Housing Provision

77. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a new housing activation fund to support the delivery of critical infrastructure that enables housing development; if he would consider making such a fund open for applications on a rolling basis; if it could be structured as a multi-annual fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [247…

80. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund, or similar scheme, to help unlock land for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/25]

82. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Oscar Traynor Road housing development, and on the timeline for delivery. [24568/25]

85. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation for building and acquiring social housing in County Monaghan, by category; the number of such homes built and acquired, in total, by year from 2019 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24847/25]

88. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation he has made to Dublin City Council for social housing in 2025; the amount of that which is for refurbishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24742/25]

89. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means by which he intends to increase the number of serviced sites in Galway city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/25]

90. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing units delivered in County Meath in 2024 and to date in 2025; how that compares with targets; the ambition he has in terms of the numbers of affordable houses for County Meath in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/25]

91. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a State-sponsored housing infrastructure investment fund to provide finance for a major construction of social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24260/25]

94. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for increasing and providing cost-rental homes in Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24857/25]

101. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether each county's house-building targets will be monitored monthly by the Minister; if he will meet with all county council chief executives and directors of planning on a quarterly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24825/25]

107. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the number of housing completions in Cork in 2024; to specify the number completed by type of housing (private, social, affordable, cost rental); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24840/25]

109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost-rental housing units delivered in County Meath in 2024 and to date in 2025; how that compares to targets; the ambition he has in terms of cost rental for County Meath in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23596/25]

110. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for a new, comprehensive starter home programme across the public, private and approved housing body sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/25]

112. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific steps being taken to fast-track the delivery of affordable housing in commuter belt areas like Kildare north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24731/25]

166. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the detail of any reviews or reports into the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on the private rental sector that he has sought or received since the transfers of functions in relation to migration to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24762/25]

246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to request Kerry County Council to open up, as a matter of priority, a low-cost sites scheme in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, where there are serviced sites available for a number of years at Over the Water, Cahersiveen and where there is demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25029/25]

248. 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. [25053/25]

249. 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. [25054/25]

250. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority for housing acquisitions in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/25]

108. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has met with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to the published review of connection policy for large energy users; if he is aware of concerns that housing targets are being placed at risk due to new capacity being used by growing data centre demand; if he is aware that th…

114. Deputy Cathy Bennett 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. [24881/25]

681. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people considered “hidden homeless” (for example in temporary, insecure or unsuitable living situations but not counted in official statistics); and whether the Department accepts that the true scale of homelessness is significantly under-reported. [23334/25]

685. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the original and revised delivery targets under “Housing for All” for social, affordable purchase, affordable rental, and cost-rental units for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, alongside actual delivery statistics. [23339/25]

697. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Department or agency-led projects that incurred costs exceeding €1 million but produced no housing output, and the reasons for such outcomes. [23352/25]

698. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of full-time staff within the Department and its agencies dedicated to housing delivery, and how many of these are directly involved in project management or construction oversight. [23353/25]