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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (7 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...disregard income that is temporary, short-term or once-off in nature. The income bands are expressed in terms of a maximum net income threshold for a single-person household, with an allowance of 5% for each additional adult household member, subject to a maximum allowance under this category of 10%; and 2.5% for each child, subject to a maximum allowance under this category of 10%. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of State-backed affordable housing. In terms of affordable housing for purchase, the statutory basis for the delivery of affordable new housing for purchase on local authority lands is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which was commenced in June 2018. Under my Department's Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), €310 million has been allocated to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (6 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...table: Year Case Ref. Directive Details of Fine Amount Payment Details 2013 C-374/11 Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975, as amended €2 million lump sum fine plus €12,000 /day pending full compliance imposed in relation to transposition and implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (6 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the progression of State-backed affordable housing. In terms of affordable housing for purchase, the statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which was commenced in June 2018. Under my Department's Serviced Sites Fund, €310 million has been allocated to provide...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and various other elements are also included in this diverse and important portfolio. I would like to highlight a few points from my statement. This year the Department will spend more than €5 billion. That is a significant spend. Additional funding amounting to €691.5 million has been included in the Revised Estimates for public services and flows directly from the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (Revised) (6 Oct 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...On energy efficiency and the health and well-being of those who live in social homes, it is very important that we seek to upgrade older social homes in particular. The Estimate provides €10 million for 400 social homes under the energy efficiency programme, which is a good start. More significantly, in conjunction with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Sep 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to identifying and tackling vacancy across Ireland.  In terms of affordable housing for purchase, the statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which was commenced in June 2018.  Under my Department's Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), €310 million has been allocated to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Jul 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: The statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.  Whilst there is no universally applicable definition of affordability, the legislation provides for this assessment by considering whether the mortgage repayments on a home that meets the accommodation needs of a household would exceed 35% of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (23 Jul 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 15 and 24 together. I am absolutely committed to ensuring that affordable, quality homes are available to everyone in Irish society. This key Government goal is clearly reflected in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future. In particular, I am focusing on progressing the affordable purchase scheme and delivery programme and moving the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Jul 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: Under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), €310 million is available to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands. With a maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 available per home, at least 6,200 affordable homes, to buy or rent, can be facilitated. To date, SSF funding of €127 million has been allocated in support of 35...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (7 Jul 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...was also provided for capital investment programmes, through the Water Services Investment Programme (WSIP). The total capital allocation from the WSIP over the period 2000-2013 is estimated at €5 billion or an average of over €357 million per annum. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Programme for Government (7 Jul 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: The statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 which was commenced in June 2018. Regulations in respect of the making of a Scheme of Priority were signed in March 2019, and were subsequently issued to local authorities. The Scheme of Priority sets out the affordable purchase arrangements at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jun 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: The statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase in the State is Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 which were commenced in June 2018.  Regulations in respect of the making of a Scheme of Priority were signed in March 2019, and were subsequently issued to local authorities.  The Scheme of Priority sets out the affordable purchase...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Darragh O'Brien: ...disagree with Deputy Ó Broin that larger housing bodies will automatically have the resources. The projected cost of the new measures, and the additional annual requirements, is approximately €500,000, which is €5 million over ten years and is significant for a not-for-profit sector. It is not as if these are not tracked or registered as things stand. This is not the...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of Irish Water with the charges and the infrastructure itself, to which Deputy O'Dowd alluded. I remind people that while charges were in place, it cost the Exchequer approximately €30 million net a year. With all the difficulties that arose related to the charging infrastructure, we were investing €300 million less per annum in water infrastructure in that time. I agree...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the higher earner but it is not. It is focused on middle income earners. If the Government was to reduce the pension tax relief to the standard rate of 20% we would be effectively looking at a €560 million tax increase for middle income workers, both in the public and in the private sector. We as a party would not want to see that happen. There is very little set out in the...

Syrian Conflict: Statements (20 Oct 2016)

Darragh O'Brien: ...statements about the opportunities he has used to raise the concerns of the Government and the Irish people. We have to consider the scale of what is happening in Syria. Since March 2011 over 250,000 Syrians have died in this conflict and over 1 million have been injured. Almost 5 million are displaced within the country and a further 13.5 million - among them 6 million children -...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2014: Second Stage (4 Dec 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: .... Fianna Fáil put forward proposals in this regard in its alternative budget, which was submitted to the Department of Finance. The threshold for inheritance tax in respect of a modest family home in Dublin, Cork or Galway and so on is now €225,000. The rate in this regard has been increased twice since this Government took office and I understand the reason for the increase...

Seanad: Budget 2015: Statements (14 Oct 2014)

Darragh O'Brien: I used to say that when the price reached €5 I would give them up but I persevered. Another 40 cent on a packet of 20 bringing it up to €10 is heavy duty in real terms. If I was one of those who pay for most things, the "squeezed middle" Ireland, I would be very disappointed with this budget. I could be proved wrong. Those who are just above the social welfare threshold, who...

Seanad: Seanad Reform: Statements (23 Oct 2013)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to look at the powers of both the Referendum Commission and the Standards in Public Office Commission, particularly the former. Should campaigning and posters be patently incorrect such as the reference to a saving of €20 million, something should be done about it. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, and others kept talking about it, but it was...