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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Further to my response to Question No. 629 of 5 February 2025, the Programme for Government commits to a new housing plan that will build on Housing for All and support delivery of some 300,000 new homes by end-2030. Priority actions from the Programme for Government, with the greatest potential impact, are already being progressed, including a new Strategic Housing Activation Office....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Tenant in Situ Acquisitions were introduced by way of Government decision in 2023 as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants. A further Government decision extended such acquisitions into 2024 with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Where a homeowner suspects they may have pyrite in their home as the adjoining home has pyrite and is in the Pyrite Remediation Scheme, the process is well established. To be included in the Pyrite Remediation Scheme, a dwelling must have a damage condition rating of 2, as defined in the Irish Standard I.S. 398-1:2017 Part 1 and outlined in the Pyrite Remediation Scheme guidance, available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on a legislative basis in 2021 following the commencement of the Land Development Agency Act 2021. The LDA is advancing delivery of affordable and social homes across the country through building a portfolio of vacant and underutilised State Lands, through partnerships with local authorities, and through its market engagement and partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The 'Residential Zoned Land Tax - Guidelines for Planning Authorities' were issued in June 2022 to assist planning authorities in meeting the statutory requirements relating to the Residential Zoned Land Tax set out in the Finance Act 2021, which amended the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (as amended). These obligations involve the publication of draft, supplemental and final map(s) identifying...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Responsibility for the delivery of the housing targets set under Housing for All rests with individual local authorities, which identify the social housing need in their administrative area and are best placed to make decisions on potential sites for development. It is therefore a matter for individual local authorities in conjunction with their AHB partners to identify suitable sites and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: No staff in my Department have been seconded from consulting firms in the period from 2020 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency under the aegis of my Department. Tailte Éireann provide a property registration system, property valuation service, and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Tailte Éireann is independent in the exercise of its valuation functions under the Valuation Act 2001, as amended (the Act). The making of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: There are a number of housing estates across the country, including the estate mentioned in the details supplied, that rely upon their water services from infrastructure provided by the developer of the estates. The water services infrastructure concerned is described as Developer Provided Infrastructure, more commonly called DPI. The infrastructure is privately owned and is not connected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cumarsáid Aireachta (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Achtaíodh an tAcht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2024 (Acht 2024) ar an 17 Deireadh Fómhair 2024. Tháinig Cuid 25 d’Acht 2024 i bhfeidhm tar éis an tAcht a achtú agus déantar soláthar leis an gCuid sin maidir le leasuithe ilghnéitheacha ar Achtanna um Thionóntachtaí Cónaithe. Cuireadh tús le feidhm ailt 1 go 5...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant introduced in July 2022, provides a grant of up to €50,000 for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and for properties which will be made available for rent. A top-up grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) was commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. In line with the commitment to keep the scheme under review and improve it, the Spring 2025 Government Legislation Programme has included the Remediation of Dwellings...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Housing for All (published in September 2021) supercedes the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness (published in July 2016) and provided a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My diary and those of my Ministers of State are routinely published on my Department’s website at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/5f6f1-ministers-diaries/# . A copy of my diary for the relevant period has been published at the above link.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Pursuant to a commitment in 'Housing for All', a review of the Payment and Availability-Capital Advance Leasing Facility (P&A-CALF) Scheme was conducted and a report published in 2023. The review occurred against the backdrop of certain local authorities, mainly in the West and North West, finding it very difficult to achieve viability under the then P&A-CALF funding model...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The zoning of land for particular purposes, including housing, is an exercise undertaken by planning authorities as part of their overall statutory plan function generally as part of a development plan under sections 9 to 13 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended), but can at present also be carried out as part of a local area plan (LAP) process. The making of a development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The process for taking in charge of housing estates is a reserved function of the elected members of local authorities in accordance with Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the 2000 Act). Section 261 of the Planning and Development Act 2024 (the 2024 Act) which is not yet commenced, maintains taking in charge as a reserved function of the elected members under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Mar 2025)

James Browne: A household’s qualification for social housing support may be reviewed at any time at the discretion of a local authority, as part of the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) or where the local authority becomes aware of changes in the household's circumstances. It will also be assessed at the point of allocating support. Households deemed to exceed the...