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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not hold information on the allocations of the specific type requested by the Deputy. The oversight and practical management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is solely a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. Section 22 of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (3 Feb 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. This includes the delivery of 47,600 new build social homes and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan, setting out details of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (3 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. I understand that the site the Deputy is referring to at Columb Barracks is owned by the Department of Defence. It is currently earmarked for transfer to the Land Development Agency (LDA) in line with plans that will see the LDA take ownership of State land capable of delivering 10-15,000 additional homes. I am informed that the LDA...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing For All sets out national housing policy and implementation measures for the period to 2030. As part of the objective to increase social housing delivery, the plan recognises the significant role that Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) have played as partners in social housing delivery and will continue to play over the next five years. The CALF funding model has worked very successfully...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 251 to 253, inclusive, together. My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. The detailed administration of this scheme including assessment, approval and prioritisation is the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence (3 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Where a victim of domestic violence applies for social housing support in their own right while still a joint tenant, it is a matter for the relevant local authority to address issues arising in relation to the joint tenancy agreement. Accordingly, the household may transfer out of their existing tenancy and into a new tenancy agreement with the local authority or they may access an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Civil Service (3 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Policy Paper on Water Sector Transformation (February, 2021) sets out clearly the approach planned by Government to proceed with the integration of public water services within the organisational structure of the utilily referred to in the question - Irish Water - and thereby deliver a publicly owned, stand-alone, regulated, national water utility tasked with modernising and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (3 Feb 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 enchanced scheme which it is estimated will cost approximately €2.2 billion. The comprehensive changes include: - The current 90% maximum grant will be increased to a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49 and 50 together. As clarified, the questions relate specifically to the costs of publishing the Housing for All strategy and its subsequent promotion. The costs that my Department incurred to date in this regard are set out in the table below.  Year Company Name Description Amount incl. of VAT ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 Feb 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. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP and those households must source their own accommodation in the private rental sector.  Under HAP, households at risk of homelessness may be eligible for additional supports. To...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I have convened a working group to examine the issues relating to unsold affordable properties. The working group is considering inter alia the scope and options for tenants in local authority owned unsold affordable properties to purchase these properties under the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 or other appropriate mechanism. I expect the group to finalise its work and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Feb 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. This includes the delivery of 47,600 new build social homes and 28,500 new affordable homes in the period 2022-2026. Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan, setting out details of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2021 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the leasing of houses and apartments. Details of the amount spent on social housing delivered under the Social Housing Leasing Programme from 2018 to 2021, broken out by Local Authority area, can be found in Table 1 below:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Social housing delivery statistics are published on my Department's on a quarterly basis. The statistics include a breakdown of social housing delivery for each local authority across the various delivery mechanisms. Data for 2020 and 2021 (to end Q3) are available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-hou sing-provision/. A total of 7,824 social homes were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes data on a monthly basis regarding the number of homeless persons accommodated in all forms of emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and are produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to the reply to Question No 331 of 1 February, 2022 which sets out the current position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (2 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I brought a Memorandum to Government on an enhanced Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme on 30 November 2021 and 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. The comprehensive changes include: - The current 90% maximum grant will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Services (1 Feb 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The reports referred to by the Deputy were non-statutory reports. The reviews were not established under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 and as such the provisions of that Act do not apply. The terms of reference for the reviews were agreed in consultation with all relevant parties, including the three Wicklow public representatives in question. The terms of reference note...