Results 41-60 of 167 for 5 million speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...programme has to date delivered 1,000 new homes with a further 2,700 units in the pipeline. In terms of progress to date, construction was completed on Bundles 1 and 2 in 2021 which delivered 534 and 465 homes respectively across 14 sites. The procurement process for Bundle 3, which will deliver 486 new social houses and apartments across six sites, commenced in Q4 2022. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: A €5 million project management fund has been put in place to assist local authorities in the administration and management of the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP). This funding, available as part of the yearly allocations, was introduced to cover consultancy costs, tendering costs, training costs to upskill staff, such as becoming qualified BER assessors, for resourcing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...on the proviso that they develop the land, and do so within the time period specified. A number of weeks ago we began an assessment of the local authority lands. Indeed, Deputy Gould raised the issue of the €300 million debt earlier when I was responding the Deputy's colleague. I know some Deputies were not in the Chamber, so that is just for their own information. We have been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...We need to look at how we can utilise modern methods of construction, including off-site construction and modular builds, to ramp up the supply of housing. We clearly set out that objective in pathway 5 under the Government's Housing for All plan. The development of modern methods of construction, MMC, will improve productivity in construction and increase efficiency in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...were set five-year Affordable Delivery Targets. An identified high level of affordable housing need arises where the HNDA indicates that, of the total projected need for housing in the county, over 5% of new households will not qualify for social housing but will also be constrained in accessing housing by their ability to afford to buy or rent. The level of affordably constrained need...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...’s website in advance of their sale, as well as eligibility requirements such as household income limits. This delivery of affordable housing is supported by the Affordable Housing Fund, with €60 million being made available in 2022, increasing to €90 million in 2023. The First Home shared equity scheme, launched on 7 July this year, acts in a similar way to the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I advise the Deputy that this Government has given more funding to local government in the last three years than it has received in decades. This week, we will supply further funding of €5 million to Dublin City Council to assist it with additional energy costs. We have already dealt with the rates revaluation with Dublin City Council and filled that gap. For councillors who opposed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...targets for those 18 local authorities. An identified high level of affordable housing need arises where the HNDA indicates that, of the total projected need for housing in the county, over 5% of new households will not qualify for social housing but will also be constrained in accessing housing by their ability to afford to buy or rent. The level of affordably constrained need in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...has therefore been engaging with the local authority sector to ensure that full and standardised stock condition surveys are completed on the entire local authority housing stock over the next 4 to 5 years. To that end, a national standardised stock condition survey template has been agreed by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA). Procurement of a centrally hosted asset management...

Retained Firefighters: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...operate an Incident Command System supported by standard operating guidelines, with appropriate risk control measures, which underpin the highest levels of operational safety to protect fire crews responding into hazardous situations; — a figure of 4.3 deaths per million of population of fire fatalities positions Ireland among countries with very low fire fatality rates; —...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...they become available and individuals will be able to make applications to the local authority in the manner prescribed. The level of affordably constrained need in Offaly is assessed at below 5%, although some localised affordability issues may arise in certain towns within both counties. It is possible for local authorities, including Offaly County Council, to undertake HNDA...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...