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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government announced that additional public health restrictions would apply under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19 on 6 January 2021. The additional restrictions required all construction activity to cease from 6pm on Friday 8 January, with a number of exceptions. These measures are set out in The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rights of Way (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: There appears to be a misapprehension regarding the dates for registering rights of ways acquired by prescription on foot of amendments made by Parts 12 and 13 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 to the provisions relating to acquisition of easements and profits by prescription contained in Part 8 of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009. I understand from the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will be examining the report, entitled 'A Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council', by Mr. Rory Mulcahy S.C., and will bring this matter to Government for consideration in due course. In this regard, the decisions of the Commissioner for Environmental Information (CEI/18/0019) of 13 February 2019 and the Information Commissioner (OIC-59426-Q8D7T8) of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme applies to all house purchase loans approved by local authorities since 1 July 1986, including the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan introduced on 1 February 2018. It is an important safeguard for both applicants and lenders. One of the conditions of the MPI scheme, which is a group policy, is that it is obligatory for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Housing First enables homeless individuals with high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent secure accommodation with the provision of intensive housing and health supports to help them maintain their tenancies. The National Implementation Plan for Housing First, published in September 2018, which puts the programme on a national footing, is designed to provide this response, by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Government announced that additional public health restrictions would apply under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19 on 6 January 2021. The additional restrictions required all construction activity to cease from 6pm on Friday 8 January, with a number of exceptions. These measures are set out in The Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 10)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme, tenants source their own accommodation in the private rented market. The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on household size and the rental market within the area concerned. Guidelines on inter authority movement were issued to local authorities to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: As part of its successful multifaceted North Inner City Concept Area 1 proposal under Call 2 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), Dublin City Council sought funding support for the development of a White Water Rafting Facility in George's Dock. While significant URDF funding was provisionally approved for a number of elements of the wider proposal the White Water Rafting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 374 and 415 together. The Programme for Government provides that the Government will retain Irish Water in public ownership as a national, standalone, regulated utility. The realisation of this commitment will complete the broad policy and legislative reforms which have seen the public water system embark on a journey of transformation, from a structure based...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are making an important contribution to social housing delivery, as envisaged under current Government policy. My Department operates a number of funding programmes that assist local authorities to work in partnership with AHBs to construct, purchase and lease new homes and make them available for social housing. One such programme, that AHBs progress...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department operates a number of funding programmes that assist local authorities to work in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies to construct, purchase or lease new homes and make them available for social housing. This funding is underpinned by either mortgage agreements, capital advance agreements, leases or Payment & Availability agreements, which set out the terms and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 to 382, inclusive, 386, 390, 411, 417 and 420 together. In general, the regulation of professions is in the first instance a matter for industry representatives working in consultation with relevant industry stakeholders. My Department has been engaging with the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) in relation to the registration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks in Construction (Remediation) (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2020 came in to operation on 31 January 2020 and the resulting Defective Concrete Blocks Grant scheme has been open for applications since the end of June 2020. The scheme was informed by the work of an Expert Panel and the current maximum grant amounts payable under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I met recently with members of the Donegal Mica Action Group and one of the issues raised was that of finance and the potential role which banks could play in assisting affected homeowners. As oversight of the financial institutions is outside the scope and remit of my Department, I undertook to and have written to the Minister for Finance, on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 provides that management and maintenance is a matter for each individual local authority. This includes maintenance programmes and carrying out responsive, planned and pre-letting repairs. Notwithstanding this, my Department also provides financial support to local authorities under various targeted: social housing stock upgrade programmes; large-scale urban...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. Those who are currently in receipt of the One Parent Family Payment are not precluded from applying for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan however they must meet all other eligibility criteria for the scheme. There are no set minimum income limits; however, applicants do need to have sufficient borrowing and repayment capacity and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Internships (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The requested information is not available in my Department. It may be requested directly from the State bodies under the aegis of my Department upon application to the e-mail addresses set out in tabular form below. State Body E-mail Address An Bord Pleanála oireachtasqueries@pleanala.ie An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum) ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I refer to my reply to Parliamentary Questions No. 70 and 71 of 4 March 2021. The position is unchanged.