Results 101-120 of 1,373 for long speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...to all. Fortunately, as I said already, I have had the fortune of visiting many of those types of developments throughout the country. Many of those with disabilities have been waiting too long for housing and wait longer on a housing list than an able-bodied person, for want of a better phrase. That is something I am acutely aware of and it is why we have to ensure we continue to...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. Social housing support is intended to address a household’s long-term housing need it is expected that any household applying for such support should have a long-term right to reside in the State. In this context, the Government has recently...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...activating key underutilised sites to maximise housing delivery. The LDA has an immediate focus on managing the State’s own lands to develop new homes and regenerate under-utilised sites. In the longer-term, it will assemble strategic land-banks from a mix of public and private lands making these available for housing in a controlled manner, which is expected to bring essential...

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

Darragh O'Brien: Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). Social Housing is delivered through a range of local authority and Approved Housing...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), who agree to the voluntary surrender of their home and who have very limited options, if any, to meet their long-term housing needs themselves. In addition, the household must be deemed eligible for social housing support. The concept of the scheme is that a household with an unsustainable mortgage goes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (31 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: .... DCC have advised that the location of the community centre is currently under discussion between DCC Housing, DCC area office and the Regeneration Forum and it has to be viewed in terms of what is in the long term benefits for the residents of Oliver Bond House. With regard to the funding for a Community Development Worker, my Department has committed to providing funding for 4 years...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (31 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...National Planning Framework (NPF) in Ireland includes National Policy Objective 37, which mandates a Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA) in each local authority area. The HNDA aims to ensure long-term strategic housing needs are met across all tenures, providing a robust evidence base to support decisions about new housing supply, investment, and housing-related services. Several...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), who agree to the voluntary surrender of their home and who have very limited options, if any, to meet their long-term housing needs themselves. In addition, the household must be deemed eligible for social housing support. The concept of the scheme is that a household with an unsustainable mortgage goes...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...Rental Equity Loan, 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 financially secure, but that rents are not subject to the pressures of the open market. Rents will increase only in line with consumer inflation, remaining stable...

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of annual residential commencements since records began in 2014; — Budget 2024 provides an allocation of €242 million for homeless services to support increased provision of prevention and tenancy sustainment along with support services, and ensuring pathways out of homelessness as quickly as possible; — Q3 2023 saw a significant increase (16.3 per cent) in the...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...people, is carried out through the Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA) being undertaken in each local authority area (as development plans come up for statutory review) to ensure that the long-term strategic housing needs are met. The HDNA framework allows local authorities to correlate and accurately align overall future housing requirements based on the needs identified in an...

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...Rental Equity Loan, 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 financially secure, but that rents are not subject to the pressures of the open market. Rents will increase only in line with consumer inflation, remaining stable...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Jan 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: ...one has actually told me. The Deputy might use his time when he comes back in afterwards to explain to the House the Sinn Féin plan to drop house prices to €300,000, how it would work and how long it would take. The Deputy might explain that.

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 727, 738, 768, 771, 772 and 815 together. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). Social...

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

Darragh O'Brien: The Water Supply Project - Eastern and Midlands Region is a strategic national project, included in the National Development Plan, to help meet the long-term water supply requirements for the Eastern and Midlands region. The project is subject to the Public Spending Code, which sets out the value for money requirements for the evaluation, planning and management of public investment projects....

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

Darragh O'Brien: ...of the State’s extensive land bank. The LDA is assembling strategic land banks from a mix of public and private lands, making these available for housing in a controlled manner, helping to provide essential long-term stability to the Irish housing market. Under Housing for All, each Government Department/Agency was asked to examine their existing portfolio of properties. This...

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

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 848 and 849 together. Under Housing for All, the Government will deliver 47,600 new build social homes and 3,500 social homes through long-term leasing in the period 2022-2026. Our clear focus is to increase the stock of social housing through new build projects delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). For 2023 and 2024, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...would benefit those in need of the scheme. While the scheme is performing well, it was assessed that some further enhancements were needed to enable more households in need of support with their long-term housing needs to avail of this scheme. One key priority action was to broaden the eligibility criteria of the scheme and this was implemented in February 2022. These include changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (13 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...a staggered period from 1 April to 18 June 2023 as planned and legislated for under that Act. The Government at that time considered that extending the emergency period would be detrimental to medium and long-term supply of private rental accommodation. That position has not changed. My Department and local authorities are instead focusing on implementing the additional measures which I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support available for people who have a long-term housing need. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP. Eligible households can source their own accommodation in the private rental sector which should be within the HAP rent limits provided to them by the local authority. All...