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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme remains open for business. All local authorities are receiving and processing RIHL applications and are incorporating increased flexibility to accommodate applicants during the COVID 19 Pandemic. It is anticipated that processing of a complete and valid application will take approximately 6-8 weeks. This period may vary during the current COVID-19...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 Apr 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. If a household meets the eligibility and need criteria, it qualifies for the suite of social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Single applicants for the loan must not be earning greater than €50,000 gross per annum. These income limits are unchanged from the previous local authority loan offerings. Loan applicants who are dissatisfied with a loan application decision of a local authority Credit Committee can usually appeal the decision to the local authority. However if someone does not meet the eligibility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below, and reflects the position at 28 February 2021. Grade Female Male Total ASSISTANT SECRETARY 4 4 8 PRINCIPAL 14 31 45 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL 80 55 135 ADMINISTRATIVE...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together. The details of payments made by Dublin City Council (DCC) to the receivers with regard to the vacant 58 units at Prospect Hill are a matter for DCC. DCC has advised my Department that a scope of works exercise is currently underway to refurbish these apartments with a view to going to tender in Q2 2021.DCC has advised that the payments...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policy Functions (1 Apr 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: Tenant Purchase Scheme (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of social housing support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Apr 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: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The scope of the question is very broad and compilation of the information sought would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work, as it would require all areas of my Department's extensive range of activities to be checked in respect of a 20 year period. Based on the information that is readily accessible to my Department in the time available, no specific flows of personal data...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Data Protection (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department has received no complaints under the heading of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In terms of data information requests, Article 15 of the GDPR provides for the right of access to personal data and certain information, by data subjects. Details of the requests received are supplied in the table below. All requests were accepted but in some instances the request...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: In terms of the number of households on social housing waiting lists, details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority administrative area are 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was designed to support housing supply by relieving critical infrastructure blockages. 30 projects were approved with an overall budget of €195.7m, €146.8m Exchequer funded and the remainder funded by local authorities. Full details of the approvals are available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 to 163, inclusive, together. 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 Services Acts 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 Services Acts 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through setting general policy, providing the legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 Services Acts 1981 and 2003. My Department supports fire authorities through setting general policy, providing the legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 to 173, inclusive, together. My Department does not hold the data on the amount of empty or unoccupied domestic dwellings in the State, nor does it hold data on the number of vacant properties in local electoral areas. The innovative website vacanthomes.ie was developed by Mayo County Council in July 2017 on behalf of the local government sector to serve...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Inspections (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 to 177, inclusive, together. In relation to the number of requests made to Longford County Council and Westmeath County Council for private rented accommodation inspections in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, the information requested is not reported by local authorities to my Department and is not available. Information in relation to the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2021, to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants. The Clerk of the Dáil requested that arrangements be put in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 to 183, inclusive, together. 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 housing authorities in addressing homelessness at a local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (1 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light and the safety of gas, oil and electrical supply. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply. Responsibility for enforcement of the regulations rests with...