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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The point is that this is about a partnership model. Ultimately, we have to have a system. We want councillors to move to a situation whereby they bring properties back into use as quickly as possible as they become vacant. We do not want to see void properties.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputies Murnane O'Connor and McAuliffe. We will certainly take up that question about the URDF funding on Barrack Street. We very much want to see the centres of places like Carlow coming back into use for people to live in. By way of being of assistance to the Deputies, we can look at 2023 itself and getting to that plan-led maintenance approach. Taking Carlow, Deputy Murnane...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Taking the Deputies in order, as Deputy Murnane O'Connor is probably aware, we increased the HAP rates in the last period. There is 30% discretion and we keep it under constant review. An area to point to is the tenantin situ scheme. We want people coming off HAP and on to tenantin situ. We set a target of 1,500 last year. We have exceeded that target to reach 1,700. As regards the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (15 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66, 84, 86, 96, 109 and 122 together, and obviously Carlow is top of the list. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under section 58 of the...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: Frankie did not need it.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I join others in paying tribute to a former distinguished Member of this House, John Bruton. I first extend my sympathy to his wife, Finola, their children and our colleague Deputy Richard Bruton. Above all, this is a personal loss, and that is something I would like to acknowledge. It is always very difficult to lose a father, a husband and a brother, and John was a colossus in their...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy I acknowledge this is of interest to him and to other Members. We are currently finalising those deliberations with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and we really want to ensure it reflects the modern requirements under the housing adaptation grants. I hope we will come to that conclusion very quickly.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Deputy is wrong on that.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: There were 19 contributors. I want to acknowledge the importance of the debate. I really want to echo what the Minister said and to reaffirm our commitment to tackling homelessness and solving the housing crisis. Since the formation of this Government, we have been committed to long-term sustainable solutions to homelessness, accelerating the supply of homes including building of...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: When people buy a home, they should have control over that home. We cannot have them just as glorified tenants. It is hugely important for Sinn Féin to spell it out. It is very well to throw out a figure of €300,000 without putting flesh on it. With the schemes we have, including the local authority affordable housing scheme, people can get up to a 40% discount and still...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank the Deputy for his question. It is a matter that he has raised previously. I will make a number of points. Under the local authority affordable purchase scheme, local authorities are involved with developers in building homes and seek expressions of interest for them from the public.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: No, before they are built. Extending the first home scheme so that people can express an upfront interest in availing of it needs to be considered. I will take this matter up directly with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, and our Department.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Gould. I fully understand his earnestness in terms of the regeneration projects in Cork. He specifically name-checked Mayfield and Knocknaheeny. I will follow up with the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and the Department to find out exactly what is going on and we will give the Deputy a written response.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 88: In page 80, lines 24 and 25, to delete "as applied and modified by Schedule 3,".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 89: In page 91, line 3, to delete "by reason of its not having been" and substitute "by reason of it not having been".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 90: In page 106, line 39, to delete "paragraph" and substitute "paragraph 50".

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 91: In page 134, to delete lines 3 to 15 and substitute the following: "(3)Subject to section 9 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, any reference in any other enactment to the lord mayor, mayor, chairman, deputy lord mayor, deputy mayor or vice-chairman or cognate words shall, in the case of...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 92: In page 141, to delete lines 26 to 29 and substitute the following: (a)in subsection (1), "Subject to section 26 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023, for every" were substituted for "For every",

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 93: In page 141, to delete lines 38 to 45 and substitute the following: (c)in subsection (4), "or, in the case of Limerick City and County Council, the Mayor of Limerick or the director general of Limerick City and County Council in accordance with section 10 or 26, as the case may be, of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I move amendment No. 94: In page 144, to delete lines 31 to 40 and substitute the following: "(a)shall act for and on behalf of Limerick City and County Council in relation to executive functions vested in the Mayor of Limerick by virtue of subsection (2) of section 10 of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 in every...