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Housing Schemes

1,089 questions from 126 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

1,089
questions
1,068 written, 21 oral
126
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
10
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 202524
February 202585
March 202570
April 202559
May 202590
June 202525
July 202593
August 20250
September 202559
October 202552
November 202575
December 202525
January 202684
February 202650
March 202666
April 202637
May 202646
June 202687
July 202623
August 20260
September 202624
October 202615

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% RDR3 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú31 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil283 from 33 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael168 from 22 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party16 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent37 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland32 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party111 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity44 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin306 from 33 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 79
  2. 57
  3. 42
  4. 39
  5. 31
  6. 31
  7. 29
  8. 27

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Paul McAuliffe Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Housing
89. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the progress of a review of HAP limits. [74518/26]
Emer Currie Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Housing
90. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes purchased with assistance from the first home scheme, broken down per year from 2022 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74564/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Housing
100. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to review the terms and conditions for long term tenants living in a Part V local authority house who want to purchase their property under the tenant purchase scheme. [74809/26]
John Connolly Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
415. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approvals under the local authority home loan scheme for each local authority in 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; and the resources provided to each local authority under the local authority home loan scheme in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [71658/26]
Joanna Byrne Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
425. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage For a breakdown on the parameters around the fresh start criteria to be eligible for a Local Authority Home Loan and if a voluntary surrender of prior home, without insolvency and/or bankruptcy currently does, or potentially will in the future meet the criteria for a fresh start application. [71803/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
459. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of HAP rates; and if changes will be made to the rates or levels of discretion in 2026. [72211/26]
Sean Fleming Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
362. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the list of household income thresholds for people who want to enter a mortgage to rent agreement, by county. [70105/26]
Catherine Callaghan Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
367. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the criteria used in determining the regional property price caps under the first home scheme; whether a review of the cap applicable to county Carlow has been undertaken in the past 12 months; and if he will consider aligning Carlow's cap of €375,000 with those of neighbouring counties cap of €400,000, including Laois, Kilk…
Pat Buckley Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
370. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the cut-off year for eligibility for qualification under the warmer homes scheme has not changed since the revamped scheme was introduced; and when this date of before 1st January, 2006 is expected to move forward to include homes built in the years after 2006. [70417/26]
Cathy Bennett Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
371. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basis on which mortgage-to-rent caps are calculated; the current limit in each county: and if he has considered increasing the limit in County Monaghan. [70456/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
372. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the schemes available to assist a private resident-owner of an apartment, situated in an urban area, who wishes to vacate their current property and relocate to another property within the locality; if there is a swap scheme available to two such individuals who may be in this position; and if the housing purchase support schemes a…
Eoin Ó Broin Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
373. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the mortgage to rent scheme purchase price caps in light of house price inflation, particularly in those non urban areas that have experienced significant second hand house price inflation in recent years. [70483/26]
Gillian Toole Oral 1 Oct 2026 · to Housing
98. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing assistance payment scheme will be extended to include the housing asset-owning parents of persons with additional needs and disabilities. [69734/26]
Brendan Smith Oral 1 Oct 2026 · to Housing
100. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income eligibility limits for social housing in Cavan and Monaghan will be increased. [69157/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Oral 1 Oct 2026 · to Housing
128. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the review of the social housing income eligibility thresholds. [69383/26]
Cormac Devlin Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Finance
32. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and value of successful applications under the help to buy tax refund scheme for 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026. [69216/26]
William Aird Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Finance
44. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyers who have availed of the help to buy scheme in each of the past three years; the total value of support provided under the scheme; and if he will outline any plans to increase the qualifying property price threshold to ensure continued support for first-time buyers seeking to purchase or build a home. [69188/26]
Mark Ward Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Housing
89. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing supports available to a person who is over the income threshold to apply for local authority housing but is under the income threshold to avail of cost rental housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69224/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Finance
319. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance If he will consider increasing the property value for the help to buy scheme from €500,000 in light of the increase in construction costs and so on. [68405/26]
Barry Ward Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Finance
331. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the upper purchase price limit of the help to buy scheme for homes in Dublin, where the average price of new builds is higher than the rest of the country; and if this is being considered by his Department. [68854/26]
Paul Lawless Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Finance
298. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will advise whether a review of the help to buy scheme is currently planned; whether consideration is being given to revising the eligibility criteria, particularly the requirement that applicants obtain a mortgage at or above a specified percentage of the property's value; and whether consideration has been given to the difficulties this requ…
John Paul O'Shea Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Housing
348. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the exclusion of local authority tenants living in homes acquired under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2024 from the tenant purchase scheme, particularly where tenants were originally advised that they would have an opportunity to purchase their home and where the tenancy agreement makes no re…
Eoin Ó Broin Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Housing
359. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has provided any guidance or instructions to local authorities regarding the financial contribution scheme for age-friendly rightsizing. [66959/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Housing
363. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current plans for retrofitting all local authority homes including the timeline and estimated cost per year; the number of homes retrofitted for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67170/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Housing
366. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of planned Part V purchases under Housing for All, by year; the projected cost per unit for one-, two-, three- and four-bed homes; and the number planned to be purchased for each year, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67148/26]