Results 19,381-19,400 of 26,350 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: We did the first time, yes.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: I can come back very quickly on-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: There are two things. The AEV is programme only, by the way. It does not go into individual subheads. The AEV-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: It is an internal document so-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy can get it next year when he puts in a freedom of information request.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: It is not finalised.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: We will come back through the Chair of the committee on that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Interrupting me is interrupting the Chair in his question time. With regard to the Uisce Éireann transformation, we have concluded those negotiations with regard to those who would have had allowances in a previous job to give the opportunity for allowances in their reallocated role should that arise. That agreement has been concluded with the complete-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: The stranded costs are mainly pension and salary-related ICT. It needs to be done because if we did not conclude the deal, we would not have the stranded costs. To get back to the Chair and answer the question, I met a community-led housing group recently - it might be the same group we are talking about - and we offered advice and assistance. We have not had any request on the community...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: In conclusion, when we talk about town and village regeneration, genuinely, the Croí Cónaithe grant is transformational now. We are seeing that in every town and village, and cities now as well, and we have got to fund that out. We expect next year that we will have a drawdown of close to €100 million because it actually takes time for people to do the work. We should only...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Nov 2023)
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 and 54,000 affordable 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,...
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: As colleagues have said, across the board there has been shock and horror expressed at the injuries inflicted on small children and a brave crèche worker last Thursday afternoon. Like everyone here today, I send my best wishes to them and their families. They are at the forefront of our thoughts as we discuss what happened last Thursday here today. I say this as somebody born and...
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: We will not use horrific events such as this to try to further political agendas.
- Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: You have not put forward one solution or one idea.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: My Department is fully committed to supporting the whole of Government humanitarian response to the invasion of Ukraine and is specifically supporting the delivery of accommodation for Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection through 3 strands: 1.Emergency Refurbishment (Ukraine) Project; 2.“Offer a Home” call; and 3. Supporting the Identification of Sites for Rapid Build...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: I understand that St. Finian's Hospital site in Killarney, Co Kerry is in HSE ownership. It is open to the HSE to engage with the Local Authority or the Land Development Agency (LDA) to deliver on the housing potential of any vacant or underutilised state land. I am informed that, to date, the site has not been offered to the LDA by the HSE for consideration as a potential site to...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: Since the receipt of Government approval in January of this year, I have been working hard to progress the various programmes of work that are required to place the apartment remediation scheme on a statutory footing. Bespoke legislation is needed to underpin the remediation scheme, the cost of which is estimated at more than €2 billion. The Government are entirely focused on...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). For 2023, the Government has agreed that there will be increased provision for...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Freedom of Information (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: My Department received a total of 542 Freedom of Information requests in 2022 , with 522 received to date in 2023. To clarify, an FOI request is never "rejected", but is accepted and decided upon based on it's merits. Attached is a breakdown of this Department's decisions covering 2022 and 2023 to date. My Department publishes FOI disclosure logs on a routine basis, in line with the Model...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2023)
Darragh O'Brien: The Gross Total allocations for Met Éireann under my Department in the years 2022 to 2023 are set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services published by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and is available at gov.ie - The Revised Estimates Volumes for the Public Service (www.gov.ie) Met Éireann is a division of my Department and therefore...