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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (5 Apr 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Through the voted capital funding under subhead A15, my Department supports multi-annual programmes of large-scale regeneration projects in Limerick, Cork and Dublin and smaller projects in Tralee, Sligo and Dundalk. These projects seek to address the causes of disadvantage in these communities through a holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration. Projects funded under...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The maximum cost of repairs allowable under this scheme was increased from €40,000 (including VAT) to €60,000 (including VAT) in November 2020. Therefore, should 120 properties be delivered in 2022 under the Repair and Leasing scheme, the maximum cost to the Exchequer of refurbishment (capital costs) would be €7,200,000. The allowable cost of the repairs is offset against...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (5 Apr 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. Measures to deliver this housing are supported by over €4 billion in...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, 10,000 Cost Rental homes will be delivered from 2021 to 2026. These new homes will be delivered by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), supported by Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) funding, and Local Authorities, funded by the Affordable Housing Fund. The Land Development Agency will also deliver Cost Rental, either on its own portfolio of sites or through acquisitions under...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Government’s “Housing for All, a new Housing Plan for Ireland”, launched in September 2022, sets out four pathways to a sustainable housing system. A key objective is that everyone in the State should have access to a home to purchase or rent at an affordable price, built to a high standard and in the right place, offering a high quality of life. The new Croí...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), capital funding of up to 100% of project costs is advanced by local authorities to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to provide housing for specific categories of housing need including older people, persons/families who are homeless and people with a disability. CAS funding also supports other important and emerging areas of housing...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Through the Voted capital funding under subhead A3, my Department provides support to local authorities in delivering new social homes via the construction and acquisition of houses/apartments; the construction of new social homes under the Public Private Partnership model (PPPs); delivery through Part V and also through turnkey arrangements in partnership with developers. For 2022 the...

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

Darragh O'Brien: With an overall budget of in excess of €4 billion per year, the Government's Housing for Allstrategy commits to supporting 54,000 new affordable homes by 2030, 36,000 of which will be for purchase and 18,000 for Cost Rental. Part 4 of the Affordable Housing Act 2021 provides the basis for the First Home Scheme, which will be available nationwide. This scheme will support eligible...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All 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 Land Development Agency (LDA) is at the heart of this plan, advancing their remit to...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 375 to 377, inclusive, together. The number of active tenancies relating to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and the Long Term Leasing schemes, for the years 2016-2021, as at year end, is set out in the following table: Scheme 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flexible Work Practices (5 Apr 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The vast majority of staff in my Department worked remotely in line with COVID-19 restrictions since end of March 2020, attending the workplace only for essential business purposes. Since the Government in September 2021 announced the lifting of restrictions to allow for a phased return to physical attendance in the workplace, staff in my Department have resumed attendance. Staff are now...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Programme for Government commits to ensuring that Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) levels are adequate to support vulnerable households, while we increase the supply of social housing. Maximum rent limits for HAP were set for each housing authority area in 2016, in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). In reviewing the rent limits, my Department worked closely with...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing for All strategy is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Our targets include the delivery of 90,000 new social homes and 54,000 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Affordable Housing Act 2021, the provisions of which I commenced in August and September 2021, laid the foundation for two new affordable purchase schemes: (1) a scheme to be delivered via Local Authorities and the Land Development Agency, and (2) a national 'First Home Scheme' supporting purchases in the private market. Together these two schemes will support the purchase of 36,000...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery for each local authority on a quarterly basis. The statistics are available to the end of 2021 and are published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provis ion/. In 2021, a total of 9,183 new social...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The objective of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is to provide public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages. This enables the accelerated delivery of housing on key development sites in Dublin and in urban areas of high demand. LIHAF is designed to specifically address the issue of housing supply, a crucial factor in terms of moderating...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The COVID-19 pandemic and associated closures and restrictions of construction sites, had significant impacts on the anticipated timelines for the delivery of Cost Rental developments in 2021. Despite this, the first 65 Cost Rental homes were tenanted in 2021, with 25 at Taylor Hill in Balbriggan and a further 40 at Barnhall Meadows in Leixlip. Both of the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (5 Apr 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Data to end 2021 in relation to the number of dwellings delivered by each local authority under the Repair and Leasing scheme (RLS) is available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provis ion/#repair-and-leasing-scheme-rls The Government's new Housing Plan, Housing for All, has committed to supporting local authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (5 Apr 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government is committed to delivering a humanitarian response to welcome people fleeing the war in Ukraine and seeking protection in Ireland as part of the EU response. As part of its response, Government is providing accommodation through the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and is working closely with local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, to...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The table below shows the number of recipients of Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) at year end in Co. Mayo from 2016 to 2021: Scheme 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 HAP 402 817 1,120 1,280 1,356 1,336 RAS 893 866 ...