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Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: If the Deputy would stop shouting, I could answer. This is beyond ridiculous. He does not want to hear the answer.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy is being ridiculous and he is being juvenile. Will he let me answer the question?

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Yes, I will. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for trying to put some type of control on the Deputy. A total of 400 affordable rental homes will be delivered this year.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I should be allowed to answer the question. People may be interested in the answer to it. The Deputy may not be and that is fine because what he will always do is try to play politics with a situation. A total of 400 affordable rental homes and a national affordable rental scheme will be launched this year. There will be 400 homes tenanted this year. In the coming couple of weeks, if...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: It is not just bluster like we get from the Deputy; we have done it.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will let him in. Absolutely.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy raises those questions while we are in the middle of a construction shutdown due to a pandemic.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will not be badgered by-----

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy might show some respect for the Chamber and the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Sinn Féin has never delivered affordable homes. We have secured €110 million for affordable homes this year.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I will not be badgered.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am happy to answer it. We have secured funding to deliver----

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: There is no point in continuing if every time I stand up to reply I am interrupted. The Deputy does not want the answer.

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Excuse me-----

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am sharing time with the Ministers of State, Deputies Peter Burke and Noonan. In the 11 months since the first case of Covid-19 was recorded, our public services have been tested like never before. In this worst of times for so many, the best of public service and community spirit has come to the fore. The concept embodied in the Irish word "meitheal", daoine ag teacht le chéile...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not operate a specific funding scheme for families who have been awarded custody of their biological children through a legal process which has subsequently caused overcrowding in their existing property. Where overcrowding occurs in private housing, households may seek to be assessed for social housing and, if qualified, may avail of social housing supports under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Lead gets into drinking water when it dissolves from pipework and fittings that contain lead. Lead is harmful, concentrations should always be kept as low as practicable and strict legal limits apply to protect people's health. The concentration limit for lead in drinking water is set by the European Union Drinking Water Directive. This is transposed into Irish Law through the European...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cork Event Centre was included as a commitment under Project Ireland 2040 and it underlines the Government’s objectives around urban regeneration, enhanced amenity and heritage, associated quality of life standards, balanced regional development, and the regeneration and development of Cork City Centre. It was agreed in the context of Budget 2020 that responsibility at central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 82 to 88, inclusive, together. The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, contains a commitment to develop a Cost Rental model for housing delivery. Cost Rental is a new tenure option for Ireland, designed to assist households currently facing affordability pressures in the private rental market. It is defined as housing where the rents charged cover the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hare Coursing (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Irish Coursing Club has informed my Department that all hares current held in captivity by coursing clubs will be released forthwith. I welcome this decision.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (28 Jan 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: In the coming weeks, I intend to request the approval of the Government for the publication of the Planning and Development and Nature Conservation (Heritage Functions) and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021 and for the presentation of the Bill to the Oireachtas. Amendments to substitute consent provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000, addressing a recent Supreme Court case,...