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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: On this Bill, has the testing for selection for remedial action for social housing been agreed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: We are in a housing crisis at the minute. There is a huge amount of vacancy. Even the census report we have received to date is delivering data on it. We need to move on these types of houses, which are desperately required by local authorities to be put back into use. Certainly, there should be provision for this in the Bill to move swiftly. Every local authority should look to have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: My last question is on the body of research as it relates to this scheme. It is a huge bill of €3 billion for the taxpayer. Has the Department had any engagement with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science about providing expertise to the level of scientific research required to go into this type of redress scheme? What type of engagement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Discussion (23 Jun 2022)

Alan Dillon: In terms of a State-funded project specifically to address the questions that we all want answered, the State should take the lead on this either through Science Foundation Ireland or the Department. That is something that is glaringly absent from an academic point of view.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the climate migration steps that he is taking within agriculture to enable solar power to become a practical option to aid agriculture in its transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38351/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 35. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to increase the national quota allocation for the mackerel hook and line fishery for 2023 following engagement with industry representatives at recent meetings of the Quota Management Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the community employment, TUS and rural social schemes and the supports that are available from her Department to help persons back to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38525/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 519. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the continued expansion of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the continued support of family carers who had to give up work to provide care to a disabled, sick or older person voluntarily rather than being made redundant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38526/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); the stage that the project is currently at; the estimated timeline for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38875/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authorities (14 Jul 2022)

Alan Dillon: 318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on engagement with Roscommon County Council to mitigate the effects of an issue (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38874/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made towards resolving rent arrears issues for tenants for people on fixed incomes, such as those on invalidity pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39536/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Department of Social Protection to reform eligibility for supplementary welfare allowance to cover rent arrears; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39539/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are being taken to address the difficulties local authorities face when transferring tenants to the rental accommodation scheme from the housing assistance payment given that some landlords may refuse, leading to the termination of leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39537/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that there is a mechanism to create a mutually beneficial situation for landlords and tenants to switch from HAP to RAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39544/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if applicants reach the HAP limit and then apply for supplementary welfare payment but get refused due to the fact that HAP is currently helping them with their rent, the measures that can be taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39538/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure there is a mechanism put in place for local authorities to ensure that the principle that no households should fall below an absolute minimum level of income after paying for their accommodation as set out in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and to apply it to HAP households; and if he will make a...

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

Alan Dillon: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure there is a mechanism by which no household should pay more than 30% of their net income on housing costs; and in circumstances that legally allowable rent increases cause these safeguards to be breached, for HAP subsidies to also be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39542/22]

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

Alan Dillon: 399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure there is a mechanism for local authorities to establish a clear, accessible and transparent process to review HAP payments, in line with the 2021 report of the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39543/22]