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Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am asking so we can be clear about what we are discussing.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Is that a report from last year or is it a current report? I am not sure.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not sure, to be honest about it.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: If it is a recent report, I have not received it. I am not trying to evasive in any shape or form. What was the date of the report?

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am a little over six months in the Department, as the Deputy knows-----

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not even sure what report the Deputy is referring to, because she is unable to tell me what the report is and the date of the report.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy has not done that.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am happy to talk to the Deputy separately about it. She cannot give me the date or name of the report, so I cannot say whether I have received it. I do not want to give her incorrect information. That is the only reason.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will deal with some of the questions and the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, will respond to the question about horticultural peat. On housing, it is unfortunate that we have had to close the construction sector in the interests of public safety and to reduce the movement of people. There are some exemptions and those regulations will be updated and published later tonight. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not operate a specific funding scheme for families who have been awarded custody of their biological children through a legal process which has subsequently caused overcrowding in their existing property. Where overcrowding occurs in private housing, households may seek to be assessed for social housing and, if qualified, may avail of social housing supports under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Lead gets into drinking water when it dissolves from pipework and fittings that contain lead. Lead is harmful, concentrations should always be kept as low as practicable and strict legal limits apply to protect people's health. The concentration limit for lead in drinking water is set by the European Union Drinking Water Directive. This is transposed into Irish Law through the European...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cork Event Centre was included as a commitment under Project Ireland 2040 and it underlines the Government’s objectives around urban regeneration, enhanced amenity and heritage, associated quality of life standards, balanced regional development, and the regeneration and development of Cork City Centre. It was agreed in the context of Budget 2020 that responsibility at central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 to 88, inclusive, together. The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, contains a commitment to develop a Cost Rental model for housing delivery. Cost Rental is a new tenure option for Ireland, designed to assist households currently facing affordability pressures in the private rental market. It is defined as housing where the rents charged cover the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Irish Coursing Club has informed my Department that all hares current held in captivity by coursing clubs will be released forthwith. I welcome this decision.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: In the coming weeks, I intend to request the approval of the Government for the publication of the Planning and Development and Nature Conservation (Heritage Functions) and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021 and for the presentation of the Bill to the Oireachtas. Amendments to substitute consent provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000, addressing a recent Supreme Court case,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos.93 and 94 together. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Embodied Carbon in construction materials makes a significant contribution to the lifetime carbon emissions of new buildings. The operational carbon emissions for heating, lighting and other services have been significantly reduced in Nearly Zero Energy Buildings. These regulations apply to all new buildings including social and affordable housing developments. Currently these embodied...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Programme for Government, ‘Our Shared Future’, commits to putting affordability at the heart of the housing system, and to progress a state-backed affordable home purchase scheme to promote home ownership. To begin delivering on these commitments, Budget 2021 allocated €75 million for an affordable housing shared equity scheme. On the 20thof January last I published...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 100 together. There are 37 social housing projects that are on site or completed, having used the single stage process, not 35 as stated in the reply to Question number 233 of 20 January 2021. The information sought on these projects is set out below; costs shown are the 'all-in' costs sanctioned by my Department to deliver the project. ...