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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The housing report in Galway. We want to see that particular report expedited. We gave a commitment during the last session of parliamentary questions on housing that we would follow up on it. I will follow up on it again. We want to see the report published. On homelessness, the Department is working with all the local authorities to ensure adequate accommodation is available for people...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (4 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability (max grant €30,000), the Mobility Aids Grant (max grant...

Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2023: Motion (3 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move: That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act (Exempted Development) Regulations 2023, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 31st March, 2023, be referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in accordance with Standing Order 95(5),...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (3 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding under the suite of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. Housing for All commits to reviewing the full suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. A report on the review of the Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) in January 2022. It may be accessed on the on my Department’s website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/1c6c5-new-national-housing-strat...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I welcome his contribution. It is important that he would put on the record the significance of the Bill. It comprises 238 sections and 242 pages. It is a monumental Bill. I want to pay tribute to my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, and the officials in the heritage section of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We were taught it at home.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We all had a couple of them.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Who owns the building?

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is not the only time in this debate-----

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Or "The Quiet Man".

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy was smiling. I hear people talking. Ultimately, it must be viable for a builder to build and it must be at a price that is affordable for the person to purchase. We are bringing in the cost-rental scheme. Six hundred of those units are already up and running and we have another 1,000 in the pipeline. This new scheme we have announced is now being worked on by a group. We want...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions, and I am grateful for the opportunity to close the debate for the Government on the People Before Profit-Solidarity Rent Reduction Bill 2023. As my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, stated earlier, the Government opposes the Bill for the reasons he outlined, which I will summarise. A similar Bill was debated last July, so,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Collectively, under the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, we wanted the grants for refurbishment to go up. They are now going up to €50,000 and €70,000, a rise of two thirds on the €30,000 for properties vacant for two years and a 40% rise on the €50,000. We want this scheme to work. As the Minister has said, this is a demand-led scheme. We had an initial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We have received the report. We are considering jointly it with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. We will move on it quickly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes