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

Paul McAuliffe: 154. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the cap on the housing aid for older persons grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide affordable purchase and cost rental housing in Dublin 9 and Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding schemes in her Department which have funded communities in urban areas; and the monetary value of that funding in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [3432/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 217. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the monetary value of funding provided by her Department to communities in Dublin north west in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. [3433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 218. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of all funding provided by her Department, broken down by county or other administrative area across Ireland. [3434/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit of his Department. [60893/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It was good to hear the Taoiseach outline the details of one of the strongest public housing programmes in decades and I look forward to getting those final details for last year. One of the other commitments in Housing for All is to having a better fit of existing stock for those people who need it, including through reviewing the housing aid for older people grant, which many councillors...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (24 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the rental tax credit; the number of persons who are currently availing of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3055/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons who received assistance under the help-to-buy scheme in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3056/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Levy (24 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to review the pension levy imposed on retired Aer Rianta workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2866/23]

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

Paul McAuliffe: 296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a full review of the HAP case of a person (details supplied). [2862/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (24 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: 604. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide the construction costs and running costs for the respective primary care centres located in Grangegorman, Summerhill and the Navan Road; the specific health services being provided at primary centres; the number of staff in each of these centres; the hours of operation at these primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I might stay with Mr. Baneham regarding the questions Deputy Burke asked concerning the acquisition fund. On the issues relating to local authority vetting or auditing, I was a member of a local authority when that took place. I recall some of the reasons properties were refused. Those included not being wheelchair accessible or not being on the ground floor. I remember Fingal County...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: In 2017, when there was very clear housing need across the whole spectrum, local authorities were refusing units. I can understand the reasons they might but, as somebody who has people coming to his clinic every single day, they just seem like a luxury. That is a polite term. This seems like such a missed opportunity in that units that were available would have been availed of. I have...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: For ten years they were okay with saying they got things wrong.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Does that continue to be the case?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Mr. Jordan might say that to the leaders of Opposition parties who are opposing one-bedroom housing and saying we need two- and three-bedroom housing when 70% or 80% of the housing waiting lists are one- and two-bedroom-----

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: It is not a matter for Mr. Jordan but I take his point. If I may come back to the remaining target, how does the Housing Agency hope to achieve the remaining target and the remaining balance of the funding available to it?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: I do want to move on to the approved housing bodies but, staying with Mr. Jordan, yesterday there was a very significant announcement relating to apartment defects. There is a proposed role for the agency in respect of the administration of the funding. The Construction Defects Alliance, which has done a huge amount of work on that, has very reasonably pointed out that many of the people...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2020: Housing Agency
Financial Statements 2021: Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority
Chapter 7: Housing Agency Revolving Acquisition Fund
Section 2 Report – Unauthorised Release of Funds from the Central Fund of the Exchequer (19 Jan 2023)

Paul McAuliffe: Will that have a resourcing demand as well, from the agency's perspective?