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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252, 254, 259 and 260 together. Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: An Bord Pleanála (the Board) 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. The Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022, which was signed into law in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Supporting individuals and families facing homelessness is a key Government priority. Critical to supporting households to exit homelessness is increasing the supply of housing. My Department is prioritising measures which focus on accelerating social and affordable housing supply through a combination of new build, targeted acquisitions and leasing. Record levels of investment are being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any person may lodge an application for permission to a planning authority in accordance with section 34 of the Act for the construction of a house. It is a matter for the relevant planning authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not collect data as outlined in the Question. Following a review conducted by my Department in 2022, the Government agreed to my recommendation to increase the baseline social housing income thresholds by €5,000 for all local authorities effective from 1 January 2023. The thresholds increased to €40,000, €35,000 and €30,000 for bands 1, 2 and 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently published summary for all local authority areas was conducted in November 2022 and is available on my Department’s website at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: While there are maximum income limits under the Local Authority Home Loan Scheme, where single applicants must not be earning greater than €70,000 annual gross income in the previous tax year while joint applicants must not be earning greater than €85,000 annual combined gross income in the previous tax year, there are no minimum statutory income limits for the scheme....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 24: In page 35, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “ “reserved function” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2001;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 25: In page 35, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “ “retention permission” means permission for retention of development that, immediately before the grant of such permission, was unauthorised development;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 26: In page 35, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “ “retrospective consent” means retention permission for development in respect of which an appropriate assessment or an environmental impact assessment is required;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 27: In page 35, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following: “ “share” means share in the share capital of a company, and includes stock;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: An bhfuil éinne eile anois?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There is a broad subject here and there are specifics. I will do my level best to cover them all together. I can come in now. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta O’Callaghan as ucht an leasaithe. Ní féidir liom glacadh leis. Tá brón orm faoin sin. Níl ceist na tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht éasca ar chor ar bith. Tá na treoirlínte...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Bhí mé ag éisteacht.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Na hoileáin agus-----