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- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy. We have discussed these particular issues in Cork city and beyond. I am meeting the chief executive and the incoming chairperson of Uisce Éireann. I will seek additional funding for Uisce Éireann on the capital side to carry out additional works. The Deputy referred to Cork city. That is a big piece of work. Another scheme that we discussed is the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: First-time buyers are being supported under Housing for All and activity is continuing to strengthen, with the number of first-time buyers in the year to June 2024 some 28% higher than the same period in 2021 when Housing for All was introduced. A number of key measures have been put in place under the Plan, including, for example, the First Home Scheme which supports first time buyers...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: For 2023 and 2024, the Government agreed that there would be increased provision for social housing acquisitions and my Department provided funding for local authorities to acquire at least 1,500 social homes per annum. The additional acquisitions have primarily focused on properties where a tenant is in receipt of social housing supports and has received a Notice of Termination due to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The regeneration of Poolbeg West is an important step in the transformation of the Dublin Docklands area, with the potential to provide for 3,500 homes. A condition of the planning scheme for the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone, as modified by An Bord Pleanála in April 2019, is the provision of 15% social and affordable homes on this site in addition to the 10% statutory social...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I have engaged on a number of occasions with Insurance Ireland with regards to the insurance aspects of underwriting houses that have been subject to certified remediation works under the defective concrete blocks grant schemes. They have assured me such homes will be treated in the same manner as any other home. The Department of Finance has overall responsibility for policy matters in...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The Water Supply Project – East and Midlands Region (WSP-EMR) is a strategic national project, included in the National Development Plan, to help meet the long-term water supply requirements for the Eastern and Midlands region. The preferred scheme for the project involves the abstraction of water from the lower River Shannon at Parteen Basin in County Tipperary. The abstracted water...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 96 together. The Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) scheme was introduced on 1 April 2023 for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord has served a valid Notice of Termination due to an intention to sell the property. The Local Authority conducts the initial assessment for eligibility of the tenant for...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes an average of 10,000 new build social homes each year in the period to 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding,...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 81 together. Housing for All, the most ambitious and comprehensive housing plan in the history of our State, was published in September 2021. The Plan contains a suite of actions that have and continue to increase the provision of housing through accelerating supply and increasing the affordability of homes for our citizens, including those in Carlow....
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The Government has targeted delivery of 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the Land Development Agency and via the First Home scheme, a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. In the case of the Local Authority Affordable Purchase scheme, the Affordable Housing Fund is available to local...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme, which launched in July 2022, is a shared equity scheme, designed to help bridge the gap for eligible first-time buyers, eligible homebuyers, and self-builders, between their deposit and mortgage, and the price of their new home (within price ceilings established across the country). Full details are available on the First Home Scheme website. The overall funding...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), and who have very limited options, if any, to meet their long-term housing needs themselves. One important eligibility criteria for the MTR scheme is that the household must be...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 112 together. Supporting individuals and families facing homelessness is a priority for Government. Critical to supporting households to exit homelessness is increasing the supply of housing. Almost 12,000 new social homes were delivered in 2023, through Build, Acquisition and Leasing, including 8,110 new build homes, the highest level of new build...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The figures referred to relate to the notifications, received by local authorities, of planned changes of use of vacant commercial properties into residential units under The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 and the number of new homes associated with those notifications, for the years 2018-2023. The Regulations were extended by way of the Planning and...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83, 100 and 111 together. Housing for All includes a commitment to review income eligibility for social housing. From this review, completed in November 2021, it was recommended moving five local authorities from Band 3 to Band 2, ensuring the income eligibility thresholds better reflect housing costs in those counties. Government also agreed to increase the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). For 2023 the Government agreed that there would be increased provision for social...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 178 together. Tá Grúpa Idir-Rannach (ina bhfuil mo Roinnse, an Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán, agus Údarás na Gaeltachta) fós ag leanúint lena chuid oibre ag forbairt treoir phleanála faoi leith do cheantair Ghaeltachta. Bhí roinnt cruinnithe den...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 92 together. The First Home Scheme, which launched in July 2022, is a shared equity scheme designed to help bridge the gap between their deposit and mortgage, and the price of their new home, for eligible first-time buyers, fresh start applicants and those who wish to build their first home. The First Home Scheme DAC is responsible for the operation...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as quasi-judicial, independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2024 (RTA ) to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Where a tenant is unsure as to the validity of a Notice of Rent Review served, he or she may refer the matter to the RTB for dispute...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: New home commencement activity increased significantly in 2023, with more than 32,800 new homes commenced, the highest annual figure for any calendar year in the last decade. This increase has been sustained into 2024, with almost 35,400 commencements between January and July, up 91% on the same period last year and exceeding the total of 2023 by 8%. Rolling 12-month commencements to the end...