Housing Policy

1186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department conducted an assessment of the impact of family reunification arrivals on demand for social housing and emergency accommodation; and if additional housing units have been earmarked for this purpose. [45566/25]

1231. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage , when a review of the net income limits for social housing supports will next take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46100/25]

1314. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing will be increased for applicants in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47499/25]

1316. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of occasions a local authority in the State has waived the requirement that an applicant for social housing either normally resides or has a local connection to that functional area; by local authority and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47511/25]

928. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the National Standards Authority of Ireland provide certification for modular home extensions or garden log cabins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42829/25]

1423. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any circumstances whereby a social housing applicant can transfer his or her application to another local authority and retain their original date of application. [41167/25]

1424. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any circumstances whereby a social housing tenant can transfer to a property in another local authority in another county i.e. in cases where there are extenuating family and personal reasons and there should be some provision for this. [41168/25]

1453. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the income eligibility thresholds for social housing have been increased nationally in the past 20 years; the years those increases occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41438/25]

1454. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the years in which the social housing income bands were changed; and to outline each change. [41439/25]

1455. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the social housing income bands in County Mayo have been increased since 2010; the dates those changes took effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41440/25]

1456. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current income bands or caps that determine eligibility for affordable housing supports under Housing for All. [41441/25]

1457. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list all housing support schemes available to households whose incomes exceed the social housing and fall below affordable housing thresholds. [41442/25]

1522. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the social housing income thresholds will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42088/25]

1536. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider adopting an approach to cost-rental and affordable purchase housing similar to other European countries such as Denmark which operates on a not-for-profit basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42209/25]

1559. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targeted policies being introduced by his Department to support young adults in accessing affordable housing, to enable family formation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42548/25]

1563. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider introducing emergency legislation to expedite housing developments for the general population as has been done in response to accommodation needs under IPAS given the urgency of the ongoing housing crisis. [42668/25]

1569. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his revised housing plan will be published. [42748/25]

1587. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the provision, if any, that exists for people in receipt of HAP in one local authority area, and who have children attending local schools, but who are on the housing list for a different local authority area, to transfer to the housing list of the local authority area in which they live and their children…

1638. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider establishing a cross-departmental housing supply dashboard or task force to monitor real-time monthly data on housing commencements, completions, immigration trends, and residential price movements in order to improve coordination across Government and respond more quickly to emerging pres…

1655. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has approved a prohibition on purchase of second-hand dwellings by approved housing bodies (AHBs) under the capital acquisitions scheme (CAS); if he is aware that such a prohibition will impact most on AHBs that provide homes for people with disabilities and will result in thwarting progress in housing …

1687. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the designation of recipients of HAP housing as having their housing needs met, to allow them to remain on social housing waiting lists and be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44225/25]

1697. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of reports that high rents are impeding single people from saving for a deposit for a one bedroom house in their price range, if his Department has explored a path to removing the 20% LTV deposit required by financial institutions to approve a mortgage for a one bedroom apartment; and if he will make a s…

1723. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether it is consistent with national policy that a local authority in Dublin has voted to reduce the density of zoned housing on a vacant parcel of land (details supplied). [44352/25]

1728. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to strengthen and reform the powers available to local authorities to tackle the housing crisis at local levels, for example, expanding the use of compulsory purchase orders or strengthening the ability to pursue non-payment of fines or levies; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

144. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the Programme for Government, the progress his Department has made in ensuring the Housing Agency is able to effectively regulate the owners management sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39977/25]