Results 6,381-6,400 of 25,732 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: That is A22.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: That is the repair and lease scheme, which is minute. For argument’s take, I want to go back to where we are increasing. As I mentioned, there will be a reallocation within the affordable housing fund to the land fund so we can buy land for affordable housing. There will be a reallocation from the Croí Cónaithe fund. We have got our first three Croí Cónaithe...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: I understand the point. I will come back in on the supplementaries.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Excuse me, I am afraid I missed that. I ask the Deputy to start again.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: It will be in that region. It is being redistributed.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: It does, but we still have the last period.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Exactly, because we still have the rest of November and December and the last two months, in particular, are very strong months for claims to come in and for moneys to be spent. The Deputy should remember that this is on a multi-annual basis too, so we have carryover from last year into this year. What I will say very clearly is that there will be no surrender this year. The spend is very...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: They are Estimates. That is what we are here for: Estimates.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: We are actually not in the same situation. I take the Deputy’s point but a number of stakeholders deliver social housing. The reallocation to CAS is significant. There is €80 million additional to CAS because we are looking at where we can deliver homes this year and where the pipeline is coming through. In some local authorities there has been slower delivery while others...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: There was.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Last December, €125 million was transferred to the Housing Agency and-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Agency, as I said in my opening statement, has informed me that in quarter 1 – literally in a matter of months – €85 million has been effectively spent and €35 million-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Then I do not understand. I am saying to the Deputy that-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: We first had to see what the demand was. It is the first time we have done this where we are purchasing land for local authorities and AHBs. That has been heavily subscribed and taken away a lot of the burden from the local authorities of purchasing good development land. We have €85 million approved, €35 million is being assessed and it will all be spent in quarter 1. I...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Because it has been very successful.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: I might come back to the Deputy in the supplementary-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: First, the land acquisition fund was established last year so we had to make sure through the Housing Agency there would be demand for it, which there was. It was appropriate to do that. It was allocated last December, transferred to the Housing Agency and will spend out by quarter 1. We have found through that process that there are additional lands and, particularly, strong demands from...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Sure. As I said in response to previous questioners, we will have very strong social housing delivery this year. It will be a record year for delivery as regards new schemes that have come forward. Taking cost rental for argument's sake, since the start of November we have approved an additional 1,650 homes and they are large-scale developments in our cities. There are apartment...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: Charlestown is a very significant apartment development that is part of the new round of schemes we have approved. It will be 50% cost rental and 50% social housing. There will be a really good mix there. That is a very significant apartment development. We have also managed to get our first three Croí Cónaithe schemes going, which were apartments for purchase. There are two in...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary Estimate) (23 Nov 2023) Darragh O'Brien: It is a very prominent site and is very desirable also. I have discussed this directly with the Land Development Agency, LDA, and asked it to scope that out. We need more delivery for affordable purchase or affordable cost rental in particular areas. There will be another significant site in Cromcastle, which is close to the Deputy and he has advocated for, and there are more in Fingal...