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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is operating a Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme to provide funding for the progressive resolution of housing estates with legacy developer provided water services infrastructure. The programme is focused on housing estates which are not taken in charge by local authorities and do not have their water services...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme was reviewed in 2021 in line with Programme for Government and Housing for All commitments. The amendments, which came into effect on 1st February 2022, include a reduction in the minimum reckonable income required to be eligible under the scheme from €15,000 to €12,500. The time an applicant is required to be in receipt of social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has advised the Public Appointments Service (PAS) of the requirement to hold a recruitment competition for a replacement permanent Chief Executive in Galway County Council and it is now a matter for PAS to put the necessary recruitment arrangements in place. There is a requirement for all Chief Executive posts for Local Authorities to be advertised openly on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: In relation to any specific cases with the Property Registration Authority (PRA), arrangements have been put in place to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. Further information in relation to the specific case referred to may be obtained by contacting the dedicated e-mail address in respect of the PRA at reps@prai.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215 and 216 together. The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme was introduced in 2012 for borrowers of commercial lending institutions and is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), who agree to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The relevant details are being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not operate a grant scheme or financial support for private homeowners whose property is experiencing subsidence issues.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. The current cost guidelines for the acquisition of houses and apartments for social housing use were updated and issued to local authorities in May 2021. A copy of these, in tabular format will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders. The guidelines are generally reviewed annually and the intention is to conduct a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing For All sets out national housing policy and implementation measures for the period to 2030. As part of the objective to increase social housing delivery, the plan recognises the significant role that Approved Housing Bodies (AHB’s) have played as partners in social housing delivery and will continue to play over the next five years. All applications under the Capital Advance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are important delivery partners for local authorities in the delivery of social housing. My Department and local authorities administer a number of funding programmes to assist AHBs with the cost of building, acquiring and leasing new social housing units. The housing and accommodation needs of a range of vulnerable individuals and families, whether permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ukrainian War (10 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government has acknowledged the scale and scope of the potential implications for the State arising from the conflict in Ukraine and has agreed that a coordinated, whole-of-Government response will be essential in response. Given the potential implications for a wide range of Departments, the Department of the Taoiseach has convened interdepartmental meetings to further assess the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy is branching out.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy has gone national.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (22 Mar 2022)

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 will continue to work with the local government sector in respect of its involvement in the response to the Ukrainian situation.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department’s Rural Water Programme provides funding under an annual subsidy to group water schemes towards their operational and management costs of supplying water for domestic use. The day-to-day administration of the Programme, including for subsidy payments, is devolved to local authorities. Kerry County Council, which is the local authority for the schemes named in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (22 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315, 317, 318 and 339 together. The Programme for Government sets out a number of commitments in respect of the important policy area of addressing building defects. It commits to an examination of defects in housing, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing’s report "Safe as Houses?". Housing for All, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: World Economic Forum (22 Mar 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: An official from the National, Regional and Urban Planning Policy Unit within my Department attended two webinar events and one video conference call with representatives in relation to the World Economic Forum.  1. SCSI Event re: Future of work and cities post-Covid - 02/12/2020 2. Dublin Economic Workshop - 13/09/2021 3. Informal call with Alice Charles (Lead, Urban Transformation,...