Results 41-60 of 204 for data protection speaker:Darragh O'Brien

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on social housing delivery activity in all local authority areas on the statistics page of its website. The data requested in the Question in relation to funding provided by the State for HAP tenancies in 2019?2021, broken down by local authority area, can be found on my Department’s website at this link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended. This Act stipulates that it is an offence to destroy vegetation on uncultivated land between the 1 March and the 31 August each year. It is a significant legal protection for our hedgerows and recognises the importance of this habitat for many bird and other species and as wildlife corridors. My Department continues to vigorously enforce this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Protection (22 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Irish hare is protected under the Irish Wildlife Acts and can only be captured under licence; hunting of hares is limited to the Open Season. The Irish hare is listed on Annex V of EU Directive 92/43/EEC (the Habitats Directive) and this listing requires member states to manage the species’ sustainably. The Habitats Directive also requires Ireland to make a detailed report...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data is available to the end of Quarter 3 2022, and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...from HAP to social housing in 2022 to end Q3. My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities. This data is available until the end of Quarter 3 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (23 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...listed for Cork Harbour IBA: Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit; Bar-tailed Godwit; Curlew; Redshank; and Common Tern. Cork Harbour is also classified, by way of Statutory Instrument 391 of 2021, as a Special Protection Area under the EU Birds Directive. The boundaries of the IBA and SPA overlap and the list of Special Conservation Interests for the SPA includes these six bird species, among...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (22 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to the public to apply for positions advertised on the stateboards.ie website. Although the information requested in the Question may be available as part of the appointment process, under General Data Protection Regulation guidelines, my Department does not have access to this information once the appointment has been made. The names of individuals currently serving on State Boards under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Maximum rent limits for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) were set for each housing authority area in 2016, in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). In reviewing rent limits, my Department worked closely with DSP and monitored data gathered from the Residential Tenancies Board and the HAP Shared Services Centre. In prescribing these limits, household size and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...until 2025, occur no more frequently than bi-annually. This provides rent certainty for tenants outside of RPZs for a minimum 2 year period at a time. The Act also introduced measures to better protect tenants with affordability by prohibiting any necessary rent increase in a RPZ from exceeding general inflation, as recorded by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP). To...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (14 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All (September 2021) and the Housing for All Action Plan Update (November 2022), the Government is committed to the expansion of data-sharing arrangements between the Revenue Commissioners and the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). Engagement between the RTB and the Revenue Commissioners is ongoing with a view to implementing this commitment and following any necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (25 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and investigation, and where issues are found, power to enforce improvements. In particular, the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977, as amended, provides the legislative basis to protect water quality, public health and the environment from risks posed by failures in such systems. My Department does not maintain data on the information requested and for the reasons stated,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Regulations (18 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The pine marten has lived in Ireland for thousands of years. However, following decades of persecution and habitat loss, the pine marten was almost extinct by the 1960s. The protection of the pine marten under the Wildlife Acts and then the EU’s Habitats Directive, together with the banning of strychnine and the expansion of forest habitat, has allowed the species to recover. The pine...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (18 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...system operated by Uisce Éireann. Census 2016 indicated that approximately 172,000 households nationally (around 10% of households) have private sources of water (usually a private well). Updated data based on census 2022 will be published by the Central Statistics Office later this year. In addition, an estimated 6% of the population are served by group water schemes. Under the...

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...impact it may have on the current EU directives. We will need to work through that. As the Minister with responsibility for this as well as for local government, I recognise and acknowledge that the protection of Dublin Bay is absolutely vital. It is crucial and it is well intentioned within this Bill. Deputy Ó Ríordáin mentioned the issues with regard to untreated...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in 2023. Moving on to Irish Water, it is important to note that the investment in public water services is vital to maintain and enhance water services infrastructure to ensure current levels of service, to safeguard public health and to ensure compliance by adequately treating wastewater to protect our environment. Irish Water is the biggest public sector consumer of energy in the...

Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial lenders, has been expanded; — tackling supply and affordability issues in the rental market: — the Government has strengthened renters' rights and controls on rent increases, and in Budget 2023 the Government is making a €500 credit available to every renter, backdated to 2022; — tenancy protections have been...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...private ownership, private rental, social and affordable homes. The tool is underpinned by independent research undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of my Department. Drawing on Census 2016 population data, and incorporating CSO estimates on net international migration for 2017-2019 and modelled projections/ scenarios from 2020 onwards, it provides an estimate of structural housing demand at...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...consistent with the Acts. Landlords should make sure that their tenants are familiar with the house rules by including them in the tenancy agreement. House rules must not be in contravention of rights and protections afforded to owners/tenants in law, including privacy, data protection or equality legislation, etc. It would be inappropriate for the Acts to prescribe such particulars.

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...in Ireland are provided by the local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. Under this legislation, 31 authorities provide fire prevention and fire protection services for communities through 27 service delivery structures. Approximately 3,300 local authority staff engaged at 217 fire stations nationwide deliver local authority fire...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...can, until 2025, occur no more frequently than bi-annually. To address the rent affordability challenges building on foot of the unexpectedly fast rising inflation rate, as recorded by HICP (CSO data for September 2022 shows HICP inflation of 8.2 % p.a.), the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2021 was enacted to provide, from 11 December 2021, a cap of 2% per annum pro rata on rent...