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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: Tomorrow, Department officials will meet the vacant homes officers in each local authority to brief them on the changes, which will be followed by the issuing of a circular and guidance, and a list of frequently asked questions and answers will be provided. We will move into full action on this tomorrow with the key people, who are the vacant homes officers and the designated teams in local...

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: Credit is due to Senator Cummins.

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: I have a brief note to add to what the Minister said on vacancy. Many local authorities already have specialised vacant home units and these are being set up in all others. The units are multidisciplinary. Those that have been set up already are very successful at dealing with derelict sites. If local authorities have a requirement for additional resources, we are encouraging them to make...

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: I know that.

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: On the tenant purchase scheme, the traditional model is now called the incremental purchase scheme, I think. The Deputy made a fair point. Perhaps we can get the officials to look at it based on age. If there is a young person coming in, ten years might be more reasonable than someone coming in, say, in their 40s. It is something we will look at. On affordable housing, that is coming...

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: The Minister stole my line. It has to be kept simple.

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: It is an activation measure. For it to be activated quickly, it must be relatively easy to implement. The measure is universal. We have had 1,600 applications so far and 600 of them have been approved. We will keep it under advisement, but the scheme now is relatively straightforward to understand. If the property is vacant for more than two years and was built pre-2007, the applicant...

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: I apologise. I have to depart. I think the discussion is coming to a conclusion. I thank the members for their consideration.

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: Does the Minister need me to stay? I do not think so.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), there is no specific preclusion to the development of log cabins as a housing type. All development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any person may lodge an application for permission to a planning authority in accordance with section 34 of the Act for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 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 the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Apr 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: Departmental Data (19 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Local Authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in their functional areas. The table contains the information requested regarding the operation of the derelict sites levy, as per the most recent returns from local authorities relating to the year 2022. Returns are awaited from 4 local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (19 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the reply to Question No. 710 of 18 April 2023 which sets on the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 699 and 751 together. The Minister is empowered under section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to direct a planning authority to take measures to ensure that its development plan complies with national or regional planning policy, upon receipt of a recommendation on the matter from the Office of the Planning Regulator (the Office). The decision to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the reply to Questions No. 420, 475, 476 and 513 of 21 March 2023 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Updated Rural Housing Planning Guidelines are currently being prepared by my Department. The updated guidelines will expand on the high level spatial planning policy of the National Planning Framework (NPF), in particular on National Policy Objective (NPO) 19 which relates to rural housing. This objective makes a clear policy distinction between rural areas under urban influence (i.e. areas...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Development contribution charges to be applied on developers are set at the planning permission stage but are not collectable by the relevant local authority until after the development work commences. Commencement notices are issued by the developer to the local authority and these generally trigger the raising of the charge. The normal practice is for the developer to issue a commencement...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: In my role as Minister with responsibility for planning, I have no function in relation to the health and safety of telecommunications masts. The Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures Guidelines (1996) which were published by my Department, advise that planning authorities should not include monitoring arrangements as part of planning permission conditions nor determine planning...