Housing Policy

365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider abolishing the income limits for social housing eligibility and fund a universally accessible social housing system through a scheme of differential rents. [26729/25]

395. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the rationale for recent comments he made in a newspaper (details supplied) regarding international investors; to provide any analysis his Department has conducted or used on the amount of any such investment in housing by international investors that Ireland is believed to be losing out on; the countr…

396. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has directly produced, or contracted a third-party to produce, an analysis of the return on investment or yield from private residential investment in Ireland and the factors that may be impacting the levels of such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27550/25]

404. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he would consider discounting the working family payment when assessing income for inclusion on the social housing list or alternatively include income from the working family payment as part of the local authority loan assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27700/25]

266. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is implementing to address the reported increase in the number of children in emergency accommodation, as highlighted in recent statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26541/25]

267. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the implementation status of the 14 recommendations made in the 2019 report by the Oireachtas Committee on Housing regarding child and family homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26542/25]

268. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how his Department assesses the impact of housing policies on children, specifically regarding the use of a children’s rights framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26543/25]

269. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to develop a specific child and family focused homelessness strategy, as recommended by the Ombudsman for Children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26544/25]

74. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being implemented to improve access to cost rental housing for single applicants in Dublin, given current eligibility criteria and affordability assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26077/25]

81. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to strike a fair balance between investment in housing and ensuring first-time buyers are not pushed out of the market; if he is aware of reports that some new developments (details supplied), are being marketed overseas to large investors; if he plans to introduce any further measures to…

526. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to re-introduce the local development levy waiver on new houses, as was offered to home builders up to December 2024, considering the increasing building costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25092/25]

542. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a detailed update on actions taken by his Department to ensure compliance with the European Convention of Human Rights on foot of their decision in the Collective Complaint FIDH v Ireland Complaint no 110/2014 and its decision in 2017 finding the Irish State failed to take sufficient and timely measur…

545. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections available to a person on a leasehold agreement. [25374/25]

559. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the temporary waiver in respect of development contributions paid to local authorities for owner occupiers building their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25772/25]

560. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to extend the Uisce Eireann rebate paid to local authorities for owner occupiers building their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25773/25]

11. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to expand the provision of modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24654/25]

16. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for confirmation as to when the social housing thresholds in County Laois are to rise, as there is still quite a number of people on housing lists who are over the threshold by a small amount, and many who are getting on in age worrying that if they do not qualify for social housing, they will become homeless du…

25. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider reevaluating the maximum market values in the local authority home loan, given that in Kildare, it is capped at €360,000 and the newest batch of affordable homes released by Kildare County Council were valued at €365,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24845/25]

30. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the income limits for eligibility for social housing in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24839/25]

36. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he still plans to assign a housing 'tsar'; if so, the cost associated with this position; to clarify the specific role relating to the speeding up of the housing delivery, considering we already have three housing Ministers, a Secretary General, a whole team of assistant secretaries general and a multitude of…

48. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to reinstate the Uisce Éireann rebate and the development contribution waiver for first-time self-builders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24774/25]

49. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any facility to transfer between local authority housing lists in cases of domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/25]

64. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income limits to qualify for social housing as the current limits exclude a large cohort of individuals and families from both social housing and mortgage approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24261/25]

74. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to increase the qualifying income limits for eligibility for social housing supports; and when the last change to these limits was implemented. [24773/25]

76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to offer any additional supports for those leaving domestic abuse in terms of finding new housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24864/25]