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Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021) See 2 other results from this debate

Peter Burke: ...our society was gripped by a huge recession in which society was torn apart. It was a very difficult time for all and a financial crisis. Our country was spending 50% more than it was taking in in income. Ghost estates were everywhere, all over our towns and villages, 3,000 with remedial schemes being brought up to try to resolve them. Two thirds of our construction workers had left...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

Seán Canney: I agree wholeheartedly with what Deputy Griffin said about second-hand properties. I have submitted other questions on the matter, which we will come to. We need to incentivise first-time purchasers of second-hand properties. We need to ensure the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be available in respect not only of the purchase price but also of the cost of the refurbishment of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Micheál Martin: ...we go back again, there is no guarantee of a conclusion. It could take another ten to 15 years. That is a realistic perspective on it. The key issue Deputy Conway-Walsh raised in terms of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme is provided for, as I understand it, in terms of people who are divorced or separated. I will come back to the Deputy on it but my understanding is that they...

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

Darragh O'Brien: As part of Housing for All, I announced that a reformed successor to the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme, the 'Local Authority Home Loan', will be in place later in 2021. The Local Authority Home Loan will include an increase in the income ceiling for single applicants, thus increasing the number of people eligible for a mortgage. I have already implemented a reduction of the mortgage...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...under the plan will be targeted at first time buyers. However, it is intended that a ‘Fresh Start’ principle will apply for applications to both affordable purchase housing and local authority home loan schemes. This would mean that people who are divorced or who have undergone insolvency proceedings, will be eligible to apply. Housing for All commits to delivering an...

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

Darragh O'Brien: My Department does not collect data on the number of Rebuilding Ireland home loans that have been issued to non-first-time buyers who are separated or divorced. As regards the policy context, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range, where they...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Sep 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range, where they cannot obtain sufficient mortgage finance from a commercial lender. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is currently available to first-time...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ..., at a committee meeting or, perhaps, at a meeting in his or her constituency. I have not been briefed on this particular matter in the past couple of weeks but my understanding is that when it comes to the affordable housing scheme, there are two shared equity schemes - one local authority-led and one that will be led by financial institutions. My understanding, and it could be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Sep 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: .... As confirmed in the Government's recently published Housing For All Strategy, it is intended that a ‘Fresh Start’ principle will apply to applications to State-run affordable housing and loan schemes. This means that people who are divorced/separated and no longer have a financial interest in the family home, or who have undergone insolvency proceedings, will be eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...,000) to eligible first-time homeowners purchasing or self-building a new home. Further information on this support is available online at: www.revenue.ie/en/property/help-to-buy-incentive/index.aspx. The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is another support for first-time homeowners, including self-builds. This scheme enables access to sustainable mortgage lending to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (27 Jul 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ....  It is anticipated that the Scheme will be supported and operated in partnership with the retail banks - depending on the final design, this will allow support for c.1,500 to 2,000 households to buy new homes in the first year.  The new Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) is the first dedicated funding stream for Cost Rental housing in Ireland. CREL will assist Approved Housing...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Jul 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...has been lobbying Deputies and Ministers. If the Minister is not minded to support these amendments at this stage, I agree with Deputy McAuliffe that he should continue to engage on the issue and come back on it at a later stage. In response to two other points the Minister and his backbench colleague made, caps for eligibility for affordable housing was first introduced by Fianna...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Jul 2021)

Peter Burke: ...provided to support the work of the Vacant Homes Office in each local authority each year. All 31 local authorities have claimed the funding up to June 2021. My Department will issue a circular in the coming days to invite local authorities to claim the funding up to June 2022. The total amount paid to all 31 local authorities to fund Vacant Homes Offices to date is €4.65m. Each of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...were transferred to and from the Department in the course of 2020 and 2021. The most significant of these in monetary terms was the transfer of science and research functions, including responsibility for the Science Foundation Ireland to the new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science in January of this year. Significant once-off Covid-19 and Brexit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...supported and operated in partnership with the retail banks - depending on the final design, this will allow support for c.1,500 to 2,000 households to buy new homes in the first year. The new Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL) is the first dedicated funding stream for Cost Rental housing in Ireland. CREL will assist Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in developing or acquiring new homes for...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...in the HAP scheme would prefer to be in a local authority or a State-owned house. The reason is security of tenure, which the Irish fought so hard for in the 19th century. It is funny that it has come back to haunt us again. Therefore, we must give people permanent homes, if that is their choice. I am not saying that I have not met people who would prefer to stay in the HAP scheme....

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...This means the legislation before us in fact does not represent the profound change in housing policy the Minister claims. It is much more a continuation not only of many of the core principles of Rebuilding Ireland but of Deputy Alan Kelly's Social Housing Strategy 2020, which was launched in 2014. I will go through each of the four principal areas of the Bill to give the Minister my...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The fact that the Deputy has to go out of his way to misrepresent what I say and to misquote me is emblematic of how dishonest and two-faced he and his party are when it comes to the issue of housing. What I said was a statement of fact, but I did not say under any circumstances that I thought it was desirable that we should see house prices rise further or get back to the level they were at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...through the support of the €310 million Serviced Sites Fund (SSF). Information on the schemes that have received approval in principle under the Serviced Sites Fund are available at: www.rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-gives-the-go-a head-for-ten-local-authority-sites-for-affordable-housing-un der-the-serviced-sites-fund/, and ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of the local rental cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced in 2011 also reflected a blanket increase of €5,000 introduced prior to the new system coming into operation, in order to broaden the base from which social housing tenants are drawn, both promoting sustainable communities and also providing a degree of...