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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 to 382, inclusive, 386, 390, 411, 417 and 420 together. In general, the regulation of professions is in the first instance a matter for industry representatives working in consultation with relevant industry stakeholders. My Department has been engaging with the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) in relation to the registration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks in Construction (Remediation) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2020 came in to operation on 31 January 2020 and the resulting Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme has been open for applications since the end of June 2020. The scheme was informed by the work of an Expert Panel and the current maximum grant amounts payable under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I met recently with members of the Donegal Mica Action Group and one of the issues raised was that of finance and the potential role which banks could play in assisting affected homeowners. As oversight of the financial institutions is outside the scope and remit of my Department, I undertook to and have written to the Minister for Finance, on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 provides that management and maintenance is a matter for each individual local authority. This includes maintenance programmes and carrying out responsive, planned and pre-letting repairs. Notwithstanding this, my Department also provides financial support to local authorities under various targeted: social housing stock upgrade programmes; large-scale urban...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. Those who are currently in receipt of the One Parent Family Payment are not precluded from applying for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan however they must meet all other eligibility criteria for the scheme. There are no set minimum income limits; however, applicants do need to have sufficient borrowing and repayment capacity and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Internships (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The requested information is not available in my Department. It may be requested directly from the State bodies under the aegis of my Department upon application to the e-mail addresses set out in tabular form below. State Body E-mail Address An Bord Pleanála oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum) ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Questions No. 70 and 71 of 4 March 2021. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government announced that additional public health restrictions would apply under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19 on 6 January 2021. The additional restrictions required all construction activity to cease from 6pm on Friday 8 January, with a number of exceptions. These measures are set out in The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: A review of the shared ownership scheme was undertaken by the Housing Agency in 2013 and is available at the following address: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has provided funding support to local authorities for energy efficiency retrofitting works under the Social Housing Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme since 2013 and under the Voids Programme over the period 2014 – 2019. The provision of funding for energy efficiency uprgades in the local authority housing stock will continue under the Governments National...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Data in relation to leased dwellings, and dwellings delivered under Part V, in each of the years 2018 - 2020, broken down by local authority, is published on my Department's website at the following link: . My Department does not publish details of individual homes; however, the average annual cost of leased dwellings delivered by each local authority for 2018 - 2020 is set out in Table 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 404 and 405 together. On 8 February 2021 I announced that approval in principle had been given for the financing of 390 new homes for Cost Rental under the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) scheme. Allocated €35m in Budget 2021, the CREL scheme will see the Government issue 40-year loans to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to cover up to 30% of the capital...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is not available in my Department. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2020, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants. The Clerk of the Dáil requested that arrangements be put in place...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019, made under section 18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. These Regulations focus on tenant safety and specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, safety of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Building owners, and builders are responsible for ensuring that buildings or works are carried out in accordance with the requirements of the Building Regulations. Under Article 8 of the Building Control Regulations 1997 – 2020, ‘A person who intends to carry out any works, or to make a material change of use as regards a building to which this Part applies, shall give, to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing authorities. Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 sets out the purposes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area are provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recent summary, conducted in November 2020, shows that 61,880 households were assessed as qualified for and being in need of social housing support. This represents a decrease of 6,813...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not hold data on Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenancies by local electoral area, but rather collects and publishes data by local authority area. A breakdown of the number of tenancies supported under HAP for the period 2014 to 2020, broken down by local authority, is available on my Department's website at the following link: . HAP is a flexible and immediate housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Economic and Social Council (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: In June 2020, as a precursor to review of the National Development Plan (NDP), the NESC Secretariat were asked by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) to undertake research in relation to the policy options available to facilitate the delivery of public and private housing, in line with the compact growth targets set out in the National Planning Framework and related...