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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Meteorological Services (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: During Stage 1, the initial set up phase of the National Flood Forecasting and Warning Service (NFFWS), under the oversight of OPW, a Flood Forecasting Centre was established in Met Éireann and became operational in early 2024. Met Éireann’s Flood Forecasting Centre is successfully providing information and guidance to decision making stakeholders such as the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The possible affect from wind turbine noise is the principal potential health impact most frequently attributed to wind energy developments. The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has primary responsibility for environmental noise matters. In this regard, my Department is working in conjunction with DECC, in the context of its environmental noise policy remit, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The possible affect from wind turbine noise is the principal potential health impact attributed to wind energy developments. The Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has primary responsibility for environmental noise matters. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in line with the “preferred...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Media (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded in accordance with Standing Orders. The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 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 to identify suitable sites and bring forward proposals to my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Budget 2025 provided Exchequer funding be of €4.85bn to support housing programmes, comprising €3.2bn capital funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department has no direct role in the provision of accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, which is a matter that is under the remit of the Minister for Children, Equality, Integration, Disability and Youth.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support available for people who have a long-term housing need. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP. Eligible households can source their own accommodation in the private rental sector which should be within the HAP rent limits provided to them by the local authority. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Local authorities are supported by my Department to purchase and renovate vacant/derelict properties to be upgraded as new, value-for-money social homes. The Buy & Renew Scheme allows local authorities to acquire and refurbish such properties and since it was introduced in 2016, in excess of 950 properties have been delivered under this arrangement, as new social homes. Buy and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by Tailte Éireann under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2020. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. Information in relation to Commercial Rates Income and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (25 Mar 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department met with the Deputy Commissioner of the Data Protection Commission on 5 February 2025. This meeting did not extend to discussing data compliance within state bodies under my Department's aegis who are independent bodies with their own data protection responsibilities and reporting arrangements. My Department does not hold any information in relation to same. The state bodies...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (26 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The funding system that applies to local authorities is a complex one, as authorities derive their income from a variety of local sources including commercial rates, Local Property Tax (LPT), charges for goods and services and funding from Central Government. My Department does not provide specific funding to local authorities for the purpose outlined in the question. My colleague, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (26 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department does not fund any homeless service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services. Under the funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of any funded service from their own resources. Furthermore, housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (26 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I can confirm that in November 2024 funding was approved under my Department’s Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 for the project mentioned in the details supplied. My Department confirmed this approval in writing directly to Sligo County Council and advised that the project should now commence and be delivered to completion as quickly as possible. For progress updates...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events (26 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department undertakes the Lead Government Department role, as set out in the Strategic Emergency Management (SEM) Framework (2017), in relation to the coordination of national level responses to severe weather and flooding emergencies, where warranted. My Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management undertakes this role and works closely with local authority Severe...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (27 Mar 2025)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

James Browne: As previously advised, the Programme for Government states it will work with the Banks to expand the First Home Scheme to first time buyers of second-hand homes. This is being examined by my Department and I have requested the First Home Scheme to undertake the required analytical and technical work to examine the potential for such an expansion as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department has recorded the following number of cyber incidents in the years requested.2022 :612023 : 52024: 24 My Department does not comment on operational security matters as it would be inappropriate to disclose information that may in any way assist those with malicious intent.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Reply not received from Department.