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- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: That we have a budget?
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: There are very few projects that would not get approved. There are not delays but it cannot be a case that an application comes in tomorrow and we simply give the green for go. There has to be a value for money assessment. There has to be an appropriate assessment in terms of local authority needs for a particular area. We have to ensure the governance is there, otherwise I would be back...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: We only have to look at the level of quality housing that has been delivered. Considering the level of money the Department of housing has been managing in terms of funding AHBs to deliver projects, for example, very few projects have had an actual delivery issue. This is a credit to the AHBs but it is also a credit to the Department of housing working with the AHBs to ensure these projects...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I thank Deputy Ó Muirí. The LDA is absolutely essential to housing delivery by the State, and its capacity to deliver has been increasing quite significantly. In terms of community support, it works very closely with local communities and we see very good examples of this. It is up to the Government on a wider level to ensure elements such as primary care centres are located in...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I am happy to engage with Deputy Ó Muirí on this. As he is aware, the LDA is funded separately from the Department of housing, although we provide some Exchequer funding to it and we work closely with it. The team at the LDA is quite good at working with other Departments on this need. Deputy Ó Muirí is right on the need for co-ordination with a local community as we...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: The Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, is going to answer that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: The single stage is where we bring the four-stage process to an end, which did add a certain level of complication. It was probably used as an excuse by some people as well. Nonetheless, I am great believer in simplifying things as much as possible. The commitment is to have that process effectively activated in October or November. We are running through that transition right now, but I...
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: No problem.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I think this is the answer to what the Deputy is asking about, but if it is not, he can clarify. The 2025 target is a total of 6,400 units for affordable housing delivery. We have 1,600 local authority affordable purchases.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Correct. It is 1,600 units. The LDA affordable purchase figure is 500 units.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I think they are included in it. I can get the Deputy clarification, but my understanding is that they are.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: No, I apologise. I misunderstood the Deputy's question. The LDA affordable purchases are on top of the 1,600 units. It is 2,100 units in total.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Yes, 2,100 units is the subtotal there. The first homes shared equity scheme, then, accounts for 2,000 units.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: We have local authority cost-rental units of 200 for 2025, AHB cost-rental units of 850 and LDA cost-rental units of 1,300.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: It is A3 but I am told it is funded already.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: It does.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I am sorry, Deputy. Can I get that question again?
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: Generally, as I understand it, it comes in under the build costs of any particular project. It was taken out and put into the housing statistic a couple of years ago.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: I told it is with the Housing Agency, so it is not reflected in the REV. It is reflected in the funding of the Housing Agency.
- Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised) (2 Oct 2025) James Browne: It is separate.