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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on the Programme for Government: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (20 Apr 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: .... I absolutely take the Senator's point that people who are divorced or separated legally, and have no stake in any property right now, should be able to access the scheme. Those who may have come through the insolvency process and do not own anything should also be allowed access. There will be an element where one would have to access his or her own mortgage for a sizeable portion of...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...City Council’s projects in Emmet Road and Oscar Traynor Road, and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s project in Shanganagh. Affordable homes for purchase provided by local authorities via the SSF will come with an initial purchase price of between 10% and 40% below market prices. Another element of the Bill, the Affordable Purchase Shared Equity scheme, is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (31 Mar 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., namely, Dublin City Council's projects in Emmet Road and Oscar Traynor Road, and Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council's project in Shanganagh. Affordable homes provided by local authorities via the SSF will come with an initial purchase price of between 10% and 40% below market prices, bringing many within the reach of single purchasers. Another element of the Bill, the...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Land Development Agency Bill. There is a great deal of cynical opposition to this Bill in the House, however. Sinn Féin's housing policy offers simplistic solutions. When those solutions do not emerge, it blames conspiracies or looks for people to blame, whether it be bankers or developers or whoever. The reality is that Sinn Féin's policy involves blocking...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Peter Burke: ...country. The scheme being proposed is proportionate and time bound. The aim is to try to make a key intervention to ensure we reframe the supply of housing for starter homes. We have seen the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. The ESRI fully backed this as a targeted intervention. We have seen the help-to-buy scheme, which has assisted 22,000 families in the State to get on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...methodology for these exercises before they complete their development plans. If anybody has any influence on that, it would be very helpful. I want to go back to price because ultimately, all of this comes down to what price people are paying. Let us take the example of a two-bedroom unit renting at €1,200 and a family over the threshold for social housing in the Dún...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing (26 Feb 2021)

Peter Burke: ...of housing accommodation throughout the country. It is important to note that these limits introduced at that time 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, promoting sustainable communities and providing a degree of future proofing. Given the cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Feb 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...to impact both the demand and supply sides of the affordability equation. Two years ago we presented research to the joint committee on which households faced housing affordability challenges in Ireland. We found that affordability pressures were primary among low to middle income private renters, especially those in urban areas. In an updated study, that was published in 2020, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (9 Feb 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: ...which Deputy Ó Broin referenced in part. It is very clear that the overall budget provision in 2021 is €468 million. That is where the figure of 84% not being related to the shared equity loan scheme that I referred to comes from. While Deputy Ó Broin is correct to say €75 million is one of the larger figures, it does not take into account the €50 million...

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Cormac Devlin: ..., particularly through the help-to-buy scheme, which assisted 21,000 people to get on the property ladder. I would welcome other supports that provide affordable homes and also an expansion of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme. In my own constituency of Dún Laoghaire, we are seeing a phenomenal amount of housing construction, especially along the Luas green line corridor. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Competitiveness (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: ...a successful economic recovery in the wake of COVID-19 and a related improvement in employment levels. The Government recognises the importance and value of the Council’s work in assessing Ireland’s competitiveness and is committed to addressing the Council’s recommendations. This can be seen in the Government's response to the Challenge Report which was published...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced at that time 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 future-proofing. ...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Conway: I raise the issue of tourism and the effect that the pandemic has had on the sector, particularly on the coach operators who are one of the main actors in the industry in Ireland. The €55 million strategic fund that is being administered by Fáilte Ireland and was announced in the budget is extremely welcome but, unfortunately, the coach operators do not have access to that fund....

Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (10 Dec 2020)

Mattie McGrath: ...much this year. It will never be forgotten. We often say ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann about a person but we will not want a bliain like 2020 again. In fairness, I know the credit union movement has offered a loan scheme to members to tide them over Christmas and this is vital because we cannot have the money lenders and loan sharks, who are unscrupulous people,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (10 Dec 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Housing Budget. This will be utilised across two new programmes to deliver affordable homes to purchase and rent, the existing Serviced Sites Fund, the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan and through the Land Development Agency. From this sum, €110 million was ring-fenced for two new national schemes to designed to deliver more affordable...

Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (2 Dec 2020)

Seán Canney: ...affordable housing scheme. The second is that we must look at the gift we have, which is the amount of existing properties that are vacant in our towns and villages. It is why we ask the Minister to come back with a report to see what can be done with the scheme within 90 days of the budget being passed. I know the Department dealing with community and rural development, in which I have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2020) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...housing, there was €110 million in new measures towards a shared equity scheme, €150 million for the help-to-buy scheme, €205 million for the Land Development Agency, LDA, €210 million for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme and €50 million for the serviced sites fund. That is a comprehensive range of measures. The bottom line is that,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: .... From this sum, €110 million was ring-fenced for two new national schemes to designed to deliver more affordable housing the Affordable Purchase Shared Equity Scheme and the Cost Rental Equity Loan facilityto help deliver Cost Rental homes. Both of these programmes will begin in 2021. €75 million will be allocated to the affordable purchase shared equity scheme. I intend...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (24 Nov 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: ...more affordable housing options. In Budget 2021, funding of €110 million was ring-fenced for two new schemes including a national Affordable Purchase Shared Equity Scheme and aCost Rental Equity Loan facilityto help deliver Cost Rental homes. Both of these programmes will begin in 2021. €75 million will be allocated to the affordable purchase shared equity scheme. I intend...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Darragh O'Brien: .... The first SSF project that will be deliver affordable homes will be Boherboy Road in Cork City in early next year. Following engagement with the local authority sector, it is my intention over the coming weeks to bring forward a number of legislative amendments to Part 5 provisions in an Affordable Housing Bill and to put in place any necessary provisions to underpin the new...