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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Yes

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Tomorrow, Department officials will meet the vacant homes officers in each local authority to brief them on the changes, which will be followed by the issuing of a circular and guidance, and a list of frequently asked questions and answers will be provided. We will move into full action on this tomorrow with the key people, who are the vacant homes officers and the designated teams in local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Credit is due to Senator Cummins.

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions, and I am grateful for the opportunity to close the debate for the Government on the People Before Profit-Solidarity Rent Reduction Bill 2023. As my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, stated earlier, the Government opposes the Bill for the reasons he outlined, which I will summarise. A similar Bill was debated last July, so,...

Rent Reduction Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy was smiling. I hear people talking. Ultimately, it must be viable for a builder to build and it must be at a price that is affordable for the person to purchase. We are bringing in the cost-rental scheme. Six hundred of those units are already up and running and we have another 1,000 in the pipeline. This new scheme we have announced is now being worked on by a group. We want...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I have a brief note to add to what the Minister said on vacancy. Many local authorities already have specialised vacant home units and these are being set up in all others. The units are multidisciplinary. Those that have been set up already are very successful at dealing with derelict sites. If local authorities have a requirement for additional resources, we are encouraging them to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I know that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: On the tenant purchase scheme, the traditional model is now called the incremental purchase scheme, I think. The Deputy made a fair point. Perhaps we can get the officials to look at it based on age. If there is a young person coming in, ten years might be more reasonable than someone coming in, say, in their 40s. It is something we will look at. On affordable housing, that is coming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Minister stole my line. It has to be kept simple.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is an activation measure. For it to be activated quickly, it must be relatively easy to implement. The measure is universal. We have had 1,600 applications so far and 600 of them have been approved. We will keep it under advisement, but the scheme now is relatively straightforward to understand. If the property is vacant for more than two years and was built pre-2007, the applicant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise. I have to depart. I think the discussion is coming to a conclusion. I thank the members for their consideration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Minister need me to stay? I do not think so.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: It is not the only time in this debate-----

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Or "The Quiet Man".

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Who owns the building?

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We all had a couple of them.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: We were taught it at home.

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I welcome his contribution. It is important that he would put on the record the significance of the Bill. It comprises 238 sections and 242 pages. It is a monumental Bill. I want to pay tribute to my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Malcolm Noonan, and the officials in the heritage section of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Referral to Select Committee (27 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1).

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (25 Apr 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), there is no specific preclusion to the development of log cabins as a housing type. All development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any person may lodge an application for permission to a planning authority in accordance with section 34 of the Act for the...