622. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a lead-in time when changing the eligibility of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72561/25]
Topics / Vacant Properties
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsVacant Properties
351 questions from 94 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
351
questions
331 written, 20 oral
94
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
18
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| January 2025 | 7 |
| February 2025 | 22 |
| March 2025 | 19 |
| April 2025 | 18 |
| May 2025 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 5 |
| July 2025 | 30 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 39 |
| November 2025 | 19 |
| December 2025 | 21 |
| January 2026 | 24 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 18 |
| April 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 21 |
| June 2026 | 25 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 13 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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The questions
347. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the empty buildings which exist in County Mayo. [70319/25]
501. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the vacant properties grant applies to apartments; the additional supports which are available to those seeking to do up a derelict apartment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69644/25]
517. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the above-the-shop expansion to the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70162/25]
325. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to schemes such as the town and village renewal grant, if local authorities may use, or support applicants to use, such schemes to bring vacant or derelict residential units or voids back into productive use;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67513/25]
326. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline all current funding streams, capital supports, and operational supports made available by his Department to local authorities for the purpose of returning vacant or derelict local authority homes to use voids, including approvals, drawdown mechanisms, turnaround targets, and auditing arrangements; and if he will make a s…
327. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department maintains any form of benchmarking, comparative performance assessment, league table, or KPI-based ranking of local authorities in respect of their management of vacant/void social housing units, including turnaround times, cost per unit, and annual throughput; and if such information exists, if he will publish it…
328. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority dwellings classified as void, by each local authority in each of the past five years; the number returned to use annually; the average cost of remediation per dwelling; the mean and median turnaround time; the value of Departmental funding drawn down for this purpose; and if he will make a statement on…
329. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has examined the feasibility of aligning private-sector vacant property grants with local authority programmes for returning voids to use; and if not, if such alignment will now be considered. [67517/25]
330. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has carried out any analysis comparing the cost, speed, and long-term maintenance outcomes of returning void social housing units to use versus alternative interventions such as acquisition, leasing, or new build; and if he will publish any such analysis to inform future policy choices. [67518/25]
350. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the details of Mayo County Council's current derelict and vacant homes activation strategy; the targets for bringing such homes back into use and the level of compulsory purchase order activity undertaken in 2025 and in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67932/25]
12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans to investigate the rate of home vacancy around the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65819/25]
13. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated to local authorities to bring vacant properties back into public use for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65437/25]
108. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of derelict and vacant properties, to include houses, apartments and flats nationwide, that are across the State; the steps that are being taken to bring these homes back into use; and the estimated timeline for same. [65848/25]
585. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any mechanism, existing or discretionary, that would allow a sole-director small business to qualify for the vacant property grant, given that the renovation is strictly for personal residential use to bring a derelict property in a small town back to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66217/25]
558. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any funding that is made available for retrofitting local authority housing is intended for tenanted social homes; and if not, if it is exclusively for vacant social homes (details supplied). [62918/25]
582. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage in view of the success of the vacant/derelict grants scheme in Donegal if he will consider a similar type of grant for above the shop units for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63309/25]
648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected number of homes expected to return to use as a result of the vacant homes tax; the number of properties currently subject to the tax; and how these projections informed Government housing targets to 2030. [63916/25]
322. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount provided to local authorities for vacant social housing acquisitions in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of such acquisitions purchased in each year. [62517/25]
629. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns regarding the vacant homes grant raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61792/25]
978. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the number of previously vacant or derelict properties that have been retrofitted and returned to use for housing since 2022 in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57742/25]
979. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the targets for retrofitting vacant or derelict properties; if these targets have been met since 2022 in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57743/25]
1014. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to extend certain planning exemptions to convert vacant commercial properties into new homes (details supplied); if he will confirm his plans to extend or review the scheme before the end of 2025; and his views on whether the scheme has been a success and produced the potential to create 3,429 new homes throughout the…
1056. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant; if he will review the interpretation of the guidelines in view of this application; his views on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58853/25]
1069. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the number of vacant and derelict properties identified in Mallow; and the progress which has been made in bringing them back into use under the Vacant Homes Action Plan. [58977/25]