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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I apologise.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: On a point of order, I am assuming the Senator is not accusing me of lying. Is she? If she is, I ask her to withdraw it immediately.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Senator might, in her own party, be used to bullying people, but she will not bully me. She needs to withdraw that. I have lied to no one.

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Does the Senator withdraw it?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) maintains and operates a public register of property ownership, subject to relevant legislation. Details of properties can be viewed through the PRA’s online service (landdirect.ie). Further information is available on the payment of a prescribed fee. As a public register, that information is available to all. Under the same principles and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Officials from my Department have previously both corresponded with and met representatives from the company in question. My Department subsequently received e-mail correspondence from that organisation, to which a response will be issued directly.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with these Regulations. Responsibility for enforcement of the Regulations rests with the relevant local authority. The HAP scheme is underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Enhanced Leasing Scheme was introduced in 2018 in order to encourage social housing leasing at a reasonable scale in order to supplement social housing delivery under other programmes. All potential proposals are submitted by the proposers to the Housing Agency for initial assessment and co-ordination with local authorities. The proposal is then submitted to my Department for approval....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Following the launch of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, a wide variety of stakeholders expressed an interest in being involved in the provision or financing of social housing across the country. On foot of a wide variety of interest from stakeholders in being involved in the provision of social housing, a structured, formal process was put in place to facilitate engagement with such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Given the importance of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) sector in the delivery of social housing there is an ongoing level of communication and interaction with this sector across my Department regarding a range of funding streams and in the area of AHB policy and regulation. In regular meetings with officials of my Department the AHB sector advise and update on the status of projects...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: This Government is fully committed to implementing a new Cost Rental sector in Ireland. Significant progress has already been made through the Enniskerry Road pilot project supported by Serviced Sites Funding, the new Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) scheme, and through legislative provisions in the Affordable Housing Bill 2021, which was recently approved by Government and is now published....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: As set out in the reply to Question No. 46 of 20 April 2021, I understand that Limerick City and County Council has offered a number of payment options available to the borrowers concerned. It is important that these borrowers now seek independent financial advice on this matter. Under relevant legislation, I am precluded from intervening in relation to individual cases. To assist with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to the reply given to Questions Nos. 126 and 127 of 12 May 2021 which sets out the up-to-date position in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The SSHA has been conducted on an annual basis since 2016, prior to which it was carried out once every three years, with the last Summary under this approach having taken place in 2013. Below are links...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 260 together. The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from private owners and Approved Housing Bodies. At end 2020, a total of 9,208 leased properties were supported under SHCEP across all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The current price caps envisaged for the Affordable Purchase Shared Equity Scheme are detailed below. These will be finalised in advance of the schemes deployment and will be kept under review. Determining the price caps requires balancing the accessibility of the scheme for eligible purchasers, mitigating against potential inflationary pressure and ensuring that a range of homes can be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: On 8 February 2021 I announced approval in principle of funding for 390 new homes under the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) scheme. This new scheme was allocated €35m in funding in Budget 2021, which is being used to make loans on favourable terms to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for up to 30% of the cost of new homes for Cost Rental. The announcement followed a Call for Proposals and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263, 264 and 265 together. The National Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy, which was published by my Department in 2018, strives to provide a targeted, effective and co-ordinated approach to identifying and tackling vacancy across Ireland. To assist local authorities in achieving this objective, my Department has, since 2018, provided funding to each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Circulars (13 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: In accordance with the requirements of Circular 20/2019, my Department collates information on the basis of a reporting template provided by the Environmental Protection Agency. This includes information on the total number and total value of contracts over €25,000 which have incorporated green public procurement, across a range of given priority sectors (e.g. transport, energy and IT...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (12 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme (RIHL) is designed to enable credit worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties or self-builds. In relation to self-builds, the RIHL requires that construction is covered by latent defect insurance policies and is underwritten by Insurance Companies. Builders', manufacturers' or...