Results 1-20 of 212 for data protection speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: .... The RTB published the Q1 2024 Rent Index on 12 September 2024. The quarterly index tracks price developments in the Irish rental market over time and is based on RTB tenancy registration data that is independently analysed by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). The quarterly Rent Index provides the most accurate picture of how average rents are changing for new and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive program level data on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery and spend activity, including the number of active tenancies in the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). The latest published figures for total active HAP tenancies (at end of Q1 2024) and full year spend for 2023 are available at the following link -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (9 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...1,000,000 €250,000 2023 2029 The Shared Island Invasive Species and Biosecurity Initiative provides a framework to coordinate a Shared Island response to the threat posed by invasive species. The project is implemented by the National Biodiversity Data Centre (NBDC) and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), with oversight from the National Parks and Wildlife...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...2022 sets out the prescribed form to be completed by landlords when applying to register a tenancy in compliance with section 134 of the RTA, which includes a requirement for the landlord’s date of birth. For data protection reasons, the names of landlords and tenants are not published on the RTB’s public register of tenancies. A tenant can refer a dispute for resolution to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...action roadmap in line with the updated public sector climate action mandate, published in the Climate Action Plan 2024 (CAP24) Q3 2024 Conservation Objectives: Killarney National Park Special Protection Area (SPA) 004038. Version 1 Site-specific Conservation Objectives document for habitats and species of conservation value associated with the Natura 2000 Site network identified...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...22(3) of the Bill so that it states that each review shall be completed before the expiry of two years from the publication of updated CSO census figures. This accommodates the time period that occurs before the full data set is in hand and is fully utilised to inform policy. Amendment No. 172 clarifies that the time period begins on publication of the final census results by the CSO....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, taking account of the constitutionally protected property rights of landlords, introduced a targeted Rent Predictability Measure to moderate rent increases in those parts of the country where rents are highest and rising fastest. Rent controls are applied on the basis of the objective evidence available via the RTB...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, taking account of the constitutionally protected property rights of landlords, introduced a targeted Rent Predictability Measure to moderate rent increases in those parts of the country where rents are highest and rising fastest. Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 provides that the Housing Agency,...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in the past 12 months, indicates a strong pipeline of new homes into 2025 and 2026. Increased delivery of social housing is an absolute key to Housing for All objectives and it is supported through a range of funding streams. New build social home output is increasing year on year. Preliminary data is suggesting a similar increase in 2024. Almost 12,000 new social homes were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Board (RTB) Rent Index is designed to measure developments in rental prices faced by those taking up new tenancies in the private rental sector and from Q2 2023 utilising Annual Registration data, existing tenancy rent price developments. The addition of the Existing Tenancies Index beginning in the Q2 2023 index, significantly strengthens the ability to understand the Private Rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Commission (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Acts require that local authorities carry out a check of each application made in relation to the electoral register. Where a PPSN is provided, the information is checked against identity data held by the Department of Social Protection. Local authorities have, and have always had, the power to seek any information or supporting documentation they require in pursuit of their statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...available for housing, with €5.1 billion in investment available in 2024 o deliver new homes. Supply continues to improve in our housing market. A range of indicators suggest this: The latest annual data on the number of Commencements Notices (residential construction starts) published on 18 January, 2024 show that almost 33,000 (32,801) new homes were commenced in 2023.The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...with conditions prohibiting bulk purchase by, or multiple sale to, a single purchaser. Despite suggestions that institutional investors are crowding out prospective owner-occupiers, official data indicates that institutional investors still make up an important but relatively small proportion of annual residential property purchases. While the Government will continue to keep this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) Rent Index is designed to measure developments in rental prices faced by those taking up new tenancies in the private rental sector and from Q2 2023 utilising Annual Registration data, existing tenancy rent price developments. The Rent Index report is the most accurate and authoritative rent report of its kind on the private rental sector in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...with conditions prohibiting bulk purchase by, or multiple sale to, a single purchaser. Despite suggestions that institutional investors are crowding out prospective owner-occupiers, official data indicates that institutional investors still make up an important but relatively small proportion of annual residential property purchases. While the Government will continue to keep this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...homes with conditions prohibiting bulk purchase by, or multiple sale to, a single purchaser. Despite suggestions that institutional investors are crowding out prospective owner-occupiers, official data indicates that institutional investors still make up an important but relatively small proportion of annual residential property purchases. The Government will continue to keep this issue...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in the first nine months of 2023, an 8.9 per cent increase on the same period in 2022 and the highest number of completions recorded for the first three quarters of any year since the Central Statistics Office (CSO) data series began in 2011; — there are very positive signs that the uplift in new home delivery will be sustained in 2024 and over the coming years, with almost 33,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Personal Public Service Numbers (23 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...2022 added explicitly that this could include, in respect of a person’s own registration, a PPSN, date of birth and Eircode. The use of PPSNs allows the local authority to undertake an identity data cross-check via a secure link with the Department of Social Protection to confirm identity details provided. This checks that the name, date of birth, PPSN and nationality provided are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Research and Development (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...CABB Interreg project Cooperation Across Borders for Biodiversity (CABB) brings together six environmental organisations, including; BirdWatch Ireland, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Northern Ireland, RSPB Scotland, Butterfly Conservation, Northern Ireland Water and Moors for the Future. The CABB Project is supported by the European Union’s INTERREG...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not maintain a schedule of personal data sharing activities over the past 20 years to date. The information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. My Department shares personal data with other public bodies for a variety of reasons including where required by law, where relevant and necessary to...