44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total estimated amount of public money that will be handed over to property developers for apartments that would have been built anyway from budget day to 2030 accounting for measures related to VAT and enhanced deductions, restricting additionality to only apartments above the number of apartments projected to be built without these measures; …
Topics / Housing Provision
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHousing Provision
1,026 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,026
questions
988 written, 38 oral
120
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 14 |
| February 2025 | 39 |
| March 2025 | 65 |
| April 2025 | 66 |
| May 2025 | 64 |
| June 2025 | 30 |
| July 2025 | 87 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 42 |
| October 2025 | 55 |
| November 2025 | 97 |
| December 2025 | 53 |
| January 2026 | 58 |
| February 2026 | 53 |
| March 2026 | 80 |
| April 2026 | 26 |
| May 2026 | 54 |
| June 2026 | 72 |
| July 2026 | 32 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 27 |
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The questions
502. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 70,000 social homes and retrofits being built by the National Housing Plan could be equipped with smart devices that allowed surplus renewable energy to be used when available. [69716/25]
333. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has prepared a full delivery schedule to meet the stated target of 12,000 new social homes per year; and if he will provide the year-by-year and quarter-by-quarter milestones for 2026, 2027 and 2028. [68744/25]
334. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has completed any assessment of the staffing, technical and financial resources required by local authorities to achieve the 12,000-unit annual target; and if he will provide his Department's internal modelling for required engineering, planning, procurement and project-management capacity. [68745/25]
335. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions taken to ensure alignment of zoning, serviced land, water capacity and planning permissions with the 12,000-unit annual social housing target; and if he will provide any internal reports or delivery forecasts assessing this alignment. [68746/25]
338. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains real-time tracking of housing delivery bottlenecks across local authorities; and if he will publish the three most common causes of delay identified in 2023, 2024, and 2025. [68751/25]
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the planning timeline assumptions used to underpin the delivery pathway for the target of 300,000 homes under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 to 2030, including assumed statutory and non-statutory timeframes for applications, appeals, and judicial reviews. [68822/25]
342. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of infrastructure barriers identified by the Housing Activation Office in each local authority to date; the category of barrier identified in each case; and the corrective actions recommended. [68823/25]
343. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing projects approved above basic unit cost levels in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the reasons for the variance in each case; and the way his Department intends to begin systematically recording and publishing this information. [68824/25]
350. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the primary operational, staffing, procurement, and supply-chain constraints reported by local authorities in returning void social housing units to use; and the measures, financial, regulatory, or administrative, his Department is considering to reduce turnaround times and increase throughput. [68963/25]
158. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that one of the last remaining ‘ghost estates’ (details supplied) is taken in charge for affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68380/25]
311. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the social housing thresholds in County Mayo, in view of the fact that some individuals are unable to access the housing list despite only being over the threshold by a small amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67415/25]
345. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Mayo County Council has delivered only 3% of its 2025 social housing target to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67927/25]
346. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which Mayo County Council will meet its cumulative Housing for All target of 730 units by 2026, given that only 3% of this year's target has been delivered to date and only 304 units were delivered against a target of 395 in 2022-2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67928/25]
347. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct Mayo County Council to publish a quarterly dashboard of housing delivery progress, including commencements, completions, and pipeline projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67929/25]
348. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households on the social housing waiting list and transfer list in County Mayo for 2025 and the past five years; the way these compared to the 1,311 households recorded in April 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67930/25]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the first consolidated national report on homes delivered under the Town Centre First policy, including the number of units delivered in each local authority area; and if this data has already been compiled. [68046/25]
356. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide the average and median age of first-time buyers of residential property for the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66852/25]
358. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason only twenty affordable homes are currently being built in the Wicklow/Wexford constituency, in spite of demand; the plans he has to ensure that Wicklow County Council and Wexford County Council address the demand in this constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66898/25]
361. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the number of unfinished housing estates in counties Roscommon and Galway; the current taking-in-charge applications processed and underway in both counties; if he would consider putting in place a fund where a bond is not paid and the developer has walked away to ensure residents do not lose out; and if he will…
382. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline any involvement his Department will have with the special purpose vehicle established to implement the recommendations of the Dublin City Taskforce Roadmap for Delivery, as discussed in the recently published housing plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67220/25]
384. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains a list of all of Part V dwellings which have been acquired by local authorities over the past three years to date; if this information breaks down acquisition cost, address, number of bedrooms; if this information is in the possession of his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement…
198. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in each county that have been completed under the vacant and derelict homes grants; the number of properties in each county that have been supported by these grants that are now registered with the RTB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66322/25]
206. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in Kildare north in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66482/25]
6. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the key measures to increase social housing availability under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65487/25]