450. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm when funding allocations and sanctioned number of acquisitions for 2025 under the tenant-in-situ scheme will be made available given the number of tenants and landlords awaiting confirmation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13566/25]
Topics / Housing Provision
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHousing Provision
1,026 questions from 120 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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988 written, 38 oral
120
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| June 2025 | 30 |
| July 2025 | 87 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 55 |
| November 2025 | 97 |
| December 2025 | 53 |
| January 2026 | 58 |
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| 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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452. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the development at the Glass Bottle site in Ringsend; to outline the number of social or affordable homes that he expects will be delivered; and to provide a timeline in which he anticipates they will be available for tenants. [13606/25]
461. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ purchases made by Kilkenny and Carlow county councils in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13724/25]
463. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme; if his Department will advise on the best course of action for the family to take in this case; if his Department will liaise with Dublin City Council regarding this matter in order to clarify the scheme’s rules; and if he …
469. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL and AHF, if he believes it important to deliver affordable housing units at the proposed development at Ashewood Glen, Ashbourne, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14082/25]
470. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new build homes to include both apartments and houses, both private and social housing, constructed in 2022, 2023 & 2024, in Greystones, Delgany, Kilcoole, Newcastle, Newtownmountkennedy & Roundwood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14094/25]
474. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the current status of the tenant-in-situ scheme; if the scheme is still in operation; the funding allocated to the scheme in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of housing units purchased via the scheme in 2023 and 2024, by local authority, in tabular form; if he will provide the guidelines issued to local a…
475. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how buy and renew social homes are reported by his Department, as acquisitions or as new builds; the number of buy and renew social homes delivered in each year from 2020 to 2024; and the average cost to the Exchequer each year from the delivery of these homes. [14166/25]
476. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing tenant in situ purchases concluded in 2024, with a breakdown by local authority area, providing an average purchase cost for the total number of such acquisitions and an average for the acquisitions in each local authority area. [14176/25]
479. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing target completions for County Wicklow, by year, from 2025 to 2030; and the targets and actual completions, by year, from 2020 to 2024. [14216/25]
2. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if he intends to review the housing completion target for 2025; the number of new homes his Department estimates will now be completed in 2025; the additional measures he plans to take to increase housing construction; the engagement he has had with the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure, National …
3. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to comment on the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for social and affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL and AHF; to confirm the total number of projects submitted to his Department under each funding stream since September 2024 to date in 2025; the number that have been approved, and the local author…
6. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his targets for the delivery of starter homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12736/25]
7. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for ramping up the delivery of affordable purchase homes and his targets for the coming years. [12532/25]
11. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support his Department is providing for the provision of cost-rental apartments at St Michael’s Estate in Inchicore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/25]
14. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take to increase the availability of affordable housing in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12855/25]
20. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans in place for the provision of affordable housing in Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12574/25]
23. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures that will be used to ensure that the increased housing targets of 50,500 homes annually between 2025 and 2030 are met alongside the current labour market constraints. [12891/25]
25. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in the Athenry-Oranmore, Ballinasloe and Tuam local electoral areas in 2024; his expectations for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12709/25]
27. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing projects submitted to his Department by Kilkenny County Council and by Carlow County Council that are currently awaiting approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12880/25]
34. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will commence the delivery of affordable housing projects across County Donegal. [11848/25]
58. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the measures he is taking to increase housing supply in Kerry, including social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12782/25]
60. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on housing commencement figures nationwide for 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12582/25]
61. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of allocations schemes for cost rental developments and income thresholds for single people sharing, as set out in legislation passed by the Oireachtas in November 2024. [12587/25]
62. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new homes completed in Meath from July 2020 to the end of 2024; his expectations for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12615/25]