Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the additional cost of increasing the funding for defects remediation schemes by 50%, 100% and 150%. [29392/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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There are currently three defects remediation schemes operating; namely, the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme, the Pyrite Remediation Scheme, and the Interim Remediation Scheme.

The Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme applies to the owners of dwellings located in Donegal, Mayo, Clare, Limerick and Sligo which are damaged due to the use of defective concrete blocks containing excessive amounts of mica or pyrite or such other deleterious materials or combination of deleterious materials as may be prescribed.

The Pyrite Remediation Scheme was set up to remediate dwellings that have been significantly damaged as a result of pyritic heave caused by the swelling of hardcore under ground floor slabs.

The Interim Remediation Scheme funds work to fix emergency fire safety issues in apartments and duplexes that were built between 1991 and 2013.

The cost of increasing the 2025 allocation for the three defects remediation schemes by 50, 100 and 150 per cent is as follows:

50% = €52.5m

100% = €105m

150% = €157.5m

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will state the number of SHIP applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29399/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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785. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will state the number of CALF applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals [29400/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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786. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will state the number of CAS applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29401/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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787. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will state the number of CREL applications that have been submitted to his Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29402/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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788. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will state the number of AHF applications that have been submitted to hid Department from 1 August 2024 to 28 May 2025; the total number of units involved in these applications; and the total number of applications approved during this period and the number of units involved in these approvals. [29403/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 784, 785, 786, 787 and 788 together.

The relevant details are being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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791. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of new Housing First tenancies created in each of the years 2016 to 2024 and to date in 2025, with a breakdown by local authority area; the total number of active Housing First tenancies currently operating in each local authority area; and if he will provide the Housing First targets for each local authority and homeless region for 2025, in tabular form. [29461/25]

Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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810. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new Housing First tenancies created in each of the years 2020 to 2024, by second-hand acquisition, turnkey and construction, with a further breakdown of each of these categories by local authority area. [29687/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 791 and 810 together.

The Housing First approach to addressing homelessness places direct access to housing first and foremost for vulnerable individuals using homeless services consistently or intermittently over long periods of time, and those unable or resistant to accessing homeless services and who may then become habitual rough sleepers. These individuals often have complex high support needs such as mental or physical health problems, addiction issues or dual diagnosis (the presence of mental ill health and a substance addiction).

Housing for All committed to the further expansion of Housing First. A new National Implementation Plan, which provides for a further 1,319 tenancies covering the period 2022-2026, was published in December 2021. These targets are based on an analysis of need, which involved all key stakeholders and was supported by The Housing Agency. The implementation of the Plan is a joint initiative of my Department, the Department of Health, the Health Service Executive (HSE), the criminal justice sector (the Probation Service and the Irish Prison Service) and Local Authorities, in conjunction with NGO partners.

The Programme for Government, Securing Ireland’s Future, commits to creating 2,000 Housing First tenancies to help eliminate long term homelessness.

Data on the number of Housing First tenancies created are published every three months as part of my Department's Homeless Quarterly Progress Reports. These reports can be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/homelessness-data/. The Department does not hold data on the breakdown by second-hand acquisition, turnkey and construction.

The table below provides details on the number of tenancies created since 2016;

Total number of active Housing First tenancies in each homeless region at end Q1 2025;

2025 breakdown of tenancy targets.