1133. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households in counties Westmeath and Longford living in HAP supported accommodation. [44873/25]
Topics / Housing Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHousing Schemes
1,089 questions from 126 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.
1,089
questions
1,068 written, 21 oral
126
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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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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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.
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The questions
1162. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants that were successful in the tenant incremental purchase scheme for Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45267/25]
1177. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person was directed to Fingal County Council regarding the Tenant in Situ Scheme by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation of €20 million for the scheme had already been exhausted within the first six months of the year; his plans to allocate supplementary funding to ensur…
1202. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if priority will be given to critical skills workers such as teachers, nurses and Gardaí in upcoming affordable housing schemes: the way in which such a priority would work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45845/25]
1203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to respond to concerns that existing housing schemes functionally exclude many single individuals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45856/25]
1212. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a person who has recently been approved for social housing can have their payment transferred under the housing assistance payment, notwithstanding they are currently in receipt of emergency rental supplement as this payment was approved before they were approved on the housing list; and if he will make a statement on the …
1227. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Councils will receive funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/25]
1233. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if cross-generational tenant purchases through the tenant purchase scheme are allowable; and if so, the regulations or criteria that apply. [46164/25]
1236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to cases whereby single people cannot qualify for affordable housing schemes due to their lower income relative to couples; if he is conscious of the need to support all prospective homeowners, regardless of relationship status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46174/25]
1237. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes to support apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46179/25]
1240. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost per unit of retrofitting at a location (details supplied) and the overall cost of the project. [46265/25]
1241. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether inspections are required after council funded retrofitting; and if he is aware that none were reportedly undertaken at a location (details supplied) [46266/25]
1244. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider increasing the ceiling for the first home scheme in the Dublin area. [46337/25]
1251. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated full-year cost of increasing HAP limits to the average cost of rents in each area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46451/25]
1254. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes for apartment defects will complete pre-legislative scrutiny before the end of 2025; and when he anticipates that the legislation will pass both Houses of the Oireachtas. [46455/25]
1278. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected capital assistance scheme underspend for 2025. [46838/25]
1282. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the monies spent on a project by a local authority for a housing scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46977/25]
2749. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason the Summary Report from the Rural Youth Assembly 2024 acknowledges housing as a challenge for young people living in rural areas, but housing recommendations were not included in the delegates' final list of recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/25]
1397. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the issues identified with the serviced sites scheme, considering only four local authorities have provided for the scheme and no houses have been sold; and his plans to make the scheme a success. [40797/25]
1398. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local councils who provide a serviced sites scheme; the number of sites currently proposed by each local authority; the number of serviced sites being built currently in each local authority; and the number of sites available to purchase in each local authority, in tabular form. [40798/25]
1399. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the issues local authorities are having in providing serviced sites schemes; if he has met with local authorities to discuss the serviced sites scheme; if the scheme is to be enacted to deal with any shortcomings highlighted by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40799/25…
1407. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide data on the number of refusals by the pillar banks of the first home scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the reasons for refusals, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40902/25]
1412. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made under the first home scheme in each of the years since it was set up, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40978/25]
1413. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants approved by the first home scheme in each of the years since it was set up; the number of these applicants who did not draw down the funds; the number who did not draw down due to the fact that the pillar bank refused the first home scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40…
1418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by the Housing Agency, with tenants still paying high rents with no recourse for repairs or maintenance, or long-term rental agreements or registration with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matt…