Dáil debates

Wednesday, 8 October 2025

  • Prelude (0 speeches)
    Chuaigh an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach (Deputy John Paul O'Shea) i gceannas ar 10.23 a.m.
  • Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions (0 speeches)
    • Homeless Accommodation (7 speeches)
      1. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he intends to take in the coming months to halt the relentless rise in adult and child homelessness and to reduce...
    • Land Development Agency (7 speeches)
      2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which he intends to ensure the LDA meets its targets with a sustainable source of funding in view of the recent...
    • Compulsory Purchase Orders (23 speeches)
      3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of compulsory purchase orders, CPOs, completed under the CPO activation programme and an update on...
    • Housing Schemes (6 speeches)
      4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the way in which his Department plans to address approval lags for cost rental equity loan, CREL, funding; the reason...
    • Rental Sector (12 speeches)
      5. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he is taking to tackle high rents in the private rental sector and the increasing unaffordability of rents in the...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines (7 speeches)
      6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider placing a pause on all wind energy developments until the new wind energy guidelines are published; when he...
  • Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (1 speech)
    Question No. 7 in the name of Deputy Seán Fleming is being taken by Deputy Séamus McGrath.
    • Housing Provision (6 speeches)
      7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the housing activation office and its work and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53635/25]
    • Housing Provision (14 speeches)
      8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the amount of affordable housing in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision (12 speeches)
      9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the number of new affordable homes in Dublin for 2025; the proposed number for 2026; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy (11 speeches)
      10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to hold a referendum and legislate for a constitutional right to housing; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Provision (7 speeches)
      11. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the delivery of affordable and social housing in Cork city and county, including the expected...
    • Housing Provision (37 speeches)
      12. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost rental homes delivered in Balbriggan in each of the past five years. [53572/25]
    • Building Energy Rating (7 speeches)
      13. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for the delay in implementing the commitment contained in the programme for Government that introduced a minimum BER...
    • Vacant Properties (11 speeches)
      14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is evaluating to promote the conversion of older buildings for housing delivery; and if he will...
  • Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (179 speeches)
    Workers are worse off today because of the Government’s budget. They are in shock and disbelief. What the Government delivered yesterday abandons and betrays working people to look after...
  • Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (4 speeches)
    I have a very clear ask of the Taoiseach. I want further investment in our two hospitals in County Louth, namely, Louth County Hospital in Dundalk and Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda....
  • Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (267 speeches)
    Debate resumed on the following Financial Resolution: - (Minister for Education and Youth)