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Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I would check the record if I was the Minister of State. He effectively said that the work was complete and he was ready to launch the SPV at that stage. That is a different answer from the one on 27 September. It was nearly put back on the credit union sector at the time and he nearly apportioned blame to it for not seeking to enter the SPV and move forward. That is a very different...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I certainly will. I wrote to the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, at the turn of the new year, seeking clarification on exactly where that was. I have listed a number of questions that need to be answered. I ask the Minister of State to clear up this confusion. The position that he has outlined is being contradicted by others-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State does not have to say anything.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I am trying to.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I can because it is true.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I am seeking answers and clarification. Not one cent of credit union money has been invested in social housing. As the Minister of State said, this was proposed in Rebuilding Ireland and the programme for Government. It was also mentioned in the confidence and supply document and I want it delivered. Most Members want a new stream of funding that will help to build the Minister's social...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That would be helpful.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new rural housing guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1314/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister of State will be aware that, following the Flemish decree of the European Court of Justice in 2013, a working group comprising senior representatives from his Department and planning authorities was established in May 2017 to review the new rural housing guidelines. At what stage is this process, and when does he expect the guidelines to be published? When they are published,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Sure.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I welcome the Minister of State's response. It has taken quite some time to get to this stage. When he says "shortly", are we looking at the next month or two? We all have different definitions of "shortly", but this has gone on for quite some time. My understanding is that the working group concluded its deliberations in September 2017, so I do not think we can make a call as to whether...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: If the working group meets toward the end of January, will the Minister of State convey to it our earnest desire to have this concluded as swiftly as possible and that it would come to committee in the first quarter of this year? We all want balanced and appropriate rural development that sustains the rural community. That has to be underpinned by a rural housing policy. Should that need...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Building Control Management System (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to develop supports for multi-unit developments affected by fire defects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1316/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Building Control Management System (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I raised this question with the Minister of State in the last quarter of last year, has he advanced his plans to develop supports for multi-unit developments affected by fire safety defects and other building defects? Could he update the House on progress on that in the Department?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Building Control Management System (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is pretty much along the lines of the Minister of State's previous answer. No one is asking Government or the Exchequer to carry the can for every defective development. The majority of sinking funds held by management companies and owner management companies are wholly insufficient to deal with some of the deficiencies and defects. In many instances, builders and insurers have walked...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Building Control Management System (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The committee made detailed recommendations. What aspects of those recommendations would the Minister of State accept and move on? I fully appreciate that it is not up to the State to carry the can all the time. The Minister of State mentioned in response to a question on pyrite how the proposed levy at the time on the insurance and construction sectors was dispensed with. While the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rent Pressure Zones (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Kelly was Minister at the time.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the income eligibility limits for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications Data (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the output of social housing new build in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1315/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (15 Jan 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the review of the tenant purchase scheme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1312/19]