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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of the State’s extensive land bank. Real progress is being made on transferring relevant public land to the LDA to deliver social and affordable housing. Construction work is underway in Cork City at the former St. Kevin’s Hospital site, delivering 265 new homes. Work is also underway at Devoy Barracks in Naas, Co Kildare, which will see 219 homes being delivered....

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., and I will have a look at that. The language planning officers sit within each of the local authorities, so they should be, and are, part of the development plan. In counties Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Cork, Meath and Waterford and our six Gaeltacht regions, Irish language planning officers throughout the country are part of the local authority itself. In respect of An Coimisinéir...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...” is defined as “a Gaeltacht area within the meaning of the Gaeltacht Act 2012” or “a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area within such meaning”. If we were to include other areas, such as within Cork city, Galway or Dublin, that would add a further layer. As I said in response to Deputy Ó Snodaigh, I will make sure that those who need to be consulted...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...preservation of sustainable places and communities, as well as settlement-specific objectives. We know the term "Gaeltacht" covers Donegal, Mayo, Galway, Kerry as well as areas in the counties of Cork, Meath and Waterford. Six of Ireland’s inhabited islands are also in the Gaeltacht. We have gone through a lot of the provisions of the Gaeltacht Act 2012 and under this process...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Total Active HAP Tenancies Carlow County Council 618 Cavan County Council 433 Clare County Council 1180 Cork City Council 2890 Cork County Council 3477 Donegal County Council 1756 Dublin City Council 5494 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (13 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...2022 Carlow County Council €3,053,901 Cavan County Council €571,097 Clare County Council €3,104,104 Cork City Council €4,119,427 Cork County Council €13,691,099 Donegal County Council €356,561 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cork Events Centre was included as a Government commitment under the revised National Development Plan in 2021. This underlines the Government’s support for urban regeneration, enhanced amenity and heritage, associated quality of life standards, balanced regional development, and the regeneration and development of Cork City Centre. It was agreed by Government in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regional Development (7 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...between the Eastern and Midland region, and the Southern and Northern and Western Regions, with 75% of the growth to be outside of Dublin and its suburbs. The NPF also targets the five cities (Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford) for 50% of overall national growth between them, with Ireland’s large and smaller towns, villages and rural areas accommodating the other 50%...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (7 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...As part of the site appraisal process following the publication of the report, my Department and the Department of Justice held stakeholder engagement discussions regarding the site of the former Cork Prison, its current and future uses, and its suitability for potential use for affordable and social housing. The LDA will publish details of each project on their website, as the sites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...2023 (apart from LPT) Carlow County Council €5,344,512.65 Cavan County Council €5,442,818.69 Clare County Council €21,415,300.81 Cork County Council €24,762,117.98 Cork City Council €18,996,189.38 Donegal County Council ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (1 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Local Authority No. of Derelict Sites on Register at 31 December 2022 Carlow 24 Cavan 9 Clare 41 Cork County 59 Cork City 109 Donegal 0 Dublin City 78 Dun Laoghaire Rathdown 11 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and can be seen via the following link: lda.ie/uploads/documents/230323_LDA_Ministers-Report-on-Rele vant-Public-Land_high-res-resized_2023-03-28-105049_jooh.pdf . Specific information on the former Cork Prison site can be found on page 109. My Department and the Department of Justice have held stakeholder engagement discussions relating to the site, its current and future uses, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...84 0 0 0 Cavan County Council 185 118 2 0 0 Clare County Council 986 653 6 0 0 Cork City  Council 10552 8303 0 0 0 Cork County Council 1477 1273 ...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...see that drive forward. I assure the Deputy that the LDA is absolutely committed to that. We have seen it break ground on three large sites, namely, Shanganagh, Devoy Barracks and St. Kevin's in Cork. The LDA work is happening apace. Specifically with regard to Limerick, I assure the Deputy the commitment is there. I am interested to hear his views on what is perceived in Limerick...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...However, funding is often only drawn down on completion or conveyance of the homes made available. 10 Local Authorities have drawn down AHF/SSF exchequer funding to date as set out in the following table: Cork City Council €9,733,639 Cork County Council €5,486,250 Dublin City Council €3,295,283 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...flood risk management measures for 300 areas of significant flood risk throughout the country. Any decisions in relation to the placement of flood mitigation measures in Castlemartyr in East Cork is a matter for the OPW in co-operation with Cork County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Report on Relevant Public Lands published by the LDA in March 2023, identified land at the former Cork Prison as a site which could potentially be repurposed and utilised to develop affordable and social housing. My Department undertook a series of stakeholder engagements with site owners identified within that report, including officials from the Department of Justice, in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Community Development Projects (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: My Department supports an ambitious National Regeneration Programme delivered by local authorities in Limerick, Cork City and Dublin City that seeks to address the causes of disadvantage in social housing estates through a holistic programme of physical, social and economic regeneration. The aim for national regeneration programme is to create sustainable communities through a combination of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Cork Events Centre was included as a Government commitment under the revised National Development Plan in 2021. This underlines the Government’s support for urban regeneration, enhanced amenity and heritage, associated quality of life standards, balanced regional development, and the regeneration and development of Cork City Centre. It was agreed by Government in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The Gerald Griffin Street project is part of the Cork City Council’s social housing delivery programme under Housing for All. My Department welcomes all submissions from Cork City Council and we will endeavour to support them in any manner that we can. My Department issued Stage 2 Approval-in-Principle for this project in July 2023. Cork City Council are working on a design for...