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

James Browne: One of the objectives of Housing for All was to wind down long term leasing from the end of 2025, which has been reflected through gradually reducing long term leasing delivery targets over the recent past, culminating in a target of just 200 for 2025. This objective does not include all types of long term leasing; it excludes the Mortgage to Rent scheme and Repair and Lease. While there is...

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

James Browne: 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 for properties which will be made available for rent. A top-up grant...

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

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023 and contains the grant scheme and the related Regulations, which were adopted on 29 June 2023. A review mechanism is provided within the Act, which provides for an increase or decrease in the overall grant scheme cap a year after the Act has been commenced by no more...

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

James Browne: Article 12 of the Constitution sets out the basic provisions in relation to the office of President. Article 4 2° states that “every candidate for election, not a former or retiring President, must be nominated either by (i) not less than twenty persons, each of whom is at the time a member of one of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or (ii) by the Councils of not less than four...

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

James Browne: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Housing Provision (18 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The Residential Property Price Register is produced by the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) pursuant to section 86 of the Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011. It includes the Address, Date of Sale and Sale Price of residential properties purchased in Ireland since the 1st January 2010, as declared to the Revenue Commissioners for stamp duty purposes. A Data Sharing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Defective Building Materials (18 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) was commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. Under the terms of the scheme, it is recommended that a homeowner engages a tax compliant building contractor to carry out the remediation works to the dwelling in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (18 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 281 together. An Coimisiún Pleanála is the national independent statutory body with responsibility for the determination of planning appeals and direct applications for strategic infrastructure and other developments under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. The information requested is regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2025)

James Browne: As part of their statutory obligations under the Planning and Development Act, planning authorities are required, in their city and county development plans, to include policies and objectives relating to the provision of infrastructure and facilities needed to support planned growth, including transport infrastructure, communication facilities, water and wastewater services and services for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (18 Sep 2025)

James Browne: My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in each local authority. This includes annual data on delivery against targets. This data is available to the end of Q1 2025, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 621 and 658 together. Applications for a postal vote due to illness or disability must be certified by a registered medical practitioner to enable the registration authority consider and be satisfied that the applicant is unable to attend their polling station to vote on polling day due to their illness or disability as provided for under Section 14(d) of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 622, 623 and 660 together. My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People, to assist those in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants, which include the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Funding approvals are now in place for the delivery of over 6,200 affordable purchase and cost rental homes by 22 local authorities with the support of the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF). The legislative framework and arrangements in place to support local authority affordable purchase schemes are proving effective. Affordable Housing delivery reports based on quarterly returns received...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Building Regulations set the legal requirements to provide for the health, safety and welfare of people in and around buildings. My Department has no function in assessing whether any particular proposal, or any completed works, complies with the Building Regulations. The National Standards Authority of Ireland, NSAI Agrément, facilitates the assessment and certification of innovative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on social housing delivery activity in all local authority areas on the statistics page of its website. Data in relation to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), including funding provided to end Q1 2025, can be found on my Department’s website at this link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provis...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: My Department supports local authorities with annual funding towards the management and maintenance of their social housing stock under a number of funding programmes including the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme (EERP). The Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP) aims to retrofit a local authority home to a BER of B2. It is expected that 36,500 local authority owned homes will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The funding of local authority second-hand acquisitions, including tenant in situ, is through my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP). The table below set out the funding provided to Louth County Council under SHIP for their acquisitions activity, including those for tenant in situ, which was introduced in 2023. Since 2023, up to 31 June 2025, Louth County Council has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) provides up to 100% capital funding to Approved Housing Bodies for the construction and targeted acquisition of housing for priority needs categories, including persons with disabilities. This position remains unchanged. That said, targeted acquisitions under CAS now come within the provisions of Circular 11/2025 Social Housing Second-Hand Acquisitions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (17 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I have engaged with Uisce Éireann on its request for additional funding to support reaching our new housing targets as part of the NDP process. The Government published the updated National Development Plan in July 2025, with unprecedented levels of investment, to secure Ireland's future, unlock housing, upgrade water and energy infrastructure, deliver more roads, and provide better...