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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area and for the development of appropriate responses to the need identified. The provision of a single rural dwelling on local authority owned land or sites provided by an individual can be part of a local authority's social housing construction pipeline, where identified and prioritised by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (7 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities. Critical to supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Data on the commencement of residential dwellings, at local authority level, are published monthly on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/a5cb1-construction-activity-starts /

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Planning and Development Bill 2023 outlines significant organisational restructuring of An Bord Pleanála, notably the separation of the decision making element of the organisation (the Planning Commissioners) from those with responsibility for oversight of its governance. It is in this context that the proposed new name of An Coimisiún Pleanála arises. The Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through general policy-setting and preparing legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: In making decisions on a planning application for any type of development, a planning authority, or the Board as appropriate, must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area having regard to the provisions of the local development plan, any submissions or observations received from the public and the statutory consultees, and any relevant Ministerial or Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Since the publication of Housing for All, the Government has focused on the activation of permissions and land for housing. The Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) is a new tax introduced in Finance Act 2021 which seeks to increase housing supply by encouraging the activation of lands which are suitably zoned and appropriately serviced. Draft maps were published by local authorities on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 in their functional areas, including on the amount of derelict site levy collected. However data in respect properties levied in which a statutory body or a State authority may have an interest is not collected as part of the annual returns and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The regeneration of Poolbeg West is an important step in the transformation of the Dublin Docklands area, with the potential to provide for 3,500 homes. A condition of the planning scheme for the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone, as modified by An Bord Pleanála on 9 April 2019, is the provision of 15% social and affordable homes on this site in addition to the 10% statutory social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan (LAHL) is a Government-backed mortgage for creditworthy applicants who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department engages with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research and Science and the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment through the Housing for All governance structures. These include the Housing for All Industry Capability Working Group (ICWG), and the Modern Methods of Construction Leadership and Integration Group (MMC LIG) chaired by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: An Bord Pleanála (ABP) is a quasi-judicial body which carries out its statutory functions independently of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. An Bord Pleanála appointed an external reviewer, Ms. Lorna Lynch, Senior Counsel, to carry out a scoping investigation into certain matters. An Bord Pleanála have advised that, in conducting this scoping...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Recognising the need for increased capacity in the public sector planning services and related expertise in addition to the staffing needs of agencies, organisations and the private sector, analysis is being undertaken in relation to the availability of relevant skills and expertise and a set of actions is being developed in a Ministerial Action Plan to respond to the capacity challenges....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 NPF) there have been important changes to our planning system. Most notably, obligations under European Directives and international agreements relating to the management and protection of the environment...

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: -----output and supply, more first-time buyers in the market and the tenant in situscheme. To be fair to Deputy Ó Broin, he has acknowledged tonight for the first time that the tenant in situscheme is working. Nearly 3,000 properties have been purchased or are in the process of being purchased under that scheme. Sinn Féin has not allowed the capital for that for next year. We...

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: -----where Sinn Féin will come forward with some viable alternatives-----

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: -----but it has not done so and it never does.

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: They just come in here and shout; that is it.

Renters: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Like your alternative budget and your housing plan-----