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Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Tá brón orm go raibh mé beagnach déanach.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Rinne sé botún. Go raibh míle maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I move: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that — as recognised in the Government's housing strategy 'Housing for All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland', there is a housing crisis in Ireland affecting ordinary working people who aspire to the...

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: It is as simple as that.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The questions asked in the poll were unfair.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We have 100% social and affordable.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We have 100% social and affordable.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: What would the Deputy do - get rid of them?

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I have not said a word.

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I certainly respect the Deputy's opinion.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: As provided for in the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019, the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was formally established on 1 February 2021. AHBRA is an independent body tasked with providing the regulation of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the purposes of protecting housing assets provided or managed by such bodies. The register of AHBs...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: There are a range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing supports in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The funding is provided by my Department directly to local authorities, who in turn, advance the funding to the AHBs, as appropriate. In respect of AHB funding in 2020 and 2021, the funding provided to each individual AHB...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Capital funding has been used to advance capital investment across a range of programme areas within my Department’s remit, local authority housing, voluntary housing, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban regeneration, peatlands conservation and restoration, national parks & wildlife services and fire services. Details...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) has been an important contributor to social housing supply since its introduction in 2005 and has placed responsibility on local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of Rent Supplement for 18 months or longer, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. The scheme is delivered by local authorities who source...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Supporting home ownership is a key objective for this Government. In Housing for All, our new Plan for housing in Ireland we committed to introducing a reformed Local Authority Home Loan scheme to further support access to home ownership for creditworthy home buyers who otherwise find it difficult to access sufficient finance. This is the successor to the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan. The new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding to local authorities for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme. These schemes assist eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. Funding of €81.25 million is available nationally in 2022 which is an increase of €6.25 million on the 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I have signed two sets of Regulations which underpin the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme, made under the provisions of the Affordable Housing Act 2021, which came into effect on 13 April 2022. The Regulations provide the basis for the making available of affordable purchase homes by local authorities and the administration of sales. The Affordable Housing Regulations 2022 deal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (18 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 strategy sets out, over four pathways, a broad suite of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (19 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The EU Water Framework Directive (Directive 2000/60/EC of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy), which establishes a common framework for the protection of inland surface waters, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater, has been transposed into Irish law primarily through the following Regulations: - European Union (Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 May 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 was estimated would cost approximately €2.2Bn. I aim to bring the required primary legislation to give effect to the enhanced scheme before the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (19 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of the area to...