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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The public spending code requires that housing projects with a cost of more than €20 million be subject to a cost-effectiveness analysis before getting approval from the Department to proceed. When will final guidance on the analysis be issued to all local authorities? It has not yet been issued and, according to information I received through a freedom of information request, it has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister will be aware of the confusion and delays this issue has caused. From information I received from his Department and copies of emails accessed through a freedom of information request, we learned that approximately 1,800 homes have been delayed in Dublin, in Dorset Street and on Constitution Hill, because of the confusion with Dublin City Council - this will not apply to all...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: That is welcome. The Minister expects there to be finalisation of the code in January next year, and the new process will be in place. I ask that in the case of any schemes in the pipeline, such as those I mentioned in Dorset Street and on Constitution Hill, which we learned about through freedom of information and which have been delayed because of the process, the Department liaise with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: It is the fault of the local authorities.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Spending Code (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister is not bad either.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 91. 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. [51867/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I have been asking the Minister of State about this regularly. He may remember that we discussed this during the last round of oral questions. He made a commitment to finalise and publish the review by the end of the year. He mentioned in his response that he has finalised it. When will it be published so we can see what the recommendations are? The Minister of State talked about the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to simply ask when the Minister of State will publish the review. There has been no real acrimony about this. We just want to see the recommendations. I think we are entitled to do that. We are fielding questions from our constituents about the social housing review. I am not sure what else is in it. In response to questions I put earlier the Minister for Housing, Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Credit Union Lending (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 54. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review group of establishing a special purpose vehicle to enable credit union funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51866/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new rural planning guidelines will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51868/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Offices (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 67. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing delivery office; the relationship of the office with the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51865/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Offices (11 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the housing delivery office; the relationship of the office with the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a disused oil storage tank on a site (detail supplied) will be decommissioned as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52323/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The target for new home completions under Rebuilding Ireland is 25,000 units per annum. The Minister said he will exceed 20,000. What figure will he reach this year for new home completions? Will he confirm that the target in Rebuilding Ireland is 25,000? Senator Kelleher made a number of valid points regarding family hubs. Unfortunately, they have become a necessity. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister should answer what he can. If he cannot get through-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: For this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Are these 400 new spaces family or individual places?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I know the Minister will mention the €23 million for a project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Eight out of nine Fine Gael councillors voted for the project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I genuinely want to try to get to the bottom of why no funding for voids was issued in the largest local authority area, Dublin City Council, since September.