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

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. Under HAP, households at risk of homelessness may be eligible for additional supports.  To qualify for specific additional supports available to homeless households, a household must have been determined by the relevant local authority to be homeless within the...

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: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 to 315, inclusive, together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2022, over 104,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were over 60,700 households actively in receipt of HAP support, including 2,155 active tenancies Kildare....

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...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 319 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2022, over 104,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were over 60,700 households actively in receipt of HAP support. A key principle of the HAP scheme is that eligible...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. Under HAP, households at risk of homelessness may be eligible for additional supports.  To qualify for specific additional supports available to homeless households, a household must have been determined by the relevant local authority to be homeless within the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (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 local authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities. Under the Housing Act...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (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 local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. In...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All commits to reviewing the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. The review is continuing within my Department and is being informed by ongoing engagement with external stakeholders, for example, the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association and Jack and Jill Foundation....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (4 Oct 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 the Bill passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas and was subsequently signed into law by the President on the 23 July,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 159 and 166 together. Pathway 4 of Housing for All sets out a blueprint to address vacancy and make efficient use of our existing housing stock. Many areas of cities, towns and villages of all sizes face the blight of vacant properties, which, if brought back into use, could add real vibrancy and provide new accommodation in those areas. The Croí...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The use of solvents in certain paints is regulated in the European Union (Paints, Varnishes, Vehicle Refinishing Products and Activities) Regulations 2012, see www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2012/si/564/made/en/print. These Regulations transpose Directive 2004/42/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on the limitation of emissions of volatile...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: With the support of the Housing Delivery Co-ordination Office in the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA), my Department undertook a review of the requirements for affordable housing staff resources in those local authorities with an identified strong demand for housing from households with an affordability constraint. Key considerations in this review included the type of structure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Animal Welfare (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has responsibility for implementation of the European Communities (Licensing and Inspection of Zoos) Regulations 2003 which deal with the inspection, licensing and regulation of zoos. These Regulations give effect in the national context to the EU Zoo Directive. Mortalities recorded by a zoo are addressed during inspection. Post-mortems are also examined as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 164 together. Under my Department’s grant scheme for the renewal or repair of a thatched roof, funding of up to €6,350, or up to 80% of the approved cost, whichever is the lesser, may be payable in respect of necessary works to renew or repair the thatched roofs of private houses situated on the mainland where the private owner...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 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 by 2030. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 168 together. The Building Regulations set out the minimum legal performance requirements for the design and construction of new buildings (including dwellings) and certain works to existing buildings. The Building Regulations (Part M Amendment) Regulations 2010, which came into effect on 1 January 2012, set out the minimum statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All was published in September 2021 and, as part of a broad suite of social housing reforms, committed to reviewing income eligibility for social housing. The review, which examined inter alia the efficiency of the current banding model and income limits applicable to local authorities, has been completed and I have recently approved implementation of its recommendations. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I would refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 8 September 2022.  The situation remains unchanged.

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Well said.