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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme was introduced in 2012 for borrowers of commercial lending institutions and is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), who agree to the voluntary surrender of their home and who have very limited options, if any, to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Affordable Housing Act 2021 established a basis for four new affordable housing measures. These measures deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to put affordability at the heart of the housing system and prioritise the increased supply of affordable homes through (1) delivering affordable purchase homes on Local Authority lands, (2) the introduction of a new form of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The planned development on the lands at Killinarden will deliver a total of 620 units in a mixed tenure scheme, comprising 372 affordable, 123 private and 125 social housing units.  Following a competitive tender process, The Arden Team DAC, a consortium made up of Sisk Living, O' Cualann Cohousing Alliance and Kelland Homes, was selected as the preferred economic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 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. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Vacant Homes Unit, established in my Department, was responsible for the preparation of the National Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy published in 2018. This set out the high level objectives of the Vacant Homes Unit including the establishment and provision of funding to local authorities in order to establish a vacant homes office in each local authority area and also for Vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The authorised staff sanction for the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is currently 106.4 Whole Time Equivalents.  The RTB is carrying 17 vacancies at present as outlined in the table below, for which a number of recruitment campaigns are currently being planned.  Grade Vacancy Salary Band for Grade (Ordinary Scale – Post 95) ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take questions Nos. 166 and 168 together. The Programme for Government sets out a number of commitments in respect of the important policy area of addressing building defects. These include a commitment to to examine defects in housing, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing’s report "Safe as Houses?" and to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government agreed an enhanced €2.2bn Defective Concrete Block scheme on 30 November 2021. The comprehensive changes include: - The current 90% maximum grant will be increased to a 100% grant for all remediation options 1-5. - The maximum grant cap for option 1 (demolition and rebuild) will be increased to €420,000 from €247,500. -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 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. Where a landlord fails to carry out any of their obligations under the Act, a dispute may be referred to the RTB for resolution. Due...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not deflecting.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I cannot respond to the debate because Sinn Féin tabled the motion. However, I have taken a note of Deputy Sherlock's point.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I assure you that we will not interject.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: We did not do so right the way through. Try to behave yourself.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: His name is Ó Broin.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt the Deputy once, even though I was tempted. Tá brón orm ach gabh mo leithscéal.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The fact of the matter is that we have identified measures in the Housing for All plan, which we have resourced to the tune of €4 billion. I will talk about the effect that is having right now. We have targeted 90,000 new social housing builds. This year, the target for new-build social houses is 9,000. One thing the Sinn Féin Party might do is to instruct its councillors and...

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputies got their one-minute clips for Twitter. I am responding to the motion. I have moved the countermotion. Will the Deputies show a little bit of-----

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Deputy Ó Broin has made quite a serious charge. He is losing his temper again. He cannot behave himself.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: This is the juvenile behaviour we have come to expect from Sinn Féin.

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: What I am trying to do and what I will do, because I will not be bullied or shouted down by the Members opposite, is to speak in this House on behalf of the Government, which I have a right to do. I ask the Deputies to please respect the Chamber, if they could.