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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...

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

James Browne: My Department has not received any correspondence since March 2025 from Limerick City and County Council, Clare County Council or the University of Limerick regarding the proposed development of an economic strategic development zone at Gillogue, Clonlara, County Clare.

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

James Browne: Details of staffing numbers of Met Éireann staff based in Shannon Airport in the years in question are set out in the table below. - Full Time Part Time 2019 12 1 2025 16 2 During the specified period Met Éireann invested in upgrading its aeronautical weather observations system at 5...

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

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1395 and 1396 together. My Department's current Multi-annual Rural Water Programme covers the period up to the end of 2026. Under this cycle of the Programme, funding of more than €45 million is approved in principle for seven projects under measure A8 as a funding contribution to local authorities for projects to address the wastewater collection...

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

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1397 to 1399, inclusive, together. The Ready to Build Scheme, funded by the Croí Cónaithe Towns Fund, to support addressing vacancy, was launched in September 2022. Under the scheme, local authorities identify suitable vacant sites in their ownership or purchase vacant sites in towns and villages and make them available for sale to...

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

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1400, 1645 to 1654, inclusive, and 1659 to 1663, inclusive, together. My Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme is the main funding stream providing capital funding to address the challenges faced by the Rural Water Sector. The overall purpose of the Programme is to provide the necessary funding to improve the quality, quantity and...

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

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1401, 1404, 1434, 1609 and 1621 together. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects of the Guidelines including noise, setback distance, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. My Department, in...

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

James Browne: Since the publication of the current Sustainable Rural Housing Guidelines in 2005 (which continue to have effect in addition to subsequent clarifications and national policy changes in the National Planning Framework) there have been important changes to our planning system. Most notably, obligations under European Directives and international agreements relating to the management and...

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

James Browne: 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: Water Supply (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: My Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme is the main funding stream providing capital funding to address the challenges faced by the Rural Water Sector. The overall purpose of the Programme is to provide the necessary funding to improve the quality, quantity and reliability of the water services relied upon by rural dwellers, where public water services are not available. I...

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

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1406 and 1470 together. 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 (29 Jul 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1407, 1412 and 1413 together. The First Home Scheme, which launched in July 2022, is a shared equity scheme designed to help bridge the gap between a purchaser’s deposit and mortgage, and the price of their new home, for eligible first-time buyers, Fresh Start applicants and those who wish to build their first home, within regional price ceilings. ...

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

James Browne: My Department has made €325 million available to our local authorities for their overall social housing second-hand acquisitions activity in 2025, with each local authority receiving an individual allocation. Local authorities have Delegated Sanction to purchase second hand acquisitions for the following priorities categories only:Tenancy Sustainment - Tenant in Situ (TiS) for HAP...