Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Scrapping of levy will leave taxpayers footing the bill for paying the levy to local authorities, says Senator

The contributions are paid to local authorities by developers when they build residential or commercial buildings

Government will pick up tab for connecting new estates to water and roads to boost building rates, Varadkar says

Builders and engineers must prepare for temperatures higher than 33 degrees recorded last year

People in apartments with fire safety issues still ‘living with fear’

Dispute could lead to water outages and derail Government plans to establish Uisce Éireann as a stand-alone utility

Local authorities set to secure 30% of any land value increase arising from planning and development decisions

Party leader says many accidental landlords selling up because they are coming out of negative equity

Underspend could have funded construction of 4,000 social houses

Stephen Cotter, who catches moths as a hobby, caught a species never previously found in Munster

INMO tells Government recruitment and retention crisis will only worsen with nurses priced out of housing around hospitals

From evictions, unauthorised lettings, to rent pressure zones and planning permission, balancing the rights and needs of people living here and people visiting the country is a tricky business

Critics claim the scheme, one of the key policies outlined following ending of eviction ban, is ‘half-baked’

New figures to be published by Residential Tenancies Board on Monday

Warning is contained in papers supplied to Ministers ahead of meeting of Cabinet subcommittee on Ukraine crisis response

Decision to remove stipulation to pay portion of rent towards cost of care criticised

Included in the requirements is a commitment to supply information to the public on water quality

Government hopes planned short-term letting register could free up thousands of properties for use in wider rental market

Coalition has shown it can rely on Independents to bolster its razor-thin majority

Conference told of four-stage planning process to get projects off ground that can take up to four years to complete

There will always be a need for private rented accommodation, no matter how many new houses and homes are provided by the Government

Text includes several measures raised by members of the Regional Independent Group

City councillors will next month vote on Constitution Hill project where costs have risen from €44.5m to €58m since 2020

Complaints sent to Ministers after start of academic year show housing crisis having a significant impact

Some politicians advocate allowing Approved Housing Bodies to buy properties from private landlords for cost-rental tenancies

If tenant does not pay their share of rent, HAP payments by council will stop

Almost 59% of notices were due to landlords intending to sell properties, figures from housing charity Threshold show

How could an Irish Government make this move knowing the direct impacts it will have on the most vulnerable in our society?

Locals threatened with defamation action and legal costs, housing committee told

Many renters will remain protected until June due to measures provided for in legislation

Former drinking establishments looking for change of use spread across 24 local authority areas with 12 in Mayo alone

Homelessness in Ireland hits another record high, according to figures published on Friday

Call for extension to eviction ban as numbers in emergency accommodation in Dublin up 31% since January 2022

Commencement notices for the construction of 2,108 new residential homes nationally were received last month

We are incapable of accurately counting our housing output with a variance between methods of 6,100 for 2022

Oireachtas Committee on Environment and Climate Action hears retrofitting programme for local authority housing an essential measure to tackle energy poverty

Between 700 and 800 planning decisions delayed due to lack of board members

Draft planning Bill includes penalties for failing to meet planning decision deadlines

Bill aims to respond to population increase and reduce demand for judicial review, which will still be accessible, officials say

Legislation aims to reduce the number of judicial reviews, Oireachtas committee will hear