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

Darragh O'Brien: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).  The SSHA captures the total number of households qualified for social housing support across the country whose social housing need has not yet been met and helps better inform policy and...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022. The Housing Agency provides a central support service that assesses applications for the Local Authority Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. Each local authority must have in place a credit committee and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (5 Jul 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 2022. The purpose of this Bill is to implement and give legislative underpinning to a series of measures to improve and enhance the...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The defective concrete block disaster has haunted lives in Donegal, Mayo and beyond for too long. People who built and bought family homes to make a life in saw their dreams crumble around them. Instead of a shelter from the storms of life, their homes became prisons. With no help available, they turned to the State for support. When...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: None of the state boards under the aegis of my Department currently are, or have been registered as a charity.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Jun 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 I intend to progress the legislation before the end of term in order to ensure that we can have the scheme ready for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. 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 I intend to progress the legislation before the end of term in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 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.  Furthermore, the allocation of social housing supports to qualified households is a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is supporting Kildare County Council who are advancing the refurbishment of St. Patrick's Park, Rathangan, including an element of additional, new build social housing. The Council has advised that Phase 1 of the works, which involves the refurbishment of 34 homes, was completed in October 2019 and that plans for the next phases have been developed following public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 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: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing to the required 33,000 homes, on average, per year over the next decade. 54,000 affordable home interventions will be delivered between now and 2030 to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Government's Housing for All strategy, 10,000 Cost Rental homes will be delivered from 2021 to 2026 by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), Local Authorities and the Land Development Agency (LDA). AHBs will be supported by Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) funding and Local Authorities will be able to avail of funding for Cost Rental delivery through the Affordable Housing Fund. The LDA...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations. The regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities. 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.  Under the Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Shared Ownership scheme was one of the measures introduced by the Department under the policy document "A Plan for Social Housing" in 1991. The Shared Ownership scheme facilitated access to home ownership in two stages for those who could not afford full ownership immediately. The applicant acquires a share of the property and rents the remainder from the local authority, with an...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Chair has already ruled on this.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (29 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38 and 41 together. 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.   This matter is an operational one for the RTB and my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jun 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 56 to 60, inclusive, together. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual local authorities.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jun 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 strategy sets out, over four pathways, a broad suite of measures to achieve its policy...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 44 and 49 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 6 of 23 June 2022 which sets out the position in the matter.