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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (25 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 732 and 755 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (25 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 733 and 748 together. The making of a Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) is a function of the relevant Regional Assembly, in this case the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA), under Section 21 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). At the meeting of EMRA on 3 May 2019, the Members of the Assembly agreed to make the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: County Development Plans (25 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 734 to 736, inclusive, and 749 to 751, inclusive, together. Masterplans are not statutory plans in their own right. Accordingly, such plans, and the information sought in relation to the Castlelands Masterplan in particular, are a matter for the local planning authority and, as Minister, I have no direct function in the adjudication of the masterplan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (25 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 740 to 742, inclusive, together. In June 2018, at the Our Ocean Wealth Summit in Galway, I clarified the interaction between applications for licences to harvest wild seaweed and existing seaweed harvesting rights, which had been the issue which caused my Department to place the existing applications on hold. Since that time, my Department has been engaging...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry Register Ireland (25 Jun 2019)

Damien English: Currently, there is no statutory register of builders in Ireland. The Government has committed to placing the Construction Industry Register Ireland, or CIRI, on a statutory footing. CIRI was established on a voluntary basis in 2014 by the Construction Industry Federation and over 850 building and contracting entities are currently included on the register. The Government approved the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Damien English: There should be no delay with those houses-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I will address the second question first. If there is a house in Cork city that has already been refurbished and is lying idle, that should not be the case. It is nothing the Department would be part of. If the house is already fixed then it is not waiting for money. If the Deputy wants to give me the address of the house I am very happy to check that out. That is not something we would...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 674 and 675 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Jun 2019)

Damien English: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (18 Jun 2019)

Damien English: My Department has contacted the applicants for the foreshore licence concerned to confirm that no work is taking place on the foreshore prior to a licence issuing. The applicants have advised that they are installing a manhole on a public road outside of the foreshore in Portrane. This work is being carried out under a Road Opening Licence permission from Fingal County Council (Ref 2019DF0515).

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Coast Guard Issues (13 Jun 2019)

Damien English: The provision of a fire service in its functional area and the assessment of fire cover needs having regard to the nature of the fire hazards and the probable incidence and extent of fires in its area is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under Section 10 of the Fire Services Act 1981. The priority of fire services in responding to incidents of wildland fires is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (13 Jun 2019)

Damien English: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board, and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in its application and scope.   The full conditions for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (13 Jun 2019)

Damien English: There have been a range of measures progressed in relation to fire safety in buildings, over recent years, both on foot of some of the events the Deputy refers to and indeed other international events. In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in June 2017, and in recognition of fears expressed for fire safety, my Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: Over the course of Rebuilding Ireland, the Government is committed to meeting the housing needs of more than 138,000 households. This will be achieved through blended delivery, with over 50,000 homes being delivered through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, and some 88,000 further households being supported through the housing assistance payment, the rental accommodation scheme,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: Naturally, we would rather invest all taxpayers' money into capital projects but we need housing today. The numbers availing of HAP housing in the last three years is around 48,000 families. These could not have been built any quicker in a capital programme. Over time, we are committed to replenishing the social housing stock and bringing it to a level similar to other European countries....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: It is about trying to stretch taxpayers' money to deliver as many houses as we possibly can and using current funding schemes, which gives us the extra houses we need today. It is a supply issue overall. The cost of rent and HAP will come down when we increase supply. We recognise that we have a duty to find people homes today, which is what we are doing. That is why last year, more than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: When we met all the residents on the Mica Action Group on a number of occasions, we all agreed that the entire process they are going through is most frustrating. Nobody wants to be in a home that has been affected by these products, and this has been going on for a number of years, but they also clearly understood the importance of it. We got this right through all the different stages....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: I want to be very clear on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Murphy, and myself. When a Government intervenes to fix people's homes with taxpayers' money the process takes a little time because we have to go through many procedures to do that. We also have to make sure that we fix the houses properly and in a safe manner to ensure people feel safe in their homes again. We met those in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: It was not election time when the Minister, Deputy Murphy, was up-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defective Building Materials (11 Jun 2019)

Damien English: Am I allowed to speak? The Deputy should tell the truth.