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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 276 and 292 together. The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, which is operated by my Department, is designed to enable creditworthy first-time buyers, who are unable to access a mortgage from a commercial lender, to obtain sustainable mortgage lending to purchase a new or second-hand property.  To support prudential lending and consistency of treatment for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...financial commitment of over €4bn per annum. As detailed in Housing for All under ‘Pathway to Supporting Home Ownership and Increasing Affordability’, affordable purchase and the home loan scheme will be primarily targeted at first time buyers. However, the plan also confirms that it is intended that a ‘Fresh Start’ principle will apply for applications...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Oct 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...raised the important issue of derelict sites in Newbridge and the need to bring those back into use. This would be a huge help in increasing our housing stock.Senator Conway spoke about the reopening of Ireland, which was announced earlier, and the need to proceed with caution. He wished the businesses that will reopen their doors for the first time in 19 months this Friday well and I...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: Last night, I highlighted many measures in the budget that were to be welcomed. I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, on increasing his budget for floor relief. He listed out the many projects he hopes to get started next year and they are all very familiar to me because they all featured on plans in 2015 and 2016. The problem with such projects, as he will be aware, is...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Matt Shanahan: This budget has been eagerly awaited to help us chart our way out of Covid, position the economy for the future, ensure we transition to a zero-carbon economy over coming decades and we bring the whole population with us. To that point, the €17.5 billion provided in Covid supports has been most welcome. Employment is expected to grow by 275,000 jobs in 2022, with an unemployment rate...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Oct 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: Local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme has applied to all house purchase loans approved by local authorities after 1 July 1986, including the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan introduced on 1 February 2018. Local authority MPI will also apply to the Local Authority Home Loan when it is intoduced. One of the conditions of the MPI scheme, which is a group policy, is that it...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (5 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Richard Bruton: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new limits for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will come into effect; the gross income limit for single applicants and couples, respectively; and if changes will be made to the maximum loan to be issued. [47542/21]

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...

Future of Banking in Ireland: Statements (1 Jul 2021)

Mairead Farrell: ...;armaí tagartha leathana ag an bhfóram, agus scóip atá soiléir. Cé go mbeadh an fóram ag déileáil le ceisteanna ar nós cúrsaí digiteacha agus iasachtaí do ghnóthaí beaga agus measartha, ba chóir freisin aird a thabhairt ar an easpa muiníne atá ag an gnáthphobal san earnáil cultúr na...