Results 121-140 of 9,065 for speaker:James Browne

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: The Cost Rental Tenant In-Situ (CRTiS) scheme was introduced on 1 April 2023 for tenants in private rental homes who are not in receipt of social housing supports but are at risk of homelessness because a landlord has served a valid Notice of Termination due to an intention to sell the property. The Local Authority conducts the initial assessment for eligibility of the tenant for this scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: Revisions to the Second Hand Acquisitions Programme will be considered in the context of the roll-out of next year's programme, with any revisions communicated to local authorities with their respective 2026 budget allocations early next year. The acquisition of second hand homes as a tenancy sustainment measure is a policy tool available to local authorities as a last resort, when all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 310 together. The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme is open to eligible tenants of local authority houses that are available for sale under the scheme. The scheme is underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 and the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, as amended. The Regulations provide for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 to 273, inclusive, together. My Department does not collect nor analyse income data in the manner requested. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the official, independent and verifiable source of statistics about Ireland's society, economy and environment. The CSO's Residential property Price Index (RPPI) measures changes in average prices...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 to 277, inclusive, and 280 together. Continuing to increase the supply of new homes is key to meeting need and addressing many of the challenges currently facing the housing market. Increased supply will help moderate price increases, address affordability in the market, and help those aspiring to own their own home to realise this goal. Supply...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 and 279 together. Continuing to increase supply is key to meeting need and addressing many of the challenges currently facing the housing market. Increasing supply will help moderate house price growth and ease affordability challenges. Supply has increased significantly in recent years. Some 140,000 new homes have been delivered since July...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual local authorities. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: My Department does not hold the data requested. Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 284 together. A standard procedure for assessing applicants for social housing was introduced in every local authority on 1 April 2011, through the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribed maximum net income limits for eligibility for social housing supports in each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: As part of Housing for All, a review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) was undertaken to evaluate the functioning of the scheme in relation to its established objectives and to ascertain what future direction the scheme might take. A Review of the future of the Rental Accommodation Scheme was published in January 2025 and was circulated to all local authorities. It is available at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 to 289, inclusive, together. The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) was commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The Appeals Panel has been established to assess appeals made under the Remediation of Dwellings...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 306 together. The Government is fully committed to delivering affordable housing at scale, and is continuing to accelerate housing supply across all tenures. A comprehensive implementation strategy is in place to support the various affordable housing schemes now being delivered by a range of delivery partners. Since the launch of Housing for All,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 294 to 296, inclusive, together. Addressing vacancy and dereliction is a key priority for Government. The Vacant Homes Action Plan, published in January 2023, set out the various actions being pursued to return vacant properties back into use as homes. In March, I published the 2025 Progress Report which shows the significant progress that is being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: My Department provides grant funding for adaptations of dwellings under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People, to assist those in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants, which include the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People Grant,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 302 together. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, is a matter for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Furthermore, the standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: The Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority (AHBRA) was established on 1 February 2021 with the over-arching role to provide regulation of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the purposes of protecting housing assets provided or managed by such bodies. One of the functions of AHBRA is to collect and publish information (including statistical information on the number of dwellings in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: My colleague Minister Foley, Minister for Children, Disability and Equality is responsible for matters relating to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme and coordinating across Government Ireland's international obligations in this area and resettlement and integration objectives. As social housing support is intended to address a household’s long-term housing need it is expected...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: The Programme for Government commits to establishing a new procedure for large developments where Developers can meet with local authority planners and Uisce Éireann on site to iron out issues at pre-planning stage. My Department has commenced discussions with Uisce Éireann in the first instance on the implementation of this commitment, with a view to engaging with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the current grant scheme and the related Regulations were adopted on 29 June 2023. The 2022 Act sets out the role of the Housing Agency which act as agents on behalf of the local authorities under the terms of the Scheme. Determinations made by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Oct 2025)

James Browne: The Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022 (the Act) commenced on 22 June 2023 which contains the enhanced grant scheme and adopted the related Regulations on 29 June 2023. The Act also provides for the Defective Concrete Blocks (DCB) Social Homes Scheme. This is a scheme for the purpose of enabling a designated local authority or an Approved...