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An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: Our ambition for social housing is higher than that of Sinn Féin.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: Sinn Féin can protest all it wants. It would be a better use of its time if it could come into this House and spell out, site by site, where it would deliver social houses. This year, we will deliver 10,000 social houses. They will not all be delivered in the way Sinn Féin would like them to be delivered. We accept that. We have different ways of delivering housing....

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: Sinn Féin has no delivery plan and it produces no numbers.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: It does not.

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: I welcome the opportunity to say where the Government stands on this Bill. We have had similar discussions in the past year on the right to a home and I am conscious that this marks the build-up to the protests organised for Saturday. I listen to speeches night after night and, while I have no doubt that in earlier speeches some solutions were set out, what I heard did not give me greater...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: It is dishonest to say no houses are being built. As stated, while we are opposing the Bill, we recognise that the potential inclusion of such right to housing needs further consideration and we support doing so by way of its consideration by an Oireachtas committee which will consider all of the economic, social and cultural rights referred to in the eighth report of the Convention on the...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An Ceart chun Teaghaise) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to a Home) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2019)

Damien English: -----once eligible for it on income grounds and subject to some restrictions regarding the suitability of accommodation, or otherwise be placed on a waiting list for social housing; and the right not to be discriminated against on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, race or membership of the Traveller community. It includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wild Fires (14 May 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 488 and 496 together. The Local Authority Fire and Rescue Service is the Principal Response Agency in the case of fires and information garnered from attendance at incidents, including wildland fires, would be held at local authority level. Over the course of the summer of 2018, during a period of exceptional drought conditions, the Department of Agriculture,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (14 May 2019)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 497, 498 and 509 together. My Department launched the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative (NTICI) in April 2016 to trial new approaches and working methods in supporting and accelerating overall national and local action on the taking-in-charge process of housing estates, including estates with developer-provided water services infrastructure which can...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (14 May 2019)

Damien English: Funding allocations for 2019 for all local authorities, including Limerick City & County Council, were announced on 11 March 2019 in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability living in private houses. Nationally, funding of €71.25 million was announced, with €3,351,630 in respect of Limerick. The Council has drawn down some...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Grant Applications (14 May 2019)

Damien English: I recently announced funding for 2019 of €71.25 million nationally for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, living in private houses. This included an allocation of €1,468,819 to Donegal County Council. Details on the number of grants paid and the amount spent since 2016 by all local authorities, including Donegal County Council, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (14 May 2019)

Damien English: Public notices concerning this application were published in the “Irish Examiner” and the “Dublin North Gazette” on 28/06/2018. The public display documents were made available at Swords Garda Station and were also available on my Department's website for the required period of twenty one days from 28/6/2018. Two public submissions were received on foot of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Renewal Schemes (9 May 2019)

Damien English: I thank Deputy O'Loughlin for raising this issue. I am glad to have the opportunity to discuss the support available under the urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, which is one of the funds that might be open to fund a scheme such as that to which she refers. I am conscious that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport just left but the Deputy might want to raise this issue...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Urban Renewal Schemes (9 May 2019)

Damien English: It is open to the Kildare local authority to make another application in the future. We have had engagement about why it did not succeed in the first instance. Four out of seven projects did. The Deputy stated that it got four out of seven priorities, which is quite good compared to other counties. I am trying to match good quality planning with infrastructure under this fund. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (8 May 2019)

Damien English: The Building Control Act 2007 provides for the registration of persons entitled to use the professional title of architect. Neither I nor my Department has any direct role in the operation of this register, nor do I or my Department receive reports in relation to complaints regarding poor performance by architects. This is a matter for the professional body designated as the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 May 2019)

Damien English: In the first instance, I would like to acknowledge the stressful circumstances which the owners and residents of buildings face when defects occur in their homes. However, in general, building defects are matters for resolution between the contracting parties involved: the homeowner, the builder, the developer and/or their respective insurers, structural guarantee or warranty scheme. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry Register Ireland (8 May 2019)

Damien English: 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 and over 850 building and contracting entities are currently included on the register. The Government approved the draft heads of a Bill to place the CIRI on a statutory footing and the Bill was referred to the Joint...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (8 May 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: Legislative Measures (8 May 2019)

Damien English: In May 2017, a draft of the MAFA Bill was circulated to all Government Departments and the Attorney General. A number of workshops and bilateral meetings with relevant policy Departments and the Office of the Attorney General continued throughout 2017 and into 2018. A high level Marine Legislation Steering Group (MLSG) was established in 2018 to facilitate the further development of this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 May 2019)

Damien English: The Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks was established by my Department in 2016, to investigate problems that have emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in counties Donegal and Mayo. In 2017, the report of the Expert Panel was published and included eight recommendations, which my Department is actively progressing with the relevant stakeholders, prioritising the...