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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The number of new Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenancies being created each year is declining. In 2020, 15,885 new HAP tenancies were created, this reduced to 13,095 new HAP tenancies in 2021 and at end Q2 2022, 4,625 new HAP tenancies had been created.  At end Q2 2022 there were more than 60,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support. The 2023 budget allocation will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Oct 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 housing authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing authorities. While responsibility for the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has overall responsibility for the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian nationals seeking temporary protection in Ireland. The OPW is supporting this work, leading design, development, procurement and delivery of modular accommodation units.  My Department, in consultation with local authorities and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, it is entirely independent in the exercise of its functions.  The EPA prepares an annual Water Quality Indicators report with the 3 yearly full water quality assessment report to be published this year.  The timing of the publication of this report...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out national housing policy and implementation measures for the period to 2030. As part of the objective to increase social housing delivery, the plan recognises the significant role that Approved Housing Bodies (’s) have played as partners in social housing delivery and will continue to play over the next five years. The Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government's Housing for All strategy commits to delivering a total of 18,000 Cost Rental homes over the period to 2030. Significant funding has been secured and is being made available to support delivery of Cost Rental by Approved Housing Bodies (s), Local Authorities and by the Land Development Agency (LDA). Delivery will increase incrementally, to an average of 2,000 Cost Rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Ó Eanáir 2014, tá freagracht reachtúil ar Uisce Éireann as gach gné de phleanáil, de sholáthar agus d’oibriú na seirbhísí uisce ar an leibhéal náisiúnta, réigiúnach agus áitiúil. Mar chuid dá chúrsaí oibriúcháin, tá sé de fhreagracht ar Uisce Éireann...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department. Requests for housing transfers are considered solely by the relevant local authority concerned in accordance with that authority’s allocation scheme, which is made by the elected members under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and in compliance with Social...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 319 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2022, over 104,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were over 60,700 households actively in receipt of HAP support. A key principle of the HAP scheme is that eligible...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. Under HAP, households at risk of homelessness may be eligible for additional supports.  To qualify for specific additional supports available to homeless households, a household must have been determined by the relevant local authority to be homeless within the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Ó Eanáir 2014, tá freagracht reachtúil ar Uisce Éireann as gach gné de phleanáil, de sholáthar agus d’oibriú na seirbhísí uisce ar an leibhéal náisiúnta, réigiúnach agus áitiúil. Mar chuid dá chúrsaí oibriúcháin, tá sé de fhreagracht ar Uisce Éireann...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 to 315, inclusive, together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2022, over 104,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were over 60,700 households actively in receipt of HAP support, including 2,155 active tenancies Kildare....

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

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department. Requests for housing transfers are considered solely by the relevant local authority concerned in accordance with that authority’s allocation scheme, which is made by the elected members under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and in compliance with Social...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 319 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2022, over 104,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were over 60,700 households actively in receipt of HAP support. A key principle of the HAP scheme is that eligible...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. Under HAP, households at risk of homelessness may be eligible for additional supports.  To qualify for specific additional supports available to homeless households, a household must have been determined by the relevant local authority to be homeless within the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (4 Oct 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. Under the Housing Act...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (4 Oct 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 housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. In...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All commits to reviewing the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The review is continuing within my Department and is being informed by ongoing engagement with external stakeholders, for example, the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association and Jack and Jill Foundation....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the Government decision of the 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme, the Government approved the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 on 21 June and the Bill passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and was subsequently signed into law by the President on the 23 July,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 159 and 166 together. Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. Many areas of cities, towns and villages of all sizes face the blight of vacant properties, which, if brought back into use, could add real vibrancy and provide new accommodation in those areas. The Croí...