Results 10,521-10,540 of 26,787 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments. Long term lease arrangements can be entered into by either local authorities or approved housing bodies for periods of between 10 and 25 years. Local authorities lease dwellings taking account of local need,...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 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. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 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. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86, 88 and 89 together. 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 build, acquisition and lease units broken down by local authority. This data is available until the end of Quarter 2 2022 and is published on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 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: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 93 together. My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. The detailed administration of this scheme including assessment, approval and prioritisation of applications is the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: My Department is continuing to work closely with local authorities and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) to identify, refurbish, and bring into use, multi-unit vacant properties that may be suitable and available for accommodation purposes for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine. In cases where buildings identified as vacant...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities operate a number of Choice Based Letting systems. Several offer paper-based systems, while others offer both paper-based and online services. Local authorities are generally helpful in assisting applicants to apply for their services and anyone who has difficulty in accessing should contact their local authority.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Sinn Féin has no respect at all.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: We are building homes.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: We know that Sinn Féin does not believe-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt any of the Deputies once. We know Sinn Féin does not believe in home ownership.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: It is plainly obvious.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: What does Sinn Féin's alternative budget propose to do?
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: It proposes to abolish the help-to-buy grant which has helped 32,000 homeowners.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: It will scrap the first home scheme that has already issued more than 670 approval certificates to people, many of whom are stuck in a rental trap, to help them buy their own home. Sinn Féin opposed that.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Inexplicably, there is something wrong with giving homeowners a grant to help to do up vacant and derelict properties.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Sinn Féin opposed that scheme, Croí Cónaithe, as well.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: We know for a fact, which Sinn Féin does not like, that the party continues to oppose housing developments------
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: -----throughout the country.