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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not going to go into the politics of this. Thankfully, we are seeing just short of 600 first-time buyers buying homes every week, so I will leave that where it is. The Deputy made the point, though, with regard to apartment development and the channelling of investment where we need it. We need investment to back the building and funding of housing estates and multi-unit developments....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, apartments are tricky. Now, the Croí Cónaithe city scheme is there. I answered that earlier. I do want apartments for purchase to be available. We have seen some in my constituency recently as well. We have apartment developments in Swords and Malahide that are for purchase. It is not, therefore, correct to say that every apartment development that is out there is for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank Deputy Ó Broin. In that intervening period, we did give it additional funding. I discussed this at the NHAC and I was the one who approved that we would go ahead and do the review because I wanted it done with regard to the section 10 funding. They wrote to me and we discussed it on the margins of meetings. The CCMA review of section 10 funding is ongoing and we are awaiting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Terms of reference were agreed in 2022. I will get Deputy Ó Broin the exact dates, but I believe the review was in 2023. It was before the revelations to which Deputy Ó Broin has referred. It was not in reaction to that at all. Some of the organisations Deputy Ó Broin has referenced will tell you that I discussed it directly with them on the margins of meetings and gave a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will deal with the Peter McVerry Trust issue in a moment. I do not think there is any difficulty in providing the committee with a timeframe. The terms of reference were agreed between the Department and those groups and we will just need to check with those groups whether it is okay with them to share the terms of reference. I am not sure until we talk to them but I do not expect there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing for All: Discussion (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: But I understand. Many people have not sold apartments individually in a long time.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he/she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (13 Jun 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 Service Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through general policy setting and preparing legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Straitéisí Ranna (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: An Interdepartmental Group (comprising my Department, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (DTCAGSM) and Údarás na Gaeltachta) is still continuing its work in developing specific planning guidance for Gaeltacht areas. There is also a separate Working Group made up of my Department, the DTCAGSM and Údarás na Gaeltachta and the relevant local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Allotments Provision (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: In terms of planning, providing, enabling and supporting allotments, legislation is in place in the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended) to identify locations in development plans for allotment development, and to establish allotments as a part of local government’s role in promoting the interests of local communities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (13 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There are currently no proposals under consideration to reintroduce town councils as Government policy is to strengthen the country's 95 municipal districts. The 2010 report 'Putting People First - Action Programme for Effective Local Government' recognised that town councils led to duplication of administrative work in areas such as planning, housing and roads. The Local Government Reform...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 186: In page 68, to delete lines 9 and 10 and substitute the following: “practicable, publish on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage⁠— (a) the revised or new National Planning Framework, as the case may be, and (b) a summary of any observations made on foot of the consultations...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 187: In page 68, line 16, to delete “(2),”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 191: In page 68, line 21, to delete “it considers” and substitute “they consider”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 192: In page 68, line 24, to delete “plan” and substitute “plans”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 184: In page 67, line 36, after "The" to insert "revised or new".

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 178: In page 67, lines 15 and 16, to delete all words from and including “when” in line 15 down to and including line 16 and substitute “on the date that the Government publishes a revised National Planning Framework or new National Planning Framework in accordance with subsection (5) of section 23 or the statement referred to in paragraph (c) of...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 179: In page 67, between lines 16 and 17, to insert the following: “(8) A revised National Planning Framework shall continue in effect for the remainder of the period for which the National Planning Framework which it revises is specified, under subsection (5) of section 21, to be in effect.”.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 177: In page 67, line 12, after “revision” to insert “of the National Planning Framework”.