Results 17,461-17,480 of 26,293 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to move towards enforcement of quality standards in rental accommodation on a regional basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48093/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the roll-out of choice-based letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48094/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites under the land aggregation scheme; the number of strategic management plans put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48095/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to introduce an AHB innovation fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to establish a dedicated one-stop-shop within the Housing Agency to support AHBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48097/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to bring forward pilot projects, beginning with Dublin City Council, based on best practice and cost effectiveness taking a cross-departmental inter-agency approach to housing initiatives for older persons. [48098/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Rebuilding Ireland commitment to create pilot competitions, focusing on three distinct areas of smart technologies in housing for older persons, adaptation of existing houses to meet the needs of older persons and life-time communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 355. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total drawdown of housing adaptation grants per annum from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48100/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government that status of the commission of an expert, independent review of capital and current funding for Traveller specific accommodation to date with regard to targets contained in the local authority Traveller accommodation programmes and actual units delivered; and the status of accommodation funded and funding provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government that status of the 15 to 20 key pathfinder sites with a proven capability to deliver a significant scaling-up of new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48102/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the student housing officer funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of steps to launch an assessment of scope for provision of additional student accommodation on local authority or other publicly owned lands. [48105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (20 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the national taking-in-charge initiative funding per annum from 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [48106/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I will happily come back to the Minister after he responds. I saw him laughing a moment ago. It is not a laughing matter that 14 acres of prime land that could house 800 families are not being utilised. The last thing I want is to see the Minister engaged in a row or an argument that will slow the delivery of public housing on this site. The revised arrangement is a better one. The deal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I am listening.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Minister for his response. I will try to be constructive in my response so I will leave aside some of his political commentary.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I will try to be helpful as we always do. The Minister has been out at the site several times turning sods.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: He has been at photo calls left, right and centre at O'Devaney Gardens. His predecessor, the Tánaiste, did likewise. We genuinely want to see this project move forward. I am asking the Minister to look at the affordable element of the original deal from 2017, for which he advocated. While he may question whether the new deal is an agreement or a revision, the amended agreement was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I seek an update from the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government on the status of the O'Devaney Gardens redevelopment project. I do so in a constructive way in an effort to move this forward. The key issue is ensuring that the O'Devaney Gardens site is restored so that people can move back into and live in the area. It is a prime site of 14 acres, adjacent to the Phoenix Park...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Protection (19 Nov 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); the supports that will be put in place by her Department and agencies for employees that have been put on protective notice; if she has spoken with management of the company regarding protecting the jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47630/19]