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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Waterways Ireland is a North South Body responsible for the management and maintenance of more than 1000km of Ireland's inland waterways. They include the Shannon, Shannon Erne Waterway, Erne System, the Barrow, the Royal and Grand Canals and the Lower Bann Navigation. It is funded by my Department and the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. The information requested in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Data in relation to housing commencements, broken down by local authority area, is published by my Department on a monthly basis and can be accessed via the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/a5cb1-construction-activity-starts / Data in relation to new dwelling completions, broken down by Local Electoral Area is published by the CSO on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of design and tender processes. The full set of published CSRs, can be found on my Department's website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of design and tender processes. The full set of published CSRs, can be found on my Department's website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of design and tender processes. The full set of published CSRs, can be found on my Department's website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 416 together. Local Authorities are required to submit an annual return to my Department providing information on the operation of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) in their functional areas. The information requested in relation to properties acquired under the Act in respect of 2022 is provided in the Table below. My Department does not collect...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are under construction or are progressing through the various stages of design and tender processes. The full set of published CSRs can be found at this link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/cb885-social-housing-construction-p...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All (published in September 2021) provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The strategy commits to increasing the housing options available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The public consultation for the review of the Open Seasons Order was published on the 22ndMarch and was open to everyone to put their views forward on an individual or organisational basis until 3rdMay 2023. A productive stakeholder engagement meeting was held in Dublin on Friday 21stApril with stakeholder groups invited across various interests such as hunting, farming, eNGOs &...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government recently approved the development of a new Cost Rental Subvention Scheme with the objective of further improving the viability and increasing the supply of Cost Rental homes at scale, targeting rents which are at least 25% below prevailing market rates. In this regard, the Government has agreed to commit, subject to further discussion with the Minister for Public Expenditure,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government recently approved the development of a new Cost Rental Subvention Scheme with the objective of further improving the viability and increasing the supply of Cost Rental homes at scale, targeting rents which are at least 25% below prevailing market rates. In this regard, the Government has agreed to commit, subject to further discussion with the Minister for Public Expenditure,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Uisce Éireann has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels and as Minister I have no function in relation to this matter, under section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013. Uisce Éireann has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the Government decision of the 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme, the Government approved the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (DCB) Bill 2022 on 21 June and the Bill passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and was subsequently signed into law by the President on the 23 July, 2022....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to the reply to Question No.101 of 18 May 2023 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Building Regulations (Part M Amendment) Regulations 2022 will greatly improve community participation and social inclusion for people with complex care needs. The key objectives of the Building Regulations (Part M Amendment) Regulations 2022 are to increase the provision of changing places toilets in certain new buildings, and to improve the accessibility and usability of existing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: In line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and the National Development Plan (NDP), the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) provides part-funding to applicant-led projects, enabling more compact and sustainable development within the existing built-up footprints of our cities and large towns, while also ensuring that more parts of our urban areas can become...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cork Events Centre was included as a commitment under Project Ireland 2040. This underlines the Government’s objectives for urban regeneration, enhanced amenity and heritage, associated quality of life standards, balanced regional development, and the regeneration and development of Cork City Centre. It was agreed by Government in the context of Budget 2020 that responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. In relation to the Residential Zoned Land Tax, only land that has been zoned for residential use or for a mixture of uses including residential within a local authority development plan or local area plan, as adopted by the elected members of the local authority, andthat is serviced, will potentially fall into scope for the tax. Zoned...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Gross Total allocations for my Department in the years 2022 to 2023 are set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services published by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (DPENDR) and are available at gov.ie - The Revised Estimates Volumes for the Public Service (www.gov.ie) Under Section 91 of the Finance Act, 2004, all or part of any unspent appropriations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Conservation (23 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department has primary responsibility for nature conservation and wildlife protection in Ireland. As part of this remit, NPWS undertakes and recommends proactive conservation measures that are necessary for the maintenance or restoration of protected species, both within designated areas such as Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of...