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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Tailte Éireann is the State agency formed on 1 March 2023 following the merger of Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Property Registration Authority and the Valuation Office. All the functions previously carried out by the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland are now being performed by Tailte Éireann. Tailte Éireann is independent in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: At its core, Housing for All seeks to significantly increase the supply of quality, affordable housing. To this end, it includes a range of measures to ensure a balanced delivery of homes for private ownership, social housing and private rental over its lifetime, including apartments for rent and sale. Since its launch in 2021, there has been a substantial uplift in the quantum of new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of amenities and services is a core element of the statutory plan-making process and is key to promoting the development of balanced and sustainable communities. Section 10 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 requires planning authorities to include objectives in their development plan to integrate social, community and cultural objectives with planning for residential and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: In 2021, as one of the successful applications under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund's (URDF) second call for proposals, I announced a preliminary allocation of €7,140,000 towards Wicklow County Council's proposal for the regeneration of the Bray Harbour Area. The proposal, made up of 6 individual projects, includes amenity and public realm works, a promenade boardwalk...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he/she is responsible including progressing appointments that have been sanctioned by my Department as appropriate. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The new scheme is now open to applications in four counties: Clare, Donegal, Limerick and Mayo with comprehensive information of all aspects of the Scheme available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Travel (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Details of ministerial travel costs paid for by my Department are available and regularly updated on my Department's Open Data website: data.gov.ie/dataset/ministerial-travel-costs-2024. The total costs of some of the visits have not yet been finalised. Outstanding invoices will be submitted in due course through the Department of Foreign Affairs for reimbursement by my Department, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Pyrite Remediation Scheme, allowances are available for tenants who have to leave their rental accommodation undergoing pyrite remediation. Section 12 of the Scheme outlines in full the costs provided to Scheme participants: www.pyriteboard.ie/Pyrite/media/Pyrite/Updated/22-10-27-Pyri te-Remediation-Scheme-Adopted.pdf. Section 12.4 of the Scheme provides that the vouched cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) programme was launched in 2016 by the Heritage Council to gather information that supports the regeneration of historic town centres. In 2019 Local Authorities became directly involved in the programme, which has very successfully analysed a number of towns across Ireland in aspects such as land use, vacancy, surveys of businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The new scheme is now open to applications in four counties: Clare, Donegal, Limerick and Mayo with comprehensive information of all aspects of the Scheme available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electric Vehicles (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive requires the installation of appropriate infrastructure, to enable the installation at a later stage of recharging points for EVs, for new residential buildings and non-residential buildings and those undergoing major renovation, with more than ten parking spaces. In addition, non-residential buildings with more than ten parking spaces must ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government has developed the Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) scheme for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord intends to sell the property but who are not in receipt of social housing supports. The scheme was established on a temporary administrative basis from 1 April 2023 and is managed by the Housing Agency, pending further policy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not compile the information requested. The Water Services Act 2007 (as amended) requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to produce a national inspection plan for domestic waste water treatment systems, also known as septic tanks. The EPA report on the implementation of the plan and publishes information on inspections and enforcement on an annual basis. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the scheme. The scheme is underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, as amended by the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) (Amendment) Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Disallowance sought: In accordance with section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act). I, in my role as the Minister with responsibility for planning shall not exercise any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or the Board is or may be concerned, including judicial reviews. There was no Judgement issued in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Electoral Reform Act 2022, (www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2022/act/30/enacted/en/pdf) delivers the legislative underpinning for a range of significant electoral reforms set out in the “Programme for Government – Our Shared Future". As part of progressing the commitment to developing a national shared database, as provided for in the legislation, I signed SI 460 of 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department conducts information campaigns to ensure that the public are aware and up to date on the many supports and services that are available to them. Professional media buyers are used to ensure value for money and the best possible reach to the public. Community radio is defined as non-profit but licensed radio. To date my Department has not used these radio stations for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The administration of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a matter for the relevant local authority and HAP application processing times may vary across local authorities. Once a HAP application has been received and confirmed as valid by the relevant local authority, it is entered on the system by the local authority and then submitted for processing and payment by the HAP...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. Regulation 12 of the 2011 Regulations prescribes the timescales for the processing of applications by...