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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has no role in the provision of accommodation for International Protection applicants. However, as part of the whole of Government response to the invasion of Ukraine and the associated humanitarian situation, my Department is providing support on certain accommodation options for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine, including the Offer a Home scheme and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 726 and 837 together. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 727, 738, 768, 771, 772 and 815 together. 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). Social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 729 and 730 together. 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 fire authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department undertakes the Lead Government Department role, as set out in the Strategic Emergency Management (SEM) Framework (2017), in relation to the coordination of national level responses to flooding emergencies, where warranted. My Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management undertakes this role and works closely with Local Authority Severe Weather Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 733 and 735 together. The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme provides for the purchase by eligible tenants of local authority houses which are available for sale under the scheme. All applications for the Scheme must satisfy the requirements outlined in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and the associated regulations. The Act includes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme, which launched in July 2022, is a shared equity scheme designed to help bridge the affordability gap for eligible first-time buyers and other eligible homebuyers. The Scheme was expanded in April to include the Tenant Home Purchase Scheme, and was further expanded in September to include self-build homes. Details of the First Home Scheme are available at:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is responsible for the provision of accommodation and related services to people in the International Protection process. However, in the context of my Department's Emergency Refurbishment (Ukraine) Programme (ERUP) for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BoTP) from Ukraine and as set out in response...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 74 of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that a local authority may confer a civic honour on a distinguished person in such a manner as it may determine and may establish and maintain a roll or record in which to enter the names of persons so honoured. The decision to convey a civic honour is a reserved function, the implementation of which is a matter for individual local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I can confirm that I have launched the programme referred to in your correspondence today, 17 January 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, applies to applicable developments of houses on any land that is zoned residential (either exclusively or mixed use) or is granted planning permission for houses as a material contravention of the development plan. In line with the commitments in the Programme for Government, I introduced changes to Part V of the Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 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 was launched to support bringing vacant and derelict properties back into use. A grant of up to a maximum of €50,000 is available for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department operates a wide range of grant schemes to address housing need and to support households within their existing housing, including through improvement, retrofitting and upgrading works, tackling vacancy and dereliction and a range of adaptation works to support older people and people with a disability. In the main, the detailed administration, including assessment, approval...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 744 and 817 together. Under section 13 of the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 ('The Act') where at any time after making an application, an applicant becomes aware of any change in circumstances that affects his or her application, he or she is obliged to immediately notify the designated local authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme, which launched in July 2022, is a shared equity scheme, designed to help bridge the gap for eligible first-time buyers, eligible homebuyers, and now self-builders, between their deposit and mortgage, and the price of their new home (within price ceilings established across the country). Full details are available on the First Home Scheme website, www.firsthomescheme.ie....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 746, 823 and 824 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is the lead Department for the provision and allocation of accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (BoTP). The role of my Department in this area is a supporting role as part of the broader, whole of Government response. My Department is supporting the whole of Government effort on Ukraine across...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Disallowance Sought: The matter raised is one in which I, in my role as Minister with responsibility for planning, have no statutory function. Planning legislation places no specific restrictions on the species or height of trees or hedges, nor does it make any particular provision for remedy from any other nuisance (such as obstruction of natural light) which may be caused by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Priorities (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual local authorities. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The oversight and practical management of housing waiting lists, including the application for, and allocation of, tenancies, is solely a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. My Department does not hold information on the number of applicants who have applied to rightsize. The information sought...