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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

Mark Wall Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
368. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position with a housing project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40282/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
369. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is working on updating or rewriting the Wildlife Act 1976; if he will provide details of the stage this process is at; if there will be a public-consultation element to this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40284/25]
Liam Quaide Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
370. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current funding levels of the housing adaptation grant, the disabled persons grant and the improvements works in lieu schemes for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [40287/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
371. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the State’s biennial land audit, conducted via the LDA’s 'Report on Relevant Public Land', is being leveraged to deliver affordable housing and community infrastructure and the steps his department is taking to accelerate land transfer and repurposing. [40204/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
372. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes that are currently being delivered or at planning stage in Dublin south-central, and what the expected completion dates are. [40317/25]
Mark Ward Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Housing
374. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an individual can contact the land registry office directly to request the deeds of their house; to outline this process; if this can be done if the land transfer application is still being processed; to outline if this process can be expedited in the event that they are selling their house; and if he will make a statement on the m…
Edward Timmins Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Housing
137. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the development of 106 social houses in Blessington will commence, having been halted earlier in June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39937/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Housing
145. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting lists for Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Housing
146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on a social housing waiting list in Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Housing
147. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people on the housing waiting list; the number of those in receipt of social housing supports, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Finance
134. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the third review of Home Building Finance Ireland, which he published recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39243/25]
Johnny Guirke Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
587. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable housing units planned for construction in Navan, County Meath, in 2025 and 2026; the current status of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39327/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
589. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of housing projects sanctioned and or funded in full and or in part to include number of units, by type, that have been paused and or rejected due to deviations from design, specification and or cost expectations did not represent value for money in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [39345/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
597. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the affordable purchase and cost rental homes delivered in 2024 by the delivery streams (details supplied); and the average delivery cost per unit, for each of these delivery streams. [39445/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Housing
251. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his efforts to deliver age friendly accommodation for social housing applicants; the supports available to local authorities to deliver such accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38514/25]
Paula Butterly Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Housing
256. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable homes built in County Louth in the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38605/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
88. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any grant or funding opportunities through his Department towards the purchase of a mobile home where a family cannot provide accommodation through other means. [37994/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
95. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households currently on social housing waiting lists by local authority; and the average waiting time, in tabular form. [38087/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
96. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants who have been on a social housing waiting list for more than five, ten and 15 years; and the breakdown of these figures by local authority, in tabular form. [38088/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
97. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people with a disability currently on the social housing list; and the average waiting time, in tabular form. [38089/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
98. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing tenants currently on transfer lists due to overcrowding or unsuitable accommodation; and the average time such transfer applicants are waiting. [38090/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Housing
99. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of those on the social housing list aged between 18 and 30; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38091/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Housing
509. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address long waiting times for allocation of social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37195/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Housing
255. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of a site (details supplied) and the funds he has granted to develop same. [36833/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Housing
138. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting time for social housing allocation in each local authority in 2024 and 2025; and the average length of stay in emergency homelessness accommodation. [36445/25]