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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: In the absence of the final model of affordable purchase, each local authority is deciding what it deems to be the affordable model for the schemes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: It is probably not ideal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: That is helpful. I thank Mr. McCarthy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: Mr. O'Neill has mentioned Balbriggan. Which Balbriggan site is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: Is the Housing Agency considering using all of it for cost rental properties?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: I wish to follow on briefly with a question on cost rental. Let us consider the figure of €1,200 for Enniskerry Road in the context of the average income in Dublin. As a percentage of net take home pay, that figure is approximately 42% for a single earner. It is far above what would be deemed the affordable level of one third, or between 30% and 35%, of net take home pay. That is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: A single person.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: Even for a couple in Dublin, the average rent would still be above 30%. That is the benchmark of affordability but I take Mr. Baneham's point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: What about Castlelands?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: Five hundred or 550 in respect of cost rental?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: There is no split.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the delegates for their presentations which follow on from those made to the committee earlier. Ms Poole and Mr. Keegan mentioned the Land Development Agency, LDA, and welcomed its establishment. It was announced in September last year, but no land has been transferred to it. It is not a legal entity and does not have legislation to guide it at this stage. What interaction do...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: It is just the figure for affordable housing figure? It does not include social and private housing. Perhaps Mr. Kenny might clarify the total number for each estate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: What are the totals?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Affordable Housing: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank Mr. Kenny.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: There are €373 million in approved loans and only €200 million in the fund itself, meaning it is oversubscribed - in case the Government needs assistance with this - by €173 million. That is the bare minimum needed to get this scheme back up and running.
- Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: As I always do. The Minister may remember that last Tuesday I questioned the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, on the Rebuilding Ireland affordable loan. Work that Fianna Fáil has done since March of this year has highlighted the fact that this scheme is underfunded and requires additional funding. 1 o’clock In response to me on Tuesday, the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy,...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme Data (13 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of first-time buyer help-to-buy scheme applicants and approved recipients, respectively, since its inception by county; the value of the scheme by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24821/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Accountability (13 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of meetings held by the Civil Service accountability board per annum since its inception to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24825/19]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 Jun 2019)
Darragh O'Brien: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the delivery of affordable units under the local infrastructure housing activation fund; the location of the units on a local authority basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24817/19]