701. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he acknowledges that the current model of rent subsidies, market competition, public land disposal, and over-reliance on institutional developers has failed, and whether he will now support a shift toward State-led construction as the central driver of national housing recovery. [23356/25]
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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705. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the town centre first policy has failed to significantly reduce vacancy rates in smaller towns since its launch; and if he will commit to new measures to strengthen its delivery. [23388/25]
707. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposal to remove planning requirements for log cabin type residential structures for back gardens; when will this come before the Houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23503/25]
708. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the proposal to remove planning requirements for log cabin type residential structures for back gardens will apply retrospectively, or if it will only apply to new constructions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/25]
742. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of land activation units established in local authorities, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23769/25]
761. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is considering any policy measures to expand public land holdings in Irish cities and bring them in line with cities like Helsinki where 70% of land is in public ownership; his views on how such a policy might support housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23988/25]
765. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider instructing county councils to make more use of modular homes to tackle the housing crisis; if he will make any required funds available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/25]
770. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce additional housing supports to single income households looking to purchase a home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24322/25]
347. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in reviewing the income eligibility limits for social housing, with particular reference to the need to increase income levels for applicants for council housing in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23116/25]
348. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the proposals there are to increase the number of affordable housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23117/25]
255. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when social housing qualification thresholds will be reviewed, considering the current threshold in Tipperary is, €30,000 for a single person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22280/25]
256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person, who has obtained a debt relief notice which includes rent arrears, can be penalised by a local authority by putting a social housing transfer on hold pending payment of arrears on their rent account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22298/25]
264. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the unit cost ceiling for housing has been updated since it was issued by his Department in 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22474/25]
1149. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will consider continuing to advance new methods of construction, in particular modular home builds, as a means to meet national housing targets. [18537/25]
267. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage following the Taoiseach’s recent announcement that will be appointed imminently, the powers the Housing Czar will have (details supplied) ; the function of the position; the remuneration for the position; the breakdown of the appointment process; the qualifying criteria; the person or body that carried out the appraisals; and if h…
268. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 20 March 2025, if he will provide an updated and more detailed reply to the question (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18205/25]
271. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if regulations on service charges and sinking funds, which were drafted by the Housing Agency in February 2022, will be issued by the end of Q3 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18280/25]
272. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has identified sufficient resources to put in place in Q4 2025 to enable the unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners’ management companies, as envisaged in the Programme for Government, to commence its work on an administrative basis in Q1 2026. [18281/25]
150. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budgetary provision he is making to enable the unit in the Housing Agency tasked to regulate owners’ management companies (OMCs) commence its work on an administrative basis in the first quarter of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17810/25]
617. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the relationship between and the difference between the housing capital allocations of €3.6 billon and €3.8 billion for 2025 referenced by him in the media (details supplied) and the capital allocation for housing of €3.094 billion for 2025 as set out on page 159 of the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025 publishe…
626. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase the threshold to allow qualification for social housing in various local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17040/25]
629. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarifications to the statement issued by his Department to the media on Sunday 30 March 2025 (details supplied). [17239/25]
5. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline any engagement he has had with the Central Bank on tax incentives and other demand-side measures for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16504/25]
242. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers approved for social housing supports in each local authority, broken down by number of bedrooms approved, in tabular form. [16396/25]
244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the €111 million capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March and the €450 million capital funding approved for social and affordable housing by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; for a breakdown of the €111 million, by funding stream, including SHIP, CALF, CAS, CREL and AHF;…