Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North-Central, Fianna Fail)
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16. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in situ applications approved in Cork city and county for the months of November and December 2024 and January and February 2025, in tabular form; to clarify if the Department will continue to insist on ceilings for the number of allocations permissible or if flexibility will be afforded to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12396/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Tenant in Situ Acquisitions were introduced by way of Government decision in 2023 as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants.

A further Government decision extended such acquisitions into 2024 with approval granted for 1,300 Tenant in Situ acquisitions in addition to the 200 priority acquisitions target for 2024 contained in Housing for All.

Tenant in Situ acquisitions have been an important measure in the prevention of homelessness since its introduction in 2023. Government has therefore agreed to continue such acquisitions in 2025.

My Department has notified local authorities on the extension of the second hand acquisitions programme and a circular setting out the arrangements will issue shortly. Arrangements for acquisitions, including the capital funding allocations and acquisitions initiated in 2024 and not yet complete, will be clearly set out in the circular.

Figures for 2024 are being collected and collated and will be available in due course. As such, statistics relating to delivery in Q4 2024 and Q1 2025 in Cork City and County are not yet available.