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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 419, 430, 431, 447, 451, 459, 461, 462, 478, 495, 497 and 499 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 introduced the Rent Predictability Measure to moderate rent increases in those parts of the country where rents are highest and rising fastest. The Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 introduced measures in July 2021 to extend the operation of Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) until the end of 2024 and prohibit any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024 was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 433 together. On the 7 March last the Government decided that the “Winter Emergency Period”, under the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022, will cease on the 31 March. This will see deferred tenancy terminations taking effect over a staggered period from 1 April to 18 June 2023. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme, launched on 7 July 2022, supports eligible first-time buyers in purchasing new houses and apartments in the private market through the use of an equity share model. It also supports other purchasers who have previously owned a home, under the 'Fresh Start' principle. Support available under the First Home is targetted at new build homes as a key policy objective of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 468 together. Housing for All commits to reviewing the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. Among the areas which the review considered are the income thresholds, the grant limits, the application and decision making processes, including supplementary documentation required. A report on the review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 429, 446 and 484 together. On 7 March last the Government decided that the “Winter Emergency Period”, under the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022, will cease on the 31 March 2023. This will see deferred tenancy terminations taking effect over a staggered period from 1 April to 18 June 2023. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Projects (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Staff of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department have been working with Galway County Council in relation to this project. A method statement prepared by Galway County Council, which outlined the methodology for the topographical survey along the N59 (Bunnakill to Oughterard) as part of the overall N59 Maam Cross-Oughterard Project, was approved in July 2022. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 511 together. I received Government approval on 18 January to draft legislation to establish supports for the remediation of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in purpose-built apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013. This legislation will provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I received Government approval on 18 January 2023 to draft legislation to establish supports for the remediation of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in purpose-built apartment buildings, including duplexes, constructed between 1991 and 2013. This legislation will provide a statutory basis for the establishment of a remediation scheme aimed at protecting the safety and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 gives legal effect to the proposed reconfiguration of the raised bog Natural Heritage Area network arising from the 2014 review of the raised bog Natural Heritage Area network. The Bill had completed its passage through the Seanad, and had been returned to the Dáil so that amendments made by the Seanad could be considered, when the Bill lapsed with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The estimated figure achieved of 95% of septic tanks registered is based on a comparison against the total number of septic tanks as provided by the CSO 2016 Census figures. A more up to date figure will be prepared when the 2022 Census data is available. Further information on the grants available can be found at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 was a time limited enactment which provided for a stay on eviction notices up to 31 March 2023, with deferred tenancy terminations taking effect over a staggered period from 1 April to 18 June. The Government and I considered a number of courses of action in advance of the ending of the winter...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 440 and 441 together. The First Home Scheme, launched on 7 July 2022, supports first-time buyers in purchasing new houses and apartments in the private market through the use of an equity share model. Further information is available at: www.firsthomescheme.ie. The scheme is overseen and managed independently by the First Home Scheme DAC. The rules of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: In line with commitments in the Programme for Government and Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland, the Housing Commission was established by Government in December 2021 to independently examine and review the housing system in Ireland. The Commission’s Terms of Reference cover a wide range of issues connected to housing, one of which is to consider the complex...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Equality Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department currently publishes data on a monthly basis on the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The reports are collated on a regional basis and are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Invasive Species Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The review is ongoing and is estimated for finalisation in the latter part of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Data in relation to new dwelling completions is published by the CSO on a quarterly basis and can be accessed via the following link:www.cso.ie/en/statistics/buildingandconstruction/newdwe llingcompletions/ My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities. The published data is based on...