Housing Schemes

935. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any review of the help-to-buy scheme, particularly if he will consider increasing the purchase price limit of €500,000, for homes in Dublin, where the average property price is higher than that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25387/26]

952. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy applications, approvals and drawdowns for every year the scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026 with the total annual expenditure for each year included in the table, in tabular form. [25897/26]

980. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the Living Cities Initiative to include owner occupier new builds in rural areas with high levels of disadvantage or depopulation as defined by POBAL and the CSO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17558/26]

1638. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average turn around times for the Croí Cónaithe scheme in all applicable local authorities in the State for the last three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23713/26]

1663. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the tenant-in-situ scheme, if he proposes to increase the level of funding allocated to Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council to support this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24162/26]

1666. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme at a national level since this scheme was launched, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24165/26]

1672. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of tenant-in-situ acquisitions funded by his Department in each of the years from 2018 to 2026 with a breakdown by local authority and the total for each local authority, in tabular form. [24333/26]

1696. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider giving people who are on their local authorities housing list who have received a valid notice of termination access to homeless HAP earlier than the current 12 weeks prior to their notice of termination date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24790/26]

1701. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to raise the ceiling for the first home scheme to €450,000 in Limerick as current ceiling is not in line with market prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24880/26]

1704. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with local authorities to agree a uniform set of rules for the application of the means assessment for HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24916/26]

1705. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his view on whether carers allowances should be disregarded as assessable income for HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24917/26]

1713. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an entitlement to the current rate of RAS payment of a person will be affected in cases in which a tenant may receive an inheritance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24985/26]

1736. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenancies granted under the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme for the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25495/26]

1737. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocated to the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; the total revenue made from rent by the Housing Agency; the average rent in each of the past four years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25496/26]

1739. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for commencement and completion of the social housing schemes funded by his Department that were to be included in bundles 4 to 7 of the PPP social housing scheme and the details of the location of each scheme and number of units involved, in tabular form. [25550/26]

1740. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the social housing benchmarking exercise used in bundles 1, 2 and 3 of the PPP social housing scheme. [25551/26]

1741. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a copy of the review into bundles 4 - 7 of the PPP social housing scheme; the person or body that undertook this review; and the date on which it was completed and submitted to him. [25552/26]

1760. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of first home scheme applications, approvals and drawdowns for every year the scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026 with the total annual expenditure for each year included in the table, in tabular form. [25899/26]

300. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties purchased by Clare County Council under tenant-in-situ or other acquisition schemes in west Clare, including Kilkee, in the past two years; and whether additional funding will be provided to increase such acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/26]

304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the means test for the housing adaptation grant, whether the means test applies to the legal owners or the residents in the case where parents reside in a family home but the ownership has been transferred to the children leaving the parents with a legal right to reside in the home for the remai…

306. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of funding drawn down by each local authority over the past four years for the ready to build (serviced sites for new homes) scheme under the Croí Cónaithe towns fund, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23215/26]

307. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount funding allocated each year since 2023 to the serviced ready to build (serviced sites for new homes) scheme under the croí cónaithe towns fund, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23216/26]

308. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time it took SHIP construction projects to complete the four-stage approval process for those projects that were delivered in 2025; and the breakdown of the average length of time it took to pass through stage 1 approval, planning, design approval, cost appraisal, procurement and constructi…

309. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of SHIP construction single stage social housing applications that have been received to date; and the breakdown by local authority area, number schemes and number of units per scheme. [23316/26]

310. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the proposed changes to procurement SHIP, CALF and CAS turnkey approvals as part of the shift from forward purchasing to forward funding models for delivering social housing. [23317/26]