Results 61-80 of 161 for 5 million speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...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 also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...properties. The scheme provides upfront funding to carry out the works and, in return, the property owner agrees to lease the dwelling to the local authority to be used as social housing for a period up to 25 years. The maximum loan for property repair available under the Repair and Lease Scheme has been increased by my Department from €40,000 to €60,000. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (31 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240, 239 and 241 together. In 2020 funding of €20 million was made available for an energy efficiency retrofitting programme to  upgrade approximately 750 dwellings in the midlands, under the 'Just Transition' programme. The Midlands Retrofit Programme (MRP) was established as a pilot programme to provide learning on the move to B2/Cost Optimal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (31 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...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.  Notwithstanding this, my Department provides annual funding support to local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-let under the Voids Programme....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Rental delivery through the Affordable Housing Fund. The LDA will also deliver Cost Rental on its own portfolio of sites or through acquisitions under Project Tosaigh. Under Budget 2022, €70 million was allocated to the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) scheme for Cost Rental delivery by AHBs in 2022-2023. Approval in principle has been confirmed for approximately 900 new Cost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...by my Department within that process over the last 12 months averaged 24 weeks.  Local authorities also have the option of using a single stage approval process for social housing projects up to €6 million in value and the pre-construction process in such cases can be reduced by approximately eight weeks. Local authorities also deliver social housing via turnkey contracts...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of their plans in December 2021 and my officials have now met with each authority. The final Delivery Action Plans are anticipated to be published in Q2 of this year.  Under Budget 2022, €70 million was allocated to the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) scheme for Cost Rental delivery by AHBs in 2022. Over 900 homes have been approved for funding under the scheme to date,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...relevant bundle of social housing units in return for a monthly ‘availability’ and performance-based payment (or unitary charge) made over the operating period. The duration of the contract is the construction period plus a 25-year operating period and no unitary charge payments are made until the homes are constructed and available to house tenants. The estimated full value...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (5 Apr 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Housing Fund. The Land Development Agency will also deliver Cost Rental, either on its own portfolio of sites or through acquisitions under Project Tosaigh. Budget 2022 allocated €70 million to the CREL scheme for Cost Rental delivery by AHBs in 2022. Over 900 homes have been approved for funding under the scheme to date, with a total of almost 4,000 CREL-funded homes being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Grants for Older People and People with a Disability facilitates older people and people with a disability to remain living independently in their own homes. Voted capital funding of €65 million is available in 2022, which is an increase of €5 million on the 2021 provision of €60 million, continuing the year on year increases since 2014. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Grants for Older People and People with a Disability facilitates older people and people with a disability to remain living independently in their own homes. Voted capital funding of €65 million is available in 2022 which is an increase of €5 million on the 2021 provision of €60 million, continuing the year on year increases since 2014. Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Although the COVID-19 pandemic and construction restrictions impacted on delivery timelines in 2021, a scale up in Cost Rental delivery will occur in the near-term. Under Budget 2022, €70 million was allocated to the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) scheme for Cost Rental delivery by AHBs in 2022. Over 900 homes have been approved for funding under the scheme to date, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...supply by putting in place the enabling public infrastructure necessary to ensure that large scale development could take place on key sites in urban areas of high housing demand. Funding of €200 million was originally made available under LIHAF, of which €150 million would be funded by the Exchequer with local authorities to match fund €50 million. The Call for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...at a national and local level, including data collection and analysis. Complete VHU Established August 2017. Continued funding to support Vacant Homes Officers in LAs 2021/2022 - €50,000 p.a. Under Housing For All the Government has committed to ensuring that these are full-time posts increasing funding to support Vacant Homes Officers 2022/2023 - €60,000 p.a. ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...division; Lorraine O'Donoghue, principal officer, local government finance unit; and Janet Jacobs, assistant principal officer, departmental finance unit. Starting with Vote 34, this totals over €5.9 billion for the year and comprises €2.5 billion in current funding and €3.4 billion on the capital side. In addition, there is a €276 million capital carry-over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Priorities (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...have been received under the Scheme and 2530 dwellings have been included. Of the dwellings included, the works in respect of 2292 are complete with the rest at various stages of progress. A budget of €20 million has been provided for in 2022, with an expectation that approximately 270 homes will be remediated. Separately, I have established a working group to examine defects in...

Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2022: Second Stage (20 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...800 building and contracting entities are currently included on the register. When the register is operating on a statutory footing post the passing of this legislation, it is envisaged that at least 5,000 entities will be required to register. The legislation will require providers of building services to register with CIRI. This will apply to entities or individuals who hold...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (2 Dec 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...at relatively short notice. I will keep my remarks brief. Obviously, I will be happy to take any questions members may have. The subject matter we are discussing here is specifically the €198.9 million additional funding to be added to the overall provision for my Department. The Estimate, which I set before the committee in October, detailed my Department’s budget for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...18,000 cost rental homes. The Plan is backed by historic levels of investment with in excess of €20bn through the Exchequer, the Land Development Agency and the Housing Finance Agency over the next 5 years. This will provide the sector with the stability and certainty it needs. Indications of increased construction activity are becoming evident which will help increase the supply...