Results 101-120 of 204 for data protection speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities when processing Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans (RIHL) must lend mortgages on a prudent basis, taking into account the most recent income and employment data available. It would not be appropriate to lend when there is an identifiable risk that the person’s income and ability to pay might not return to the level required to support the borrowing requested. This is both...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (9 Dec 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...) Act 2013 and one in which I, as Minister, has no function. Irish Water is regulated by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities as the independent economic regulator and the Environmental Protection Agency as the independent environmental regulator. While Irish Water is independent in the performance of its functions, my Department will enquire from Irish Water if there are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (8 Dec 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Ireland by local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. Under this legislation, there are 31 fire authorities which provide fire prevention and fire protection services for communities through 27 service delivery structures. Local authority fire services are delivered by approximately 3,300 local authority staff engaged at 217 fire stations...

Seanad: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Seanad Éireann. I am asking Senators to pass the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021 and to enable its early enactment to facilitate the transition to providing residential tenancy protections on the basis that any new tenancy that commences six months or more from the passing of this Bill shall continue as a Part 4 tenancy for an unlimited duration unless terminated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities when processing Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans (RIHL) must lend mortgages on a prudent basis, taking into account the most recent income and employment data available. It would not be appropriate to lend when there is an identifiable risk that the person’s income and ability to pay might not return to the level required to support the borrowing requested. This is both...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the order of 25% below market rents. Delivery of Cost Rental at scale will have a stabilising effect on the wider rental market. The Residential Tenancies (No. 2) Act 2021 introduced measures in July 2021 to better protect tenants with affordability challenges by extending the operation of Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) until the end of 2024 and prohibiting any necessary rent increase in a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...rising fastest. A rent increase limit of 4% per annum initially applied in Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) . The introduction of the rent increase restriction in RPZs had regard to the constitutionally protected property rights of landlords and takes account of local rental market factors, providing certainty to tenants and landlords with regard to medium-term rent levels.  Section 24A...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (9 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in Ireland by local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. Under this legislation, there are 31 fire authorities which provide fire prevention and fire protection services for communities through 27 service delivery structures. Local authority fire services are delivered by approximately 3,300 local authority staff engaged at 217 fire...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (2 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Ireland by local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003. Under this legislation, there are 31 fire authorities which provide fire prevention and fire protection services for communities through 27 service delivery structures. Local authority fire services are delivered by approximately 3,300 local authority staff engaged at 217 fire stations...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...applicants during the COVID 19 Pandemic.  As is the case with any lender, local authorities must lend mortgages on a prudent basis, taking into account the most recent income and employment data available.  It would not be appropriate to lend when there is an identifiable risk that the person’s income and ability to pay might not return to the level required...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Water Quality (21 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Primary responsibility for the monitoring, management, protection and improvement of water quality is assigned to local authorities under the Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts and related legislation.  The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), through its Office of Environmental Enforcement, exercises general supervision in relation to the performance of these functions by local...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Nitrates Usage (21 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authority functions, including enforcement activities, are set out under Part 6 of the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017. Under these regulations, local authorities are required to undertake inspections to determine on-farm compliance with the provisions of the regulations on farms within their jurisdiction. The Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Increased rent limits for the Housing Assistance Programme (HAP) and the Rent Supplement Scheme were introduced in 2016. These limits were agreed in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). In reviewing the rent limits, my Department worked closely with DSP and monitored data gathered from the Residential Tenancies Board and the HAP Shared Services Centre. The HAP...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (12 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in HAP are in a position to meet the rental costs involved. My Department closely monitors the level of discretion being used by local authorities, taking into account other sources of data, including Residential Tenancies Board rent data published on a quarterly basis. It is considered that the current maximum rent limits, together with the additional flexibility available to local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fishing Industry (5 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...outlined to the House, I am aware of the potential disruption to the livelihood of the Fisheries sector as a result of Off-Shore Renewal Energy (ORE) developments and the designation of Marine Protected Areas. Specifically in relation to ORE, the issue of diverse levels and standards of communications between the fisheries and ORE industries was first raised by members of the fisheries...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Increased rent limits for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rent Supplement Scheme were introduced in 2016. These limits were agreed in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). In reviewing the rent limits, my Department worked closely with DSP and monitored data gathered from the Residential Tenancies Board and the HAP Shared Services Centre. The HAP rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Programme for Government (5 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: .... My Department continues to keep the operation of the HAP scheme under review and closely monitors the level of discretion being used by local authorities, taking into account other sources of data, including Residential Tenancies Board rent data published on a quarterly basis. The Programme for Government commits to ensuring that HAP levels are adequate to support vulnerable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Increased rent limits for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rent Supplement Scheme were introduced in 2016. These limits were agreed in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP). In reviewing the rent limits, my Department worked closely with DSP and monitored data gathered from the Residential Tenancies Board and the HAP Shared Services Centre. The HAP rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Sep 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to the RTB for resolution under section 78 of the Residential Tenancies Acts, with a landlord potentially liable to pay damages of up to €20,000. Comprehensive information on rent setting procedures is available on the RTB’s website. Rent data is collected by the RTB in respect of individual rented dwellings through its tenancy registration process and through data...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Increased rent limits for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rent Supplement Scheme were introduced in 2016. These limits were agreed in conjunction with the Department of Social Protection (DSP).  In reviewing the rent limits, my Department worked closely with DSP and monitored data gathered from the Residential Tenancies Board and the HAP Shared Services...