Housing Schemes

1252. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in all towns and villages in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19946/25]

1253. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Cahersiveen, County Kerry where there are sites available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19947/25]

1254. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/25]

1255. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Tralee, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19949/25]

1256. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Listowel, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19950/25]

1257. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Castleisland, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19951/25]

1258. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Dingle, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19952/25]

1267. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19998/25]

1268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to open up a low cost sites scheme in Kenmare, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19999/25]

1282. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can provide details of the manner in which once-off payments and once off commissions or bonuses are treated in the estimation of a persons entitlement to HAP; if he is aware that people who have spent years on the housing list are being removed due to a once-off payment which puts them over the limit,…

1283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP payments allocated through the inter-authority movement of housing assistance payment scheme in each of the years from 2021 to date, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20087/25]

1284. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households added to the transfer list, by local authority in 2022, 2023, 2024 compared to the number of HAP tenancies created in the same years and local authorities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20088/25]

1285. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies that have ended after the first two year period, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20089/25]

1297. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the case of a family (details supplied) who are living in overcrowded accommodation, who are being removed from the housing list for being over the income limit, but have been turned down for an affordable housing scheme due to insufficient income; if he will propose a solution for this fa…

1311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications received, granted, refused, or are currently being processed for the social housing tenant-in-situ scheme since it was reintroduced in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20430/25]

1326. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the number of successful applications for the Croi Conaithe cities scheme in 2024; the amount of funding approved to successful applicants in the same year; the number of apartments involved in the successful schemes in 2024; and the number of applications to date in 2025; and how many have been ap…

1330. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the general reviews and timelines for the first home scheme threshold; when the next review of the regional price caps will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20695/25]

1346. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to increase the first-home scheme threshold in County Louth to reflect the rising housing prices. [21014/25]

1366. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost, per unit, of social housing acquisitions in 2024, broken down by tenant-in-situ, housing first, buy-and-renew and vacant acquisitions, and with a further breakdown of these categories by local authority area, in tabular form. [21251/25]

1367. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions in 2024, broken down by tenant-in-situ, housing first, buy-and-renew and vacant acquisitions, and with a further breakdown of these categories by local authority area, in tabular form. [21252/25]

270. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to introduce affordable housing schemes for self-employed persons. [18267/25]

145. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the ready-to-build scheme, outlining how many serviced sites are currently available per local authority for purchase, and how many are expected to come on stream in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17656/25]

148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned at the declining number of habitable thatched houses in the State; if he accepts that the cost of thatching together with the difficulty in securing affordable insurance presents particular difficulties for residents in these classic homes; if he further accepts that the level of grant aid…

157. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of successful STAR applications; the recipient of each of these awards, the name of the scheme to which each award has been awarded; the number of cost rental units in each of these schemes; and the amount awarded to each scheme, in tabular form. [17965/25]

158. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the target for delivery of cost rental homes by the LDA under Project Tosaigh by 2026 and 2028; the total number of cost rental homes delivered to date under this scheme; the total number in the pipeline; the estimated delivery date for the schemes in the pipeline; if he is concerned that the 2026 target may not…