Results 261-280 of 25,304 for speaker:Kieran O'Donnell
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 416: In page 109, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following: “ “World Heritage Convention” means the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage done in Paris on 23 November 1972; “World Heritage candidate site” means a property included in the most recent inventory submitted on behalf of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Cathaoirleach very much and I am delighted to be here. I also thank the Cathaoirleach and members of the committee for the invitation to update members in this very important area. My Department’s policy in respect of housing for disabled people is underpinned by a dedicated joint strategy between my Department and the Department of Health since 2011. The most recent...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Senator McGreehan. I came into the Department at the start of last year. As the national strategy for housing for people with disabilities had been published, I worked with the officials to bring the implementation plan up to date. It was something I felt very strongly about and we published that. I tried to make it in real time. Within that, we have each of the housing and...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: In terms of that breakdown, we get a summary of needs assessment, which is submitted on an annual basis. The latest figures we have are from 1 November 2022. To go through the figures, there were 4,931 households and the main need for housing support was deemed to be one of the four disabilities, as well as the category of other disabilities. Of these, 3,842 households had a specific need...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is a summary. It is coming through in two areas, namely, the social housing investment programme, SHIP, which is funding that local authorities get directly and through the CAS. In 2022, according to the latest figures from CAS, 112 housing units were delivered under CAS for disabled people at a cost of €16 million. A consistent statistic of 15% overall of people who got social...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I acknowledge the work the Senator and I have done together. She is a very good representative for both the Travelling community and the wider community. I might touch on a couple of themes. Obviously, I will leave the more detailed work on Traveller accommodation to the committee, but the funding significantly increased in 2023 on the previous year. One issue I wanted to see happen on a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is owing to the hard work of the officials as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I was very keen that each local authority would draw down funding. We certainly worked actively with the local authorities to make certain they would. We have increased the funding. When it comes down to it, bricks and mortar are key. We would like to receive the Senator's feedback at the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community on the fact that have a caravan loan...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am doing further work on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Planning for Inclusive Communities: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Mar 2024)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the Deputy talking about the housing adaptation grant?