Local Authorities
An official questions-paper heading. 456 questions (8 oral, 448 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 8 |
| Feb 2025 | 25 |
| Mar 2025 | 17 |
| Apr 2025 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 24 |
| Jun 2025 | 18 |
| Jul 2025 | 56 |
| Sep 2025 | 55 |
| Oct 2025 | 14 |
| Nov 2025 | 38 |
| Dec 2025 | 29 |
| Jan 2026 | 28 |
| Feb 2026 | 28 |
| Mar 2026 | 20 |
| Apr 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| Jun 2026 | 38 |
| Jul 2026 | 8 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Housing | 391 |
| Transport | 16 |
| Environment | 9 |
| Finance | 8 |
| Public Expenditure | 7 |
| Rural | 7 |
| Climate | 6 |
| Agriculture | 3 |
| Culture | 3 |
| Justice | 2 |
| Enterprise | 2 |
| Health | 1 |
| Foreign | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-25 | Local Authorities |
| 2026-01-22 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-07-01 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-07-01 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-06-26 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-06-18 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-05-15 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-05-15 | Local Authorities |
| 2025-05-15 | Local Authorities |
The questions
Liam Quaide
written
2025-09-23 · to Housing
379. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to alter the eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan where long-term State benefit payments may only be considered as repayment income where more than 50% of the income source is of an earned nature, to allow two applicants on long-term State benefit payments to avail of the scheme; and i…
Joe Cooney
written
2025-09-23 · to Housing
380. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans for reimbursing local authorities for works undertaken in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50019/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-09-23 · to Agriculture
501. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dog wardens currently employed by each local authority in 2020, 2022, 2024, and the latest figures available in 2025. [49753/25]
Paula Butterly
written
2025-09-18 · to Housing
275. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing stronger requirements to ensure essential infrastructure, such as public lighting, footpaths, crèche facilities and community amenities, are completed before or during construction, prior to granting permissions to developers, in view of the 70 housing developments in County Lou…
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-09-17 · to Housing
627. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to conduct a local-authorities based review of estate management issues and solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47650/25]
Frankie Feighan
written
2025-09-17 · to Housing
687. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1138 of 8 September 2025, if a reply will issue specifically to the question, which was not answered in the reply and asked him to confirm that he has received a request from Leitrim County Council for funding to deal with historic structural issues around the unfinished …
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-09-08 · to Climate
110. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the funding that has been provided to Westmeath and Longford County Councils in the past 5 years to implement local climate action plans, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44798/25]
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-09-08 · to Transport
241. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if local authorities are required to re advertise the community involvement scheme every two years, including requesting existing applications to re-apply. [44455/25]
Séamus McGrath
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1114. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of a social housing unit delivered in 2024 by local authorities broken down by the cost per unit size, such as 1 bed, 2 bed, 3 bed and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/25]
Séamus McGrath
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1115. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total quantum of land held by local authorities, by each local authority, earmarked for social, affordable and cost rental housing; to outline the total number of units which could potentially be delivered on the landbank in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44520/25]
Claire Kerrane
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1126. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the educational criteria for a safety plan administrator in Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44764/25]
Frankie Feighan
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1138. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that he has received a request from Leitrim County Council for funding to deal with historic structural issues around the unfinished housing estate (details supplied); if he will confirm if his officials have decided on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44995/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1153. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of funding to support the turnaround and re-let of vacant local authority homes under the Voids Programme to Offaly County Council for 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45207/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1154. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all 31 local authorities are now live on the ICT asset management system; and his views on the broad objectives of the asset management system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45208/25]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1158. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if variable local authority home loan interest rates will reduce in line with the recently reduced costs of borrowing for the Housing Finance Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45233/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1160. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding made available to Cork County Council for housing maintenance for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45265/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1161. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding made available to Cork City Council for housing maintenance for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45266/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1163. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide clarity for local councils on the issue of self-employed people wishing to put their name on the social housing list in relation to the discretionary requirement from individual councils to request a minimum of two years' accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or …
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1164. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Meath County Council is permitted the use of its own discretion when requesting a self-employed person, seeking to apply to join the social housing list to provide a submission of two years' accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment acknowledgement for the…
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1165. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce legislation compelling county councils to request self-employed individuals seeking to join the social housing list to provide minimum of two years’ accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment acknowledgement letter for the preceding 12-month…
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1168. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by Cork City Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45319/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1169. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by AHBs in the Cork City Council, area in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45320/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1170. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by Cork County Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45321/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1171. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of social housing new builds by AHBs in the Cork County Council, area in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45322/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
written
2025-09-08 · to Housing
1172. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the name and location of newly built houses, acquired by Cork City Council, in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [45323/25]