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Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I am very conscious of every one of those children-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----and I will do absolutely everything to end child homelessness in this country-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----and I am going to get those children out of homelessness-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----and what will do that are decisive decisions that I am making-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----and not the rhetoric-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: ----- from the likes of yourselves over there who do not want to engage in facts-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----and who want to-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----promise people rainbows-----

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: -----and do not actually want to provide practical solutions.

Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I have considered the Labour Party motion. The Government has presented its countermotion on child poverty and homelessness, which shows our determination to drive down the child poverty rates, increase supports for families and tackle family homelessness. We have outlined the significant progress we have made and reinforced our firm commitment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362, 371, 372 and 373 together. The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2025 (the RTA) regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the RTA to operate a national tenancy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 364, 375 and 382 together. My Department formally wrote to all local authorities on 15 September 2025 in relation to the funding of the Second-hand Acquisitions Programme for the remainder of 2025 and into 2026. The Programme provides funding to local authorities to acquire second-hand properties to address the following areas:Tenancy Sustainment - Tenant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Middle East (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 365 and 366 together. I can confirm that my Department has not purchased or acquired any product or service from Israel, the Occupied Territories or the Occupied Palestinian Territory in the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 377 together. Under the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, each local authority has an elected council. The elected council is the policy-making arm of the local authority, who act by what are termed 'reserved functions'. These comprise mainly decisions on important matters of policy and finance. The day-to-day management of each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently published summary for all counties, conducted in November 2024, is available on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-ass essments/...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The Local Authority Home Loan is a Government-backed mortgage for creditworthy applicants who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build. Under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: My Department undertakes the Lead Government Department role, as set out in the Strategic Emergency Management (SEM) Framework (2017), in relation to the coordination of national level responses to severe weather and flooding emergencies, where warranted. My Department's National Directorate for Fire & Emergency Management undertakes this role and works closely with local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Sep 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: Electoral Process (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Electoral law provides for postal voting for a number of different categories of people. These are: whole-time members of the Defence Forces, members of An Garda Síochána, Irish diplomats serving abroad and their spouses/civil partners, electors living at home who are unable to vote because of an illness or a disability, electors whose occupation, service or employment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 to 386, inclusive, together. The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2025 (the RTA) regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The RTA apply to every dwelling that is the subject of a tenancy, subject to a limited number of exceptions. The dwellings to...