Housing Provision

63. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the work he has undertaken to date to address the crisis impacting on rural communities where young families are unable to find a home in the area they were raised in; and if he has met the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to discuss the matter. [26532/25]

253. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the rationale for the removal of a person from the housing waiting list and all the years they have accrued as a result of being temporarily over the income threshold limit (details supplied); his views on whether this is a very harsh penalty for those who remain in housing need and wh…

254. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail all recourse, including legal recourse, available to individuals who have been removed from local authority housing waiting lists (details supplied). [26392/25]

551. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the cost rental backstop for local authorities and others. [25583/25]

581. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of people, adults and children, currently registered on social housing lists in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/25]

583. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of affordable housing units delivered in Dublin annually over the past ten years, as compared to the annual targets of those same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/25]

584. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the amount of social housing units delivered in Dublin annually over the past ten years, excluding vacant site grants, as compared to the annual targets of those same years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/25]

1. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the delayed Department approvals for social and affordable housing. [24903/25]

2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned that housing delivery is at risk because of an inability of new houses to be connected to the electricity grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/25]

5. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his expectations for the delivery of affordable housing this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24902/25]

8. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his expectations for the delivery of affordable housing in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24661/25]

13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence; if he will provide an update on the development of a policy on rightsizing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24643/25]

17. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that no affordable homes will be delivered in phase 1A of the Poolbeg West strategic development zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/25]

19. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the Government missed its new-build social, affordable purchase and cost-rental targets in 2024; to set out what he intends to do to ensure the targets for 2025 are not missed; and to confirm what those targets are for new-build social, affordable purchase and cost rental. [24436/25]

27. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new builds by approved housing bodies in 2024; the number expected in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/25]

28. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the progress made by the Land Development Agency to date in advancing affordable and social housing delivery; the pipeline now in place for further developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/25]

44. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the financial support he is providing to local authorities to acquire second-hand properties for priority categories of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24657/25]

45. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for his assessment of the number of commencements for the first quarter of 2025; what measures his Department is taking to address this number and furthermore the measures his Department is taking to address uncommenced planning, particularly in relation to apartments; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

50. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on home completions in the first quarter of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24647/25]

57. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24734/25]

61. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the amount allocated to Galway County Council for social housing acquisitions for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24030/25]

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider how funding is being provided for social housing acquisitions, given the small amount of funding provided to Donegal and the significant need in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24836/25]

63. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in Kilkenny since July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24642/25]

66. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department collates data on the total number of persons on local authority housing waiting lists across the country, and, if so, to furnish that figure. [24059/25]

72. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for funding from each local authority under the social housing investment programme in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the date on which each application was submitted; whether the application was approved; if the application was approved, the date on which approval wa…