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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not hold the details requested by the Deputy. The Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical office, compiles and makes available detailed data on a number of housing related issues including housing completions. Data in relation to new dwelling completions, including data on single dwellings, broken down by Local Electoral...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flexible Work Practices (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The cross party group referenced, which comprised a representative group of women councillors from across Ireland, was convened in March 2021 to examine issues associated with maternity leave and related supports for local authority elected members. The group met a number of times in 2021 and their deliberations provided greater understanding of the needs of women councillors and were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 217 together. On 25 April 2023, the Government approved additional measures under the Housing for All Action Plan to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and help reduce housing construction costs, including the introduction of temporary time-limited arrangements for the waiving of local authority “section 48”...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. 54,000 affordable home interventions will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social and affordable housing delivery activity. This includes data on Part V delivery per local authority, which is available on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-hou sing-provision/.  Cost information on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: With 2022 representing the first full year of delivery under the affordable housing schemes introduced in the Affordable Housing Act 2021, local authorities have begun to submit data returns and information on delivery of affordable homes in their area to my Department, in the same manner as is done for social housing. Delivery of affordable units by local authorities with assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (11 May 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 monthly homelessness report includes details of individuals,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he/she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of overall local government sector employment levels. To...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The initiation, design, planning, development and management of housing projects is a matter for local authorities in exercise of their statutory functions.  As such, it is a matter for the local authorities to decide on the number and type of dwellings it will provide for any specific group within their overall planning for housing delivery.  In addition, an Approved Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Business Case for Resources for the Planning Function of Local Authorities, as referred to, was completed by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) in 2022 and identified a shortfall of 541 staff in the local authority planning service at that time. The report estimated that across the 31 local authorities, the cost (including an overhead for office accommodation and related...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (11 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The report referred to was the subject of a recent Freedom of Information request and was released in full. The report does not identify No. 18 Moore Street as a pre-1916 structure.  It stated that No.18 Moore Street was 'in ruins' in 1916 and that a portion of its 19th century facade remains to the first floor at the front.  An earlier report (2005) produced by the same...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy should tell them about the development levy.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes.

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Cé mhéad nóiméad atá aige?

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Is there anyone else?

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "acknowledges that: — regarding progress being made on housing delivery and the commitment to rural areas: — the Government is comprehensively addressing the housing crisis through a suite of actions to accelerate the delivery of new homes whilst also continuing...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt the Deputy once. Let me outline the case. The Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, will be wrapping up the debate, as the Standing Orders permit, as the Minister of State with responsibility for planning. He will deal with more details with regard to the planning piece. Vacancy grants have been very effective. They have worked. More than 1,600 applications have...