1564. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to estimate the full year cost of the maintenance of local authority rented homes, broken down by local authority. [42731/25]
Topics / Local Authorities
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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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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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.
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The questions
1567. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of zoned land capable of residential development owned by local authorities nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/25]
1589. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has made any funding available to local authorities to appoint vacancy officers to manage social housing voids; and if so, how much funding for each local authority. [42962/25]
1590. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacancy officers employed by local authorities nationwide, broken down by local authority. [42963/25]
1591. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing acquisitions that have been bought to date in 2025, with a breakdown by local authority and acquisition type tenant-in-situ, housing first, vacant homeless, and so no; and an average cost, by local authority. [42988/25]
1593. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail for each specific local authority the precise number of Part V units currently due for delivery, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43050/25]
1594. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can detail for each specific local authority the precise number and grade of staff within that local authority who have responsibility for engaging with developers in respect of Part V units to be delivered up in each local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43051/25]
1603. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the outstanding debts for unpaid development levies, derelict sites, rent arrears and other in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43140/25]
1614. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on Galway County Council’s social housing waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43353/25]
1664. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing waiting list numbers, average time on list, and percentage waiting over three years, nationally and per county, in tabular form. [43976/25]
1675. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of tenant enforcement officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [44113/25]
1694. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the total amount of local authority home loan applications by local authority and the number of successful applications, in tabular form. [44256/25]
1695. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the total amounts of units retrofitted by local authority area for each of the past five years. [44257/25]
1696. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the total spend on retrofitting of housing units by local authority, in tabular form. [44258/25]
67. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the level of funding that will be provided under a scheme this year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40186/25]
140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes, by whether they are occupied, on the market or vacant, by local authority. [39948/25]
141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes, by local authority in each of the years 2010 to date in 2025. [39949/25]
153. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when additional funding will be allocated to a local authority (details supplied); if he will ensure that this grant aid is allocated without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40134/25]
330. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will give urgent consideration to the issues raised in correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39588/25]
567. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have been issued with the new housing needs demand assessment population and housing targets; and if so, if he will publish them with a breakdown for each local authority, in tabular from. [38966/25]
578. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if the setting of rents for local authority housing is an executive or a reserved function of local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39022/25]
579. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the condition of properties owned by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with the local authority to ensure these properties are brought up to standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39084/25]
581. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm that no local authority will be disadvantaged in terms of the quantum of central Government funding it receives on the basis of the rate it finalises for Local Property Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39138/25]
586. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the allocation he will provide in total to Tipperary County Council for the year 2025; and to provide a breakdown of the areas under which funding has been provided, in tabular form. [39314/25]
85. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of apprenticeships commenced through local authorities for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37312/25]