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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...@pleanala.ie An Fóram Uisce oireachtas@nationalwaterforum.ie Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority oireachtasqueries@ahbregulator.ie Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum infodocklands@dublincity.ie Electoral Commission info@electoralcommission.ie Ervia ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...will deliver 54,000 affordable homes, including 36,000 affordable purchase and 18,000 cost rental homes, by 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. Following the publication of Housing for All in September 2021, I asked all local authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (9 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...is being provided to the LDA for 2024 which is to cover expenditure associated with their non-commercial functions. These functions are detailed under Section 29 of the LDA Act 2021 and include the maintenance of the Register of Relevant Public Lands, the development of a report to Government on relevant public lands and any functions associated with the development of a Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...State. The Plan is supported by an investment package of over €4 billion per annum, through an overall combination of €12 billion in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5 billion investment through the Land Development Agency (LDA) and €5 billion lending through the Housing Finance Agency (HFA). The Housing Finance Agency has provided lending of €3.24...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (9 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...will deliver 54,000 affordable homes between now and 2030, targeting an average of 6,000 affordable homes to be made available every year for purchase or for rent by Local Authorities, AHBs, the Land Development Agency (LDA) and via the First Home Scheme. The LDA represents a crucial lever in the Government’s delivery of affordable and social homes, co-ordinating relevant...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...xe9;in is going to introduce to make these homes affordable appears not to have any equity stake in it. The other question is how long it is going to take Sinn Féin, if it gets into government, to stand up this scheme. What land is it going to use? Would it be this infinite resource of public land that is apparently out there? We know about its track record of objecting and voting...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to do, that times are still very challenging for those who are struggling to buy a home or pay rent, and that is why the measures we have brought forward are so important, such as delivery through the Land Development Agency, the supports through the first-home scheme, the help-to-buy grant and social homes at a scale we had not seen in 50 years. Far too many people are experiencing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rights of Way (8 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...for the relevant planning authority to consider where there is a need for a public right of way. In this connection, the relevant planning authority may enter into discussions with the relevant landowners under section 206 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act) in order to achieve the creation of a public right of way by agreement. If an agreement cannot be reached...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (8 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: .... The composition of the group is made up of officials from the following organisations: Department of Defence Department of the Taoiseach Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Land Development Agency Irish Defence Forces The findings of the group's feasibility studies will be available in due course.

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030 comprising of 54,000 affordable homes to be delivered by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. Local authorities have published 5 year Housing Delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (30 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...and national mapping and surveying infrastructure for the State. Under Section 8(6) of the Tailte Éireann Act 2022, Tailte Éireann is independent in the performance of its functions. In amending the Land Register, it is important to ensure that the integrity of the Register is maintained, that no party will suffer a financial loss as a result of the amendment, and that all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (30 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...the State. Under Section 8(6) of the Tailte Éireann Act 2022, Tailte Éireann is independent in the performance of its functions. Applications lodged with Tailte Éireann for registration on the National Land Register are, in the main, processed in date of lodgement order in line with Rule 58(1) of the Land Registration Rules, 2012. The Land Register provides details of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...sets out the range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing out to 2030 comprising of 54,000 affordable homes to be delivered by local authorities, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the Land Development Agency (LDA) and through the First Home Scheme, which is a strategic partnership between the State and retail banks. The Plan set ambitious targets for affordable housing and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ..., affixed on rigid, durable material and secured against damage from bad weather and other causes, and be securely erected or fixed in a conspicuous position on or near the main entrance to the land or structure concerned from a public road. Where there is more than one entrance from public roads, the notice shall be erected on or near all such entrances, or on any other part of the land...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...new Cost Rental homes to 2030. A strong pipeline is in place and under continuous development by local authorities, by Approved Housing Bodies using the Cost Rental Equity Loan (CREL), and by the Land Development Agency. The core principle of Cost Rental is that the rents cover the development, management, and maintenance costs of the homes, so that the long-term future of the homes is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Allotments Provision (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...locations in development plans for allotment development, and to establish allotments as a part of local government’s role in promoting the interests of local communities. Identifying land for allotment development in a development plan is a reserved function of the elected members of a local authority when considering and making the plan, while the provision of allotments or...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...at the start of Part 2, enforcement, with regard to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, MARA. In the vast majority of circumstances, maritime enforcement is dealt with by MARA while land-based enforcement, which includes the nearshore, is the responsibility of the planning authority. Amendments Nos. 1011 and 1012 further clarify the enforcement area of both for the avoidance of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...is the type of thing I will have a look at. In relation to conditions, section 320(5) states: ... enforcement action may be taken at any time in respect of any condition concerning the ongoing use of land or a maritime site to which the permission is subject, and proceedings for an offence under section 317may be brought and prosecuted at any time ... This deals with someone operating...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...authority in respect of a particular development or proposed development situated or proposed to be situated— (a) in the nearshore area of the coastal planning authority, or (b) partly on land and partly in the nearshore area of the coastal planning authority, and for that purpose, the maritime site (in the case of an agreement under this subsection to which paragraph (a)...