Results 10,501-10,520 of 26,787 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: When dealing with something like this, there will be a scheme that lasts ten years at least.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: My focus right now is on bringing the full recommendations to the Cabinet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: It is important that we establish a robust scheme. That will require legislation, but I am open to any reasonable measure we can take in the interim to help homeowners. I am actively considering them and I will-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: From the day we entered into government, I committed to doing this. I established the working group-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I know the Deputy is not, but he cannot dismiss it either.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: This is not something-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: This is a serious matter, as we all know. I want to set up a robust scheme-----
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: -----that provides a roadmap for people to get their homes fixed. We are going to provide that assistance. If there are short-term measures that can be taken - I am considering some myself, given that I have been personally involved in this issue from day 1 - I intend to take them.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I will bring a memo to the Cabinet this coming week. Subject to a Government decision, we will publish the details.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: It will certainly be this side of Christmas. Should I get Government approval for them, the changes will take effect from 1 January. As we all know, there has been no proper review of social housing limits nearly since 2011 bar the interim changes I made a number of weeks ago in respect of five counties. It is imminent.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: That will depend. They might not be short.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: As to when I will table the amendment to allow for emergency planning, particularly in respect of social housing, I intend to do that in the An Bord Pleanála Bill that I will be introducing on restructuring the board and the appointment of new board members.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: No.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: There is broad agreement on some of the changes we are making to An Bord Pleanála. The committee has done PLS on the Bill. I will work with the committee to try to get the Bill through as quickly as possible, although I will not rush it. With the committee's agreement, I intend to address emergency planning for social housing by way of a Committee Stage amendment. As soon as we have...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: It is nearly concluded. I have not received the submission yet.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I am sorry about that, but I have committed to speak at a Safe Ireland event on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: My purpose in being here today is to explain what we will do with that money. We have discussed the legacy debt and the land acquisition fund, and what is happening in those respects is generally seen as positive. We asked each local authority what level of additional staff it required or wanted in respect of social housing specifically, not affordable. Two hundred and fifty new posts have...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: We will consider all aspects in trying to deliver more homes. Local authority-led delivery is good delivery, as are AHB-led delivery and LDA-led delivery. We need homes. However, if the Deputy is asking me whether I will establish a building unit in local authorities to build their own homes, how long will it take to scale that up? Each local authority would have to employ builders to...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: We dealt with this in some detail in response to Deputy Duffy. We are working on doing that exact thing, that is, working a procurement framework for local authorities in the delivery of rapid build timber frame and other modular homes. We are doing that right now. I mentioned to Deputy Duffy that I thought approximately 48% of the homes being build are timber frame. They are not all...
- Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (24 Nov 2022) Darragh O'Brien: I thank all the members for their input and questions. We will respond in writing with any answers which have not been given today.