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Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I wish to correct something Deputy Gould said when he referred to Deputy Matthews as a new Deputy. Deputy Gould is too and he is as entitled as anyone else to make a contribution on the floor of the House.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will say this to the Deputy. I sat through the vast bulk of the Committee Stage debate on this Bill. No one criticised Sinn Féin for the number of amendments it tabled. The Deputy did not want to table any this time; that is fine. That is his own choice. Deputy Gould and his housing spokesperson decided not to table amendments on Report Stage. That is fine. Deputy Boyd Barrett...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I have not moved or spoken on amendment No. 13 yet. It is a Government amendment. Deputy Boyd Barrett is concluding on amendments Nos. 1 to 12-----

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I said to the Acting Chairman in the Ceann Comhairle's absence that I was going to make a point specifically around amendment No. 13 because it is a Government amendment. I have not done so yet. I can be very brief so as not to detain Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Absolutely not.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Not at all. If Deputy Boyd Barrett does not want to know why we are changing the Title to the Bill, that is fine.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: That is absolutely fine.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will move amendment No. 13 at the appropriate time. Maybe they will not oppose it so that is fine.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 13: In page 7, lines 18 and 19, to delete “at a price below market price” and substitute the following: “on a cost rental basis, transferred to a planning authority or transferred directly in accordance with Part 2 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021”.

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I request that the Ceann Comhairle direct the Clerk, in accordance with Standing Order 196, to make the following minor corrections to the text of the Bill. On page 36, line 9, to replace the words "section 55(2)" with "section 55(3)". On page 40, line 3, to replace the words "section 52" with "section 53". On page 40, line 4, to replace the words "section 53(3)" with "section 54(3)".

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Details of the funding provided by my Department to each local authority under the Disabled Persons Grants (DPG) scheme for years 2019, and 2020 are available at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/grantsfinancial-assistance/disabl ed-persons-grants-and-improvement-works-lieu-schemes The 2021 DPG allocations issued to local authorities in May details of which can be found at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 105 together. My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. There are three separate grants available, including the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, with responsibility for the apportionment between them being a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (30 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. 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. While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rights of Way (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: There appears to be a misapprehension regarding the dates for registering rights of ways acquired by prescription on foot of amendments made by Parts 12 and 13 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 to the provisions relating to acquisition of easements and profits by prescription contained in Part 8 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. I understand from the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of social housing support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. A review of Ireland's Nitrates Action Programme is currently under way. A first round of public consultation was held last year and I anticipate that the second public consultation will commence in the coming weeks. My Department, working with officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, are currently finalising...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 222 together. The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural condition, sanitary facilities, food preparation, storage and laundry, the availability of adequate heating, lighting and ventilation, the safety of oil, electricity and gas installations, fire safety...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jul 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 Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability (max grant €30,000), the Mobility Aids Grant (max grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (1 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Since the initial discovery of RHD2 in wild rabbits and hares in August 2019, the National Parks and Wildlife Service staff of my Department have continued to monitor for the disease with the assistance of colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). Reports of suspected cases have been followed up and carcasses submitted to DAFM’s Regional Veterinary...