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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The regeneration of Poolbeg West is an important step in the transformation of the Dublin Docklands area, with the potential to provide for 3,500 homes. In June 2021 following a comprehensive international open market campaign, named a consortium of Ronan Group Real Estate, Oaktree Capital Management, and Lioncor Developments (“the Consortium”) acquired a controlling 80%...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government's priority under Housing for All is to deliver 47,600 new build social homes over the next five years. Substantial funding is available to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies or AHBs to deliver on this objective as the primary means through which they will increasingly meet the needs of those on their waiting lists. I am also keen that local authorities and AHBs avoid...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department received a submission from Donegal County Council, dated 21October 2021 in connection with social houses affected by the use of defective concrete blocks in their construction. A response issued to the Council on the 3 November, 2021 indicating that my Department would review the submission. The Government decision of the 30 November 2021 around enhancements to the Defective...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 105 together. My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery for each local authority on a quarterly basis. The statistics are currently available to the end of Quarter 3 2021. In the first nine months of the year, a total of 5,187 social homes were delivered, including 3,144 social homes delivered through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Addressing vacancy and maximising the use of existing housing stock is a primary concern of this Government, as demonstrated by one of the four pathways dedicated solely to this priority area in the new Housing for All strategy. This pathway includes a number of actions to tackle vacancy and dereliction, such as:- - A new local authority-led programme to help Local Authorities buy or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 102 together. Housing for Allis the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Over 300,000 new homes will be built by the end of 2030, including a projected 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. The Plan is backed by historic levels of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan Scheme has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 and replaces the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme. The scheme can be used for the purchase of new or second-hand residential properties and for self-builds. Allocations for 2022 are currently being finalised and will be based on activity during 2021 provided to my Department by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 91 together. The regulation of institutional investment is a matter for the Minister for Finance. First and foremost the solution to alleviating pressures in the rental and housing markets is boosting supply across the board. Housing for Allis the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (25 Jan 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. Notwithstanding this, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of the area to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Priorities (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94 and 119 together. The Programme for Government sets out a number of commitments in respect of the important policy area of building defects, including support for the pyrite remediation scheme and the examination of defects in housing, having regard to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing report, "Safe as Houses". Firstly, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department is utilising the expertise of Local Authorities, the Land Development Agency (LDA) and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), to deliver Cost Rental projects in a variety of ways, in order to prove the concept of this new sector. This is in conjunction with the policy framework as to how the Cost Rental sector will operate in Ireland, as set out in the Affordable Housing Act 2021. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan is a Government backed mortgage scheme for those on modest or low incomes who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: The Local Authority Home Loan is a Government backed mortgage scheme for those on modest or low incomes who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. It has been available nationwide from local authorities since 4 January 2022 for first-time buyers and fresh start applicants. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to self-build....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99, 122 and 127 together. Housing for All – A New Housing Plan for Ireland was published in September 2021 and, as part of a broad suite of social housing reforms, committed to reviewing income eligibility for social housing. The review, which examined inter aliathe efficiency of the current banding model and income limits applicable to local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department supports local authorities to engage with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in the delivery of housing. There are a range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing supports in partnership with AHBs through capital and current funding. The funding under these programmes is provided directly to local authorities who, in turn, advance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (25 Jan 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. Notwithstanding this, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (25 Jan 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 Irish Water's organisation structure and thereby deliver a publicly owned, stand-alone, regulated, national water utility tasked with modernising and transforming the delivery of water services in Ireland. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for Allis the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Over 300,000 new homes will be built by the end of 2030, including a projected 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable purchase homes and 18,000 cost rental homes. The Plan is backed by historic levels of investment with in excess of €20bn through the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Jan 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing for All is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4b per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn in funding through...