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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: There are a number of housing estates across the country that rely on developer provided infrastructure for their water services. These estates have not, as yet, been taken-in-charge and their water services are not connected to the public Uisce Éireann network. The water services infrastructure in these locations is commonly called DPI. With effect from 1 January 2024, Uisce...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: A contribution towards relevant education and training programmes at QQI Level 6 and higher is only one of a number of supports available to elected members to assist them in carrying out their role. Councillors can also avail of allowances including for conferences, seminars and training by recognised bodies in order to enhance their knowledge and skills. Councillors are not employees of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Uisce Éireann has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The scope, prioritisation and progression of individual projects is a matter for Uisce Éireann and is approved through its own internal governance structures. However, the delivery of water and wastewater infrastructure is critical...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department continues to tackle the issue of dereliction through a series of related actions and supports in conjunction with local authorities and other stakeholders. The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site, as defined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: As Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage I have responsibility for a wide range of issues which fall under the Heritage heading. These include, but are not limited to, Nature Conservation and Protection, Peatlands Restoration, Ireland's obligations under a range of EU and International agreements in the area of nature protection and the EU Nature Restoration Law as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department provides funding for the delivery of Housing through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes. My Department does not fund AHBs directly, rather the funding is provided primarily to the local authorities and also to the Housing Agency, who in turn, release this funding to the AHBs in line with relevant funding scheme conditions. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department does not hold any contracts with the company referenced.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: 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 local authorities. To assist in ensuring that homeless services provided are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1218 and 1219 together. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) provides detailed data available on a number of planning related matters, including permissions granted by development type and county, on its website. This is updated on a quarterly basis and can be accessed at the following link: www.cso.ie/en/statistics/buildingandconstruction/planningper...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. The specific information requested is not held by my Department. Arrangements have been put in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Data Centres (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Lead policy responsibility for the development of data centres as core digital infrastructure is held by my colleague, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. My Department engages on an ongoing basis with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment with regard to the development of planning policy and legislation which is of relevance to data centre development, including,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department did not issue funding allocations to local authorities for second-hand acquisitions activity in 2024, rather each local authority was provided with an initial allocation for the number of acquisitions to be supported. For 2025 I have made €325 million available to our local authorities for their social housing second-hand acquisitions activity. The allocation of this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: National policy in relation to the provision of access to national roads is set out in the Spatial Planning and National Roads Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2012) which were issued by the Minister under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. Section 28 requires that planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála shall have regard to Ministerial guidelines in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. The Planning and Development Act 2024, includes a number of new provisions relating to An Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Regulations (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Local authorities will implement a range of powers available under planning, building control and other relevant legislation in an integrated way and will work pro-actively with developers, receivers, financial institutions and local communities in securing satisfactory resolutions for unfinished housing developments. Addressing vacancy and making efficient use of existing housing stock...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Tenant in Situ acquisitions were introduced by way of Government decision in 2023 as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes, in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants. A further Government decision extended such acquisitions into 2024 with approval...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (29 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The 2005 Disability Act sets out the legal obligations of public body employers in relation to the employment of people with disabilities. Along with promoting and supporting people with disabilities, public bodies are also obliged to meet a 4.5% target of employees with disabilities. The target increased to 6% in 2025. The Disability Census Form provided to all new entrants in my...