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

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery activity on a quarterly basis. Details on the number of social housing units provided by local authorities is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/6d316-local-authority-housing-sche me-statistics/?referrer;...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department launched the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme in 2013 with the aim of funding retrofit of social homes requiring insulation and energy upgrade works. Since the programme commenced in 2013 over 73,500 units of social housing stock have been retrofitted with a total exchequer spend of €161 million under the scheme. Homes owned by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 321 and 322 together. The Housing Agency is a non-commercial State agency under the aegis of my Department. The Housing Agency’s Projects, Procurement and Programmes (PPP) Team supports local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in housing delivery through the provision of specialist advice in a range of areas, including design, regulatory...

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

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: Housing Provision (14 Dec 2021)

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 Quarter 3 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 addition to the statistical...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes comprehensive statistics on social housing, including Leasing, Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), on a quarterly basis. Long term leasing forms part of the overall social housing leasing delivery which also includes delivery streams such as Mortgage to Rent Scheme, the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) and the Enhanced Leasing...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme introduced in 2012 is targeted at supporting households in mortgage arrears who have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP); agree to the voluntary surrender of their home and are deemed eligible for social housing support. The property in question must also meet certain...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Covid-19 pandemic, and associated closure and restrictions of construction sites, had significant impacts on the anticipated timelines for the delivery for Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) and Affordable Housing Fund (AHF, previously known as the Serviced Site Fund (SSF)) supported housing developments. Notwithstanding these obstacles, 25 Cost Rental units supported by CREL were...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from the introduction of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019, the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was formally established on the 1st of February 2021. The Regulator will have responsibility for, inter alia, establishing and maintaining a register of AHBs; preparing standards by which AHBs will be monitored and assessed; encouraging...

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

Darragh O'Brien: There are currently 450 organisations listed on my Department's Register of Housing Bodies with Approved Status. Further information is available at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/publication/1172c-register-of-housing-bodies-w ith-approved-status-under-section-6-of-the-housing-miscellan eous-provisions-act-1992/ The table below provides information on of the number of Approved Housing...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All sets out a number of objectives with the aim of improving the functioning of the planning system including the comprehensive review and consolidation of planning legislation. The review forms one of the actions in Housing for All and is set in the context of the broad policy outlined therein. The review is being overseen by the Attorney General and he has appointed a...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The provisions of the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services have now been largely legislated for, as required, in the Water Services Act 2017. The Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025 sets out the range of policy objectives across the key thematic areas of quality, conservation and future proofing which are aligned with Project Ireland...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Following on from reviews of the conditions of its older flat complexes and based on the need to modernise and bring the living conditions up to acceptable levels and as part of its climate action plans, Dublin City Council (DCC) has advised my Department that they are developing a long term strategy for the redevelopment and/or refurbishment of many of these complexes. This is a matter for...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 221 together. 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. Under Housing for All, 47,600 new build social homes will be delivered in the period 2022-2026. In September, I issued individual targets for social housing delivery to each local...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels under Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) 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...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The investigation is still ongoing; I anticipate that it will be concluded in the coming weeks.

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

Darragh O'Brien: I understand that the coursing meeting due to take place in County Cavan was called off by the club as they did not have enough hares available to run the meeting.

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

Darragh O'Brien: Expenditure on electricity costs for my Department are outlined in the following table: Year Electricity costs 2017 €246,719 2018 €257,974 2019 €254,185 2020 €749,576 2021 to date €718,112 It should be noted that the...

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

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 Quarter 3 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 addition to the statistical...