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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Government is fully committed to working with all stakeholders to deliver social, affordable and cost rental homes at scale and to continue accelerating housing supply across all tenures. This is demonstrated by the record level of investment which is being provided for the delivery of Housing in 2025, with overall capital funding available of €6.5 billion. The capital provision is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 amended Part 3 of the Affordable Housing Act 2024 in order to allow for the option of allocation plans for cost rental homes, which would allow landlords to propose targeted approaches for the allocation of homes, subject to my approval. The legislation also provided for the Minister to prescribe income levels for different compositions of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 97 together. Continuing to increase the supply of new homes is key to meeting need and addressing many of the challenges currently facing the housing market. In this regard, the Programme for Government commits to introducing a new, all-of-government national housing plan, which will build on the robust platform laid by Housing for All and will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Sales (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 108 together. Government has implemented several measures in recent years to ensure a balanced housing market across all tenures, including home ownership, social housing, and private rental. These measures include, inter alia, an 'owner-occupier' guarantee allowing local authorities to designate a percentage of houses and duplexes in a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Ghaeltacht (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Leagtar amach san Acht um Pleanáil agus Forbairt, 2000, arna leasú, cuspóirí éigeantacha d’údaráis áitiúla, nach mór aghaidh a thabhairt orthu nuair atá a bPlean Forbartha á dhréachtú, a rialaíonn beartais forbartha áitiúla. Nuair atá ceantar Gaeltachta laistigh de limistéar riaracháin...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 99 together. A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68, 87, 102 and 105 together. Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant introduced in July 2022, provides a grant of up to €50,000 for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: On 25 April 2023, the Government approved additional measures under the Housing for All Action Plan to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and help reduce housing construction costs, including the introduction of temporary time-limited arrangements for the waiving of local authority “section 48” development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Programme for Government commits to the establishment of a ‘Local Democracy Taskforce’ with the Local Government sector to finalise a programme for the reform and strengthening of local government. There has already been a substantial body of work undertaken to examine the powers, functions and responsibilities of Local Government in the following reports: -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Under the Housing for All plan, long term leasing for new entrants is due to end in 2025. Long term leasing targets sought to deliver up to 3,500 social homes from 2022 to 2025, tapering down from 1,300 units in 2022 to 200 units in 2025. The 200 unit target for 2025 is almost fully subscribed. The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department provides funding directly to DCC for their programme of urban renewal. It also supports projects brought forward by the LDA which complements the regeneration programme. The Montpelier project is currently on-site and will reach substantial completion in 2027 delivering 1,044 new homes including 280 social homes, 233 affordable purchase homes and 264 cost rental homes. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: As detailed under Housing for All, the Government plans to deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 2030. A comprehensive implementation strategy is in place to support the various affordable housing schemes now being delivered by a range of delivery partners. These measures, specifically the affordable purchase schemes, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: As a key partner in the Government’s delivery of affordable and social homes, the Land Development Agency is activating and securing the delivery of social and affordable homes in stalled planning consented developments, managing the State’s own lands to develop new homes and partnering with local authorities to unlock housing delivery at scale on their lands. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Addressing homelessness is a priority for this Government. The Programme for Government includes a commitment to ensuring that there is sufficient emergency accommodation for those who require it. Funding of €303 million is available for the delivery of homeless services in 2025. This funding supports the provision of emergency accommodation and wrap around supports. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist local authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Programme for Government commits to invest additional capital in Uisce Éireann to facilitate housing development in our towns and villages. Last November, I approved Uisce Éireann's Strategic Funding Plan (SFP) 2025 - 2029. The SFP specifies the arrangements Uisce Éireann proposes to make and measures it proposes to take to meet the policy objectives of the Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Government is acutely aware of the housing challenges faced by many sectors of society. Housing for All, Ireland's housing plan to 2030, contains a suite of actions that have and continue to increase the provision of housing through accelerating supply and increasing the affordability of homes. Cost Rental housing is a key tool in our efforts to make rents more affordable and renting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department continues to tackle the issue of dereliction through a series of related actions and supports in conjunction with the local authorities and other stakeholders. The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects of the Guidelines including noise, setback distance, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. My Department, in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Government is fully committed to working with all stakeholders to deliver social, affordable and cost rental homes at scale and to continue accelerating housing supply across all tenures. This is demonstrated by the record level of investment which is being provided for the delivery of Housing in 2025, with overall capital funding available of €6.5 billion. The capital provision is...