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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: The Deputy is now calling for more exceptions, more tracks-----

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: -----and more differentiation. After the past week, it is extraordinary that he would call for more exemptions.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: I cannot accept amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, and 8, which appear to have the aim of extending the operation of rent pressure zones to 23 June 2028. As Members are aware, on 10 June last, the Government approved policy measures to provide for the enhancement of rent controls and tenancy protections from 1 March 2026. Last week, the Government also approved, as an interim measure, the...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: Correct.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: I am not.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: I will speak to amendments Nos. 1 and 2, which appear to have the aim of introducing a ban on rent increases. The Government's view is that the imposition of a ban on rent increases is highly likely to be subject to a legal challenge and would almost certainly deter continued investment in the rented accommodation market and cause a greater recourse to the State for social housing supports....

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: We know there is a housing crisis and the only way to address that is by increasing supply. We have increased it from 20,000 to 30,000 homes. We need a step change to get to 50,000 homes and more so that people have the homes they want to live in where they want to live in their communities. Rent pressure zones were due to end this year, as Deputies well know. If the Government and I...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: How do you know?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: That is not true. It is in the memo.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: My Department is engaging with external consultants to undertake an independent assessment of costs for Ireland associated with the measures in the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. The recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive applies the Polluter Pays Principle by including a provision for "Extended Producer Responsibility" for specific micro-pollutants. The Directive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: My Department is currently working on the transposition of the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive into national legislation. The deadline for transposition is 30 June 2027. My Department has established a national expert group to assist with the transposition of the recast Directive. This expert group includes key participants from the following organisations: Uisce Éireann,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: In December 2023, approval in principle was given pursuant to my Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme to a number of projects under for the waste water collection and treatment needs of villages without access to public waste water services. Following this approval my Department wrote directly to each local authority advising it of the maximum funding approved for each project...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) was commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The scheme is now open to applications in five counties: Clare, Donegal, Limerick, Mayo and Sligo with comprehensive information of all aspects of the Scheme available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (18 Jun 2025)

James Browne: The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive sets ambitious goals for energy efficiency and renewables in buildings by requiring Nearly Zero Energy Building or “NZEB” performance for new buildings from 31 December 2020. All new dwellings are now A2 rated and electrical heating systems, which are mainly renewable heat pump, are installed in nearly all new dwellings. In...

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

James Browne: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "recognises that: — Housing for All, sets out an ambitious multi-annual programme that seeks to deliver more than 300,000 new homes by 2030; — record levels of investment are being provided for the delivery of housing in 2025, with overall capital funding now available...

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

James Browne: Why is that? Why have-----

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

James Browne: ----- we heard no solutions? Sinn Féin had a manifesto in the general election that was rejected by the people-----

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

James Browne: ----- that is why I have not heard any more about it since then. Deputy Gould will not shout me down. I ask him to show a little bit of respect, please. That is what we have heard. We have heard clichés, personalisation, observations and criticisms, but no solutions. That is what one has to come up with - solutions. The only solution is to increase supply, not freezing the...

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

James Browne: We have significantly increased the delivery of housing in this country, and will take the-----

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

James Browne: -----next step change to do it.