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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The work of the Approved Housing Body Classification Working Group has been superseded by the AHB Strategic Forum. The AHB Strategic Forum was established to consider a range of strategic long term issues facing the AHB sector, and to set a vision for the AHB sector over the next 10 years. Membership of the Forum includes representatives from the AHB sector, Housing Agency, Housing Finance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1029 and 1030 together. My Department provides funding for the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) which aims to retrofit local authority owned houses to a BER of B2/Cost Optimal Equivalent. Since 2013, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) to support local authorities with the retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The table below sets out the details of the capital allocated by my Department to the construction of new domestic violence refuges. The locations of planned new refuges will be a matter, in the first place, for my colleague the Minister for Justice, in the context of the 3rd National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence. Location No. of DVR units Status Approved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under electoral law, postal voting is available for a number of different categories of people including the following: whole-time members of the Defence Forcesmembers of An Garda SíochánaIrish diplomats serving abroad and their spouses/civil partnerselectors living at home who are unable to vote because of an illness or a disabilityelectors whose occupation, service or employment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders. The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51. A number of Departmental reports are pending publication, i.e. expected to be published in Quarter 3 or 4 of 2024, the details of which are set out in the following table: Title of Report Subject ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The regeneration of Poolbeg West is an important step in the transformation of the Dublin Docklands area, with the potential to provide for 3,500 homes. A condition of the planning scheme for the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone, as modified by An Bord Pleanála on 9 April 2019, is the provision of 15% social and affordable homes on this site in addition to the 10% statutory social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Significant work is ongoing within Dublin City Council’s (DCC) portfolio of inner city flat complexes. Dublin City Council's priorities and timelines for regeneration of these complexes is a matter for DCC in the first instance. The Department would welcome any potential opportunity to speed up delivery. The Department has provided funding approval for the regeneration of flat...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: An Bord Pleanála (the Board) is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure, including offshore wind energy projects, and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. Prior to making a maritime area planning application for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1039, 1061, 1203 and 1205 together. The Local Authority Home Loan (LAHL) is a Government-backed mortgage for creditworthy for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It replaced the Rebuilding Ireland home Loan. It has been available nationwide from local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1040, 1062 and 1204 together. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1041 and 1063 together. The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme was introduced in 2012. It offers households with acute, unsustainable mortgage arrears who have little or no prospect of a significant change in circumstances, the chance to surrender a property to a lender and in turn become a social housing tenant whilst staying in their own home and community. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to my reply to Question No. 139 of 10 July, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1043 and 1064 together. I refer to my response to Question No. 140 of Wednesday 10 July 2024, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1044, 1065 and 1069 together. Addressing vacancy and making efficient use of existing housing stock is a key priority for Government, as set out in Pathway 4 of Housing for All. The Vacant Homes Action Plan, which I originally published in January 2023, built on Pathway 4 of Housing for All and set out the various actions that were being pursued to return...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical installations. Responsibility for the enforcement of the Regulations in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under electoral law, Returning Officers are responsible for the selection and provision of polling stations at polling places. Section 94 of the Electoral Act 1992, as amended by section 3 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1996, provides that Returning Officers must, where practicable, select buildings for polling stations which are accessible to wheelchair users. Returning Officers continue...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1049 and 1104 together. The European Union (Planning and Development) (Displaced Persons from Ukraine Temporary Protection) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 306 of 2022) came into effect on 23 June 2022. The Regulations give effect to Council Directive No 2001/55 EC and Council Implementing Decision EU 2022/382 of 4 March 2022, to provide immediate protection in EU...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 Jul 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Through my Department's Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme significant funding has been provided to local authorities for housing estates that rely on water services infrastructure provided by the developer of the estate (DPI). The aim of the Programme is to provide funding that assists the local authorities to implement solutions that resolve...