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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for his response. I do not have the information to hand but I will provide it to him after this session. The purpose of today’s discussion on the amendment is to increase, from €1.25 to €2.25 billion, the amount the Minister for Finance may direct the National Treasury Management Agency to pay to the Land Development Agency for the proceeds of the...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: From the Seanad (23 Oct 2024)

Alan Dillon: If we were doing nothing, we would be criticised for not investing in the LDA, which is a crucial vehicle for direct delivery of homes. It is important we continue to invest in its pipeline of projects. I mentioned some of its achievements to date. We are finalising the national planning framework and there will be revised structural housing targets. We are looking at new revision under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Dillon: Local authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the implementation of the vacant site levy under the provisions of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 in their functional areas. The most recent information provided by Galway and Roscommon County Councils in this regard is provided in the tables at the link below. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme, 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability who may require stair lifts, ramps, rails, level deck showers and other minor works deemed necessary to facilitate the mobility needs of a member of a household. The extension scheme exists as a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 Nov 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were required to establish a register of vacant sites in their functional areas, beginning on 1 January 2017. The Act empowered planning authorities to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Nov 2024)

Alan Dillon: In April 2023, I launched the CPO Activation Programme requiring a proactive and systematic approach by local authorities to identify vacant and derelict properties and engage with owners to bring those properties back into use. This includes the use of compulsory purchase powers by local authorities to actively use their legislative powers to acquire vacant and derelict properties, where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 Nov 2024)

Alan Dillon: Local authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the implementation of the vacant site levy under the provisions of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 in their functional areas. The most recent information provided by Kerry County Council in this regard is provided in the attached tables. Under the provisions of the Act, local...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (22 Jan 2025)

Alan Dillon: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application to the foreign birth register for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Alan Dillon: 391. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Crossmolina flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1388/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (22 Jan 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Revised Estimates Volume for the Public Service (also called ‘the REV’) provides details on the exchequer contribution and expected Local Property Tax (LPT) income during 2025. The Estimate of Income and Expenditure of the Local Government Fund (LGF) for 2024 and 2025 is available on page 169 of the Revised Estimates Volume published on the website of the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Policy (22 Jan 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants, which include the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant, are funded by my Department with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

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 local authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (6 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: The WRC Inspectorate is staffed by civil servants of my Department. WRC inspectors are ranked at Executive Officer (EO) Inspector and Higher Executive Officer (HEO) Inspector Team Managers (ITMs). Using the Public Spending Code calculation, the yearly cost of recruiting an executive officer inspector for the WRC would be approximately €73,057 PPC. WRC inspectors also qualify for an...

Programme for Government: Statements (Resumed) (11 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: I am honoured to have been appointed Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment with special responsibility for small businesses and retail and as Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special responsibility for the circular economy. The programme for Government lays out an ambitious roadmap for the coming...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (11 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Sherlock for raising this important matter and for offering us the opportunity to respond. I am taking this Topical Issue matter on behalf of the Minister for children, Deputy Foley. With regard to resources through core funding, core funding is a grant to providers designed to support quality, sustainability and enhanced public management, with associated conditions in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (11 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: I agree with the sentiment of the matter the Deputy raised tonight. Certainly, the Department is committed to working with all core funding partner services concerned about their viability and to ensure we have oversight around case management processes. In this instance, it is between the provider, the local city and county childcare committee, and Pobal working together to assess and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (12 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy McGrath for raising the important issue. I know how important SMEs and small businesses are in his constituency in County Tipperary. I fully recognise the cost pressures SMEs are facing and the impact this is having on their ability to keep their doors open. As the Deputy stated, the programme for Government contains several important commitments, including with regard to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (12 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy McGrath for raising this important issue and for his contribution here today. I reiterate and fully appreciate the important role Irish SMEs play, and their contribution to towns and villages throughout the country. I recognise the increased pressure of doing business. I would point to the speed at which this power up grant was delivered, with more than €150 million...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 Feb 2025)

Alan Dillon: Ireland has a robust framework of legislative protections and supports for workers who lose their job. This includes:The Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended, which requires employers in collective redundancy situations to consult with employees’ representatives and to notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment before implementing redundancies.The Redundancy...