Results 2,961-2,980 of 26,565 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I am sorry, I can answer that now. It is the housing adaptation only. I knew it was €25 million but the Deputy is asking what it is-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I have that and I will get it for the Deputy. I brought the planning resourcing update to Cabinet earlier this week.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I will get the Deputy the exact figure on that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I will come back to the Deputy.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Cost rental was new two and a half years ago. We have amended it to make sure it is viable in the schemes we are bringing forward. A lot of the big schemes we are seeing now are cost-rental apartments and multi-unit developments, which are great. A lot of them are what were paused planning permissions. The LDA, to deal with it first, whose representatives were before the committee...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: To come back to Deputy Ó Broin, we have clarified LIHAF. It was actually €20 million. There was a typo in the committee brief.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It is actually €20 million. Apologies for that.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I can tell the Deputy it is €1 billion.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: We will do a reallocation of that for Deputy Ó Broin but I know from my negotiations with the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, exactly what came through in real terms. We will reallocate and I apologise for that typographical error.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Of course. It is a fair point, and I had flagged that in the past two years. When we negotiated the budget for last year, I negotiated a certain amount with a commitment that, if more was required, we would review it at mid-year, seek a Supplementary Estimate and any additional costs would be covered. We are seeing, not just in regard to the number of beds that need to be provided, because...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: We are in a good position this year. We will be coming back to the committee with a supplementary to spend additional money on social housing delivery and the other things we have spoken of. In previous years when there were constraints on expenditure, such as when we had the construction shutdown, and we were not delivering the number of social homes we wanted, we reallocated that money...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: No. The Deputy might have missed it earlier when I said in the coming weeks I would go to the Cabinet sub-committee, which is where we will bring that to.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Yes, and then to Cabinet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: I hope it is not too many. We are concluding the work on it. Even though some would not believe me, I listen to people across the House from time to time and we have taken a lot of feedback on that. The ESRI has outlined 12 scenarios in its report in respect of the additional housing it believes is required. It is a complex piece of work but it will be ambitious and housing targets will...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Last year we provided significant additional funding in the supplementary to local authorities which were delivering, exceeding and being proactive on this. We have also changed and updated the grants, which is long overdue. I think everyone agrees on that. We have increased funding of €25 million. That will help us as well. There is a 33% increase in grant limits and a 25%...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It is not €25 million but €20 million.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It is €20 million in total.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Yes. We have corrected that committee brief, Ms Kehoe has informed me, and that has been emailed to the clerk. Apologies for----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: It relates to submissions from certain local authorities requesting additional funding due to applications on hand.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (16 Oct 2024) Darragh O'Brien: Yes, we provided that based on submissions made by those local authorities.