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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (15 May 2025)

James Browne: The table at the link below summarises the bodies under the aegis of my Department that were established in the last 10 years, detailing year of establishment and the funding provided to each during the period since establishment.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

James Browne: The clear focus of Government is to increase the supply of new build social and affordable homes. This is key to addressing the housing challenge and in particular, to preventing and ultimately eliminating long term homelessness, which unquestionably must be the priority for all local authorities including Kildare County Council. My Department is continuing to provide substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 May 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. Ongoing data in relation to vacant local authority owned homes is not routinely collated by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 May 2025)

James Browne: The Programme for Government – Securing Ireland’s Future includes a number of commitments to deliver “Practical Housing Options for Positive Ageing”. These commitments build upon the policy objectives in Housing for All, which commit to increasing the housing options available to older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence. Work on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

James Browne: I have made €325 million available to our local authorities for their social housing second-hand acquisitions activity in 2025. The allocation of this funding across the local authorities is as follows: Local Authority 2025 Allocation Carlow €3,500,000 Cavan €2,000,000 Clare ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (15 May 2025)

James Browne: There are a number of housing estates across the country - including the estate named in the details supplied - that rely on developer provided water services infrastructure (commonly called DPI) for their water services. These estates have not, as yet, been taken-in-charge and their water services are not connected to the public Uisce Éireann network. With effect from 1 January...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 May 2025)

James Browne: Under Circular 11/2025 “Social Housing Second Hand Acquisitions Programme 2025”, the capital funding allocation for Leitrim County Council is €2,000,000.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (14 May 2025)

James Browne: My Department sources IT equipment via the Office of Government Procurement frameworks which have suppliers prequalified.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (14 May 2025)

James Browne: Certain regulations made by my Department are required to be notified to the EU under Directive (EU) 2015/1535 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 September 2015 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical regulations and of rules on Information Society services (codification) (TRIS notification). The Construction Industry Register...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The clear focus of Government is to increase the supply of new build social and affordable homes. This is key to addressing the housing challenge and in particular preventing and ultimately eliminating long term homelessness, and that unquestionably must be the priority for all local authorities including Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council My Department is continuing to providing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The Uisce Éireann Strategic Funding Plan 2025-2029 was approved in November 2024 and sets out an ambitious capital investment plan to address historic under-investment in water services, and to make necessary improvements to water and wastewater infrastructure including new capacity to facilitate growth. The €1 billion in capital investment in Uisce Éireann was in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 and specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, fire safety and the safety of gas, oil and electrical supplies. These Regulations apply to all properties let or available for let,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 May 2025)

James Browne: In my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1224 of 29 April 2025, I provided information to you on the funding allocations to the local authorities for their social housing second-hand acquisitions activity in 2025, including the proportion of the funding that had been recouped to them by my Department. In respect of information on the level of funding that was committed to but may not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (14 May 2025)

James Browne: Uisce Éireann has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The scope, prioritisation and progression of individual projects is a matter for Uisce Éireann and is approved through its own internal governance structures. Uisce Éireann publishes annual water supply and waste water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 May 2025)

James Browne: Housing for All includes a commitment to review income eligibility for social housing. From this review, completed in November 2021, it was recommended moving five local authorities from Band 3 to Band 2, ensuring the income eligibility thresholds better reflect housing costs in those counties. Government also agreed to increase the baseline income thresholds by €5,000 for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The Affordable Housing Act 2021 established a framework to make affordable housing available, setting up affordable purchase and cost rental schemes for delivery by key housing partners. My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on affordable housing delivery activity by local authorities and by key delivery partners in each local authority area. Data for the years...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Development Companies (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The Community Car Initiative (CCI) was put in place as a temporary measure to support the Offer a Home scheme, which sought the use of unoccupied homes to accommodate Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine (BoTPs). An underlying principle of CCI was to minimise the number of properties that would be unsuitable due to their location and possible lack of transport links. The CCI was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The main emphasis of the Government remains on constructing new homes and that unquestionably, is the correct approach, however I am pleased that the Government is providing continuing and substantial financial support to local authorities to acquire second-hand properties for priority categories of need, including tenants-in-situ who have been in receipt of supports under HAP or RAS and who...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (14 May 2025)

James Browne: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department is responsible for the implementation of the Wildlife Acts and the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, both of which prohibit the spreading of invasive species. In addition, in July 2024, my Department led on the introduction of the European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024 which...