588. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the total number of housing units in the State at the end of each year from 2011 to date in 2025. [61098/25]
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
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
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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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598. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocation for social housing acquisitions in 2026. [61213/25]
618. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to increase commencement and completion rates of housing developments specifically in Roscommon-Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61481/25]
633. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if his Department has a target for the number of build to rent units that it anticipates will be built in Ireland over the next five and ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61919/25]
267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units nationwide which failed to reach completion in 2025 despite receiving planning permission; the estimated value of inactivated permissions; and the measures being taken to expedite delivery in areas of acute demand such as Cork North-Central. [60820/25]
1002. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57846/25]
1003. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57847/25]
1004. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental units completed in Q1 and Q2 of 2025, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57848/25]
1065. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of funding applications by Cork City and Cork County Councils for social and affordable housing developments in the Cork north central constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58973/25]
1068. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will be approved for the regeneration of older housing estates in Cork North Central, including Knocknaheeny, Farranree and Mayfield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58976/25]
1073. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide updated national targets for social housing completions for 2025; and to detail if they will be met. [58982/25]
1075. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to ensure that local authorities can recruit sufficient staff to deliver housing targets under Housing for All. [58984/25]
1079. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the number of social and affordable housing units currently under construction in Meath; and if he will outline projected completion dates for each development. [59100/25]
1094. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has reviewed the governance structures of housing delivery agencies to ensure they are aligned with measurable output targets, rather than process-based metrics; and if so, the details of that review. [59223/25]
463. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress of the new voids programme, as promised in the Programme for Government 2025, to improve the turnaround of vacant social housing units and if AHBs are now being provided with tenant nominations prior to housing completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56597/25]
472. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons a research stipend of a PhD student cannot be included as income in an application for a local authority home loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56891/25]
497. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that has been allocated to each local authority under each programme for the delivery of social and affordable housing in 2025, including any loans; of this, the amount that has been drawn down to date; and of this, the amount that has been spent to date, broken down by local authority and funding stream. [57329/…
254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on if the office of the planning regulator is holding back housing supply in certain local authorities; if so, to detail which local authorities; when, and the way in which, the office of the planning regulators is impacting their housing supply in this way. [56322/25]
208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current estimate for housing completions in 2025 and 2026; the variance between those estimates and the published Housing for All targets; the latest national and regional house-price-to-earnings ratios; and his Department’s assessment of the impact of non-indexation of the standard rate income-tax band on affordability for firs…
565. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has undertaken a review of utility infrastructure deficits in rural towns and villages; the way in which these deficits are currently limiting the delivery of rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54600/25]
580. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the affordable homes required as a condition as part of the first phase of delivery of Ringsend/Poolbeg/Glass Bottle will be transferred to Dublin City Council; the number that will be delivered, in addition to the 90 social homes already confirmed in this phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54749/25]
582. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing in Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54769/25]
583. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing in Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54770/25]
585. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if eligibility criteria under the tenant-in-situ scheme introduced in 2025 applies to homes for which an application was received and approved but sale was not completed prior to their introduction. [54772/25]
586. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider engaging with management of local authorities to examine the extent of uncompleted housing estates with infrastructural deficits beyond the resources of the local authority and available bonds; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are people living in unfinished housing estates with sewerage…