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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue of the Mulcahy report. He will know there are complexities. There has been advice as well in respect of the potential publication and, if it were to be published, the nature of the publication in terms of redactions and people's names being mentioned within it. It remains under consideration within my Department.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy has made a very important point. I will meet the chief executive this Friday, when I intend to discuss this matter with him. We are working very co-operatively with Donegal County Council. Certainly, I have seen the images and I have spoken to owners of homes that are in a very poor state of repair. As the Deputy knows, we have already made some changes in respect of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for his question. I will expand the repair and lease scheme to one-off rural houses this month. An announcement on that can be expected imminently. The guidelines for local authorities are also ready to issue. That will happen in the coming days. There is a lot of interest in it. We have had well over 400 Croí Cónaithe applications from towns and villages...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Where was that?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I have been very clear publicly on many occasions that the tenant in situpurchase scheme relates to tenants who are in receipt of HAP and rental accommodation scheme, RAS, tenancies. I have said that numerous times. I am very familiar with the Tathony House situation. It is being assessed by Dublin City Council, DCC. About three of the tenants there are potentially social housing...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We are looking at the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We can-----

Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2022: Leave to Introduce (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: That leave be given by the Dáil to introduce the following Supplementary Estimates for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of December, 2022: Vote 27 — International Co-operation (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 28 — Foreign Affairs (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 30 — Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary Estimate). Vote 35 —...

Finance Bill 2022: Financial Resolutions (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I move the following Resolutions: 1.THAT section 79 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997), which deals with foreign currency and the computation of income and chargeable gains, be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution. 2.THAT the provisions contained in Part 35D of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) which...

Financial Motion by the Minister for Finance: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Tairgim: (1) THAT section 128F of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 be amended, with effect from 10 November 2022— (a) in subsection (1)— (i) by the insertion of the following definitions: “ ‘qualifying group’ means, subject to subsection (2A), a group of companies that consists of the following (and no other companies): (a) a qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The water services authority (Irish Water, since 2014) is legally responsible for water services infrastructure extending from a waste water works to the curtilage of a private property. Responsibility for waste water drainage pipes located within the boundary of a property rests with the owner of the property, in line with sections 43, 54 and 70 of the Water Services Act, 2007. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Agriculture Industry (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: There is no regulatory provision to exempt slurry spreading in the closed period beyond the 15th October. I have, in consultation with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, set out scientific criteria to consider before granting an exemption to the closed period for slurry spreading under the Good Agricultural Practice Regulations. This exemption can only be applied up...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 was signed into law on 29 October 2022. The Act makes emergency provision to defer the termination dates of certain residential tenancies that fall, or would fall, during the 'winter emergency period', beginning on 30 October 2022 and ending on 31 March 2023. The aim is to mitigate the risk that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Safety (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local level, including investment in wastewater treatment plants and returning wastewater safely to the environment in an efficient and sustainable manner. My Department has no operational function in this matter. As a result, my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 350 to 355, inclusive, together. An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. Under section 30 of the Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Nov 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 90,000 social homes by 2030. 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: Valuation Office (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The making of valuations for rating purposes is the sole responsibility of the Commissioner of Valuation and I, as Minister, have no function in decisions in this regard. The information requested in the question can therefore be best be provided directly by the Valuation Office. To facilitate rapid responses to queries from members of the Oireachtas, in accordance with Circular 25/2016,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: One of the roles of the Office of Public Works (OPW) is to provide office accommodation to all Government Departments. The OPW owns or leases the buildings which my Department occupies. These buildings are generally occupied by numerous Government Departments. As such, my Department would not have the information which the Deputy is seeking. The information requested in relation to bodies...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: While my Department has no record of receiving the request, the Ministerial Direction and 'Incremental Tenant Purchase Scheme 2016 Existing Local Authority Houses Guidance for Housing Authorities' (September 2022), issued by email to the Councillor on 28 October 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rented Dwellings Register (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 (RTA) to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Accordingly, the implementation of the new tenancy management system is an operational matter for the RTB. From 4 April 2022, landlords are...