Rental Sector

356. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any analysis has been carried out by or received by his Department on the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on the private rental market, including any distortionary effects on supply or pricing; and if he will provide copies or summaries of such analysis. [23157/26]

357. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has provided analysis or advice regarding the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23158/26]

358. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any comparison has been undertaken between the accommodation recognition payment and other State-supported accommodation schemes in terms of cost-effectiveness and market impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23159/26]

263. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of residential properties in Galway City and County currently registered for short-term letting; the proportion of housing stock represented by such properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/26]

321. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the plans to increase the income limits for cost rental applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21077/26]

573. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his response to concerns (details supplied) in relation to short-term lets. [19089/26]

1028. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he will take to address the unaffordability and the viability gap of cost rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19020/26]

1029. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider increasing RAS contribution limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19021/26]

1084. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department is considering legislative measures to provide greater clarity regarding the status of licence agreements in residential accommodation where occupants have exclusive use of a room and share common areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/26]

1085. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware of concerns that licence agreements are being used in some residential settings to exclude occupants from Rent Pressure Zone protections; whether his Department has assessed the impact of this practice on the operation of RPZ rent increase limits; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

1086. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department is considering any legislative clarification to ensure that residential arrangements which operate as tenancies in substance are treated as tenancies for the purposes of the Residential Tenancies Acts and Rent Pressure Zone rules, regardless of how they are labelled; and if he will make…

1110. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has assessed the impact of the new tenancy rules introduced on 1 March 2026 on the volume of notices of termination issued in the weeks preceding that date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20464/26]

152. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reduce unaffordable rents in the private sector. [17818/26]

182. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review will be carried out in six months’ time to measure the impact of the new rent rules, in order to have accurate information on the effect on housing both in County Laois, and nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/26]

208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the impact the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 will have on renters in Kerry; his views on whether the increase will be affordable for the people of Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17079/26]

209. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the support his Department is providing for the provision of cost-rental apartments at a location (details supplied); when the project will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17470/26]

227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of any analysis undertaken by his Department on the ‘viability’ of housing developments; and whether this includes raising rents in new tenancies. [17819/26]

231. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has received a report on stock audits carried out to date; what this report has shown; and whether he is aware of the levels of mould and damp in social housing stock. [16729/26]

234. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for reducing the rents in cost rental accommodation to reduce the percentage of applicants excluded on affordability grounds. [17591/26]

260. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has conducted a poverty impact assessment of the double rent increase facing HAP tenants arising from the abolition of rent controls between tenancies which will increase top ups paid by HAP tenants to landlords and the decision of many local councils to increase council rents for HAP tenants; a…

573. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the 20,000 population threshold area will be determined with regard to the new short-term letting regulations; if specific maps or guidelines will be published; whether a “grandfathering” clause will be included and what criteria will apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16185/…

574. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the new short-term letting regulations, whether a requirement to obtain commercial planning permission for a property will mean it will become liable for commercial rates; if commercial planning is granted for a short-term let, will there be a clear and straightforward process to revert the proper…

575. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is considering increasing the threshold for the cost rental income assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16194/26]

368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether, prior to the commencement of the Room for a Student – Local Authority Tenancies Scheme on 1 December 2023, his Department prepared any policy modelling, capacity assessment or impact analysis of potential participation levels among local authority tenants; whether such analysis informed Cabinet approval;…

397. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has undertaken any formal governance review of the Room for a Student – Local Authority Tenancies Scheme since its commencement on 1 December 2023; whether any briefing was prepared by his Department regarding scheme performance relative to projected uptake; and whether any policy modificat…