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

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support 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. These important grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the...

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

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support 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 a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older...

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

Alan Dillon: Under Housing for All, there is a policy objective to increase and improve housing options for older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence. Housing for All builds on and takes forward the ongoing actions in 'Housing Options for Our Ageing Population' policy statement from 2019, published jointly by my Department and the Department of Health, which provides policy...

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

Alan Dillon: Let me start by just outlining again the key aim of the Bill, which is to introduce more consistency, clarity and certainty to the planning system. That is core to what we are actually doing here and what we have done over the past six months. The Bill is looking to the future; it is certainly not dealing with the past. Within that, it is really important that we have consistency across...

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

Alan Dillon: I will conclude. We find this section to be sufficient as currently drafted and cannot accept the amendments.

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

Alan Dillon: The arguments Deputy Danny Healy-Rae is presenting are made on an individual basis in his constituency in Kerry.

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

Alan Dillon: In many cases, the local area development plans and county development plans are agreed by the local members in accordance with national policy. To say the planners themselves make the determination on an individual basis, based on policy-----

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

Alan Dillon: What we are doing is ensuring we have a Bill that is fit for purpose in the here and now. The existing legislation is 24 years old. By enhancing the policy, the national planning statements and the national planning framework, we are coherently recalibrating and rebalancing what we need to do in our planning system, which is really important. Everyone should have a right to live and work...

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

Alan Dillon: It is the planners who are actually trained and qualified to ensure they implement policy. I have never seen a politician, be it a councillor or Deputy, make an assessment of a planning application. They are not technically qualified to do so. Today we are addressing the issues within the Bill, not the issues in Kerry County Council. The national planning statements replace section 28 and...

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

Alan Dillon: I did not blame anyone.

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

Alan Dillon: I move amendment No. 201: In page 69, line 12, to delete "revoke or amend" and substitute "amend or revoke".

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

Alan Dillon: I move amendment No. 219: In page 71, line 4, to delete “Act.” and substitute “Act;”.

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

Alan Dillon: I move amendment No. 220: In page 71, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “(p) integration of relevant climate action related policies and measures of the Government, including those prepared pursuant to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, into regional spatial and economic strategies,development plans, urban area plans, priority area plans and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Jun 2024)

Alan Dillon: 55.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25115/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (11 Jun 2024)

Alan Dillon: 63.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 2 February 2024 when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Jun 2024)

Alan Dillon: 359.To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25198/24]

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

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities under the 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 for Older People Grant, which are...

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

Alan Dillon: 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 for Older People Grant, which are 80% funded by my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 Jun 2024)

Alan Dillon: 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 a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

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

Alan Dillon: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 422 and 425 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 a...