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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2022 (RTA) regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the rented residential sector and set out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019 extended the remit of the RTB to cover student licences and tenancies in student-specific accommodation. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 302 together. The review on social housing income thresholds is now available at the link below on my Departments website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/c49a0-review-of-income-eligibility -for-social-housing-support/ The background to the report is the commitment in Housing for All,  which was published in September 2021 to review income...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The overarching principle of social housing support is reflected in the underpinning legislation and the Household Means Policy, the latter being amended last year. The amended policy aims to better reflect the long-term nature of social housing supports and, in doing so, ensure fairness and equity in the system and that those with a continuing long-term need are prioritised. A social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: As the Deputy is aware, construction, and consequently expenditure on construction related activities, are significantly impacted as a result of ongoing economic issues including the restricted operating environment under Covid-19 health and safety protocols that prevailed up to early 2022 coupled with the significant level of price inflation to construction materials; supply chain disruption...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (s), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme. Government has signalled that homes will be provided broadly on a 2:1 affordable purchase to cost rental basis over the course of the plan. I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) budget funds the ongoing current costs of social homes delivered using a variety of different delivery mechanisms. This includes properties built or acquired by Approved Housing Bodies (s) using funding under the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) and the Housing Agency Acquisitions Fund (HAA), which are then made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The First Home Scheme is one of a suite of measures introduced under ‘Housing for All’ that together are intended to deliver some 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030. Launched on 7 July 2022, the Scheme supports first-time buyers in purchasing new houses and apartments in the private market through the use of an equity share model. As a demand-led measure, within which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 and 303 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. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (s), the Land Development Agency (LDA)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Over the period to 2026, the Government's Housing for All strategy commits to delivering 10,000 Cost Rental homes and 18,000 Affordable Purchase homes which will be delivered by Approved Housing Bodies (s), local authorities, the Land Development Agency (LDA), and the First Home shared equity scheme. 2022 represents the first year of a very ambitious programme of delivery of affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme. The provisions of the Act apply only to dwellings affected by significant damage attributable to pyritic heave consequent on the presence of reactive pyrite in the subfloor hardcore material. The pyrite remediation scheme is a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Earlier this year, my Department announced a significant increase in funding available of €85 million which will provided for the upgrade of approximately 2,400 social homes in 2022. Each local authority received an individual allocation along with a minimum target of homes they are required to retrofit. The programme has been devised in a way to give local authorities a level of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 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: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The number of new Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenancies being created each year is declining. In 2020, 15,885 new HAP tenancies were created, this reduced to 13,095 new HAP tenancies in 2021 and at end Q2 2022, 4,625 new HAP tenancies had been created.  At end Q2 2022 there were more than 60,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support. The 2023 budget allocation will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing authorities. While responsibility for the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has overall responsibility for the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian nationals seeking temporary protection in Ireland. The OPW is supporting this work, leading design, development, procurement and delivery of modular accommodation units.  My Department, in consultation with local authorities and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, it is entirely independent in the exercise of its functions.  The EPA prepares an annual Water Quality Indicators report with the 3 yearly full water quality assessment report to be published this year.  The timing of the publication of this report...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out national housing policy and implementation measures for the period to 2030. As part of the objective to increase social housing delivery, the plan recognises the significant role that Approved Housing Bodies (’s) have played as partners in social housing delivery and will continue to play over the next five years. The Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government's Housing for All strategy commits to delivering a total of 18,000 Cost Rental homes over the period to 2030. Significant funding has been secured and is being made available to support delivery of Cost Rental by Approved Housing Bodies (s), Local Authorities and by the Land Development Agency (LDA). Delivery will increase incrementally, to an average of 2,000 Cost Rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Ó Eanáir 2014, tá freagracht reachtúil ar Uisce Éireann as gach gné de phleanáil, de sholáthar agus d’oibriú na seirbhísí uisce ar an leibhéal náisiúnta, réigiúnach agus áitiúil. Mar chuid dá chúrsaí oibriúcháin, tá sé de fhreagracht ar Uisce Éireann...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (4 Oct 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested by the Deputy is not held by my Department. Requests for housing transfers are considered solely by the relevant local authority concerned in accordance with that authority’s allocation scheme, which is made by the elected members under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and in compliance with Social...