Legislative file

Housing (Amendment) Bill 2026

A housing bill focused on accelerated public-home delivery targets, stronger vacancy measures, and updated tenant safeguards.

Trajectory

Stage timing, amendment risk, and sponsor incentives summarised in one operational timeline.

Introduced

2026-05-01

Bill 24 of 2026 entered the Oireachtas process.

Current stage

Second Stage

Most recent stage change was logged on 2026-05-06.

Latest activity

2026-05-06

Used to rank the file on the current parliamentary dashboard.

Bill metrics

Compact measures describing passage risk, attention level, and operational complexity.

Stage

Second Stage

Last recorded movement on 2026-05-06.

Linked events

3

Feed items attached to this bill in the current seed set.

Recorded votes

8

Individual TD vote records linked to the file.

Actors attached to this file

The people and party rooms most likely to move the bill’s final shape.

High · 0.91

Eoin O Broin TD

Sinn Féin · Dublin Mid-West

Sinn Fein room flagged Eoin as the most active housing voice this week

Open dossier

High · 0.84

Simon Harris TD

Fine Gael · Wicklow

Pushed Planning and Infrastructure Bill through report stage

Open dossier

High · 0.88

Mary Lou McDonald TD

Sinn Féin · Dublin Central

Linked housing pressure and public service delivery in leaders' questions

Open dossier

High · 0.86

Pearse Doherty TD

Sinn Féin · Donegal

Framed affordability pressures as a budget-choice issue

Open dossier

High · 0.87

Jennifer Whitmore TD

Social Democrats · Wicklow

Elective Care Access Bill reached committee stage

Open dossier

Medium · 0.81

Jim O Callaghan TD

Fianna Fáil · Dublin Bay South

Asked about community policing recruitment

Open dossier

High · 0.83

Ivana Bacik TD

Labour · Dublin Bay South

Criticised weak accountability provisions in planning reform

Open dossier

Medium · 0.79

Catherine Connolly TD

Independents · Galway West

Questioned transport resilience for western routes

Open dossier

Party exposure

Which party rooms are currently most invested in the outcome.

Party

High · 0.91

Sinn Féin

Opposition · Mary Lou McDonald

Sinn Féin is under the most visible pressure on housing while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Party

High · 0.88

Fine Gael

Government · Simon Harris

Fine Gael is under the most visible pressure on housing while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Party

High · 0.84

Social Democrats

Opposition · Holly Cairns

Social Democrats is under the most visible pressure on health while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Party

High · 0.90

Fianna Fáil

Government · Micheal Martin

Fianna Fáil is under the most visible pressure on housing while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Party

High · 0.82

Labour

Opposition · Ivana Bacik

Labour is under the most visible pressure on health while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Party

Medium · 0.77

Independents

Mixed · Independent groupings

Independents is under the most visible pressure on housing while trying to hold discipline.

Open dossier

Linked topics

Broader issue areas that explain why the bill is attracting attention now.

Topic

Medium · 0.80

Housing

Housing is carrying 28% of the current briefing and is clustering around 3 party rooms.

Open dossier

Topic

Medium · 0.80

Cost of Living

Cost of Living is carrying 17% of the current briefing and is clustering around 2 party rooms.

Open dossier

Evidence trail

Primary inputs currently feeding the bill model.

Oireachtas bill recordDail debateDail vote