Results 1-10 of 10 for segment:8879920 in 'Dáil debates'
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Questions Nos. 10 and 11 taken with Written Answers.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Housing Policy
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Michael Moynihan: 9. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in relation to the provision of one-off housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Joe Flaherty: We need to focus minds and attention on the issue of one-off housing in rural Ireland. Before the lights go out on the current Government, I would like to see some commitment and clarity on our plans and proposals for one-off rural housing. Will the Minister make a statement on this?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Flaherty. Updated rural housing guidelines are being prepared to expand on national policy objective 19 of the national planning framework, which makes a policy distinction between rural areas under urban influence on the one hand and structurally weaker rural areas where population levels may be low or declining on the other. Under the national planning framework,...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I welcome the update on the draft guidelines for rural one-off housing. The landscape has changed significantly for rural housing because we have had fundamental issues with regard to construction costs, material costs and the cost of building in rural Ireland. It might be much more prohibitive to build a house in rural Ireland, particularly a one-off house, than what is in the guidelines....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Flaherty. With regard to the question posed, the national planning framework supports new housing in rural areas and rural development generally. We have seen over the past 30 years that, in general, 25% of new rural housing has been constructed across all housing developments. There is no cap or ban on the granting of planning permission for new homes in rural areas....
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State. I look forward to the new guidelines. I appreciate there is no ban or cap as such on building in rural Ireland but there is a complicity of issues. Notwithstanding planning regulations, the issue of the cost of building a house in rural Ireland is something we do need to look at and address. Croí Cónaithe exempts people from some of the challenges...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy Dillon is the fourth Minister of State since 2018 to stand up in the House and read out almost exactly the same script. It is an open secret, and this will be of value to Deputy Flaherty, that the guidelines have been ready and complete for at least two if not three Ministers of State, but for reasons of political controversy they are not being published. We will not see the...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (11 Apr 2024)
Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputies. To answer Deputy Flaherty, we are all conscious of the increase in the cost of building materials due to external factors, including the war in Ukraine and inflationary measures. It certainly is a significant barrier. If we look at the number of approvals of new developments, the planning system in Ireland continues to deliver substantial planning permission for new...