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]
Topics / Housing Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHousing Policy
767 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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752 written, 15 oral
120
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 33 |
| March 2025 | 23 |
| April 2025 | 19 |
| May 2025 | 58 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 41 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 26 |
| October 2025 | 50 |
| November 2025 | 96 |
| December 2025 | 17 |
| January 2026 | 77 |
| February 2026 | 53 |
| March 2026 | 40 |
| April 2026 | 33 |
| May 2026 | 75 |
| June 2026 | 44 |
| July 2026 | 18 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 17 |
| October 2026 | 25 |
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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 manage this type of…
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 measures to ensure the rig…
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 due to extortionate re…
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 agencies, or whethe…
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]
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department’s efforts to earmark certain cost-rental units for key local workers, in line with commitments in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/25]
116. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he and his Department are more carefully vetting the potential applicants for the proposed Housing 'Tsar', in light of the issues surrounding a former candidate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24353/25]
110. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan will be increased to a realistic level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24805/25]
249. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the Housing for All Conveyancing and Probate Implementation Group and when he expects all of the recommendations of the group to be actioned and complete. [22340/25]
653. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on changes to planning regulations for modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24870/25]
654. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to relax planning restrictions in respect of modular and ‘cabin-style’ homes in an effort to provide more housing; to provide a timeline in relation to these restrictions being relaxed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18586/25]
693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he accepts that reliance on the private rental market for long-term housing of vulnerable individuals is unsustainable and ethically flawed. [23347/25]
699. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will now formally declare a national housing emergency, and commit to convening a cross-party housing emergency taskforce with executive powers to fast-track public housing delivery. [23354/25]