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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the home grants for older persons and people with a disability given the current inflation rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 432. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54288/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 433. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on two foreign birth register applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to award DEIS status to a school (details supplied) given that all three other schools in the same town have DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55213/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Walsh can respond if he wishes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I might take up that line of questioning. The question Deputy Gould rightly put was whether the discretion that is being applied was within the scope of the Act. Many Members of the House believe there is no discretion and it is just a matter of applying it. Would that be a fair assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is an obligation under the legislation as passed by the Oireachtas. We are going to impose other levies such as the zoned land tax from January and there will be no discretion in how they are applied.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I take on board many of the points made by Mr. Walsh. I have seen derelict sites in my own area and it is very frustrating when there is a legislation in place that many people believe would help tackle dereliction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Capacity issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Both the local authorities have made a very fair point. Both also have a figure for affordable housing. Could they separate that out into affordable rental and affordable purchase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What about Limerick?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Out of those 1,200 unit, how many are affordable rental and how many are affordable purchase?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will deal with affordable purchase first. Is affordable purchase being delivered on local authority sites? Is the local authority the developer and the body that will sell them or is that being done in partnership with a developer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Is the subsidy available to the local authority from the Department for affordable purchase €50,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It depends on the density.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Nine units would appear to be an appallingly low number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: The Government is providing €100,000 off the price of construction for homes that could be sold at that price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Of course. That is why I hope the local authority would construct and build homes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I imagine there are many people in Limerick looking on and hoping to purchase a home. They see vacant sites owned by the local authority and the Government providing between €50,000 and €100,000 off the price of construction and they wonder why they cannot buy a home from the local authority.