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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Jul 2025)

James Browne: 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 Aid for Older People Grant, are funded by my Department with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (9 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Government is firmly committed to honouring the men and women of 1916. The Government's countermotion to the aforementioned Private Members' Business, which is published in the Official Report of Dáil Éireann of 1 July 2025, clearly reaffirmed this. In this regard, it is worth recalling that the Government ran a hugely successful and inclusive Decade of Centenaries,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (9 Jul 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 91 and 92 together. The responsibility for the proper operation and maintenance of Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (DWWTS), including septic tanks, lies with the individual property owner. Owners must ensure that their systems are functioning effectively and do not pose a risk to human health or the environment. Regular maintenance, desludging, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (9 Jul 2025)

James Browne: Under the current cycle of my Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme (MARWP), which covers the period to the end of 2026, almost 900 applications for funding were received from local authorities across the country. As part of the application process, an independent Expert Panel is tasked with evaluating all applications received and reviewing each individual project, assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as a quasi-judicial independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 to 2024, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants. Where there is a question regarding the appropriate level of rent paid, a dispute may be referred to the RTB under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2025)

James Browne: I refer to the reply to Question No. 500 of 8 July 2025, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: On 24 June, Government agreed the approach to implementing the Taskforce for Dublin City set out in the Interdepartmental Group’s Report and Roadmap for Delivery. Through the Roadmap a number of measures will be put in place to drive delivery of key projects and initiatives including a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which will be established by and operate under the auspices of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: While the Planning and Development Act 2024 (Act of 2024) was enacted in October 2024, it is in the process of being commenced and the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (Act of 2000), and associated Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (Regulations of 2001) remain in force until the relevant sections of the Act of 2024 are commenced and the corresponding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Table below contains the details of expenditure, training providers and grade of staff availing of media training, by my Department from 2015 to date in 2025, funded by the Training budget of my Department. Table Year Training Budget Expenditure Firms Grades Availing 2025 Nil 2024 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme supports the building of apartments in urban cores for sale to owner-occupiers. The Scheme aims to bridge the current "Viability Gap" between the delivery cost of building apartments and the market sale price (where the cost of building is greater). Since the Scheme launched, three calls for Expression of Interest have been completed, with a fourth...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of the Pyrite Remediation Scheme. The Scheme was established to remediate dwellings damaged as a result of pyritic heave caused by the swelling of hardcore under ground floor slabs. In making an application to the Pyrite Remediation Scheme, an applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 Jul 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 under the Croí Cónaithe, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The First Home Scheme, which launched in July 2022, is a shared equity scheme, designed to help bridge the gap for eligible first-time buyers, eligible homebuyers, and self-builders, between their deposit and mortgage, and the price of their new home (within price ceilings established across the country). Full details are available on the First Home Scheme website, www.firsthomescheme.ie. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Jul 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 2024, 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: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: My Department does not hold data in relation to the average waiting time for social housing allocation. However, 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. The most recently published summary for all counties, conducted in November 2024, is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: Addressing homelessness is a priority for this Government. The Programme for Government includes a number of commitments to address homelessness, including ensuring that there is sufficient emergency accommodation for those who require it with special supports for children impacted by homelessness. Funding of €303 million is available for the delivery of homeless services in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: My Department does not have direct involvement in executive functions carried out by a local authority, such as the requirement to publish purchase orders over €20,000. Under Section 149 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Chief Executive of a local authority is responsible for the executive functions of the local authority, and for that purpose to manage and control generally, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Land Development Agency (LDA) is working with key landholders across the public and commercial State sectors to transfer lands that are surplus to their operational requirements and suitable for residential development to the LDA in a managed process. The Land Development Agency Act 2021 requires the LDA to establish and maintain a Register of Relevant Lands and to furnish Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: Since the publication of the current Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines in 2005 (which continue to have effect in addition to subsequent clarifications and national policy changes in the National Planning Framework) there have been important changes to our planning system. Most notably, obligations under European Directives and international agreements relating to the management and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The information requested is not held by my Department An Coimisiún Pleanála (the Board) 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 2024, the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and certain...