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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, I have set ambitious social housing delivery targets for each local authority out to 2026. The following are the targets for the social housing construction programmes for those years for Tipperary County Council: 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 230 155 158 170 174 Another action of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan is a Government-backed mortgage for those on modest or low incomes who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand that representatives of Wexford County Council have previously met with the organisation involved with these particular apartments in New Ross. It is important that Councils actively monitor and assess vacancy locally, both within their own housing stock and that of Approved Housing Bodies. My Department is focused on ensuring that existing housing stock is utilised to its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Sections 29 and 30 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021, property owners can apply for designation of properties as Cost Rental dwellings. This is undertaken on an opt-in basis whereby any owner of a property (public or private) must apply to the Minister if they wish to formally designate their property as a ‘cost rental dwelling’ this being for a minimum designation period...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is set out in the table below. The Law Reform Commission, in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975, has published a revised version of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, which is an administrative consolidation of that Act. This can be found at revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2004/act/27/revised/en/html Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 Dec 2022)

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 a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities. While responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: More than half of local authorities currently operate a Choice Based Letting system. While several offer paper-based systems, others offer both paper-based and online services. Currently, 14 local authorities use an online system, see table below: Clare Cork City Cork County Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal ...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Was that the Deputy's first ever protest? I would have thought so.

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: That is another story, which I will not go into on the floor of the Dáil.

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Indeed. That is a matter of opinion. I have appointed a research team from University College Cork, UCC, to consider the findings of a recently conducted public survey to help gather the evidence base needed to identify bathers' behaviour and investigate the feasibility of real-time monitoring. That is what I would really like to get to. People could make up their own minds then. If...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Gabhaim buíochas le Teachta Bacik as ucht an mBille seo. Ní bheidh an Rialtas ag cur i gcoinne an Bhille seo. Ba cheart go mbeadh an Teachta cinnte go mbeimid ag obair le chéile ar an gceist thábhachtach seo. I am grateful to the Deputy for introducing the Bill. I assure her we will not oppose it but work with her on it. I will constructively outline some of the areas...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the representatives from SOS Dublin Bay and others from right across the bay. I have had the pleasure of engaging with them and that is why I wanted to take this Bill myself. I very much appreciate the work of Deputy Bacik and her commitment. We can work together. There are some aspects of the Bill that might be conflicting, and I will outline those. I am not in any way raising...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: More than half of local authorities currently operate a Choice Based Letting system. While several offer paper-based systems, others offer both paper-based and online services. Currently, 14 local authorities use an online system including Clare, Cork City, Cork County, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, South Dublin, Galway City, Galway County, Kildare, Leitirm, Louth, Meath,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Policy (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The policy intent of developing a new Cost Rental sector in Ireland is to assist those on moderate incomes who are facing affordability pressures in the private rental market and may not qualify for social housing supports. The social housing sector already caters for a significant cohort of people and it is not intended for Cost Rental to overlap with or replace traditional social...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Disability Services (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: 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. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. My Department introduced an Energy Efficiency Programme that commenced in 2013, with the ambition to fund retrofit on all social homes requiring insulation and energy upgrade works. This programme has seen improved energy efficiency and comfort levels in over 75,000 Local Authority homes over the period 2013 to the end of 2021 at a total...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Vacant Properties (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant was launched as part of the Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund. The grant benefits those who wish to turn a formerly vacant house or building into their principal private residence. The grant was initially launched in respect of vacant properties in towns and villages and as, of the 15 November, the grant was expanded to include eligible vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Water Services (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels in accordance with Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. The day-to-day operation of the public water system, including the arrangements for dealing with unforeseen outages, and communicating with customers and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The funding system that applies to local authorities in Ireland is a complex one, as those authorities derive their income from a variety of sources including commercial rates, charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government including my Department but also other government departments and state agencies. Most of the funding from Central Government to local authorities must...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Schemes (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant was launched as part of the Croí Cónaithe (Towns) Fund. The grant benefits those who wish to turn a formerly vacant house or building into their principal private residence. The grant was initially launched in respect of vacant properties in towns and villages and as of the 15 November, the grant was expanded to include eligible vacant...