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

Darragh O'Brien: Whilst the Department would retain detailed information on those lands included in the Land Aggregation scheme (LAGS), the information sought by the Deputy on non LAGS land loans should be sought through each local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 74, 75 and 77 together. 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 Health Act 1947...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2020, 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 facilitate the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand that the Deputy is referring to social housing construction expenditure and activity in the period since January 2019. My Department publishes comprehensive programme level statistics on a quarterly basis on social housing delivery activity. This data, which includes a breakdown of social housing delivery across a range of mechanisms, is available to the end of Quarter 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Social Housing Leasing Programme supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments. Applications under the leasing programme are made to the relevant local authority who assess each application. Where the application is for more than 4 properties, the local authority must apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (4 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The European Union (Energy Performance of Buildings) Regulations 2019 set higher building energy performance standards for dwellings, in accordance with the Nearly Zero Energy Building requirements (NZEB) contained in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. These Regulations apply to works in connection with the design and construction of a new dwelling, where the relevant works...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (4 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The project referred to in the question has been approved for funding under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021.  It is now a matter for Wexford County Council to advance the project and engage further with my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254, 256, 257, 260, 286, 287 and 293 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (3 Feb 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 the individuals concerned maintain their tenancies.  The National Implementation Plan for Housing First, published in September 2018, which puts the programme on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: On foot of my request for a report into the Berkeley Road incident, the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) proposed to undertake broader research into unlawful terminations in the private rented sector, including the Berkeley Road incident, and provide a report on the matter.  This research is currently underway and it is expected the report will be complete in Q1 2021, once the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Programme for Government, ‘Our Shared Future’, commits to putting affordability at the heart of the housing system, and to progress a state-backed affordable home purchase scheme to promote home ownership.  As part of these commitments,  Budget 2021 allocated €75 million for the Affordable Purchase Shared Equity Scheme. On the 20th January last, I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or approved housing bodies to harness the accommodation potential that exists in vacant dwellings. Data to end Q3 2020 in relation to dwellings delivered by each local authority under RLS is available on my Department's website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 local level.  Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 266 and 284 together. The Programme for Government, ‘Our Shared Future’, commits to putting affordability at the heart of the housing system, which the Government has prioritised in Budget 2021 by providing for a suite of affordable housing measures totalling €468 million.  This will be utilised across two new programmes announced...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) 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.  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: Hare Coursing (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268, 277, 278 and 291 together. My Department has been informed by the Irish Coursing Club that all hares that had been held in captivity by its affiliated clubs have now been released. As regards hare release by coursing clubs generally, the current license granted to the Irish Coursing Club to net hares under Section 34 of the Wildlife Acts provides that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The report that the Deputy refers to is an update on a similar report which was published in 2017 and its findings are based on the costs of 2-bedroom apartments.  I understand, the data was collected from 49 apartment schemes, comprising approximately 9,500 units in total.  In an overall sense, the report highlights that while measures brought forward have increased...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019.  All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with these Regulations. Responsibility for enforcement of the Regulations rests with the relevant local authority.  Local authorities report to my Department on numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 local level.  Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing authorities. Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (3 Feb 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: 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 local level.  Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless services rests with individual housing authorities. Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 sets out the...