964. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will next update the Basic Unit Costs (BUCs) and the Acquisition Cost Guidelines (ACGs) for social housing; if these same measures are applied to affordable housing delivered via cost rental equity loan, CREL and the affordable housing fund, AHF; and if he will give a commitment to make the revised BUCs and ACGs available t…
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
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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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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980. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to establish a State-sponsored housing infrastructure investment fund to provide finance for a major construction of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12820/25]
982. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to 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. [12822/25]
983. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to establish a scheme whereby local authorities acquire, by agreement or by compulsory purchase, and repair vacant houses for allocation to approved housing applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12823/25]
435. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will update legislation and or provide further guidelines or funding to assist local authorities in the taking in charge of housing estates and residential developments from private developers, in particular with reference to legacy estates built between 2005 and 2008 which have not been taken in charge and are in a poor state …
288. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address an issue for social housing applicants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8911/25]
289. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider the introduction of restrictions on the purchase of homes by non–citizens, similar to measures in Canada for example; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/25]
291. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 398 of 5 February 2025 and 183 of 20 February 2025, his views in respect of a tourism accommodation levy in light of the Minister for Finance’s reply that such a levy, if introduced, would be collected at a local level, by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8…
184. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans in relation to the recommendations of the Housing Commission report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8418/25]
512. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if assistance is available to families who go above the income threshold for social housing supports due to the automatic payment of working family payment arising from a reduction in income that year, and therefore lose their cumulative waiting time on the housing list. [7451/25]
520. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions that will be taken by Government and local authorities to ensure the housing completion targets of 41,000 by the end of 2026 and up to 60,000 per year by 2029 and 2030 will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/25]
526. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made by the local authority stock management policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7649/25]
530. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he plans to support first-time buyers of second-hand properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7664/25]
534. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the proposed allocations schemes for cost rental housing including an update on whether any regulations have been issued by him and any scheme specific cost rental allocations schemes approved; and if so, where and for which category of worker/tenant. [7711/25]
536. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to people with a disability who receive the HAP service, the rationale for setting the allowance at 20% below the poverty rate, with a further deduction taken as a fair pay your way contribution to the housing system; and whether the Minister has any plans to change the 20% rate."
[7719/25]
540. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his proposals to tackle vacancy and dereliction; the measures put in place to tackle these issues since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/25]
171. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to reconsider the rule under help to buy that eligibility of a self-build for funding is based on the value of the house post build rather than the cost to purchase and renovate the home. [7005/25]
230. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will complete the definitions for the extent of the 2025 tenant-in-situ scheme; the other options available to tenants who are facing live notices to quit and would otherwise qualify for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7223/25]
247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the allocation of funding towards tenant-in-situ schemes in Dublin for 2025 (details supplied); the assurances can be given or actions taken to accommodate the processing of applications for these particular tenants in the 2025 announcement; and the measures will be taken in advance of 2026 to ensure this gap betwee…
248. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to extend the eligibility of the tenant-in-situ scheme to all tenants in rented accommodation instead of tenants who already receive the housing assistance payment or the rented accommodation scheme, as this is a scheme that protects families from homelessness (details supplied). [6967/25]
259. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes acquired under the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2024 by each local authority and the budget allocation for acquisitions in 2025 for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7080/25]
260. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will issue a statement to each local authority advising them of their budget for housing acquisitions in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7081/25]
437. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ask his officials to investigate making arrangements to set aside a portion of new cost rental developments to ensure that persons earning above the threshold for social housing assistance can access the schemes, as some have being missing out due to their income (above the threshold for social housing) being insufficie…
443. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what funding was made available to Cork County Council in 2024 in terms of returning vacant housing units to council housing stock and making them available for allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/25]
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance if he is planning to close tax incentives benefitting vulture funds, other property-related investment funds and profit driven investors to prevent them buying up residential property given the on-going housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5109/25]