4. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reverse the decision to cut funding for social housing acquisitions, including housing first and the tenant in situ schemes. [24905/25]
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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| 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
101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 245 and 247 of 3 April 2025, if Leitrim County Councils social housing acquisition budget for 2025 is €2 or €3 million. [24517/25]
107. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 29 April 2025, which provided a tabular breakdown of funding that has been recouped to date, if he could more specifically provide details of the level of funding that was committed to but may not have been recouped, or drawn down, yet by the local authorities; and if he will make a stat…
720. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many county directors of planning hold professional planning qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23606/25]
721. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the recommended number of planners for county councils nationwide, as per various reports and reviews, to enable them to manage their growing workload and function in a timely efficient manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/25]
722. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how any shortfall will be addressed and new planners recruited as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23608/25]
723. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether all county councils have been instructed to recruit overseas as well as in the Irish market to fill vacancies, including posts in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23609/25]
724. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage f he can provide any monitoring function or statistics or reports on the time it takes to get pre-planning meetings at the various county councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23610/25]
734. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planners working in county councils nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23622/25]
735. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of hold appropriate professional planning qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23623/25]
743. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his engagement with Cork City Council regarding 33 families in Cork city whose homes are sale agreed under the tenant-in-situ scheme but for whom Cork City Council do not have funds to complete the purchase of their homes. [23788/25]
757. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to immediately request local authorities to refrain from increasing rents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23979/25]
762. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the number of architects currently employed by local authorities, broken down by local authority; the number of vacant local authority architect posts there are, broken down by local authority; and for details of any plans to increase the number employed. [23989/25]
763. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of the qualifications required to take up a post as a local authority medical adjudicator. [23990/25]
275. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total funding allocated to Galway City Council and Galway County Council over the past five years for district heating initiatives, including both project development and feasibility studies, by project and year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19639/25]
276. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if any new or expanded funding supports are planned to assist Galway City Council and Galway County Council to develop district heating schemes as part of Ireland’s climate and energy goals; if he will provide details of any such commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19640/25]
277. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding provided over the past five years to Galway City Council and Galway County Council for the purpose of advancing district heating projects or carrying out feasibility assessments; the breakdown, by project and local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19641/25]
278. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if additional financial supports are being considered for local authorities such as Galway City Council and Galway County Council to progress district heating schemes in line with national climate targets; if so, the upcoming or planned initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19642/25]
1203. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total number of local authority home loan applications, by local authority; and the number of successful applications, in tabular form. [19247/25]
1235. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No.15 of 20 March 2025, if his Department has contacted Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council to request updates on the current role and activities of their respective accessibility officers; if so, whether the findings can be shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19682…
1302. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to instruct local authorities to reduce the interest rates for their long standing variable interest mortgage holders, as the last reduction was October 2023 and there have been multiple interest rate cuts by the ECB since this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20233/25]
2640. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on the merits of supporting projects at a local authority level that would create cookery classes and cookbooks designed to include food from the countries of those in IPAS accommodation to further allow for community integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21062/25]
262. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant homes officers employed in each local authority; the number of posts that are vacant; the cost of employing each officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18152/25]
263. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount that is owed as of March 2025 to each local authority for expenditure on the provision of housing, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/25]
280. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for finalising and publishing the revised local authority level social and affordable housing targets for the 2025 to 2030 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18334/25]