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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 728. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the first and full-year cost of increasing rent supplement payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 730. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of finance available per annum for the Housing Finance Agency to lend to approved housing bodies; the amount loaned out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 778. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-cost of replacing revenue from residential construction development levies with funding to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53421/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the potential impact of a €650 million increase in the Housing Finance Agency borrowing for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme on the general Government debt, general Government balance and calculations of available financial resource fiscal space under EU and national rules; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff employed by the Housing Finance Agency; and the staffing costs per annum. [53423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 781. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current capital plan expenditure allocations of achieving 10,000,11,000,12,000,13,000,14,000 and 15,000 intervals of new build social housing units, respectively. [53425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 782. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year costs of increasing HAP, RAS and social housing current expenditure programme payments by 5%,10%, 15%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [53427/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 783. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the first and full-year cost above current serviced sites fund allocations of achieving 5,000, 6,000, 7,000, 8,000, 9,000 and 10,000 intervals of new build affordable housing units, respectively based on current criteria and funding per unit. [53429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 784. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average Dublin and national sales price by unit type of an affordable loan under the affordable housing scheme. [53430/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: 79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a disused oil storage tank on a site (detail supplied) will be decommissioned as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52323/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The target for new home completions under Rebuilding Ireland is 25,000 units per annum. The Minister said he will exceed 20,000. What figure will he reach this year for new home completions? Will he confirm that the target in Rebuilding Ireland is 25,000? Senator Kelleher made a number of valid points regarding family hubs. Unfortunately, they have become a necessity. The Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: The Minister should answer what he can. If he cannot get through-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: For this year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Are these 400 new spaces family or individual places?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I know the Minister will mention the €23 million for a project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Eight out of nine Fine Gael councillors voted for the project.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I genuinely want to try to get to the bottom of why no funding for voids was issued in the largest local authority area, Dublin City Council, since September.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Perhaps one of the Minister's officials could tell us what interaction Dublin City Council has had with his Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: I do not want to detain the Minister on this one but it is important. Is he saying that the Department is not aware of any issue with funding for voids with Dublin City Council since September this year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: Is it correct then that the Department is not aware of this?