321. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the performance indicators and measurable targets used to monitor implementation of each local authority's housing delivery plan; to identify which local authorities publish performance against those indicators; and to provide links to the published performance information in each case, in tabular form. [75306/26]
Topics / Housing Provision
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHousing Provision
1,026 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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988 written, 38 oral
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| December 2025 | 53 |
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| May 2026 | 54 |
| June 2026 | 72 |
| July 2026 | 32 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 27 |
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322. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planned and allocated expenditure on infrastructure intended to facilitate housing delivery, for each local authority for each of the years 2026 to 2030, identifying the relevant funding programme or funding stream in each case, in tabular form. [75305/26]
91. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost-rental homes delivered nationally, broken down per year from 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74562/26]
568. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the current housing legislation is sufficiently prescriptive in terms of directing local authorities to the criteria which they must consider when allocating available council housing. [73417/26]
574. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planned and/or allocated expenditure on infrastructure intended to facilitate housing delivery for each of the years 2026 to 2030, broken down between rural areas and villages, towns and cities; and, where expenditure cannot be categorised in this manner, the way in which the geographic distribution of housing-enabling infrastr…
591. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units secured under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2024, broken down by local authority and by year; the number of those units that were agreed as social housing, affordable purchase, and cost rental; the number of those agreed units, under each category, that have been completed and delivered to o…
411. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Castleisland Housing Project (details supplied) will be expedited; the status of the issues raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71636/26]
416. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagements by him or officials in his Department concerning the failure of Wicklow County Council to commence any social or affordable housing schemes in Arklow, County Wicklow; and the pressure he may be able to place on the council to develop housing in the town. [71709/26]
417. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department and the Housing Activation Office are ensuring that significant housing and population growth in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk is matched by the timely provision of supporting infrastructure, including schools, childcare, public transport, water and wastewater infrastructure and primary healthc…
418. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify the housing projects or zoned residential lands in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk which have been identified to his Department or the Housing Activation Office as being constrained by deficits in water, wastewater, electricity, transport or other public infrastructure; the estimated number of homes affected; the na…
420. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of new build social housing projects in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk which are included in his Department’s social housing construction pipeline; the number of homes in each project; and the current stage of delivery. [71686/26]
421. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase homes in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk which have received funding approval, approval in principle or other approval from his Department; the number of homes involved in each project; and the current stage of each project. [71683/26]
422. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental homes in Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk which have received funding approval, approval in principle or other approval from his Department; the number of homes involved in each project; and the current stage of each project. [71685/26]
426. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether a person whose local authority tenancy remains in place throughout a custodial sentence has an entitlement to return to that dwelling on release whether this entitlement is affected by the length of the sentence; whether different local authorities operate different policies in such circumstances; and if h…
427. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the national guidance issued to local authorities regarding the retention, termination and reallocation of social housing where the tenant is imprisoned. [71921/26]
439. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Starter Home supports delivered in 2026 to date under each of the first home scheme, the vacant property refurbishment grant, the starter homes purchase scheme, cost rental and help to buy, in tabular form; and the way this compares with the 17,757 supports delivered in 2025. [71817/26]
441. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the Budget 2027 Expenditure Report published on 6 October 2026, which states that €1.01 billion allocated to the starter homes programme will contribute to the delivery of 8,500 new starter homes in 2027 and separately that 15,000 new starter homes will be delivered in 2027; the number of starter homes expected to …
447. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households on social housing waiting lists in November 2025 that had entered the State within the previous ten years; and if he will provide a breakdown by immigration category. [72182/26]
461. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update and timeline for each stage of the Regeneration Projects in Galway, in tabular form. [72138/26]
466. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if targets have been established for the number of vacant residential properties to be returned to use for each year from 2026 to 2030; if so, to provide those targets, by local authority, in tabular form; and, if not, the reason progress in reducing residential vacancy is to be measured and assessed. [72349/26]
474. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for funding to be made available to local authorities through the Housing Activation Office for projects to unlock housing. [72451/26]
353. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the number of social, and affordable houses respectively, completed in Arklow, County Wicklow in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number currently under construction; the number for which planning has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69931/26]
101. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being considered to increase the number of affordable-to-buy housing units provided by local councils. [69263/26]
102. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to increase the number of cost-rental units that will be provided in schemes by local authorities. [69265/26]
107. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional resources he will make available to assist people with chronic disabilities to find suitable housing. [69353/26]