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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (13 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (12 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. The review was informed by engagement with external stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Irish Wheelchair Association. Written submissions were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. The review was informed by engagement with external stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Irish Wheelchair Association. Written submissions were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 23 together. Under Housing for All, the Government has targeted delivery of 47,600 new build social homes; 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing, and 28,500 new affordable homes from 2022 to 2026. Each local authority has prepared its own 5-year Housing Delivery Action Plan setting out their planned social and affordable housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: As you are aware Minister O'Brien commenced the Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. In March 2023 Engineers Ireland engaged with officials in my Department regarding the certification of specific options under the Enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Cost rental is a new form of tenure which was introduced under the Affordable Housing Act 2021, where rents are set only to cover the cost of financing, building, managing and maintaining the homes. Under various schemes, the State may provide a subvention to reduce the initial capital cost and make the starting cost rent more affordable. In return, the homes are designated as cost rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Local authorities are designated as lead agencies for coordinating the local response to flooding emergencies as per the Government decision relating to the “Framework for Major Emergency Management” (2006). The arrangements for emergency management are seen as having worked very well, in particular the responses led by local authorities to flooding and other severe weather...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38 and 82 together. Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. The review was informed by engagement with external stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (6 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. On 4 August 2023, my Department granted Stage 1 approval to Cork City Council for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (6 Dec 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93, 96 and 99 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (28 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. As part of the work of the Programme Board, established to drive the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), there is no specific provision in relation to the development of standalone timber frame buildings as a housing type. All development works, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any person may lodge an application for permission to a planning authority in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (22 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act) imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (21 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (15 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 99 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. As part of the work of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (9 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Since 2013, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme which has supported retrofit work on over 77,500 social homes to the end of 2022 with a total exchequer spend of €251 million, this figure includes those dwellings retrofit under the Midlands Retrofit Pilot. In 2021 a new holistic approach was applied to the Energy Efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Affordable Housing Fund is one of a number of funding streams the Government has made available to support the delivery of affordable housing. The AHF is specifically for the provision of affordable homes by local authorities. An allocation of €100m in capital funding will be provided for AHF for 2024. The AHF is available to contribute towards the development costs of...