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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...interests of both borrowers and local authorities, which may result in interest rate changes for future funding tranches. The Housing Finance Agency (HFA) advised recently that due to a rise in the long-term wholesale interest rate and increased interest rate volatility, that the fixed interest rate for all new loans drawn down under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Sep 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...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...homes of all tenures for people with varying housing needs, including first-time buyers, renters, low-income households, and people experiencing homelessness; — has a vision for the housing system over the longer term to achieve a steady supply of housing in the right locations with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system with four pathways to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Howlin, who has been here a long time, obviously does not like hearing the facts but that is the reality.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (21 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting. This funding was initially introduced to tackle long term vacant units and is now increasingly targeted at ensuring minimal turnaround and re-let times for local authority vacant stock. An annualised breakdown by local authority of the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: .../ assets.gov.ie/99984/d10e5f7c-a0f5-40ab-9ccf-0559e22f3afa.xls x The social housing leasing scheme includes properties leased by AHBs directly, leased by local authorities from private owners under long term and short term agreements, Enhanced leasing, Mortgage to Rent, NARPS, Part V Leasing, the Repair and Leasing Scheme and Unsold Affordables.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...action in this strategy, my Department committed to a review of the 2017 Policy and Procedural Guidance for Housing Authorities in relation to assisting victims of domestic violence with emergency and long-term accommodation needs in order to ensure continuing effectiveness and consistency in responses to assist victims of domestic violence. This review is now complete and emerging...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 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 social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...benefit those in need of the scheme. While the scheme is performing well, it was assessed that some further enhancements were needed to enable more households in need of State support with their long-term housing needs to avail of this scheme. Four broad categories of actions are identified in the review, including: a) Broadening the eligibility criteria; b) Improving the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...2014, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting. This funding was initially introduced to tackle long term vacant units and is now increasingly targeted at ensuring minimal turnaround and re-let times for local authority vacant stock. My Department will provide €31 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Sep 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...will be sought in the coming weeks, with a view to priority legal drafting and publication . It is important to stress that tenants are already availing of opportunities to purchase or indeed to remain as long-term tenants in their home under the current measures which are in place such as the Local Authority Home Loan, the expanded First Home Scheme for Tenants, the local...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...vacant derelict property grant. We increased the rates by €20,000. We broadened the eligibility criteria for homes built before 2007 and we included properties that would be made available on the long-term rental market. The grant has been extremely popular, with nearly 3,000 applications received by local authorities and more than 1,000 approved. I think the Deputy can answer...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...a pipeline of new commencements to further assist in meeting our ambitious housing delivery targets; — the numerous initiatives to address vacancy, including changes to the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant and the new €150 million fund to specifically address long-term vacancy and dereliction now available under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund, will revitalise...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...886 households qualified for social housing in Cork City whose need was unmet in 2022. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...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 their long-term housing needs themselves. In addition, the household must be deemed eligible for social housing support. The concept of the scheme is that a household with an unsustainable mortgage goes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...NPF strategy, to be approved by Government in Q1 2024, will also allow for the updating of the Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA) tool. The HNDA tool assists local authorities to develop long-term views of housing need and demand and provides a robust evidence base to support decisions about new housing supply, wider investment and housing related services that inform an overall...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...are available at including the most recent summary conducted in November 2022. The following table details the number of households on the social housing waiting list for Offaly County Council, Longford County Council and Mayo County Council in 2019 and 2022. For each local authority there has been a decline. Local Authority No. of households on Social Housing...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (5 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., the practical effect of the judgment it issued - until 31 July 2023, that is the end of this month. The court subsequently received submissions from both the appellant and the respondents on the issue of how long the suspension of the declaration of unconstitutionality might be extended for, to give the Oireachtas time to resolve the issue. The Government is committed to resolving the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the thorough review of the private rental sector which is currently underway in my Department. This will ascertain what an improved fully functioning private rental sector should look like in the long term, and members of the public are now being invited to participate in the comprehensive review. This delivers on an undertaking given in the Housing for All Action Plan Update from November...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (4 Jul 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Expanded polystyrene foams (EPS) are widely used as packing,material for household appliances and in construction. Polystyrene is very inert and this characteristic causes polystyrene to last a long time in the natural environment, which poses a litter hazard as the material is typically thrown away after an extremely short useful lifespan. Plastic pollution, and its effects on wildlife, has...