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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, responsive repairs and implementing planned maintenance programmes, is a matter for each individual local authority, in line with Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. My Department requested local authorities to prepare an audit of their social housing stock in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities are responsible under the Housing Acts for the management and maintenance of their housing stock and the management of their estates, which includes taking the appropriate measures, and putting in place the structures, to facilitate and enable tenants’ participation in estate management.  Tenants are encouraged to become actively involved in Residents'...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2020 regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Acts to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The table below shows the number of households at the end of Q3 2020, broken down by local authority, who are in receipt of Housing Assistance Payment support. Local Authority Total Active HAP Tenancies @ 30-09-2020 Carlow County Council 758 Cavan County Council 418 Clare County Council...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the cost of pre-letting repairs to vacant properties and the carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids programme to support local authorities in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the recommendations contained in the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services report in April 2017, a Working Group was established to conduct a review of the wider resources and investment needs relating to the rural water sector. As part of its work, the Working Group recommended a number of revisions to the existing grant scheme that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The advancement of  each URDF supported project is, in the first instance, a matter for the individual local authority involved. It is also a  matter for each local authority as an independent statutory body to establish whether their projects can be considered essential by reference to the relevant regulations concerning restrictions during the current Covid 19...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The former Chief Executive of Galway County Council retired on 4 July 2014. A temporary chief executive was appointed at that time, pending a permanent appointment. In the intervening period, there has been extensive policy development processes examining optimum arrangements for local governance in Galway. Arising from these processes, in June 2018 the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. As part of Budget 2021, I secured funding of over €1.4 billion to support water services. This includes €1.3 billion in respect of domestic water services provision by Irish Water. This overall...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Programme for Government, ‘Our Shared Future’, this Government has committed to putting housing affordability at the heart of the housing system and to: - prioritise the increased supply affordable homes and to ensure that local authorities are central to delivering housing, and  - progress a state-backed affordable home purchase scheme to promote home...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data is available to the end of Quarter 3 2020, and data for Quarter 4 2020 is currently being compiled. This data is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme remains open for business. All local authorities are receiving and processing RIHL applications and are incorporating increased flexibility to accommodate applicants during the COVID 19 Pandemic.  As is the case with any lender, local authorities must lend mortgages on a prudent basis, taking into account the most recent income and...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Go raibh maith agaibh, a Chathaoirligh agus Sheanadóirí. Since the country's first recorded case of Covid-19 last February, our public services have been tested as never before. In this the worst of times for so many, the best of public service and community spirit have come to the fore. As I said in the Dáil last week, the concept embodied in the Irish word "meitheal",...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, he has.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am happy to yield one minute of my time to Senator Keogan.

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Housing, Local Government and Heritage): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand. I want to pass on my deepest sympathies to Senator Keogan on the passing of her mother as I know that is not easy. I will get back to the Senator on her specific query. We have done a review of the tenant purchase scheme and it is due to be published quite soon, in the coming weeks, although we are looking at some anomalies around that. I am conscious as well that as we are...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Is the Deputy referring to a report from last year?

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I receive many reports-----

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am asking so we can be clear about what we are discussing.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Is that a report from last year or is it a current report? I am not sure.