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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department currently provides capital funding support for the construction of new Domestic Violence Refuges, via the Capital Assistance Scheme. All other services and facilities for victims of domestic violence are matters for my colleague the Minister for Justice, working in conjunction with Cuan, the new statutory agency dedicated to tackling and reducing domestic, sexual and...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Delivery under the repair and leasing scheme in respect of all local authorities, including Longford, to end 2023 is published on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provis ion/#repair-and-leasing-scheme-rls.

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

Darragh O'Brien: Tackling vacancy is a key priority for this Government. The Vacant Homes Action Plan, which I launched in January 2023, outlines the significant progress that has been made in addressing vacancy, along with the actions that are being pursued to return vacant properties back into use as homes. Under the Action Plan, a CPO Activation Programme was launched in April 2023. The Programme...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All commits to supporting local authorities to drive expanded take-up of the ongoing enhanced repair and leasing scheme (RLS). To this end, in July 2023, I increased the maximum cost of repairs allowable under this scheme from €60,000 (including VAT) to €80,000 (including VAT) per unit delivered. The 2024 Housing for All target for RLS is 130 units. In January...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities are encouraged to acquire vacant/derelict properties to be upgraded as new, value-for-money social homes via the Buy & Renew Scheme. Since it was introduced in 2016, in excess of 900 properties have been delivered under this arrangement. The first table below shows the number of such units delivered as new social homes per annum since 2016 and the total cost. The...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The social housing new build target for 2024 is 9,300 homes and the overall...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments. Under the Housing for All plan, leasing delivery targets for 2024 are 800 units under Long Term Leasing and 200 units under Short Term Leasing (RAS Type agreements). The Targeted Leasing Initiative...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030 comprising of 54,000 affordable homes to be delivered by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. The overall target for Affordable and Cost...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme, launched on 7 July 2022, supports first-time buyers in purchasing new houses and apartments in the private market, or building their own home, through the use of an equity share model. Full details of the First Home Scheme are available at: www.firsthomescheme.ie The Scheme is overseen and managed by the First Home Scheme Ireland Designated Activity Company (First Home...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme, launched on 7 July 2022, supports first-time buyers in purchasing new houses and apartments in the private market, or building their own home, through the use of an equity share model. Full details of the First Home Scheme are available at: The Scheme is overseen and managed by the First Home Scheme Ireland Designated Activity Company (First Home DAC), on behalf of...

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: Housing Schemes (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The policy intent of developing a Cost Rental sector in Ireland is to support the housing needs of those on moderate incomes for whom high open market rents are unaffordable and who do not qualify for social housing supports. All Cost Rental providers are legally obliged to make Cost Rental homes available in line with the provisions of Part 3 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021. The...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant supports bringing vacant and derelict properties back into use as homes. A grant of up to a maximum of €50,000 is available for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and...

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

Darragh O'Brien: There is no grant assistance available of the type referenced. The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, which was introduced in 2022 under the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund, supports the refurbishment of vacant and derelict properties, bringing them back into use as homes. The Grant is available to individuals or households for which the property will be their principal private...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The social housing project at Deerpark, Ennistymon received Stage 2/Pre-Planning funding approval from my Department in October 2022. We now understand from Clare County Council that this project is currently on hold as they are looking to advance the provision of a new waste water treatment plant. Further information on the advancement of this project is available from Clare County Council.

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

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a...

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

Darragh O'Brien: This is an operational matter and my Department cannot interfere in regulatory processes. Since 1 January 2014, Uisce Éireann has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels and my Department has no function in relation to this matter, under section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. The EPA is...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department’s Rural Water Programme provides capital and operational funding to group water schemes. The day-to-day administration of the Programme is devolved to local authorities. An annual subsidy is payable by local authorities to group water schemes towards their operational and management costs of supplying water for domestic use. This is provided that the scheme meets the...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has 11 divisions, each led by an Assistant Secretary. Each division consists of several business units with each business unit overseeing a functional area under the wide and varied brief of this Department. The attached list represents a moment in time, as the functions, structure and personnel in any department are subject to change. An upcoming transfer of functions process...