Results 23,581-23,600 of 26,666 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: We are in a good position this year. We will be coming back to the committee with a supplementary to spend additional money on social housing delivery and the other things we have spoken of. In previous years when there were constraints on expenditure, such as when we had the construction shutdown, and we were not delivering the number of social homes we wanted, we reallocated that money...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: No. The Deputy might have missed it earlier when I said in the coming weeks I would go to the Cabinet sub-committee, which is where we will bring that to.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Yes, and then to Cabinet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I hope it is not too many. We are concluding the work on it. Even though some would not believe me, I listen to people across the House from time to time and we have taken a lot of feedback on that. The ESRI has outlined 12 scenarios in its report in respect of the additional housing it believes is required. It is a complex piece of work but it will be ambitious and housing targets will...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Last year we provided significant additional funding in the supplementary to local authorities which were delivering, exceeding and being proactive on this. We have also changed and updated the grants, which is long overdue. I think everyone agrees on that. We have increased funding of €25 million. That will help us as well. There is a 33% increase in grant limits and a 25%...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It is not €25 million but €20 million.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It is €20 million in total.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Yes. We have corrected that committee brief, Ms Kehoe has informed me, and that has been emailed to the clerk. Apologies for----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It relates to submissions from certain local authorities requesting additional funding due to applications on hand.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Yes, we provided that based on submissions made by those local authorities.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: That is on the repayment piece. Most of our tenures are separate and are longer than that anyway at between 50 and 70 years. It is something the affordable housing team is reviewing and is working with the Housing Agency on. I think Deputy Ó Broin raised that with me a couple of weeks ago during oral questions. That is something that is being looked at to see if there is the ability...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: So am I.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: My Department currently supports an agreed programme of new Domestic Violence Refuges via the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS). CAS also supports the acquisition of individual properties as 'Safe Houses'. Operational costs for Refuges are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice. Domestic Violence Refuge units and Safe Houses can also be provided through other sources outside of...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: My Department currently supports an agreed programme of new Domestic Violence Refuges via the Capital Assistance Scheme/CAS. Operational costs for such Refuges are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Justice. New Domestic Violence Refuges currently under development as part of this programme, or recently completed via CAS, as part of the 3rd National DSGBV Strategy, are averaging...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 ('the 2022 Act') on 22 June 2023, which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. A review mechanism is provided within the 2022 Act, which provides for an increase or decrease in the overall grant scheme cap (currently €420,000) a year...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The Interim Remediation Scheme for the funding of eligible emergency fire safety defect works in apartments and duplexes has been in place since December 2023. The Scheme, which is being administered by the Housing Agency on a nationwide basis, is open to applications from apartment Owners’ Management Companies (OMC) via the Housing Agency’s website. In the period since the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The response to Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV) is a cross-Departmental and multi-agency issue, with overall policy coordinated by the Department of Justice. Responsibility for the development and provision of services to support victims rests with my colleague the Minister for Justice working in conjunction with Cuan, the statutory DSGVB agency under the remit of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 to 221, inclusive, together. The standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical supplies....
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: As provided for in the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019, the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was formally established on 1 February 2021. AHBRA is an independent body tasked with providing the regulation of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the purposes of protecting housing assets provided or managed by such bodies. The register of AHBs...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (17 Oct 2024)
Darragh O'Brien: The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical supplies. These Regulations apply to all properties let or available for...