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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the Government decision of the 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme, the Government approved the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 on 21 June and the Bill passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and was subsequently signed into law by the President on the 23 July,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together. One of my first tasks following the formation of Government was the establishment of an independent Working Group to examine certain defects in purpose built apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013.  At the end of July I received and published the comprehensive report titled Defects in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Diseases (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department officials are in regular contact with colleagues in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and they are keeping the situation under very close review.  On a number of previous occasions, the National Parks and Wildlife Service (together with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine),...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 160 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. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 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. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency (LDA) and €5bn funding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Detail on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is published by my Department in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recent summary for all counties, conducted in November 2021, is available at: www.gov.ie/en/publication/f6119-summary-of-social-housing-as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides financial assistance towards the remediation, repair or upgrading works to, or the replacement of a domestic waste water treatment system under new and revised grant schemes, which launched in June 2020. The schemes are focused on areas of greatest environmental priority rather than general in application. This is in line with Government Policy which is framed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: An Organisational Review of An Bord Pleanála was undertaken by an independent expert panel and published in March 2016. An Implementation Group, comprising representation from my Department and An Bord Pleanála (the Board), was established to oversee the implementation of the Review recommendations. The Review contains 101 recommendations relating to: - simplification of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Programme for Government supports the uptake of Irish Water's Small Towns and Villages Growth Programme 2020-2024, which will provide water and waste water growth capacity in smaller settlements that would otherwise not be provided for in Irish Water's capital investment plan. I understand from Irish Water that an allocation of almost €100 million for this programme was approved by...