661. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total Exchequer cost of the first home scheme to date; the number of households supported; the average State equity share; and the projected annual cost of the scheme to 2030. [63937/25]
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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671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households with disability needs currently accommodated through the housing assistance payment; and whether the Department plans reforms to ensure disability-appropriate housing is prioritised over temporary supports. [63948/25]
692. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units that have been realised in the past five years from projects that availed of the vacant homes refurbishment grant in County Wicklow and County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64003/25]
635. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review an application for a person (details supplied) under the croí cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61980/25]
641. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out a review of the first home scheme; and if his Department has agreed to raise the price ceiling for Dublin properties. [62081/25]
124. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the options available to a person whose property has been valued above a threshold for the mortgage to rent scheme but is facing repossession. [60230/25]
476. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 22 October 2025, if future reviews of the help-to-buy scheme will consider adjusting the purchase price limit for homes in Dublin, where the average property price is higher than the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58628/25]
976. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of State-supported housing developments that have been discontinued permanently or temporarily due to cost issues, broken down by county and type of housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57689/25]
989. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the evidence, including reports, submissions, correspondence, or consultation records, on which his Department relies to assert that the defective concrete blocks grant scheme was designed to reflect the preferences of affected homeowners regarding remediation options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5775…
997. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the amendment to the defective concrete blocks grant scheme asserts that homeowners who completed remediation early were not disadvantaged by the transitional provisions of the 2022 Act; given that 43 homeowners completed remediation prior to the proposed cut-off for retrospective increases, to clarify how these homeowners will …
998. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the position regarding the eligibility of apartments, duplexes and other multi-unit dwellings under the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; the reason, under the previous scheme, the term “dwelling” was defined to include a house, apartment, duplex or maisonette, whereas under the enhanced scheme, th…
1000. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department’s work to extend the first home scheme to second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57785/25]
1025. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the length of time that applications for HAP from Fingal County Council took to be processed, from application to payment, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58385/25]
1026. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that HAP tenants moving from one local authority to another are subject to delays in processing their applications (details supplied); his plans to address this and to facilitate seamless transition from one local authority to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58386/25]
1035. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the way in which the funding for housing programmes is made to local authorities as programmes and projects advance and relevant claims fall due for payment. [58573/25]
1036. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the details of any data collected in relation to funding for any social or affordable housing programme that is unspent by local authorities, or which has not been drawn down, after it has been approved. [58574/25]
1037. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 21 October 2025, the regional breakdown, by local authority, of spending on social and affordable housing by the Land Development Agency, Housing Finance Agency, or any other agency under his remit for 2025. [58575/25]
1038. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the structure of first-time buyer supports, including the help-to-buy scheme and the first home scheme, effectively restricts first-time buyers to the purchase of new-build properties; if he accepts that this limitation disadvantages buyers in regional towns where second-hand housing stock is more readily availa…
1052. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the income assessment criteria for social housing eligibility, with particular reference to the including of the working family payment (WFP) in the calculation of assessable income; to consider introducing an income disregard for the WFP on the basis that it is a social welfare support for low-income working fam…
1054. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the housing allocation for counties Wicklow and Wexford under the housing-for-all programme for 2026, 2027 and 2028; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58831/25]
1055. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the affordable housing projects which are due to be delivered over the next 24 months for counties Wicklow and Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58842/25]
1061. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds allocated for counties Wicklow and Wexford for the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2026; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58900/25]
1067. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the allocation of resources for the repair and leasing scheme in Cork North Central, particularly in the areas of Mayfield and Farranree. [58975/25]
1071. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will provide ring-fenced funding for Cork County Council to deliver affordable housing developments on publicly owned land in the Mallow area. [58980/25]
1074. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the effectiveness of the first home scheme and the help-to-buy scheme in enabling middle-income earners to purchase homes in high-cost regions. [58983/25]