Housing Schemes

662. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assess the impact that the current help to buy scheme eligibility criteria are having on the delivery of one-off rural housing by first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59049/26]

663. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether consideration is being given to proposals that would ensure that applicants constructing homes in rural areas are not excluded from the help to buy scheme solely because the valuation of the completed dwelling exceeds the actual construction cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59050/26]

691. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of first time buyer households in Cork County that have availed of the help to buy scheme in 2024 and 2025; the way in which this uptake in Cork compares with the national average over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55318/26]

786. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since July 2020, by county; the number of applicants associated with these claims; the number of claims by homebuyers excluding self-builds, by county; and the number of these claims relating to purchases. [57287/26]

249. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a practice of local authorities advising prospective applicants that they will not consider two-bedroom properties for the local authority tenant in situ purchase scheme; if this policy is based on a direction from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53800/26]

255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total annual cost of all home purchasing assistance schemes, including the help to buy scheme, Local Authority affordable purchase scheme, LDA affordable purchase scheme, the first home scheme, local authority home loan, all local authority tenant purchase schemes, including in foregone revenue. [539…

402. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update in relation to the standardisation of the differential rent scheme. [52994/26]

404. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will announce the anticipated rise in income limits before the Dáil rises for the summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53096/26]

405. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approvals on the mortgage allowance scheme by social housing tenants who are purchasing private homes, in 2023, 2024 and 2025. [53143/26]

433. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to introduce a major low-cost sites scheme in County Kerry and across the country as part of the solution to the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53596/26]

434. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to increase the qualifying threshold for social housing to allow low income workers qualify for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53597/26]

126. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in approving the application for the improvement work in lieu of local authority housing scheme (IWILS) on behalf of a person (details supplied). [52123/26]

434. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allow for the replacement of old or defective double-glazed windows under the housing grant scheme, with new double-glazed windows, especially if they are not fit for purpose, drafty, rusty or leaking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50907/26]

438. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the date on which the vacant above the shop grant scheme became operational; the date on which applications first opened; the date on which the first application was received; the date on which the first application was approved; and the date on which the first grant payment was made, in tabula…

439. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of applications received under the vacant above the shop grant scheme; the number approved; the number refused; the number deemed invalid or withdrawn; the number currently awaiting decision; the number of applications awaiting decision for less than one month, one to three months, t…

440. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the amount of funding allocated under the vacant above the shop grant scheme in 2026; the amount committed; the amount drawn down or paid to date; the remaining balance available; and whether funding is allocated in advance to local authorities or drawn down on foot of approved applications, an…

441. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total Exchequer funding provided for the vacant above the shop grant scheme in 2026; the total amount committed and paid to date; whether the scheme is a new standalone scheme or a continuation or expansion of an existing scheme; and the annual Exchequer funding provided for a predecessor scheme in ea…

442. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether every local authority is fully operational in administering the vacant above the shop grant scheme; if not, to identify the local authorities that are not yet fully operational; the reasons therefor, whether a local authority has reported staffing, administrative or operational difficulties to his…

443. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the average processing time for applications under the vacant above the shop grant scheme; the number and value of grant payments made to date; the estimated number of residential units expected to be delivered through approved applications, by local authority, in tabular form. [50967/26]

461. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual cost of the housing assistance payment in 2024, 2025, and projected cost in 2026; and the number of tenancies in receipt of HAP in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51262/26]

336. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to introduce a grant incentive scheme for social housing tenants to purchase private housing (details supplied). [50507/26]

342. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for the vacant above the shop grant since the scheme opened; the number of grants approved; the number of grants drawn down; and to provide a breakdown for this information by local authority area. [50635/26]

196. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the fresh start principle within the local authority purchase and renovation loan scheme, in light of cases where families had to sell a previous home due to the disability-related needs of a child; if he will consider extending eligibility so that such families are not excluded from accessing finance…

454. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding his Department's plan to review income limits for those in receipt of HAP payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48802/26]

465. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of active RAS tenancies currently in operation and the full year cost of those tenancies to the exchequer, by private RAS and AHB RAS. [48961/26]