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Housing 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
9
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202514
February 202539
March 202565
April 202566
May 202564
June 202530
July 202587
August 20250
September 202542
October 202555
November 202597
December 202553
January 202658
February 202653
March 202680
April 202626
May 202654
June 202672
July 202632
August 20260
September 202612
October 202627

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • 100% RDR4 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú57 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil253 from 32 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael115 from 18 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party6 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent54 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland88 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party64 from 9 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity26 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin273 from 31 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 86
  2. 73
  3. 45
  4. 44
  5. 40
  6. 26
  7. 26
  8. 22

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1524. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of social housing commencements per month of 2025 in County Wicklow, in tabular form. [42090/25]
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1525. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the targets for delivering affordable housing in County Wicklow; if he will provide a breakdown of affordable homes delivered in the county in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42091/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1558. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the need for additional social and affordable housing in Rathmines and the surrounding area, including by way of part V housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42537/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of all affordable housing that is, cost rental and affordable purchase units delivered by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency with a breakdown by turnkey and construction, in tabular form. [42750/25]
Ann Graves Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1613. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options available to a person (details supplied) and to other families in the same situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43301/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1628. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update in the negotiations between his officials, Dublin City Council and a company (details supplied) regarding the delivery of affordable homes in phase 1a of the Poolbeg West SDZ. [43634/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1634. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new social homes that have been brought into use in the last two years, broken down by local authority, number of bedrooms, and newbuilds, in tabular form. [43714/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1656. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the anticipated delivery timeline for housing on the Oscar Traynor Road site; the unit breakdown, by tenure type and expected completion phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43966/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1657. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing starts and completions, by delivery stream; and the cost per unit in the Dublin north-west area. [43967/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1670. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress on the delivery of future housing in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44057/25]
Thomas Gould Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1682. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of directly built local authority homes delivered in each of the past five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [44175/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1717. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated one-year cost of removing all income thresholds for social housing eligibility. [44343/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1718. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the potential for revenue raising through the application of differential rents to individuals on high incomes were the income thresholds for social housing eligibility removed. [44344/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1719. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated one-year cost of adding all social welfare payments to the income disregards for social housing eligibility. [44345/25]
Rory Hearne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1727. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social housing stock in each local authority area and as a proportion of overall social housing stock, in tabular form; and if he will report on his engagement with local authority executives to ensure that these voids are converted into use without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44380/2…
Mattie McGrath Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1735. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress of affordable housing schemes across the country; and if figures on their delivery can be provided, by county, between 2019-2025, in tabular form. [44395/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1736. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44409/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Rural
3437. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he met with protesters who marched in Dublin over the issue of housing in the Gaeltacht; and his solutions to provide affordable housing to young Irish speakers in Irish speaking areas. [40796/25]
Frankie Feighan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
361. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if under the new rules introduced, and the section regarding the rights of landlords/ tenants, that from 1 March 2026 there can be no evictions for a period of six years with two exceptions only (details supplied); if his Department will confirm in all other situations any tenant in a home as of 1 March has no obligation to move…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
362. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the 20-year claw back for owners who seek to remediate their properties that are not their primary home, under the defective concrete block grant scheme. [40233/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
363. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a project in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40249/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
364. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if projects in Castlebar (details supplied) have moved beyond the detailed project briefs and procurement strategies stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40250/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
365. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the completion of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40251/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
366. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on how subprojects fit into the timeline of a main project in Castlebar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40252/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
367. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 8 April 2025, to provide a full update on the Cork Events Centre project; the status of the appointments of individuals to the project management delivery team; the key next stages, and estimated timelines; and the exact amount of public funding, from all sources, spent on the project to…