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- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I will let the Deputy know that I am committed to speak at a Safe Ireland event on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence so-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: That is fine.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: This is a very important issue. I am glad the Deputy raised it. I met with Donegal County Council last week. We are seeing an increase in applications, which is good. I met with the local authorities to make sure we are moving through those applications from stage 1 to stage 2 in order to actually get them done. Approximately 19 homes have been remediated in the Donegal area. It is not...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: There is a chance they will slip but if they do so, they will be completed very early next year. We are at an advanced stage on them. I have been made aware that some homeowners have still not received the €5,000 or €6,000 through the grant. It is a very small amount that relates to the testing work. I want that to happen this year. I am also particularly concerned about 15...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I know.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I do not disagree. I know from my meeting with Donegal County Council that the Housing Agency is now involved in the reassessment of some of the stage 1 applications which, as the Deputy rightly said, are in effect stuck. I want to see them move through. A large number have now gone to stage 2. We are looking at further social homes. I believe we can move on the first tranche of social...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: There are homes that can still be done.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: There are homes that are progressing through the stages now. I met with Donegal County Council specifically to look at the actual applications that were there in respect of homes we could move on very quickly now. I mean it when I say "now". I am acutely aware of the stress and distress that families are in, not just in Donegal but also in other affected regions in Mayo, Clare and Limerick.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I am looking at that at present. I discussed that with the chief executive of Donegal County Council - I ask Deputy Ó Broin to allow me to conclude on this because it is important - and his director of service. I have sought input from Donegal County Council and the Housing Agency on how we can move specifically regarding those people. It is probably approximately 20 homes right now....
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I still intend to bring recommendations on the report to the Cabinet this side of Christmas to get a Government decision on how to proceed. I am committed to helping homeowners. The State needs to grasp the nettle, and we will. I am very conscious that approximately 14% of apartments have already had work done.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I met the members of the working group, which has now stood down. I met the Construction Defects Alliance. I met the Apartment Owners' Network recently. Some good suggestions were put to me and to officials-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: May I conclude what I was saying? I would have answered already if the Deputy had not interrupted me. Some good suggestions have been made to me about what measures we can take, particularly in respect of homes and apartments that are deemed dangerous. I am assessing those suggestions, but I want to be clear-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: Let me just say-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: When dealing with something like this, there will be a scheme that lasts ten years at least.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: My focus right now is on bringing the full recommendations to the Cabinet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: It is important that we establish a robust scheme. That will require legislation, but I am open to any reasonable measure we can take in the interim to help homeowners. I am actively considering them and I will-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: From the day we entered into government, I committed to doing this. I established the working group-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I know the Deputy is not, but he cannot dismiss it either.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: This is not something-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: This is a serious matter, as we all know. I want to set up a robust scheme-----