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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All is 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. Social housing build and lease targets for the period 2022 - 2026 issued to local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of an average of 10,000 new social homes and 6,000 affordable homes each year. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 was enacted on 27 March 2020. Part 2 of the 2020 Act provided for the operation of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 during the Covid-19 emergency period up to 1 August 2020, to better protect tenants by prohibiting rent increases in all cases, and tenancy terminations in all but limited and exceptional cases having regard to:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: A key principle of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is that eligible households source their own accommodation in the private rented sector, which best suits their needs, in their area of choice. The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 143 together. Housing for All is 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. Indications of increased...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I brought a Memorandum to Government on an enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme on the 30 November 2021. It included an unprecedented suite of improvements to the current scheme. Government approved the enhanced scheme which it is estimated will cost approximately €2.2Bn. Full details in relation to the changes announced are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 205 together. Housing for All (published in September 2021) provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140, 160, 169, 170, 185, 187, 192 and 195 together. 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). If a household meets...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Port Access Northern Cross Route (PANCR) proposal was unsuccessful under both Call 1 and Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF).  My officials have explained to officials of Louth County Council that the main focus of Call 2 of the URDF was on supporting integrated development proposals that targeted regeneration and redevelopment within the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through setting general policy, providing the legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 199 together. My Department is currently developing proposals to support the provision of waste water collection and treatment requirements for villages and similar settlements that do not have access to public waste water infrastructure. I propose to make a further announcement on this aspect of the Programme in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 209 together. I am considering the report, entitled 'A Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council', by Mr. Rory Mulcahy S.C., and will bring this matter to Government for consideration in due course. In this regard, the decisions of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (CEI/18/0019) of 13 February 2019...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. Details on the number of grants paid and the amount spent for the past two years by all local authorities, are available on my Department's website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Mar 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 Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Need Demand Assessment (HNDA) tool estimates overall future housing requirement divided into four tenure-based categorieson the basis of estimates of housing affordability: 1. Owner-occupier 2. Private renter 3. Affordability Constraint 4. Social renter The HNDA tool does not separate the affordability constraint category into further sub-categories, e.g. cost-rental. The Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (3 Mar 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 statutory role of local authorities in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons. Housing for Allrecognises reducing and preventing homelessness as a top priority for the Government and commits to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. Housing for All commits to undertaking a review of the range of housing grants available to assist with meeting specific housing needs both for our ageing...