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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (11 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on a matter (details supplied). [34275/23]

Progress on the National Parks and Wildlife Service: Statements (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to again speak on this important subject matter. Yesterday when I spoke about this issue, we were talking about farmers, the protection of farmers and how the communication to farmers on what has been going on has been poor. We talk about climate action and the measures we are taking to try to deal with it to reach our targets but we have a huge opportunity with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I meant to say it at the start but on behalf of the Regional Group I want to extend our sympathies to the family of the late Brendan Daly, a man who I met on a number of occasions. May he rest in peace. I want to come back to the Tánaiste's reply. He said the Government has to drill down into it and he spoke about a strategy for building houses. We all know that the private housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: Common sense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: It is scarce.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I want to raise the issue of planning in Ireland and how we are going about that business. The context is that I met the Planning Regulator yesterday and we discussed policies. He was in the audiovisual room presenting to us. It is glaringly obvious that the housing situation in this country, especially the private housing market, is dysfunctional. Developers are not building housing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: The core strategy. It is preventing us from zoning lands to have a supply of lands available for residential development in our towns, our villages and our cities because we have to follow this core plan based on population increase. In most cases, however, we are zoning lands that may not be available at all for one reason or another, we are zoning lands that will never be sold for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I thank the Minister of State. I live in a rural constituency and I see how difficult it is for young people to get planning permission in the areas where they want to build homes. People are being refused planning permission. They cannot build on their own farms because they are not the person farming the land. If we are to have sustainable communities in rural Ireland, we need to make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome that the Minister of State has said he wants people to live in rural Ireland. Let us make it happen. It is important, when we think about it, that various local authorities take various views on planning. Within each local authority, different planners take varying views as well. This is the inconsistency that is there. These guidelines need to be consistent. I come from a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 14. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the review of the guidelines in relation to the construction of rural houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33201/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: Will the Minister of State update the House on the guidelines on rural housing, which are being reviewed? Perhaps we can discuss the review and find out exactly what is happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: With all of that investment, the Minister is proving the point I am making. I do not believe the local authorities are equipped to take this on. The other aspect is tenants’ behaviour and how the tenants are being managed. In Galway, I think we have four housing liaison officers in the entire county. We are increasing our stock of houses. I have seen first hand where houses built...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: Absolutely. That last piece is effectively about prevention. Rather than trying to cure a problem, we prevent it. I agree there is much investment going in. That is where my concern would be. Look at some of the housing bodies. Clúid, for instance, did developments maybe 20 years ago, including one in Tuam, St. Jarlath’s Court. There is a manager full time on site. How can...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has a plan and budget to manage and maintain the social housing stock over time to ensure that the housing stock is kept in good condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33200/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: We talk a lot about all the houses we are building in this country. We talk about all the social housing we are building. I see it in Galway East, in Tuam and other places where housing estates are being built. It is good. We are beginning to see the fruits of the labour. A concern I have is how we manage this housing stock so as to keep this costly asset in a condition to last for the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 4. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will review and publish the income thresholds and the level of grants payable under the housing aid for older people, housing adaptation grants and mobility grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33199/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: Could we get a sense of when we might see the review that is ongoing in regard to housing aid for older people - the housing adaptation grants and the mobility grants for people who deserve them? It is a great scheme. While I am aware the review is ongoing, I would like to know when it will be published because I have come across a lot of people who are struggling with the costs.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: I welcome the fact that the review has been concluded and that it is with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. I hope that the costs will get sorted out. The one issue I did not hear the Minister of State talk about is housing aid for older people. Is that part of the review? The level of the grant needs to increase because of construction...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: It is all very positive. I know it takes time to get the money in place. I am sure they will not be found wanting, but I encourage the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, and the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, to make sure that we try to get this done as speedily as possible. I have come across a leaking roof on a house where a woman in her 80s lives. The cost to repair it is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Seán Canney: 66. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide additional resources to the local authority to deal with and manage the demand for the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33203/23]