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Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the need to ensure that they continue to be viable places to live, work and invest in; — rural communities are being supported and invested in by Government, including under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF) for 215 projects worth a total of €542 million and also the Town and Village Renewal Scheme (TVRS) which, since its introduction in 2016, has allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Tipperary County Council reported this project as completed in Q3 2020 for 5 new social homes. This project received funding of €1.15 million from my Department. The project was not formally opened by a Minister. My Department publishes quarterly Social Housing Construction Projects Status Reports (CSR), which provide details of social housing developments that have been completed, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (30 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...provide growth capacity in smaller settlements that would otherwise not be provided for in Uisce Éireann’s capital investment plan. I understand from Uisce Éireann that an allocation of almost €100 million for this programme was approved by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. Uisce Éireann is working with local authorities across the country in...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 5: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the Government agreed on 7th March that the 'winter emergency period' under the Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Act 2022 would come to an end on 31st March, 2023, with deferred tenancy terminations taking effect...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (21 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the name and address of each owner and occupier, where these can be ascertained by reasonable enquiry, of any land which, in the opinion of the local authority, is a derelict site. Under section 8(5) of the Act, a copy of the derelict sites register for any local authority can be inspected at the offices of that authority during office hours. Members of the public can engage with their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. 2022 represented the first year of a very ambitious programme of affordable housing delivery. Significant funding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, to be facilitated by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. 2022 represented the first year of a very ambitious programme of affordable housing delivery. Significant funding has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Mar 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...programme has to date delivered 1,000 new homes with a further 2,700 units in the pipeline. In terms of progress to date, construction was completed on Bundles 1 and 2 in 2021 which delivered 534 and 465 homes respectively across 14 sites. The procurement process for Bundle 3, which will deliver 486 new social houses and apartments across six sites, commenced in Q4 2022. In...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (28 Feb 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: A €5 million project management fund has been put in place to assist local authorities in the administration and management of the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Programme (EERP). This funding, available as part of the yearly allocations, was introduced to cover consultancy costs, tendering costs, training costs to upskill staff, such as becoming qualified BER assessors, for resourcing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the...

Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...on the proviso that they develop the land, and do so within the time period specified. A number of weeks ago we began an assessment of the local authority lands. Indeed, Deputy Gould raised the issue of the €300 million debt earlier when I was responding the Deputy's colleague. I know some Deputies were not in the Chamber, so that is just for their own information. We have been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (14 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...We need to look at how we can utilise modern methods of construction, including off-site construction and modular builds, to ramp up the supply of housing. We clearly set out that objective in pathway 5 under the Government's Housing for All plan. The development of modern methods of construction, MMC, will improve productivity in construction and increase efficiency in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...were set five-year Affordable Delivery Targets. An identified high level of affordable housing need arises where the HNDA indicates that, of the total projected need for housing in the county, over 5% of new households will not qualify for social housing but will also be constrained in accessing housing by their ability to afford to buy or rent. The level of affordably constrained need...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...’s website in advance of their sale, as well as eligibility requirements such as household income limits. This delivery of affordable housing is supported by the Affordable Housing Fund, with €60 million being made available in 2022, increasing to €90 million in 2023. The First Home shared equity scheme, launched on 7 July this year, acts in a similar way to the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Dec 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: I advise the Deputy that this Government has given more funding to local government in the last three years than it has received in decades. This week, we will supply further funding of €5 million to Dublin City Council to assist it with additional energy costs. We have already dealt with the rates revaluation with Dublin City Council and filled that gap. For councillors who opposed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (22 Nov 2022)

Darragh O'Brien: ...pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer funding has been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to support local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting. This...