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
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-12-02 · to Housing
338. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the equalisation funding for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026 for each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67685/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-12-02 · to Housing
339. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Galway County Council consistently receives a lower allocation of equalisation funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67686/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-12-02 · to Housing
340. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the LPT baseline assigned to Galway County Council; the way this baseline is determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67687/25]
Shane Moynihan
written
2025-12-02 · to Housing
343. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the staffing levels and legal expertise available in disability access offices within local authorities; if additional resources will be allocated to ensure timely responses and compliance with accessibility obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67724/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-12-02 · to Housing
349. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has identified staffing shortages and internal bottlenecks in Mayo County Council's planning office as a cause of the 43% fall in new housing completions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67931/25]
Michael Murphy
written
2025-11-27 · to Housing
371. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total revenue and capital funding provided by central government to each local authority in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67119/25]
Michael Murphy
written
2025-11-27 · to Housing
373. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide data on the proportion of each local authority's revenue that is derived from commercial rates; the trend in this figure since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67121/25]
James Geoghegan
written
2025-11-27 · to Housing
385. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains information on the number of staff assigned to Part V negotiations in each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67235/25]
Martin Daly
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
42. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific accountability measures that are being put in place to ensure that local authorities meet their housing delivery targets, given ongoing concerns from the construction sector regarding constant delays, objections, and bottlenecks in planning and approvals. [65829/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
60. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to strengthen local authorities capacity to respond to tenancy management issues and anti-social behaviour. [65642/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
71. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take to prevent rent hikes by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65489/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
76. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans he has to reform local government funding, in particular with regard to commercial rates. [65824/25]
Aisling Dempsey
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
78. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he will support local authorities to provide more housing under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65639/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
83. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms by which local authorities can address anti-social behaviour in social housing tenancies. [65641/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
100. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for moving to a proactive maintenance approach. [65561/25]
Martin Daly
written
2025-11-25 · to Housing
115. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms he will introduce, in light of the establishment of the Housing Activation Office, to monitor and enforce the performance of local authorities in progressing housing projects; and the way in which his Department intends to address councils that consistently fail to deliver homes in a timely manner.…
Niamh Smyth
written
2025-11-25 · to Public Expenditure
298. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to review correspondence from a local authority (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65600/25]
John Connolly
written
2025-11-20 · to Housing
485. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the determinants for the allocation made to each local authority through the local Government fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65015/25]
John Connolly
written
2025-11-20 · to Housing
486. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocation provided to each local authority under the local Government fund for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65016/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-11-20 · to Housing
488. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local service sites acquired by each county council for each of the past five years. [64669/25]
Shane Moynihan
written
2025-11-20 · to Housing
491. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps being taken to ensuring that all advertised vacancies for clerks of works and building control inspectors are in line with updated qualifications for those roles. [64937/25]
Sorca Clarke
written
2025-11-18 · to Housing
562. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing units completed and occupied in each local authority area to date in 2025; and the targets for completion by year end. [62967/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-11-18 · to Housing
587. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of approved housing body units completed in Dublin for the past five years, by postal code, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63360/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-11-18 · to Housing
598. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of direct-build local authority homes delivered and currently under construction, by local authority, between the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63652/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-11-18 · to Housing
600. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of turn-key acquisitions of homes for social housing, by local authority area, between the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63654/25]