Results 321-340 of 530 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 685. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide the original and revised delivery targets under “Housing for All” for social, affordable purchase, affordable rental, and cost-rental units for the years 2022, 2023, and 2024, alongside actual delivery statistics. [23339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 686. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions granted but not commenced for residential construction. [23340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 687. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing developments or regeneration projects approved by the Department that have not proceeded due to cost overruns, planning redesigns, legal challenges, or local authority bottlenecks. [23341/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 690. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a comparative analysis of cost-effectiveness between turnkey acquisitions and direct build schemes. [23344/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 691. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of total expenditure on land acquisition, enabling works, and professional services for government-funded housing since 2020. [23345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 694. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing delivery projects that have stalled due to interdepartmental inefficiencies, and the timeline for legislative reform to streamline approval and procurement processes. [23348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 696. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of all housing-related projects that exceeded their approved budgets by more than 15%, including the cause and financial consequences. [23350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 700. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a housing delivery acceleration unit within his Department, composed of public, private, and voluntary sector housing experts to audit stalled projects, eliminate waste, and publicly report on delivery performance each quarter. [23355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of publicly owned or NAMA-held residential sites that remain idle or under-utilised. [23342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 689. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average per-unit cost of construction under social and affordable housing schemes, by year and by project type (house or apartment), compared to private sector benchmarks. [23343/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 692. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a list of all Departmental and agency-run schemes launched since 2020 aimed at increasing supply (for example croí cónaithe, affordable purchase scheme, help-to-buy), including take-up rates, delivery outcomes, and per-unit costs. [23346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 693. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he accepts that reliance on the private rental market for long-term housing of vulnerable individuals is unsustainable and ethically flawed. [23347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount spent by the Department since 2020 on consultants, feasibility studies, legal reviews, planning appeals, and procurement re-runs. [23349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 697. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Department or agency-led projects that incurred costs exceeding €1 million but produced no housing output, and the reasons for such outcomes. [23352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 698. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of full-time staff within the Department and its agencies dedicated to housing delivery, and how many of these are directly involved in project management or construction oversight. [23353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 699. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will now formally declare a national housing emergency, and commit to convening a cross-party housing emergency taskforce with executive powers to fast-track public housing delivery. [23354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 701. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he acknowledges that the current model of rent subsidies, market competition, public land disposal, and over-reliance on institutional developers has failed, and whether he will now support a shift toward State-led construction as the central driver of national housing recovery. [23356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 737. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that are zoned for planning specific to housing that are in Ireland from January 2025. [23691/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 748. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 749. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23836/25]