355. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if it is a requirement for the local authority to own the building they apply for the artist workspace scheme for; or if there is a requirement for the building to be leased for a certain period of time; whether Donegal county council have submitted an application to the scheme; if applications are still being accepted; if a list of a…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsLocal Authorities
485 questions from 108 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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477 written, 8 oral
108
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 8 |
| February 2025 | 25 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 24 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 56 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 55 |
| October 2025 | 14 |
| November 2025 | 38 |
| December 2025 | 29 |
| January 2026 | 28 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 20 |
| April 2026 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 38 |
| July 2026 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 19 |
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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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
369. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review of existing local authorities' rates for retailers is being considered to reflect the lower level of footfall in towns and villages due to the proliferation of online shopping; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49680/25]
370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any review of the way in which local authorities are handling county councillors’ questions (details supplied) for written reply; and if he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49693/25]
377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any review of how local authorities are handling councillors’ questions for written reply; and whether he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49883/25]
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 if he will make a sta…
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]
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]
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 Louth still awaiting ta…
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]
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 housing estate (deta…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 self-assessment ackn…
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 preceding 12-months…
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-months. [45273/25]
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]