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Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I condemn the reckless behaviour of the Opposition, a coalition of chaos determined not to serve the people but to sabotage the democratic functioning of this very House. Opposition Members' constant disruption of the Dáil is not protest but performance. It is a blatant attempt to undermine the very institution they claim to serve. Now, they stoop even lower, lodging a motion of no...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Its members have reduced themselves to acolytes of Sinn Féin. What was once a party of principle has now lined up with populists and opportunists, lending its voice to this cynical circus and treating everything as a joke, as we have just heard. This House faces serious challenges including threats to the economy from tariffs and challenges in housing, healthcare and climate. The...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: We reject this motion and stand by the Ceann Comhairle.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: We will not allow the work of the Dáil and the Irish people to be derailed by those who have abandoned responsibility. It is time to move on and start doing the work we were elected to do.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Section 179A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, (the Act of 2000) was inserted by the Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022. The effect of Section 179A of the Act of 2000 is to exempt qualifying local authority housing development from the ‘Part 8’ process and to enable notification and determination procedures for such development. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Programme for Government sets out the clear ambition to prioritise the delivery of transformative, critical and growth-enhancing infrastructure over the next 5 years. To support these goals, the Government, led by the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation, has commenced work on setting the parameters, priorities and critical...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451, 475 and 476 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to administer the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and Disabled People, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The suite of grants, which include the Housing Adaptation Grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: In October 2023 My Department provided funding approval for the Turnkey delivery of 32 Social Housing units that are being developed by O’Chualain for Tuath Housing Association. I am advised by DCC that these units are expected to deliver in June 2026. I am also advised by DCC that this scheme is specifically aimed at older persons listed on the DCC social housing waiting list....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mining Industry (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: My Department contacted the Department for Infrastructure Northern Ireland by email on Wednesday 12 March 2025 to request the documents referenced in the question. As a response has not been received to date, an email reminder issued on Monday 24 March 2025.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Tailte Éireann is an independent Government agency under the aegis of my Department. Tailte Éireann provide a property registration system, property valuation service, and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Under Section 8(6) of the Tailte Éireann Act 2022, Tailte Éireann is independent in the performance of its functions. It is understood from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourist Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: Legislative reforms to regulate the short-term letting sector through the planning code, in areas designated as “rent pressure zones” (RPZs), were introduced under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 which came into effect on 1 July 2019. Local planning authorities are responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourist Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The EU Short Term Rental (STR) Regulation was adopted by the EU on 11 April 2024 and is applicable from 20 May 2026. This Regulation lays down harmonised rules on the collection and exchange of data on short-term rental services for member states, hosts providing short-term accommodation rental services, and online platforms that offer services to hosts providing short-term accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Acts, 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through general policy-setting and preparing legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: The Tenant Purchase Schemes are open to eligible tenants of local authority homes that are available for sale under the schemes. Schemes such as these are monitored on an ongoing basis to ensure that they remain effective and sustainable. However, an appropriate balance must be struck between increasing access for those in receipt of long-term housing support to purchase their local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 460, 473, 478 and 494 together. Tenant in Situ Acquisitions were introduced by way of Government decision in 2023 as a short term response to the reported uplift in sales by landlords of homes which were within the HAP and RAS schemes in order to prevent potential homelessness where other solutions could not be found for the affected tenants. A further...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: A flagship element of Project Ireland 2040, the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is supporting a programme of significant transformational capital projects that will contribute to the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and the National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 471 together. My Department funds a range of grant schemes for the repair and conservation of protected structures and certain other historic buildings. The Built Heritage Investment Scheme (BHIS) provides grants of between €2,500 and €50,000 for a wide range of conservation works; the Historic Structures Fund (HSF) provides grants...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 463 and 464 together. My Department publishes comprehensive programme-level statistics on social housing delivery activity in all local authority areas on the statistics page of its website. Data in relation to funding provided by the State for HAP tenancies to end of Q3 2024 can be found on my Department’s website at this link: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465, 466 and 469 together. Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing Body (AHB) delivery programmes. Capital expenditure on the delivery of new social homes is also supported by current funding provided through the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP). The table below sets out the details in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (1 Apr 2025)

James Browne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467, 468 and 470 together. LDA Funding The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018 through S.I. No. 352/2018. The Land Development Agency Act 2021 was signed into law in July 2021. Following the commencement of the relevant provisions of the LDA Act, the interim LDA entity was dissolved and all functions and...