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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defective Building Materials (11 Apr 2024)
Pearse Doherty: Cloud-cuckoo-land.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (11 Apr 2024)
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Housing Provision
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
James Lawless: 6. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is confident that all key housing indicators are continuing on a positive trajectory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15672/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
James Lawless: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his assessment of the number of commencement notices, that is, residential construction starts, to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15671/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Colm Burke: 49. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes completed in Cork in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15653/24]
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, and wish him well in his role. I acknowledge the courtesy, time and effort given to us by the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, while he was in the role. Deputy Dillon has big shoes to fill. Is the Minister confident that all the key housing indicators are continuing on a positive trajectory? Will he refer specifically to the continuing...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 35 and 49 together. At its core, Housing for All seeks to significantly increase the supply of quality, affordable housing. The plan comprises a suite of priority measures to transform our housing system, secure its sustainability into the future and support the delivery of more than 300,000 new homes by 2030. This will see an average of 33,000 new...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Joe Flaherty: It is evident that Housing for All is working. I acknowledge the work of the Minister, Ministers of State and officials in the Department, as well as the hard-working teams in local authorities right across the country. It would be remiss of me not to mention the team in County Longford. In the first six months of this year, the council will successfully tenant 82 new properties and, in...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I thank the Deputy for his comments. It is encouraging to consider the really wonderful progress being made by Longford County Council. That progress is mirrored right across the country. There is no doubt that local authorities are showing ambition, led by the Government and underpinned by record funding, to deliver housing of all tenure types. In particular, the Government is conscious...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Joe Flaherty: It is a truly extraordinary achievement, considering where we have come from, that we are on the cusp of breaching delivery of 34,000 houses this year. If we were to believe some in the Opposition, there is no building going on anywhere in the country. Yet, driving into Dublin, one sees cranes everywhere. In every provincial town in Ireland, there is large-scale house-building under way. ...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Marian Harkin: The Minister of State spoke about the importance of building houses in rural areas. It is interesting to look at the housing commencements for last year on a per capita basis. The numbers are much higher for Dublin, of course, but we can look at a county like Kildare. For every 80 people in County Kildare, one house was built. It is important to state that these numbers are on a per...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I thank Deputies Flaherty and Harkin for their contributions. Right across the country, we are seeing a significant increase in housing commencements. It is the responsibility of local authorities to show ambition. As I said, Housing for All is underpinned by record State funding. The local authorities, through their housing strategies, must ensure serviced land is available and that they...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: To reiterate, and this was debated extensively during Committee Stage of the planning Bill, it is the responsibility of local authorities and the planning authority, which is included in the development plan. Local authorities are required to develop a strategy for the provision of housing for the existing and future population of their area. Section 95 of the 2000 Act further requires: ...
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: I thank the Minister of State.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: The purpose of land use zoning in the development plan is-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: The Minister of State will get a chance to come back in. We are way over time.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: -----to indicate the development plan objectives of the planning authority. Therefore, again, the function lies back with the local authority.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Cian O'Callaghan: In the previous election, the Minister of State's party, the Green Party, talked about the Vienna model of housing.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Yes.