226. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which his Department will ensure strong oversight and quality standards under the new contractor-led pathway within the buy and renew scheme; the way in which this approach will support timely delivery of refurbished social homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17541/26]
Topics / Housing Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHousing Schemes
1,089 questions from 126 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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1,068 written, 21 oral
126
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| January 2025 | 24 |
| February 2025 | 85 |
| March 2025 | 70 |
| April 2025 | 59 |
| May 2025 | 90 |
| June 2025 | 25 |
| July 2025 | 93 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 59 |
| October 2025 | 52 |
| November 2025 | 75 |
| December 2025 | 25 |
| January 2026 | 84 |
| February 2026 | 50 |
| March 2026 | 66 |
| April 2026 | 37 |
| May 2026 | 46 |
| June 2026 | 87 |
| July 2026 | 23 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 15 |
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230. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of social housing units retrofitted to date under the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme, broken down by local authority area and dwelling type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17642/26]
232. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in light of a report published (details supplied), which revealed that only one property was purchased through CPO by a local authority in January 2026, the efforts he and his Department are making to support an enhanced programme of CPO to combat dereliction all over Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17830/26…
240. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of affordable, social and cost rental housing deliveries in County Waterford, by year since 2021, and by local electoral area in Waterford. [17606/26]
241. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant-in-situ acquisitions by Cork County Council since 1 January 2026; the number of these are progressing; the number of these are not progressing; the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17689/26]
243. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and cost rental homes delivered in established urban communities in north Dublin over the past three years, broken down by tenure type and delivery mechanism; and the projected delivery pipeline for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17796/26]
245. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental homes that will be delivered under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; the actions he will take to ensure cost rental rents will be affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16461/26]
254. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding provided to Galway City Council and Galway County Council in 2024 and 2025 for the delivery of affordable housing under the local authority affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17527/26]
263. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on 2026 funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme; if there will be an increase in funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17463/26]
394. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific rules (details supplied) in applying for the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People for people who wish to replace their windows and doors in the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/26]
396. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the CAS scheme to allow it to be used for the purchase of second-hand properties for the disability sector which could then be retrofitted to suit the needs of the sector; if he will consider increasing the financial threshold so it would meet the cost of the adaptations required to meet fire regulations and H…
402. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the case for providing capital assistance scheme funding, or an alternative capital mechanism, to support the redevelopment of a disability housing property (details supplied); and whether flexibility can be applied in CAS policy for older properties whose original liens have long expired. [18114/26]
178. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation per local authority for the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability for each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form. [17709/26]
180. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail underspend or funds returned to his Department by each local authority under Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock In each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17712/26]
181. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail waiting times in each local authority under Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock In each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form, where wait time equates to date of application to date of final drawdown for the former, and date of application to …
182. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department permits local authorities to pool allocations received under Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability and Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock in order to provide a level of equity between waiting times for each scheme. [17714/26]
242. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures the SEAI is taking to include works to old stone houses, many without foundations, under the warmer homes scheme given many are being refused any or most works due to structural issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16197/26]
343. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to include an annual review of the property price ceiling for the help-to-buy scheme in the budgetary process to account for fluctuations in property prices nationally; the reason the first home scheme can increase the property price ceilings but the help-to-buy scheme cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16239/26]
577. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on an affordable housing scheme in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/26]
584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities under the housing adaptation grant approve and fund modular bathroom pods where they are deemed the most appropriate method to meet the applicant’s needs, and in a timely manner, given they already pay for stairlifts which are modular and temporary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16395/26]
587. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to introduce a scheme that would allow local authorities to facilitate the exchange of a privately owned larger dwelling for a smaller local authority property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16456/26]
591. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if individuals may avail of Government schemes such as the help-to-buy scheme, and first home scheme when purchasing a modular home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16541/26]
614. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the income limit for the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme to assist tenants who are just over the current limit and ensure that they can be prevented from homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17101/26]
372. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify eligibility criteria for a Local Authority home loan; if a person who is the primary earner and applicant must be in the same role for a period of two years or if continuous employment can mean that the person remained employed but changed jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15715/26]
384. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the legislative or departmental guidelines regarding the restructuring of legacy shared ownership loans into annuity loans; if his attention has been drawn to cases where local authorities have failed to process restructuring applications for several years, leading to the 'expiry' of the loan through no fault …