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Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...nine years for drivers to get a taxi licence. Drivers have lost profits and have had to use their own savings to keep their businesses afloat, even though they were closed. Now that they are coming back to work, they face having to replace vehicles that are more than nine years old. Drivers will need three to four years to be able to recoup that to get them back to where they need to...

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

Peter Burke: ...provided to support the work of the Vacant Homes Office in each local authority each year. All 31 local authorities have claimed the funding up to June 2021. My Department will issue a circular in the coming days to invite local authorities to claim the funding up to June 2022. The total amount paid to all 31 local authorities to fund Vacant Homes Offices to date is €4.65m. Each of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...were transferred to and from the Department in the course of 2020 and 2021. The most significant of these in monetary terms was the transfer of science and research functions, including responsibility for the Science Foundation Ireland to the new Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science in January of this year. Significant once-off Covid-19 and Brexit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...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 Bodies (AHBs) in developing or acquiring new homes for...

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Jun 2021)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...in the HAP scheme would prefer to be in a local authority or a State-owned house. The reason is security of tenure, which the Irish fought so hard for in the 19th century. It is funny that it has come back to haunt us again. Therefore, we must give people permanent homes, if that is their choice. I am not saying that I have not met people who would prefer to stay in the HAP scheme....

Affordable Housing Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...This means the legislation before us in fact does not represent the profound change in housing policy the Minister claims. It is much more a continuation not only of many of the core principles of Rebuilding Ireland but of Deputy Alan Kelly's Social Housing Strategy 2020, which was launched in 2014. I will go through each of the four principal areas of the Bill to give the Minister my...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The fact that the Deputy has to go out of his way to misrepresent what I say and to misquote me is emblematic of how dishonest and two-faced he and his party are when it comes to the issue of housing. What I said was a statement of fact, but I did not say under any circumstances that I thought it was desirable that we should see house prices rise further or get back to the level they were at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...through the support of the €310 million Serviced Sites Fund (SSF). Information on the schemes that have received approval in principle under the Serviced Sites Fund are available at: www.rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-gives-the-go-a head-for-ten-local-authority-sites-for-affordable-housing-un der-the-serviced-sites-fund/, and ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...of the local rental cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced in 2011 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...that the Scheme will be supported and operated in partnership with the retail banks - depending on the final design, this will allow support for approximately 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 Bodies (AHBs) in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...rental cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced in 2011 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. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (22 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...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 Bodies (AHBs) in developing or acquiring new homes for...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the world. The Government is conscious of the need to continue to support the domestic aviation industry to restore vital air connectivity as soon as possible, and to assist the aviation sector to rebuild and recover when the Covid crisis eases, which we hope for, and expect, in coming months. The sector is a major contributor to the economy. Government policies have recognised and...

Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (18 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...eligibility and criteria for people out there. Tens of thousands of people cannot access housing or buy homes at an affordable rate. Some people may think that people with combined gross incomes of a certain level do not need affordable housing. Sinn Féin's original proposals would mean a couple on a gross income of €75,000 would be unable to access the scheme. The reality...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...statutory basis for the first time. Cost Rental directly links rents to the cost of provision rather than market dynamics. Three initial Cost Rental projects are already underway. The first Cost Rental homes in Ireland, 50 two-bedroom apartments at Enniskerry Road, Stepaside, will be delivered by the Tuath and Respond Approved Housing Bodies in Quarter 3 2021. Dublin City Council is also...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Seán Canney: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion and I acknowledge the number of people who travelled from Donegal, Mayo and Clare to be here today to voice their opinions. The biggest issue in all of what we are discussing is what went wrong. It is my view that the key issue is the lack of independent building control. Building control is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Fund (SSF). Information on the schemes, including those that have been approved in Cork City and County, that have received approval in principle under the Serviced Sites Fund are available at: www.rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-gives-the-go-a head-for-ten-local-authority-sites-for-affordable-housing-un der-the-serviced-sites-fund/, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: ...liasing with Kildare County Council to progress these affordable homes. Information on the schemes that have received approval in principle under the Serviced Sites Fund are available at: www.rebuildingireland.ie/news/minister-murphy-gives-the-go-a head-for-ten-local-authority-sites-for-affordable-housing-un der-the-serviced-sites-fund/ , and ...

Seanad: Right to Housing: Motion (4 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: ...clear on the full implications that could arise from any amendment for the sake of all. A lack of clarity on all implications of an amendment could result in legal complications for years to come and deflect important resources away from our primary focus, which is to deliver the provision of homes for citizens and the key goal of preventing homelessness. We do not want to see that....

Traveller Accommodation: Statements (3 Jun 2021)

Peter Burke: .... A total of 933 families, or 9%, shared accommodation in overcrowded situations. The 2019 estimate identified that 6% of Traveller households provided accommodation from their own resources. Before coming to the steps that my Department and I have taken in recent months regarding Traveller accommodation, it would be remiss of me not to mention the disproportionate negative impacts...