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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...The Guidelines set out the methodology for calculating adequate provision of childcare places and are intended to ensure a consistency of approach to the treatment of applications in respect to the land use planning aspects of childcare provision, for relevant planning applications, developers and childcare providers in formulating and considering development proposals. The Guidelines...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the repeal of that section by section 6, (ii) in relation to, and for the purposes of, a notice published under the said section 45 before the repeal of that section by section 6, and (iii) in relation to land to which an order referred to in paragraph (b) applies, and (b) an order under subsection (5) of the said section 45 in force immediately before the repeal of that section by...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...implemented; “measure” includes a restriction; “noise” means aircraft noise; “noise abatement objective” means the noise abatement objective for the airport; “noise mitigation measure” means a noise mitigation measure in place at the airport and includes— (a) a land-use planning and management measure intended to reduce...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...by the ESRI. In the autumn we will publish new housing targets that will filter down to all local authorities, along with changes to the NPF. It may require in some areas additional zonings of land to provide the housing we need. Regarding the amendment, the provision I have brought forward is exactly what was in the 2000 Act. The phrase "a planning authority" includes the members. I...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...new regime, any community-led housing organisation will need to be approved by the Approved Housing Body Regulatory Authority, AHBRA. I have had good meetings with a couple of organisations in Ireland and my officials recently had a follow-up meeting with them. They would be approved by AHBRA. They would have to be approved in order to operate anyway and that is right and proper. ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...is aware of the job we had to do. There were lots of different housing bodies on paper which were all well-meaning but effectively defunct. That is why the AHBRA regime is much better. Community land trusts would be covered because of the work done under the Affordable Housing Act.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...census data, that we will have a revision in our housing targets. I expect that will lead in areas the Deputies represent, and local authority areas in which they reside, to a need to bring more zones and more land forward in that regard. I genuinely believe that we are more than well covered with what we have, so I am not accepting either amendment.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (16 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...affordable housing. To support this delivery, Budget 2024 saw record levels of housing funding, with over €5bn capital investment for housing in 2024, made up of €2.6bn Exchequer, €978m Land Development Agency (LDA) and €1.5bn Housing Finance Agency (HFA) funding. The NDP Capital Ceiling provision in 2024 represents an increase of €358m on the 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (16 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: On establishing the Land Development Agency (LDA) and in Housing for All, the Government agreed the transfer of almost 30 parcels of State -owned land to the LDA to deliver housing. We are now seeing real progress on the better use of vacant and underutilised State land as the transfer of lands to the LDA is now under way, and a strong housing delivery pipeline from those lands is being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (16 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government approved an initial General Scheme in December 2021 to set out proposals to introduce Land Value Sharing. The proposals set out in the revised General Scheme (www.gov.ie/en/publication/0ad37-general-scheme-planning-and -development-land-value-sharing-and-urban-development-zones- bill-2022/) published on 14 April 2023 are the result of significant analysis and engagement...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...a review after five years. A planning permission duration of five years is appropriate in that instance. We are bringing forward measures, as the Deputy will be aware, such as the residential zoned land tax and separately, uplift in values and zoning and land value sharing, which is also a significant change we are making. While I understand his motivation, a reduction from five to two...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Deputy would come back to me, and rightly so, asking why can this housing development not be built out or why has it not started. There are other measures we are bringing forward around the residential zoned land tax, the land value sharing and the State getting the uplift on the rezoning value, which is also very important. There are also restrictions that I am going to bring in here...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government has targeted delivery of 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the Land Development Agency and via the First Home scheme, a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. My Department is supporting the acceleration of affordable housing delivery with funding and other practical measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has been identified as a key measure to address the different housing needs in Ireland and methods to support the development of MMC in Ireland are set out in Housing for All. MMC is the term used to describe a range of manufacturing and innovative construction alternatives to traditional construction, including modular construction. MMC has the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030, including 54,000 affordable homes for purchase and rent. These homes will be delivered by Local Authorities, Approved Housing Bodies, the Land Development Agency, through the First Home Scheme, and by bringing vacant homes back into use. Significant public funding is being made available to support all of these delivery streams. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) has been identified as a key measure to address the different housing needs in Ireland and methods to support the development of MMC in Ireland are set out in Housing for All. In December 2022, funding of €94m was provided to local authorities to address legacy land debts. The provision of this funding was linked to the immediate development of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...plan to 2030. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes to be facilitated by Local Authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through First Home, a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. Following the publication of Housing for All in September 2021, I asked...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and the LDA; Further progress is being made by the LDA providing affordable and social housing through their market engagement initiative, Project Tosaigh, and through their work developing relevant public land; In 2023, the LDA has delivered over 560 Cost Rental homes through Project Tosaigh in four local authority areas, with over 2,500 Social, Affordable Purchase and Cost Rental homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 relates to applicable developments of houses on any land that is zoned as residential (either exclusively or mixed use), or is granted planning permission for houses as a material contravention of the development plan. In line with the commitments made in the Programme for Government and Housing for All, my Department introduced changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., affordable housing delivery has more than doubled since 2022 with over 4,000 affordable housing supports having been delivered during 2023 via Approved Housing Bodies, Local Authorities, the Land Development Agency (LDA), the Cost Rental Tenant-in-Situ (CRTiS) scheme, the First Home Scheme, and through the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant. Affordable housing schemes are now...