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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability (max grant €30,000), the Mobility Aids Grant (max grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Since the initial discovery of RHD2 in wild rabbits and hares in August 2019, the National Parks and Wildlife Service staff of my Department have continued to monitor for the disease with the assistance of colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Reports of suspected cases have been followed up and carcasses submitted to DAFM’s Regional Veterinary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: For 2021, total funding of €75 million has been provided for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme for private houses. Details of the funding provided for the grants from 2008 up to 2020 are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/o...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 and 230 together. My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants in respect of private houses. There are three separate grants available, including the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and Housing Aid for Older People grant, with responsibility for the apportionment between them...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Information on the funding provision under the Capital Assistance Scheme for the years 2018-20 is set out below. Under the Capital Assistance Scheme, funding of up to 100% of project costs may be advanced by local authorities to Approved Housing Bodies to provide accommodation for priority categories on the waiting list including elderly, people/families who are homeless and people with a...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I request that the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk, in accordance with Standing Order 196, to make the following minor corrections to the text of the Bill. On page 36, line 9, to replace the words "section 55(2)" with "section 55(3)". On page 40, line 3, to replace the words "section 52" with "section 53". On page 40, line 4, to replace the words "section 53(3)" with "section 54(3)".

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, lines 18 and 19, to delete “at a price below market price” and substitute the following: “on a cost rental basis, transferred to a planning authority or transferred directly in accordance with Part 2 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021”.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not true.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Are we not letting Deputy Boyd Barrett in again?

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will respond after Deputy Boyd Barrett. I will give way.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I know what Deputy Boyd Barrett is going to say.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: In fairness to Deputy Boyd Barrett and his colleagues, at least they tabled amendments.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to correct something Deputy Gould said when he referred to Deputy Matthews as a new Deputy. Deputy Gould is too and he is as entitled as anyone else to make a contribution on the floor of the House.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will say this to the Deputy. I sat through the vast bulk of the Committee Stage debate on this Bill. No one criticised Sinn Féin for the number of amendments it tabled. The Deputy did not want to table any this time; that is fine. That is his own choice. Deputy Gould and his housing spokesperson decided not to table amendments on Report Stage. That is fine. Deputy Boyd Barrett...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I have not moved or spoken on amendment No. 13 yet. It is a Government amendment. Deputy Boyd Barrett is concluding on amendments Nos. 1 to 12-----

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I said to the Acting Chairman in the Ceann Comhairle's absence that I was going to make a point specifically around amendment No. 13 because it is a Government amendment. I have not done so yet. I can be very brief so as not to detain Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely not.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Not at all. If Deputy Boyd Barrett does not want to know why we are changing the Title to the Bill, that is fine.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: That is absolutely fine.