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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, I have set ambitious social housing delivery targets for each local authority out to 2026. The following are the targets for the social housing construction programmes for those years for Tipperary County Council: 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 230 155 158 170 174 Another action of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan is a Government-backed mortgage for those on modest or low incomes who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand that representatives of Wexford County Council have previously met with the organisation involved with these particular apartments in New Ross. It is important that Councils actively monitor and assess vacancy locally, both within their own housing stock and that of Approved Housing Bodies. My Department is focused on ensuring that existing housing stock is utilised to its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Sections 29 and 30 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021, property owners can apply for designation of properties as Cost Rental dwellings. This is undertaken on an opt-in basis whereby any owner of a property (public or private) must apply to the Minister if they wish to formally designate their property as a ‘cost rental dwelling’ this being for a minimum designation period...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is set out in the table below. The Law Reform Commission, in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975, has published a revised version of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, which is an administrative consolidation of that Act. This can be found at revisedacts.lawreform.ie/eli/2004/act/27/revised/en/html Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 Dec 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 role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities. While responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: More than half of local authorities currently operate a Choice Based Letting system. While several offer paper-based systems, others offer both paper-based and online services. Currently, 14 local authorities use an online system, see table below: Clare Cork City Cork County Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Fingal ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 the voluntary surrender of their home and who have very limited options, if any, to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 to 78, inclusive, 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. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (14 Dec 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 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, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Households may leave social housing for a variety of reasons, including no longer being in need of such support. If circumstances subsequently change, such households may apply for social housing support again at any stage. If deemed eligible, they will qualify for the suite of social housing supports and will be placed on the housing list to be considered for suitable tenancies in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Dec 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 an average of 10,000 new build social homes each year in the period to 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (14 Dec 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 the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 103 together. Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. 54,000 affordable home interventions will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 104 together. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between by 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. In implementing the key objectives under Housing for All, each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities, including information on social housing delivery by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in each local authority. This data is available until the end of Quarter 2 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Cork City Council have advised my Department that the Phase 2C construction contract for 24 houses in the Cork City Northwest Quarter Regeneration is not complete as there is a quality control issue with the works on site which the employer, Cork City Council, is addressing contractually with the main building contractor. My Department continues to work closely with Cork City Council to...