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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Cork Northwest Quarter Regeneration project continues to be supported by my Department and in February 2025, my Department issued approval for Cork City Council to proceed with the preferred bidder for the completion of the newly named project ‘Croppy Boy’, replacing Phase 2C. It is a matter for the local authority to advise on the particulars of that arrangement and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 861 to 864, inclusive, together. The Ready to Build Scheme, funded by the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund, to support addressing vacancy, was launched in September 2022. Under the Scheme, local authorities make vacant serviced sites in towns and villages available to potential individual purchasers to build a home. Under the scheme, local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock, to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. Typical works include adaptations such as stair-lifts, level deck showers, ramps and grab rails, widening door opening widths and improving circulation spaces....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 867 and 868 together. My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing authorities....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 869 and 870 together. 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 HAP funding and tenancies to end of Q3 2024 can be found on my Department’s website at this link: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 871 and 872 together. 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 my Department's annual Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) spend and the number of active tenancies for each of the last ten years can be found on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: 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. Section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Negotiations (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 876 and 877 together. The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), under my Direction, leads on a range of multilateral agreements, including the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD). Ireland’s delegation at the recent CBD COP 16 meeting in Rome was made up of senior officials and subject matter experts from NPWS, led by its Director of International...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 878 and 879 together. My Department does not compile the information sought. Each local authority is responsible for the administration of the Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (septic tank) Grant in their area and each have a Rural Water Liaison Officer who is best placed to provide the information requested. The officer can be contacted at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: A reply has issued to Donegal County Council, from my office, regarding the recent motion passed by the Council, referred to, requesting the government to put into place regulations to ensure block manufacturers produce products fit for purpose and to protect homeowners or any buyer of concrete products.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Section 205 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Act of 2000) sets out the provisions regarding the making of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) and provides that it is a reserved function of the elected members of a local authority. As such, the development and oversight of the implementation of TPOs is a matter for the individual planning authority in whose functional area the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Planning and Development Act 2024 (“Act of 2024”) was enacted 17 October 2024. A detailed Implementation Plan has been published and includes a commencement schedule for the Act as well as a range of initiatives to support training and engagement for the planning sector in order to prepare for the phased transition to the new legislative framework. The Implementation Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The responsibility for the management of staff within my Department is a matter for the Secretary General. However, I am informed that correspondence was issued to the individual in question in 2005 and the matter is now considered closed.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: I can confirm that my Department has received an application for the Courthouse in Shillelagh under the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) scheme. All applications for the Historic Structures fund are currently being assessed and finalised by an expert panel. The application process for HSF grants is always very competitive, with worthy projects being submitted from across the country and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: My Department does not have any contracts with the company referenced.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Waterways Ireland is the North South Body responsible for the management and maintenance of more than 1000km of Ireland's inland waterways including the Royal Canal. Waterways Ireland also manages and maintains the Shannon, the Shannon Erne Waterway, the Erne System, the Barrow, the Grand Canal and the Lower Bann Navigation. Waterways Ireland has an open and proactive relationship with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: The Planning and Development Act 2024 ("Act of 2024") was enacted on 17 October 2024. A detailed Implementation Plan has now been published that includes a commencement schedule for the Act and a range of initiatives to support training and engagement for the planning sector in preparation for the phased transition to the new legislative framework. The Implementation Plan is a ‘living...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: 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: Housing Provision (19 Mar 2025)

James Browne: Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan. This Plan sets out details of both social and affordable housing delivery as appropriate over the period 2022-2026, in line with targets set under Housing for All. The plans have been published on local authorities’ own websites. Last November, the Government approved new national...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (19 Mar 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 2023, is available on my Department's website at www.gov.ie/en/collection/62486-summary-of-social-housing-ass essments/....