Results 8,101-8,120 of 14,980 for speaker:Eoin Ó Broin

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for the clarification.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the ongoing delays in the development of social and affordable homes at a location (details supplied). [12046/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, his predecessor announced the St. Michael's social and affordable public housing scheme in 2018. We understand from Dublin City Council that it is to go to planning at the latter end of this year and that construction may not commence until 2025, which means that the project, given its size, might not be tenanted until 2027 or 2028. That means it will be ten years...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is no comfort to the people in Portmarnock in the Minister's constituency or in Adamstown in mine, who today will not be able to avail of any of these homes because they have been purchased by an institutional investor. In the same article in theIrish Independent, the fund said that "it is irrelevant what we pay for them." It does not matter that the Government has increased stamp duty...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The facts flatly contradict what the Minister is proposing because we know from the BNP Paribas report that a quarter of all purchases last year were by non-households. The Minister is right that some of those were approved housing bodies and local authorities but the vast bulk of them were institutional investors. They are now not just buying up new homes through forward purchase...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will that be this year or next year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the purchase of 300 new homes, including houses and duplexes by a company (details supplied). [12317/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am sure the Minister read in the newspapers two weeks ago that Orange Capital Partners have announced a forward purchase agreement of currently developed stock in three locations. These are in Cherrywood, in my constituency at Adamstown and in the Minister's constituency at Portmarnock. Many of these developments include not only apartments but also duplexes and family homes. Does the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way that the cost rental equity loan will deliver affordable cost rental homes in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12316/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Will the Minister confirm that none of the successful applicants for the second round of the cost rental equity loan, CREL, scheme involved projects in Dublin city centre? Will he outline what changes he is currently considering to ensure that this much needed scheme is able to deliver homes in Dublin city centre and in the other areas in need of cost rental accommodation?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have no objection to the use of turnkeys in the short term while a pipeline of development of affordable cost rental homes by AHBs and councils comes on stream. The difficulty, though, and as the Minister is aware, is that the price of purchasing turnkey properties in Dublin city centre means it is not possible to deliver the affordable element of the cost-rental proposition. Therefore, I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: With the greatest of respect Minister, any arrangement concerning management fees is not going to deal with the central problem now being experienced by Dublin City Council which, of course, is the cost of units that are acquired. Whether those turnkeys are developed from the ground up or are at any other stage of development, the cost is more than €400,000. As the Minister is aware,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his response to the rising levels of homelessness and, in particular, the rising levels of family homelessness caused by an increase in vacant possession notices to quit and the collapse of homeless exits in the past 12 months. [12315/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage published the monthly homeless figures on Friday. They showed another significant increase in the number of homeless adults, children and, in particular, families. Will the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage outline the actions he will take to reverse this clear trend since August of last year?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The difficulty with the Minister's response is it does not suggest that the Government will do anything different in the short to medium term to deal with the two specific problems causing this increase in family homelessness. First, we are seeing a significant exit of landlords from the market. The Minister is right about that. They are going and will not stay. They are availing of high...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are three measures the Minister could take as a matter of urgency. First, he could lift the effective prohibition on local authorities purchasing properties where HAP or RAS tenants are in situand have been given notices to quit. The problem, as the Minister knows, from the circular is that the councils are asked to prioritise vacant one- and four-bed properties and properties with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of the eligibility thresholds for social housing. [12048/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (3 Mar 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of developer provided infrastructure that has not yet been taken in charge by Irish Water [12049/22]