Results 8,701-8,720 of 25,880 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Exactly. We are not restricting that either. It will depend on the property.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, CALF or the capital assistance scheme, CAS.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: They would all support acquisitions. The 200 target for purchase is-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Exactly, that has been moved. For clarity, and so the Deputy does not come back to me about this, there may be some larger homes, particularly for larger families where we need that type of discretion.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, I understand the point being made.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The targets we have set for local authorities are baseline targets. We want to exceed them. I was local authority officials in County Tipperary this week and they have exceeded their delivery and many others have done the same. We want them to do that. The targets set are a baseline but want people to do more than that. We expect projects that were not completed last year to be completed...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Deputy asked whether I am going to reduce their targets to take that into account? No, I am not.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: No, all the targets that are set are agreed with each local authority on a multi-annual basis and they are baseline targets.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: We want them all to be exceeded. We have a housing summit next week and I am meeting the chief executives to discuss this matter.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Will the revised upwards targets be published?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: No, the targets are set and we need certainty within the targets but they are a baseline. There is no change to what we have asked local authorities to do at the very least. Some of those targets are very challenging. They were not set arbitrarily by me. They were set by my Department and the local authority sector, working together. I expect many local authorities to exceed those...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: It will be below the target but there is a reality and there was a reality the previous year where the Deputy said that we missed targets, we had a construction shutdown.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: : We have allowed provision for 1,500 acquisitions this year under the tenant in situscheme The requisite funding will be provided and I want local authorities to use this money. Some local authorities have been more active than others. I am meeting the chief executives next week to reinforce that message. It is a good way to ensure people do not fall into homelessness. It adds to our...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, they do. We have some AHB purchases as well. It depends on the ground. There have been some complications with people who are on HAP tenancies in different local authorities residing somewhere else. That has come up and we are trying to work that through, particularly in the Dublin region but I do not want a property not to be purchased with a HAP tenant just because that tenant...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: We have a mechanism to help in that case. Not many sites have closed. Some stalled for a while, particularly in the second quarter, after the outbreak of the Ukraine war. We saw what happened there but we will reassess any reasonable request for a price increase. We receive requests every week where there has been an increase for the contractor. We do not want to see any projects stalled...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Exactly. The Deputy also asked about output and delivery. He is correct. The overall target for social housing for last year was approximately 10,500 units. It will be very close to that overall. I still expect our new builds to be between 7,500 to 8000. I do not have the final figures yet but it will be in that range. When taking into account other delivery mechanisms, it will be more...

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I am always here.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I am always here. The Deputy only catches the tail end of debates.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy has left out one element of the scheme.

Eviction Ban Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: He left out the infrastructure piece.