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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I announced on 11 December 2023 the opening of the Interim Remediation Scheme (Scheme) for the funding of emergency fire safety defect works in apartments and duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013. The Scheme, which is being administered by the Housing Agency on a nationwide basis, is open to applications from Apartment Owner Management Companies (OMCs) via the Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has already taken a number of steps to incrementally increase the retirement age for retained fire-fighters from 55 to 60, following engagements in the Labour Court and the Work Place Relations Commission. The Government has recently approved an increase in the mandatory retirement age for other members of the uniformed services including An Garda Síochana, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 supports bringing vacant and derelict properties back into use. A grant of up to a maximum of €50,000 is available for the refurbishment of vacant properties for occupation as a principal private residence and for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department, in close collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and with the Nitrates Expert Group have undertaken an interim review of the Fifth Nitrates Action Programme and have developed a suite of proposed additional measures that also fulfil the requirements of the Commission’s Implementing Decision on the Nitrates Derogation. All proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 669 and 673 together. Long term lease arrangements can be entered into by either local authorities or approved housing bodies (AHBs) for periods of between 10 and 25 years. Local authorities or AHBs lease dwellings taking account of local need, the suitability of dwellings, sustainable communities’ considerations and value for money. These properties...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. 54,000 affordable homes will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through First Home, which is a strategic partnership...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: 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. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The European Union (Planning and Development) (Displaced Persons from Ukraine Temporary Protection) Regulations 2022 (SI 306 of 2022) were introduced in response to the emerging Ukrainian crisis. The Regulations give effect to Council Directive No 2001/55 EC and Council Implementing Decision EU 2022/382 of 4 March 2022 (European Council Decision) to provide immediate protection in EU...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Cost rental is a new form of tenure which was introduced under the Affordable Housing Act 2021, where rents are set only to cover the cost of financing, building, managing and maintaining the homes. The Housing for All strategy commits to delivering a total of 18,000 Cost Rental homes over the period to 2030, and significant funding is being made available to support provision by Approved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government has developed the Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) scheme for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because a landlord intends to sell the property but who are not in receipt of social housing supports. The scheme was established on a temporary administrative basis from 1 April 2023 and is managed by the Housing Agency, pending further policy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the scheme. The scheme is underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, as amended by the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) (Amendment) Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Data in relation to the detailed breakdown of the numbers of single, rural houses provided by each local authority in the last 10 years is not collected by and consequently is not available in my Department. Information relating to housing completions is available from the CSO at CSO New Dwelling Completions.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 local authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual local authorities. My Department does not fund any homeless service directly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 to 690, inclusive, together. 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 local authority areas was conducted in November 2022 and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Strategic Infrastructure (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The strategic importance of the University of Limerick as a driver of innovation, economic development and the knowledge-based economy in the Mid-West is acknowledged and is reflected in both the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) for the Southern Region. The Chief Executive of Clare County Council and the President of the University of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 693 to 695, inclusive, together. The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector, and set out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to operate a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Mar 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Decisions regarding who may reside in a local authority dwelling are matters for individual local authorities as part of their day to day management of the social housing system. I have no role in this regard. Generally, the tenancy agreements in place between local authorities and their tenants do not allow individuals who are not members of the tenants’ households to reside in...