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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: On Thursday, 28thof April I announced the commencement of a new funding scheme targeting the waste water collection and treatment needs of villages and settlements without access to public waste water services. Details of this announcement can be found at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/press-release/f2fa6-minister-obrien-announces-...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I brought a Memorandum to Government on an enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme on the 30 November 2021. It included an unprecedented suite of improvements to the current scheme. Government approved the enhanced scheme which it is estimated will cost approximately €2.2Bn. I aim to bring the required primary legislation to give effect to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing for All Strategy delivers on the Programme for Government commitment to step up housing supply and put affordability at the heart of the housing system, with an ambitious target of 300,000 homes over the next decade for social, affordable and cost rental, private rental and private ownership housing. 54,000 affordable home interventions will be delivered between now and 2030 to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together. The Capital Provision for my Department’s Vote Group (inclusive of Vote 34 - Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Vote 16 - Valuation Office and Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority) for 2021 and 2022 is set out in the table below: CAPITAL 2021 2022 2021 vs 2022 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 May 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: Emergency Accommodation (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes a detailed monthly report on homelessness, based on data provided by housing authorities. The Report outlines details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. The Reports are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/ and are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2021, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants.    Due to the quasi-judicial role of the RTB, it would be inappropriate for me or any officials in my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I brought a Memorandum to Government on an enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme on the 30 November 2021. It included an unprecedented suite of improvements to the current scheme. Government approved the enhanced scheme which it is estimated will cost approximately €2.2Bn. I aim to bring the required primary legislation to give effect to...

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: It never happened.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: That never happened.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy should tell her friends to stop objecting to housing all over the country.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: That is not true. That was a bit of spin from the Deputy's colleague beside him.

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Russia’s illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine is a watershed moment for all democracies across the world. Putin’s war of devastation has thrown down the gauntlet to us to stand by our values and live by our best traditions of decency and fairness. Ireland is not a global military power but we are a humanitarian one and we can give badly-needed compassionate refuge to those...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I have been there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy is not interested in answers; never has been.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: You are not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: You are interested in controversy; that is all.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: She is not interested in answers; she never has been.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Boyd Barrett mentioned social housing limits earlier. In response to other questions we said the work is nearing conclusion. I received a submission and sought further changes to it. It has gone back to the officials and we will have it very shortly. This is with regard to social housing limits throughout the country. A very important measure the Government has brought forward is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: As Deputy Boyd Barrett knows, HAP supports approximately 61,900 households in this country. We had a debate last night about rents and one matter that I was not able to put on the record then was the fact that the Government provides nearly €1 billion in direct rental support to families, and rightly so. Approximately €585 million goes to HAP. Sometimes that is forgotten and...