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

Damien English: I said the same thing.

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

Damien English: The Deputy O'Brien. It is not true. He cannot keep saying that.

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

Damien English: He cannot keep saying that I said something else.

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

Damien English: With respect, this is the third time-----

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

Damien English: That is fine.

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

Damien English: Correct.

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

Damien English: I am happy to meet representatives of the sector. We want the money invested in it and I cannot be any clearer than that. It is in black and white in Rebuilding Ireland that we want this to happen. We worked hard to make it happen. It should be happening. There is money to be invested. Mechanisms have been designed by one credit union organisation and a SPV is ready to go. I made an...

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

Damien English: Under the current 2005 guidelines on sustainable rural housing, planning authorities are required to frame the planning policies in their development plans in a balanced and measured way that ensures the housing needs of rural communities are met while avoiding excessive urban-generated housing and haphazard development, particularly in those areas near cities and towns that are under extreme...

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

Damien English: -----and if we feel we have to, we can do that, but I hope we will not have to go down that road.

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

Damien English: The best indication I can give is that the next meeting of the working group, which will hopefully be the final meeting, is this month, a few weeks away. We should be in a position to finalise the work after that. It has taken a long time because we have engaged with the Commission on this and that can be lengthy. The working group met four times, most recently in November 2018. The first...

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

Damien English: That message will certainly go back. We have the same message as well. We would like this finished to bring clarity to this issue. We have tried to pre-empt what might happen with our work on the national planning framework. The Deputy will see the slight change we have made in rural planning which is along the same lines. We are all very clear on this. There is often a conversation...

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

Damien English: In general, building defects are matters for resolution between the contracting parties involved: the homeowner, the builder, the developer and-or their respective insurers, structural guarantee or warranty scheme. In the case of multi-unit developments, the legislative position is clear on where responsibilities rest. Under the Building Control Acts, 1990 to 2014, primary responsibility...

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

Damien English: The Department is working on the committee’s report and other reports and the task force is working on implementing their recommendations. There is an issue around when a government intervenes. Governments have decided in some cases to intervene to support homeowners in dwellings subject to significant damage such as pyrite, and, in budget 2019, a decision was made to bring forward a...

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

Damien English: The most important thing is to clarify that when Fine Gael came to Government, the first opportunity it got it brought in the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014. It should have been done many years before that but it was done by the Fine Gael Government in conjunction with the Labour Party because we recognised the importance of addressing the unacceptable situation of building...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The Department supports a programme of large-scale regeneration projects in Dublin, Cork and Limerick and smaller projects in Tralee, Sligo and Dundalk. In 2018, a total spend of €68 million in funding was provided under this programme. The specific amounts provided to the relevant local authorities were: Cork City Council, €4.4 million; Dublin City Council, €17.8...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: In 2019 nearly €72 million will be spent on existing regeneration programmes. There will be more schemes under the urban regeneration fund to enhance that work and to continue with that even in the years beyond the scope of Rebuilding Ireland because the work we are doing is essential. The 50 projects that will bring forward the 1,000 new houses as well as the retrofit of other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects Funding (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I do not have the full details here. Our work in that area is governed by the master plan, which we have been following. More than €360 million has been spent in Limerick over the past six or seven years. We are also absolutely committed to that. Apart from the new homes being delivered, 783 homes have been upgraded. Naturally people are moved. I recently visited a project which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” for affected homeowners who have no other practical option to obtain redress and is limited in its application and scope. The full conditions for eligibility under the scheme are set out on the Pyrite Remediation Board’s website at www.pyriteboard.ie. The provisions of the Act apply only to dwellings affected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 58 and 85 together. Neither I, nor my Department, are aware of any existing issue that has emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in the Fingal area. As you are aware, an Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks was established by my Department in 2016, and its terms of reference were limited to the investigation of the problems that have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks (15 Jan 2019)

Damien English: The Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks was established by my Department in 2016, to investigate problems that have emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in Counties Donegal and Mayo. In 2017, the report of the was published and included eight recommendations, which my Department is actively progressing with the relevant stakeholders, prioritising the implementation of...