Housing Provision

Tuesday, 13 January 2026

Ceisteanna (1462, 1463, 1464, 1465, 1466, 1467, 1468, 1469)

Grace Boland

Ceist:

1462. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications received for affordable purchase homes under all affordable housing schemes administered by each local authority; the number of those applications which met all eligibility requirements; the number of homes available for allocation in each year; and the number of homes ultimately allocated in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1893/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1463. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average number of eligible applications per affordable purchase home available at the point of allocation, for each local authority in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1894/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1464. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants who met all eligibility criteria for affordable purchase housing but were not offered a home due to demand exceeding supply for each local authority in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1895/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1465. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department or local authorities track repeat applications by the same household for affordable purchase housing schemes; if so, the number of unique applicant households, the number of households that applied more than once, and the average and median number of application rounds entered by households prior to being allocated an affordable purchase home for each local authority in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1466. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if data on the length of time or number of application rounds spent in the affordable purchase housing application process by successful applicants is collected or monitored by his Department or by local authorities; if so, to provide details and any available data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1901/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1467. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the standard eligibility criteria applied by local authorities when assessing applications for affordable purchase homes, including income thresholds, mortgage capacity assessments, first time buyer status, and local authority area connection requirements; whether these criteria are applied consistently across all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1902/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1468. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration has been given to the introduction of anonymised unique applicant identifiers for affordable purchase housing schemes in order to better assess repeat application rates, unmet demand, and waiting times across local authorities; and if so, the status of such consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1903/26]

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Grace Boland

Ceist:

1469. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if comparative data on demand versus supply for affordable purchase housing across local authorities is used by his Department to inform funding allocations, programme design, or future delivery targets; and if so, to provide details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1904/26]

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Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1462 to 1469, inclusive, together.

The Government's new housing action plan, Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030 reinforces and expands the range of existing measures being implemented to tackle the issues of supply and affordability. The new action plan supports and expands on the various affordable housing schemes now being delivered by a range of delivery partners, and will drive delivery beyond the almost 19,000 affordable housing supports that have already been delivered since the launch of the previous plan Housing for All.

While my Department has a policy and funding role in relation to affordable housing matters, the administration of each publicly-funded development and housing scheme is a matter for the delivery partner concerned. In this context, the information requested is not currently compiled or sought by my Department.

My Department publishes programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years 2022 up to Q3 2025 is currently published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/overall-social-and-affordable-housing-provision/

Contact information for the various local authorities and the Local Authority Home Loan can be found at the following links:

www.affordablehomes.ie/contact/local-authorities/

www.localauthorityhomeloan.ie/contact/

Question No. 1463 answered with Question No. 1462.

Question No. 1464 answered with Question No. 1462.

Question No. 1465 answered with Question No. 1462.

Question No. 1466 answered with Question No. 1462.

Question No. 1467 answered with Question No. 1462.

Question No. 1468 answered with Question No. 1462.

Question No. 1469 answered with Question No. 1462.