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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Affordable Housing Act 2021 provides for two new affordable home purchase schemes, which both use an equity share model. Part 2 of the Act provides for the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme, and Part 4 of the Act provides for the First Home Scheme.  Newly-built homes made available by local authorities under the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme will be sold...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Jul 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. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes in the period 2022-2026.  Individual targets for the delivery of social housing have been provided to each local authority. Budget 2022 provided just over €4...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I am working with Government colleagues and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to provide for an increase in the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) discretion rate to 35% and for new tenancies to expand the couple’s rate to single persons where required. This will secure more tenancies and prevent new entries to homelessness.  The planned expansion of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2022 (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Total Gross allocation for my Department in 2022 as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) is €5,933m. This  is made up of €2,530m Current and €3,403m Capital. This will be supplemented by €276m Capital Carryover from 2021. In addition, my Department's housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: As each State body under the aegis of my Department is responsible for ensuring the application of centrally authorised remuneration increases for its employees, without recourse to my Department, the requested information is not available within my Department.  However, it would be available from the State bodies themselves, and the dedicated e-mail addresses for members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The imminent launch of the First Home Scheme will see first-time buyers helped to purchase new houses and apartments in the private market through the use of an equity share model, similar to that employed in the Local Authority Affordable Purchase Scheme. It has been previously confirmed that the provision of support under the scheme will be subject to regional price ceilings set with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not collate data of the type referred to in the Question.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Jul 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).  The SSHA captures the total number of households qualified for social housing support across the country whose social housing need has not yet been met and helps better inform policy and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022. The Housing Agency provides a central support service that assesses applications for the Local Authority Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. Each local authority must have in place a credit committee and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (5 Jul 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the Government decision of the 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the Government approved the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 on 21 June 2022. The purpose of this Bill is to implement and give legislative underpinning to a series of measures to improve and enhance the...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The defective concrete block disaster has haunted lives in Donegal, Mayo and beyond for too long. People who built and bought family homes to make a life in saw their dreams crumble around them. Instead of a shelter from the storms of life, their homes became prisons. With no help available, they turned to the State for support. When...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: None of the state boards under the aegis of my Department currently are, or have been registered as a charity.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the Government decision of the 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the Government approved the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 on 21 June and I intend to progress the legislation before the end of term in order to ensure that we can have the scheme ready for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. Following on from the Government decision of the 30 November 2021 in respect of the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme, the Government approved the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022 on 21 June and I intend to progress the legislation before the end of term in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 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.  Furthermore, the allocation of social housing supports to qualified households is a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is supporting Kildare County Council who are advancing the refurbishment of St. Patrick's Park, Rathangan, including an element of additional, new build social housing. The Council has advised that Phase 1 of the works, which involves the refurbishment of 34 homes, was completed in October 2019 and that plans for the next phases have been developed following public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All (published in September 2021) provides a new housing plan for Ireland to 2030 with the overall objective that every citizen in the State should have access to good quality homes through a steady supply of housing in the right locations, with economic, social and environmental sustainability built into the system. The strategy sets out, over four pathways, a broad suite of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2022)

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 Provision (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Government's Housing for All strategy, 10,000 Cost Rental homes will be delivered from 2021 to 2026 by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), Local Authorities and the Land Development Agency (LDA). AHBs will be supported by Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) funding and Local Authorities will be able to avail of funding for Cost Rental delivery through the Affordable Housing Fund. The LDA...