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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: A review of geographic boundaries is undertaken by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) after each Census. The exact methodology applied to defining towns has evolved over the years and different definitions have applied at different times. As part of the most recent review it was decided to broaden the examination of urban boundaries to include key stakeholders and a working group was formed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2024 (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme. This scheme assists eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The Exchequer funding provision for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 650 and 651 together. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. In line with the “preferred draft approach”, the review is addressing a number of key aspects of the Guidelines including noise, setback distance, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) in January 2022 and the Implementation Plan for the Strategy on 22 June 2023. The Strategy and Implementation Plan may be accessed on my Department’s website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natura 2000 (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Substitute consent only applies where development is unauthorised and a planning authority has determined that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Appropriate Assessment (AA) was or is required.The process involved is as follows. A person can seek to regularise an unauthorised development by applying to the appropriate planning authority for retention planning permission. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 and 689 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. The review was informed by engagement with external stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Irish Wheelchair Association. Written submissions were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. Extensions to provide for ground floor bathrooms and bedrooms can also be supported. The detailed administration of this scheme including assessment, approval and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317, 318, 340, 345 and 348 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (24 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Tailte Éireann is the State agency formed on 1 March 2023 following the merger of Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Property Registration Authority and the Valuation Office. All the functions previously carried out by the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland are now being performed by Tailte Éireann. The Valuation Division of Tailte...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy for her question. If there is a specific issue with Cavan County Council in terms of an applicant, we can follow up the particular case. We have encouraged local authorities to submit applications for supplementary funding this year. We have received 13 applications, of which we have approved ten, so we have another three. If Cavan County Council has applied for...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I apologise for being late.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. It is one he has consistently raised with me, my predecessors and the Government. To give the background, the Senator rightly referenced housing adaptation for older people and people with disabilities where there are three areas, namely, the mobility aids grant, the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with disabilities...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Schemes (19 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I understand the point the Senator is making. It is something we are looking at in the specific context of circumstances where people may have applied over a year ago and grant aid is only being provided at the moment. It is certainly something we will look at and take up with the local authorities. There are, as the Senator will appreciate, defined rules under the scheme. However, the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Budget 2024 is very important. More particularly, in my role as Minister of State with responsibility for local government and planning, I will go through some of the key elements. We have made a significant contribution of €421.9 million to the local government sector in 2024. A significant portion of this contribution will cover the impact of the national pay agreements on the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Senator Fitzpatrick for bringing this Commencement matter. I can see that it is very important to the Senator and obviously to her constituents in the Dublin Central constituency. I will give the Senator the update she is requesting. St. Mary's Place on Dorset Street is an older complex that Dublin City Council advise is in need of modernisation and my Department supports this...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: That is worth putting on the record. In April 2020 my Department provided stage 1 capital appraisal approval for the project. The Senator is correct that it has very much moved in a big way since this new Government came in. In March 2022 we provided stage 2 approval in principle. Dublin City Council has advised that planning permission for the complete redevelopment was achieved in 2022....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Housing Provision (11 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Absolutely. We will call it Saint Saviour's Boxing Club. That space will also include a commercial unit and a café space. The project will be completed in one phase and will provide a mix of one, two and three-bedroom homes. This is very important and much needed in the area. In July 2023 my Department provided stage 3 pre-tender approval, which is just a number of months ago, for...