 2030. [63857/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expected annual and cumulative delivery for each region, including Cork city and Cork county, under the new strategy Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the number of homes allocated to social housing, affordable purchase, and private market supply in each area; and the basis on which these allocations were determined. [6387…
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
615. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes to be delivered in Cork city, Blarney, Mallow, Glanmire and surrounding areas in each year to 2030 under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and the supporting data used to assess local need in these areas. [63875/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
616. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 90,000 starter homes referenced in Delivering Homes, Building Communities that will be delivered in Cork city and Cork county; the expected annual output for each year to 2030; and the criteria used to decide regional distribution. [63876/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
617. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes delivered in each year from 2021 to 2024 under Housing for All; the gap between those results and the original annual targets; and how this delivery record informed the new 2030 targets in Delivering Homes, Building Communities. [63877/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
621. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected cost per unit across social, affordable, and market delivery streams under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the measures in place to ensure value-for-money; and the steps being taken to prevent cost inflation seen in previous programmes. [63881/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
622. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether Cork City Council and Cork County Council have the staff, procurement capacity, and capital resources required to meet their delivery targets under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and whether additional support will be provided. [63882/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
628. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities have sufficient planning, engineering, and procurement staff to meet the delivery targets under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and whether additional staff or resources will be provided to Cork City Council and Cork County Council. [63894/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Housing
630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the affordability assumptions used in Delivering Homes, Building Communities for first-time buyers and cost-rental tenants; the income levels these assumptions are based on; and the measures planned to ensure affordability targets are met in each region. [63896/25]