622. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his plans for further funding of local authorities for the housing adaptation grant schemes and increasing housing adaptation and mobility and access grant amounts to cover the cost of disability adaptations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47645/25]
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
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| July 2025 | 93 |
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| November 2025 | 75 |
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| June 2026 | 87 |
| July 2026 | 23 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 24 |
| October 2026 | 15 |
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623. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people waiting for all types of housing adaptation grants in county Louth, by the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47646/25]
624. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has reviewed the affordable housing scheme and issues arising from it; if any further affordable housing is due to come on stream in county Louth in the next 12-months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47647/25]
626. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total amount spent in each local authority area on housing assistance payment from January 2025 to June 2026, by county; the number of tenancies in each local authority area that these HAP figures are sustaining, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47649/25]
628. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason retrofitting targets in Louth are lower than targets achieved in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47651/25]
629. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of properties purchased through Louth county council under the tenant-in-situ purchase scheme; the total amount spent on this scheme in county Louth to date; if additional targets will be set for this local authority under this scheme to the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47652/25]
630. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the plans to deal with the change in CAS funding now being part of the overall local authority social housing acquisition fund and not as easily accessible for disability approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47653/25]
653. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the tenant-in situ scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48015/25]
654. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit of new build social housing delivered in 2024 by social housing investment programme, by type (details supplied), in tabular form. [48022/25]
655. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are schemes or loans available to persons (details supplied), to financially assist with purchasing a property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48026/25]
656. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is creating a dedicating funding stream for local authorities to help provide storm community hubs during extreme weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48044/25]
657. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if data is available for first home scheme participants on the distribution of applicants’ credit card limits; the relationship between such limits and approval outcomes, and the guidance given to applicants on managing revolving credit during the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48083/25]
660. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding allocated by his Department to each local authority under the housing adaption grant scheme in each of the past five years; if the allocations by his Department were categorised whereby specific amounts were ring fenced for priority 1, 2 and 3, applications; if it is a matter for each local authority …
662. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the help-to-buy and first home schemes in view of reports that many first-time buyers cannot afford new homes in developments such as (details supplied) even when availing of these supports; and if she will outline whether changes are planned to scheme thresholds or eligibility to address affordability challenges i…
671. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason persons on the working family payment are not entitled to HAP (details supplied). [48439/25]
686. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1237 of 8 September 2025, if there is a timeline for the passage of this legislation once completed; if there is a further timeline for when qualified recipients will receive payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48733/25]
688. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will establish a national phone line where applicants of the vacant home scheme seeking information and support with their application can call in view of the complexity of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48738/25]
689. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the stress and difficulties, delays in local authorities paying for works carried out under the vacant homes scheme is causing for homeowners; the steps he and the Government will take to reduce these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/25]
690. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the stress and difficulties the current requirements to prove vacancy when seeking to avail of the vacant homes scheme is causing for homeowners; the steps he and the Government are taking to address this and ensure works can begin on the relevant properties in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on…
691. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the circumstances under which a section five requirement can be waived in relation to applications for the vacant homes scheme; if he will reconsider or expand these circumstances in view of the current housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48741/25]
473. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance to provide the estimated cost of the help to buy scheme for 2025-2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44436/25]
506. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance if he could provide a timeline for the housing measures promised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45031/25]
582. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the threshold for help-to buy applicants from €500,000 in Budget 2026 in view of the increase in housing and construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46892/25]
1112. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of properties acquired under the cost rental tenant in-situ scheme since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44508/25]
1125. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to provide any additional funding to local authorities under the tenant in situ scheme in addition to the funding already provided this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44757/25]