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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I will speak directly with the Minister for Health to get him to revert to the Deputy on this important issue. The Minister may have referred to it in here. I am not certain. I will get the Deputy an update and ask the Minister to engage directly with her.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand that the terms of the agreement made by Cork County Council are for an average of three return sailings per week for an initial period of nine weeks. The local authority has indicated that it will run another tender competition for a medium-term service that will provide a ferry service until the end of the year. That competition will take two months to complete. I know this...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I will give a commitment that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will respond to the Deputy directly on the matter. I know there was a legal case on how the public consultation was conducted. I will relay the Deputy's comments directly to the Minister and ensure he responds promptly to her.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I am very familiar with Dublin Airport, it being in my own constituency. I know many of the people who work there directly and there is no question that they do a very good job. I absolutely condemn the thuggish behaviour that happened in Dublin Airport last night. I commend the Garda resources and airport police who had to respond to it on the work they have done. I know the Minister of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I work directly with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, on designs for those with disability and require disability access. I have seen in most local authorities that we are designing for all stages of life in many of our homes. We have asked local authorities, through the housing need and demand assessment, HNDA, process to be able to assess in each of their areas demand among people...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Deputy to submit details of the case to my Department. As Minister, I am precluded from intervening in an individual case. However, I will ask my Department officials to engage with the local authorities to find out what is happening for this gentleman in question and to do their level best to ensure the accommodation he requires is provided and he can be reunited with his family....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We are very serious about tackling the housing crisis. We acknowledge it is there and that a big aspect of it is vacancy. That is why we are bringing forward very targeted measures to deal with it. I have been all across the country, including to Waterford with the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, where 72 apartments have been built in St. Joseph's House, a converted old school and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising this really important issue. I have met with homeowners from Donegal, Mayo and other affected counties on a regular basis and my team continues to engage with them. The Bill to address this issue is in its final stage of preparation and I intend to bring it to the Government very shortly. I asked all parties in the Dáil, including the Deputy's party, to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: As a constituency colleague of the Deputy, I know Swords very well, as does he. The town has now grown to the size of a city and it is a fantastic community. In both Swords and Balbriggan, there are two very strong campaigns in place for municipal pools. My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, recently launched a new initiative in the Donabate area providing for a temporary...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: To reiterate, the supports under this proposed scheme go directly to the homeowner or purchaser, not to the builder. It is about activating dormant, inactivated planning permissions. We want to see good, compact urban growth in our five major cities. The difference is we are doing something about it. What I want to see in this space is that we target the delivery of 5,000 apartments for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We had a debate on this last week and I went through the number of things the Social Democrats are against, which is pretty much everything.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: There have been expressions of interest for the scheme, which is about activating dormant planning permissions, of which there are 80,000 in this country and the majority of which are built to sell. The purpose of the scheme is to support people into home ownership. That support goes directly to the homeowner and can be used in conjunction with the affordability measures, which, by the way,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: You oppose anything we bring forward, Deputy. That is just the way it is.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The point is well made by Deputy Canney and is well understood on the side of the House. I wish to give the Deputy the comfort that the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, is meeting and continues to meet regularly with stakeholders to discuss the impacts, particularly of the Ukraine crisis and the increases in costs associated with that. He has tasked a national fodder and food security...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy for raising the matter of housing. First, I state that no county is excluded from the affordability measures and I wish to be very clear with the Deputy on that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Éist liom, right. No county is excluded. I will be in-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: You are beginning to sound like Sinn Féin there, Danny. Relax. The-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Nílim cinnte faoi sin, a Phádraig. Ar aon nós, the affordable housing fund is open to every local authority. I am actually in Tipperary tomorrow, and I hope I will see Deputy McGrath there. I will be meeting with the chief executive and the housing team of-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Go raibh míle. I want to tell the Deputy now-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: -----that the affordable housing fund is open for every local authority to provide schemes to us where we can deliver affordable homes.