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

Darragh O'Brien: The draft Planning and Development Bill 2022 was published in January and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage has undertaken a significant pre-legislative scrutiny process on the draft Bill. Their report contains more than 150 recommendations, which I am considering carefully. My Department continues to work closely with the Office of the Parliamentary...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 91 together. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities and elected members...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing estates defined as having not being taken-in-charge by local authorities or do not have their water services connected to the public Uisce Éireann network, instead rely upon Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure, commonly referred to as "DPI". Under the National Development Plan, for the period 2021-2025, funding of €68.5 million has been allocated to...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All aims to deliver 18,000 Cost Rental homes by 2030, to be facilitated by Approved Housing Bodies, Local Authorities, and the Land Development Agency. The goal for Cost Rental is to support those on moderate incomes for whom market rents are unaffordable and who do not qualify for social housing. AHBs are supported in this work by the Cost Rental Equity Loan, and Local...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 133 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 by 2030. 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 Policy (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to step up housing supply and put affordability at the heart of the housing system, with an ambitious target of 300,000 homes by 2030 for social, affordable and cost rental, private rental and private ownership housing. My Department has introduced a number of initiatives to support the delivery of affordable homes for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (18 May 2023)

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 housing authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. ...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 178 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 and 54,000 affordable homes by 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall...

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

Darragh O'Brien: It is important to note that, to fall within the scope of Residential Zoned Land Tax, farmland must be both zoned for residential use and be serviced or have access to services. Farmland that is zoned for residential use, but which is not currently serviced, is not within the scope of the tax and will only come within the scope of the tax should the land become serviced at some point in the...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102, 147 and 153 together. Tackling vacancy is a key priority for this Government and a suite of measures has been introduced to address vacancy and increase the pace at which properties are brought back into use. Significant progress is being made in the following areas:The government launched the Town Centre First policy, a major new policy initiative that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The public consultation on proposed amendments to Part B of the Building Regulations and the associated Technical Guidance Document relating to fire safety closed on 21 April 2023. 163 submissions were received and these are currently being examined by my Department. In line with Action 21.1 of the Housing for All Action Plan Update, the review of Part B of the Building Regulations (Fire...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Cork County Council’s Housing Delivery Action Plan, which sets out details of social and affordable housing delivery in the period 2022-2026, is available on the Council’s website at www.corkcoco.ie/en/resident/housing/housing-delivery-action- plan-2022-2026. The Council has a social housing delivery target of 3,198 units over the period 2022 to 2026. In 2022, Cork County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 121 together. On 28 April 2022 I announced a new funding measure, as an advance stage of the new Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme, for the waste water collection and treatment needs of villages and settlements that do not have access to public waste water services. To fund this measure, an allocation of €50 million from my Department has been...

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

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 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 Scheme DAC), on behalf...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108, 145, 151 and 155 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). For 2023, the...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The regeneration of St. Michael’s Estate in Inchicore includes the development of 578 units on the Emmet Road site to include 117 Social Housing and 461 Cost Rental units. I am pleased to say that this important Mixed Tenure project is advancing and is currently at Stage 3 My Department provided Stage 2 Approval-in-Principle on 23 Sep 2022. This approval allowed Dublin City Council...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Tá Grúpa Idir-Rannach (ar a bhfuil oifigigh ó mo Roinnse; ón Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Spóirt agus Meán; agus Údarás na Gaeltachta) i bhfeidhm chun tacú leis an obair atá ar bun agus dlús a chur leis an bpleanáil i gceantair Ghaeltachta. Is é ceann de phríomhaidhmeanna an ghrúpa seo ná...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Commencement Notices for 7,349 new homes were received by Building Control Authorities in the first quarter of 2023. This is the highest number of Q1 commencements recorded since the series began in 2014 and some 5% higher than the previous record high in Q1 2022 (6,997). Two of the three months in Q1 (January and March) have also seen the highest levels of commencements for these months...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand the question refers to the 13 amendments I have agreed in the draft Defective Concrete Blocks Regulations, based on submissions received from key stakeholders, including the homeowners’ action groups following the consultation period on the draft Regulations, which commenced in February 2023, and I extended by an additional two weeks, to 14 March 2023, following receipt of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (18 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 116, 325 and 335 together. 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 housing authorities in addressing homelessness at the local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless...