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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together. My Department publishes comprehensive statistics on a quarterly basis on all social housing delivery activity, including leasing delivery statistics by local authority. These statistics are published on my Department's website and are available at the following link - www.gov.ie/en/collection/6060e-overall-social-housing-provis ion/...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers aggregate quarterly data on staff numbers in each local authority on a whole time equivalent basis. However, granular data, in terms of the detailed breakdown of the number of outdoor staff employed by local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 260 together. Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area is provided in the annual statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recent summary, conducted in November 2020, shows that 61,880 households were assessed as qualified for and being in need of social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 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. Under Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and Regulation 22(1) of the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: HAP is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. In order for a household to qualify for HAP, they must first be assessed as eligible for social housing support by their local authority. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP and those households must source their own accommodation in the private rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP and those households must source their own accommodation in the private rental sector. A landlord or an agent acting on behalf of a landlord is not legally obliged to enter into a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At end Q4 2020 there were nearly 60,000 households in receipt of HAP and over 33,520 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. In respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range, where they cannot obtain sufficient mortgage finance from a commercial lender. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time buyers only....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department publishes a detailed monthly report on homelessness, based on data provided by housing authorities. The Report outlines details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. The Reports are available on my Department's website at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/collection/80ea8-homelessness-data/ The more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on social housing delivery activity. This data includes details on the number of social houses built between 2010 - 2020 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. My Department does not provide a set amount of funding to local authorities to pursue acquisitions of second-hand properties for new social homes; funding is provided by my Department based on the number of such acquisitions that each individual local authority undertakes. All local authorities including, Clare County Council, are aware...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not hold data on the amount of Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) paid to investment corporations. At end Q4 2020 there were nearly 60,000 households in receipt of HAP and over 33,520 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. The overall cost to the Exchequer of supporting the HAP Scheme, for the period since the scheme's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Call 1 of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), both Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council were each allocated €200,000 in respect of a range of studies to develop a plan led approach for the development of these lands into a sustainable, vibrant mixed use urban quarter. While my Department works closely with successful applicants, responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 and 275 together. My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data provides a breakdown of social housing delivery across a range of mechanisms to the end of 2020 and is published on the statistics page of my Department’s website, at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: On 21 September 2020, I announced allocations under the new multi-annual capital investment programme - the Multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021 - for the progressive resolution of housing estates with developer provided water services infrastructure, to enable the taking in charge of these estates. This, the first funding cycle of a new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Public Appointments Service (PAS) had notified all candidates of the outcome of the selection process for positions on the National Oversight and Audit Commission as of 10 May 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department provides funding to local authorities so as to enable them administer the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme. These schemes assist eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The grants available operate on a sliding scale with the highest percentage grants available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (25 May 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: Housing Schemes (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At end Q4 2020 there were nearly 60,000 households in receipt of HAP and over 33,520 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. In respect of the provision of HAP funding, Limerick City and County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (25 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 and 285 together. 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...