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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: 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 Service Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through general policy-setting and preparing legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Tenant Purchase Schemes are open to eligible tenants of local authority homes that are available for sale under the schemes. Schemes such as these are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that they remain effective and sustainable. However, an appropriate balance must be struck between increasing access for those in receipt of long-term housing support to purchase their local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460, 473, 478 and 494 together. Tenant in Situ Acquisitions were introduced by way of Government decision in 2023 as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants. A further...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 471 together. My Department funds a range of grant schemes for the repair and conservation of protected structures and certain other historic buildings. The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) provides grants of between €2,500 and €50,000 for a wide range of conservation works; the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) provides grants...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together. My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on social housing delivery activity in all local authority areas on the statistics page of its website. Data in relation to funding provided by the State for HAP tenancies to end of Q3 2024 can be found on my Department’s website at this link: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465, 466 and 469 together. Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes. Capital expenditure on the delivery of new social homes is also supported by current funding provided through the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP). The table below sets out the details in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467, 468 and 470 together. LDA Funding The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018 through S.I. No. 352/2018. The Land Development Agency Act 2021 was signed into law in July 2021. Following the commencement of the relevant provisions of the LDA Act, the interim LDA entity was dissolved and all functions and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I can confirm that the recent breaches of international law by Israel, were not raised during the visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended, provide that households may apply for support to one local authority only. Usually, this will be the local authority for the area in which the household normally resides or with which the household has a local connection. Local authorities may also, at their discretion, assess households with no link to the area for support. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023, which provides for the current grant scheme, and the related Regulations were adopted on 29 June 2023. The DCB grant scheme is open to applications from homeowners in five counties: Clare, Donegal, Limerick, Mayo and Sligo with comprehensive information of all aspects...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damage by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the current grant scheme and related Regulations were adopted on 29 June 2023. The scheme facilitates the remediation of existing houses that have been damaged by the use of defective concrete blocks. The construction of new separate additional houses is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was one of four funds established under the National Development Plan (NDP) 2018 – 2027. Launched in 2018 with committed Exchequer funding of €2 billion, the review of the NDP in 2021 extended the URDF programme to 2030. To date, there have been three rounds of funding provided under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2024 (the RTA) regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The RTA apply to every dwelling that is the subject of a tenancy, subject to a limited number of exceptions. The dwellings to which the Act does not apply are set out in section 3(2) of the RTA, and include...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department received a written request from the Chief Executive (CE) of Clare County Council and the President of the University of Limerick on 24 January 2022 seeking designation of lands as the South Clare/University of Limerick Economic Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). Further to a meeting between my Department and Clare County Council and the University of Limerick in April 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the current grant scheme and the related Regulations were adopted on 29 June 2023. The detailed operation of the Scheme is a matter for the designated local authorities with the Housing Agency acting as agents of the local authorities under the grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 484 and 485 together. Housing for All, the Government’s housing plan, puts affordability at the heart of the housing system and places priority on the supply of affordable homes to persons on moderate incomes and above the social housing income eligibility threshold. The plan commits to the delivery of 54,000 affordable homes by 2030. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The funding provided to Uisce Éireann from my Department's Vote (34) for the years 2022 to 2024 is set out in the table below: Year Vote 34 Funding (€m) 2022 €1,415 2023 €1,650 2024 €1,787 The Uisce Éireann budget allocation for 2025 from Vote 34 is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department publishes the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), which provides details of social housing developments and their location that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of the design and tender processes. The most recent publication was for Quarter 3 2024. All Construction Status Reports are available at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Housing for All includes measures to support local authorities to acquire the necessary land required in order to meet social and affordable targets. As part of the measures Local Authorities began updating and providing details of their respective Landbanks. The National Social Housing Data Map was established by the Department in conjunction with the Local Authorities to capture this data....