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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. The annual targets include the delivery of 88,400 new social homes and 53,800 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for Allis the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Over 300,000 new homes will be built by the end of 2030, including a projected 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. The Plan is backed by historic levels of investment with in excess of €20bn through the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All – A New Housing Plan for Ireland was published in September 2021 and, as part of a broad suite of social housing reforms, committed to reviewing income eligibility for social housing. The review, which examined inter aliathe efficiency of the current banding model and income limits applicable to local authorities, was completed in Q4, 2021. I expect to make a decision...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government is committed to increasing social housing delivery and plans to deliver more than 90,000 social homes to 2030 through our Housing for All Plan. Social Housing build and long term lease targets issued to local authorities in September 2021 for the period 2022 - 2026. 47,600 new social homes will be built between 2022 and 2026. The focus of the social housing programme will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan is a Government backed mortgage for those on modest or low incomes who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build. To...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 324 together. The recently published Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade, including an average of 10,000 social homes per annum from 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4b per annum, through an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The recently published Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade, including an average of 10,000 social homes per annum from 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Our annual targets include the delivery of 90,000 new social homes and 54,000 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Affordable Housing Act 2021, the first ever standalone affordable housing legislation, established a basis for four new affordable housing measures. These measures will deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to put affordability at the heart of the housing system and prioritise the increased supply of affordable homes through (1) delivering affordable homes on local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to the reply to Question 602 of 19 January 2022 and the information provided to the Deputy regarding the range of activity and application types made under the Foreshore Act 1933 that my Department is responsible for assessing. Given the nature of the assessment process, the data relating to staffing resources available within my Department to undertake this work is not generally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together. Under Housing for All, 47,600 new build social homes are to be delivered in the period 2022-26. In September 2021, I issued individual targets to each local authority for the delivery of new build social homes, with the following targets set out for Longford and Westmeath local authorities, including their targets for 2022 - ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The most effective way to assist renters in the medium to long term is to increase supply and accelerate delivery of housing for the private and social rental sectors. Housing for All – a New Housing Plan for Ireland sets out the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. One of the ways the Government are trying...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 Jan 2022)

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 local authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities. Section 10 of the Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical installations. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with these regulations. Responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is currently examining waste water requirements of villages and similar settlements that do not have access to public waste water infrastructure. My Department is at an advanced stage of preparing a report for me on the issue which I will be in a position to consider shortly. I will make a further announcement once I have finalised my consideration of the report.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department currently employs six civilian drivers. At this time there are no Garda Ministerial drivers assigned to my Department. The total cost for the civilian drivers was €136,304 in 2020 and €300,028 in 2021. These figures take account of the drivers' salary costs and expenses, along with the mileage costs which are claimed by each Minister in respect of their own vehicles.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing for All Strategy delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to step up housing supply and put affordability at the heart of the housing system, with an ambitious target of 300,000 homes over the next decade for social, affordable and cost rental, private rental and private ownership housing. Measures to deliver this housing are supported by over €4 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Tenants in the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme are required to sign a rent contribution agreement to pay a weekly rental contribution to the relevant local authority, in line with the local authority’s differential rent scheme. As set out in the rent contribution agreement, this weekly rental contribution must be paid by them so that they remain eligible for the HAP scheme. HAP...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: While the Department does not hold information on the number of Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenancies that moved directly into a social housing property, data is available in relation to the number of tenancies that moved from HAP to other forms of social housing support. The majority of these transfers would have been to local authority or approved housing body social housing. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74 and 75 together. The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments. Dwellings under the scheme come from a number of different sources including private owners, Part V and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). Long term lease...