161. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration will be given to introduce a temporary price stabilisation condition for developments participating in either the help-to-buy or first home scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31325/26]
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
11
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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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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
689. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to expanding the first home scheme and help-to-buy scheme to cover second hand homes for first time buyers given the cost of new homes in this housing crisis. [30086/26]
708. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the possibility of a local authority purchasing a property (details supplied) under the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30302/26]
402. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing options available to individuals who have been refused admission to their local authority housing list as their income puts them over the threshold, who have been renting long term but must vacate their current tenancy and who have a medical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29339/26]
324. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to review the thresholds for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/26]
568. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can provide an update on the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund (HIIF) application submitted by Meath County Council to provide funding for the Local Distributor Road (LDR) 1a, linking the Trim and Dublin Roads near Springfield Glen in Navan [28073/26]
579. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund will reopen; the amount applied for and drawn down to date by local authority and project. [28534/26]
584. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the affordable and purchase homes delivered in 2025, by delivery stream including, AHP local authority delivery, AHP turnkey, AHB cost rental direct delivery, AHB cost rental turnkey, LDA cost rental direct delivery, LDA turnkey, in tabular form; and the average cost of delivery for each stream broken down by total…
600. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the inequity in the rent differential scheme can be corrected to avoid people’s social housing rent being increased when they receive an increase in their social welfare payments namely the State pension. [28714/26]
205. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance regarding the operation of the help to build scheme, whether the current €500,000 limit applies to the overall market value of the completed residential property; whether the amount of mortgage approved by the lending institution is factored into the grant application, or if the letter of offer is purely there to show the necessary funds and fin…
484. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which the warmer homes scheme is funded, showing percentage funded by carbon tax, EU funding and so on [26115/26]
487. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of the pilot on solar PV as part of the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26202/26]
510. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason it can take up to 14 months from date of application to the SEAI warmer homes grant for a surveyor to be allocated, and 24-26 months from date of application for works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/26]
511. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action that will be taken to clear the backlog of applicants to the SEAI warmer homes grant waiting for a surveyor to be allocated; and for applicants waiting for works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26693/26]
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]