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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Housing Schemes

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: 15. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the cost rental tenant in situ scheme and the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill. [15607/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: As the Minister knows, there have been significant problems with the implementation of the cost rental tenant in situ scheme. There have been very small numbers of applications and even lower numbers of purchases. Of course, there is an ongoing delay with the processing and progress of the Residential Tenancies (Right to Purchase) Bill. Can the Minister give us an update on whether he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I thank the Deputy. We developed the cost rental tenant in situ scheme for tenants in private rental homes who are at risk of homelessness because the landlord intends to sell. This was an add-on to the tenant in situ scheme which I mentioned earlier. There were more than 1,800 purchases last year and we will continue that scheme into this year. We will continue the cost rental tenant in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (11 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I feel the need to look for a bit of clarity. There is a minority report and a majority report. The Minister has received the minority report but he has not yet received the majority report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I will come back to Deputy Wynne on it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (11 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: If the Minister would tell me what is still outstanding, that would be most helpful. In respect of the Minister's comments on the referendum and the need to get it right, this is 100% correct. The results of the recent referendums are of great concern. They were widely criticised, and rightly so. Unfortunately, I feel the need to state how important this is for people. Many people do not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (11 Apr 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I have the majority report and the minority report on the proposals on how housing would be reflected in the Constitution. I do not have the overall Housing Commission report. It will come in time. It is about the future of housing in Ireland. While we are doing this, as we have said in answer to questions previously, it is important we continue to increase our housing supply, including...

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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I echo the comments congratulating the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, on his new position. I point to the statistics about two towns in County Clare and the vacancy rates that have been experienced there in recent years. The most recent statistics show that Kilrush is at 24.6% and Shannon town is at 29.8%. I flag that with the Minister and Ministers of State today. The Minister of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. The staged payments question is under review and considerations are being taken in that regard. On the scheme itself, significant work has been done at a local authority level with regard to additional resources. We would hope to be in a position to make a further announcement in that regard. We have seen town regeneration officers being...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

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