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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (21 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (21 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Local Authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) in their functional areas. The information requested and provided in respect of 2023 is set out in the table at the link. /ie/oireachtas/debates/questions/supportingDocumentation/202 4-05-21_pq347-21-05_en.xlsx">Levies

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (23 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 and 204 together. My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (23 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: 258. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a psychologist assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/24]

Local Authority Housing Maintenance and Repair: Motion [Private Members] (28 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. The Government is not opposing the motion but will make clear the concerns being raised are being addressed through the various stock improvement programmes run by the Department and the steps being taken to move from a response based on repair and maintenance as problems arise to a strategic and informed planned maintenance approach to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (28 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: 371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the engagement with Coillte with a view to increasing the pension payments for retired workers, considering that their pensions have not been increased for many years and some have had no increase since they retired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24119/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 116 and 118 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (29 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (29 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: The programme for Government contains a commitment to conduct a review of the Multi-Unit Developments, MUDs, Act 2011 to ensure that it is fit for purpose and that it acts in the best interests of residents. Housing for All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland, provides for regulations to be made under the MUDs Act relating to the management by owner management companies, OMCs, of annual service...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy. As I said in my opening statement, the Minister for Justice has responsibility for the MUDs Act. While our Department is the policy holder, we continue to work in relation to the remediation of structural defects in MUDs. The Department is currently engaging with the Department of Justice in respect of the review. As regards the draft regulations, my Department...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Reviews (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: As I said in my earlier contribution, the MUDs Act is the responsibility of the Minister for Justice. While I accept the points the Deputy has raised, there are proposed updates to ensure that the annual service charges set by OMCs meet the cost of ongoing maintenance, around the provision of transparency in relation to the setting and payment of annual service charges and around assisting...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 , 70 , 82 , 89 and 190 together. I thank the Deputy. Tackling vacancy is a key priority for this Government and pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make effective use of our existing housing stock. The Vacant Homes Action Plan 2023-2026, which was published in January 2023, builds on pathway 4 of Housing for All....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for his question and his support for the ongoing efforts to tackle vacancy and dereliction in his constituency. On his question on vacant homes officers, all 31 local authorities now have a full-time vacancy officer in place, fulfilling one of the Housing for All commitments. Each local authority receives an annual fund of up to €60,000 to support the work of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputies. On Deputy Stanton's question on Youghal, my Department and the local authority are engaging to take action. We hope to have something back to the local authority in that regard. On the derelict sites register, local authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operations in their functional areas. As of December...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Traveller accommodation expert review report, which is intended to improve the effectiveness of the arrangements for providing accommodation for members of the Traveller community, has 32 recommendations across four categories. These are aimed at addressing research deficiencies, including how information is gathered and used; removing any potential delay and obstacle in the planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Traveller Accommodation (30 May 2024)

Alan Dillon: I disagree with Deputy Gould's statement on how the Department is dealing with the Traveller community. I am pleased to report full expenditure of over €36 million in total by local authorities relating to Traveller-specific accommodation was achieved in 2023. I recently had the opportunity to meet with the Irish Traveller Movement, with Bernard Joyce and his colleagues. We are...

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

Alan Dillon: The Land Development Agency was established with a focus on managing the State’s lands to develop new homes and regenerate under-utilised sites. It has also been tasked with unlocking stalled, private, planning-consented developments in the shorter-term through Project Tosaigh, its market engagement initiative. The LDA are projecting that Project Tosaigh will deliver 5,000 new...

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

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 and 124 together. In 2023, nearly 12,000 new social homes were delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies, including 8,110 new-build homes. This represents the highest level of delivery of new-build social housing in half a century. Over 4,000 affordable housing supports were also delivered. This is an increase of 128% on 2022 activity,...