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

James Browne: Government has provided some €156 Million to support priority groups under the Capital Assistance Scheme in 2025. Almost €84m (or 54%) has been drawn down to date. This is consistent with our expenditure projections and, accordingly, I do not anticipate any underspend under the scheme this year.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1279 and 1280 together. On 10 June 2025, the Government approved stronger tenancy protections and greater certainty for the rental sector including: - policy measures to provide for the enhancement of rent controls and tenancy protections for new tenancies created (i.e. first time tenancy between parties) from 1 March 2026; - the preparation of Heads of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The Residential Tenancies Board, (RTB), was established as a quasi-judicial independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2025 to regulate the rental sector; provide information to tenants and landlords; maintain a national register of tenancies; resolve disputes between tenants and landlords; and conduct research and provide information to inform policy. Compliance...

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

James Browne: My Department provided approval to Cork County Council in February 2025 to advance this social housing project through the planning process and onto the preparation of the tender for the construction contract.  I look forward to the Council's earliest possible advancement of this project and can confirm that funding is in place to support its construction. No funding has been drawn...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Meteorological Services (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Met Éireann has made significant infrastructure investments during the period 2020 to date in 2025 across areas including ICT, meteorological observation systems and flood forecasting. Met Éireann's capital expenditure from 2020 to 2024 inclusive has been €38.5 million. Investment of this scale is continuing for 2025 and is planned to continue for the years ahead supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Supporting individuals and families experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, homelessness is a priority for Government. Critical to addressing homelessness is increasing the supply of housing. A record level of capital investment is being provided in 2025 with overall capital funding available of almost €6.8 billion to support the delivery of social, affordable and cost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1287, 1288, 1289, 1292, 1293 and 1294 together. Development contributions allow local authorities to recoup some of the public costs of servicing land for private development. They provide a mechanism by which developers can contribute to the cost of providing public infrastructure and facilities that benefit development in the area and are expended on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1290 and 1291 together. On 25 April 2023, the Government approved additional measures under the Housing for All Action Plan to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and help reduce housing construction costs, including the introduction of temporary time-limited arrangements for the waiving of local authority “section 48”...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency under the aegis of my Department. Tailte Éireann provide a property registration system, property valuation service, and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State.  Tailte Éireann was established on 1 March 2023 under the Tailte Éireann Act 2022. All functions previously vested in the Property...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1304 and 1305 together. In regard to information sought from the bodies under my Department’s aegis, it is the established practice of my Department that it provide the relevant points of contact for each aegis body. This practice is in order to be of assistance, rather than invoking Standing Order 45, seeking a disallowance on the grounds of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: The Vacant Homes Action Plan, published in January 2023, sets out the various actions being pursued to return vacant properties back into use as homes. In March, I published the 2025 Progress Report which shows the significant progress that is being made and it is available on my Department's website at the following link: .  A key action in the plan was the launch of the CPO...

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

James Browne: My Department does not hold the information requested. The qualification criteria for social housing support are set down in Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. A household may apply for social housing support to one local authority only, which may be the authority for the area in which the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Since 2009, my Department has made financial support available to assist local authorities in meeting the costs of clean-up and necessary immediate works associated with the response to significant severe weather emergency events. This is in recognition of the exceptional nature of the activities carried out by local authorities in responding to these types of emergencies and the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events (8 Sep 2025)

James Browne: Storm Éowyn was named by the UK Met Office on Tuesday 21 January 2025, the fifth named storm of the 2024-25 windstorm season. Widespread red and orange weather warnings were issued across Ireland and the United Kingdom ahead of the rapidly strengthening storm. Ireland experienced one of its most damaging, dangerous and destructive weather events with gale force/storm force winds,...

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

James Browne: The Programme for Government commits to a new national housing plan to underpin delivery of more than 300,000 houses, including delivery of an average of 12,000 and 15,000 social and starter homes per annum respectively over the period. The revised National Planning Framework (NPF) sets out the need to plan for approximately 50,000 additional households per annum to 2040, and this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: No direct funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB) has been utilised for the construction or refurbishment of social housing within the four Dublin local authorities over the past five years. The social housing programme is primarily financed through Exchequer resources, allocated via the Department's Voted expenditure and in the case of some AHBs borrowing from the Housing Finance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Airport Policy (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: An Coimisiún Pleanála 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 2000, as amended, and certain other Acts. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended the Minister shall not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: The Government is acutely aware of the housing challenges faced by many sectors of society. The Government's current housing plan, Housing for All, contains a suite of actions that have increased, and will continue to increase, the provision of housing through accelerating supply and increasing the affordability of homes. The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 included new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: I understand that there are plans for Finglas Village to address pedestrian and cycling facilities, while significantly improving the public realm. The Finglas Village Improvement Scheme is part of the Dublin City Council (DCC) core active travel network and that is co-funded by the National Transport Authority and DCC. My Department has no function in relation to this particular scheme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: Clare County Council is demonstrating a strong commitment to developing and delivering an affordable housing delivery programme that will respond effectively to identified needs for affordable housing within the County and in the key urban locations of Ennis and Shannon in particular. My role as Minister is to lead the development of policy and legislation relating to the provision of...