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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant is a key support, introduced by this Government, to bringing vacant and derelict properties back into use as homes. A grant of up to €50,000 is available 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 of up to €20,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the Housing for All strategy, the Government plans to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 homes per year over the next decade, including an average of 10,000 new build social homes. As new build supply of social housing ramps up, there will be reducing reliance on the HAP and RAS schemes. For example, 4,614 households exited HAP in 2023 following receipt of a Social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: Housing for All aims to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year up to 2030. This includes an average of 10,000 new build social homes each year over the lifetime of the plan. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 requires private developers to ensure that a specified percentage of land zoned for residential and other uses is reserved for social and affordable housing. Amendments to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 were introduced via the Affordable Housing Act 2021 which was passed by the Oireachtas in July 2021. These amendments were on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 404 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The suite of grants, which include the Housing Adaptation Grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 with the Department of Health and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in January 2022 and the Implementation Plan for the Strategy on 22 June 2023. The Strategy and Implementation Plan may be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link: . The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (18 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Red Grouse Species Action Plan was published in 2013, on foot of the decline in the distribution/range of over 50% identified in the Red Grouse Survey (2006-08). The Plan involved the collaboration of several stakeholders, including the National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department, and set out the status of the red grouse in Ireland; habitat management options to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: 302.To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when approval will be granted for contracts (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35711/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 768 and 891 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department is keen to support the delivery of social housing for people with disability via CAS/Capital Assistance Scheme but through other delivery channels also. The AHB sector is an important element of disability housing delivery and to assist their work in that regard, the Department’s 'Design Manual', which provides guidance and designs for new public housing construction,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The Collaborative Town Centre Health Check (CTCHC) programme was launched in 2016 by the Heritage Council to gather information that supports the regeneration of historic town centres. In 2019 Local Authorities became directly involved in the programme, which has very successfully analysed a number of towns across Ireland in aspects such as land use, vacancy, surveys of businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The draft First Revision to the National Planning Framework (NPF) was published by Government for public consultation on 10 July 2024, which will run until 12 September 2024. To date, a number of submissions have been received in relation to the draft from a range of public bodies, sectoral groups and members of the public and these submissions are currently being reviewed by my Department,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: Under Housing for All, there is a policy objective to increase and improve housing options for older people to facilitate ageing in place with dignity and independence. Housing for All builds on and takes forward the ongoing actions in 'Housing Options for Our Ageing Population' policy statement from 2019, published jointly by my Department and the Department of Health, which provides policy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) in January 2022 and the Implementation Plan for the Strategy on 22 June 2023. The Strategy and Implementation Plan may be accessed on my Department’s website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: The undertaking of functions in relation to planning applications and pre-application meetings between a developer and a planning authority is an executive function exercisable by the Chief Executive, or a staff member to whom the function has been delegated. A planning authority is required to undertake its functions in accordance with the open, transparent and verifiable written process set...