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Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: It is important legislation because it updates planning law going back not just 23 years but to the 1950s. We need a modern, fit-for-purpose planning system that serves the people and country to deliver the homes and strategic infrastructure we need. Central to that will be and has to be public participation. We have to look at how that is. Some comments have been made that I will not...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not in this Bill.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not in this Bill either.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I am just trying to be helpful. That is not in this Bill either.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, but I have circulated my script.

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very pleased to bring the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill to Second Stage in the Dáil. I will go through this much-needed legislation in a minute. However, I first wish to deal with some confusion that may exist. The Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill is entirely separate from the...

Appointment of Ordinary Members of An Coimisiún Toghcháin: Motion (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: That Dáil Éireann, noting that the Government on 13th December, 2022, nominated Mr. John Curran, Ms. Maura Quinn, Mr. Alex Attwood and Professor Caroline Fennell for designation by the President to be ordinary members ofAn Coimisiún Toghcháin, recommends that, pursuant to section 9(9) of the Electoral Reform Act 2022, Mr. John Curran, Ms. Maura Quinn, Mr. Alex...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme was introduced in 2012 for borrowers of commercial lending institutions and is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), who agree to the voluntary surrender of their home and who have very limited options, if any, to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 to 78, inclusive, 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 investment package of over €4bn...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: As provided for in the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 (the Act), the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was formally established on 1 February 2021. AHBRA is an independent body tasked with the regulation of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the purposes of protecting housing assets provided or managed by such bodies. The powers and functions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (14 Dec 2022)

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 Policy (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Households may leave social housing for a variety of reasons, including no longer being in need of such support. If circumstances subsequently change, such households may apply for social housing support again at any stage. If deemed eligible, they will qualify for the suite of social housing supports and will be placed on the housing list to be considered for suitable tenancies in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Dec 2022)

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 an average of 10,000 new build social homes each year in the period to 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 103 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 104 together. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between by 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. In implementing the key objectives under Housing for All, each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity in all local authorities, including information on social housing delivery by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies in each local authority. This data is available until the end of Quarter 2 2022 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Cork City Council have advised my Department that the Phase 2C construction contract for 24 houses in the Cork City Northwest Quarter Regeneration is not complete as there is a quality control issue with the works on site which the employer, Cork City Council, is addressing contractually with the main building contractor. My Department continues to work closely with Cork City Council to...