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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme. This scheme assists eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The Housing Options for an Ageing Population policy statement includes a commitment by my Department to work...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: A review of geographic boundaries is undertaken by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) after each Census. The exact methodology applied to defining towns has evolved over the years and different definitions have applied at different times. As part of the most recent review it was decided to broaden the examination of urban boundaries to include key stakeholders and a working group was formed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2024 (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme. This scheme assists eligible applicants living in privately owned homes to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The Exchequer funding provision for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 650 and 651 together. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. In line with the “preferred draft approach”, the review is addressing a number of key aspects of the Guidelines including noise, setback distance, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) in January 2022 and the Implementation Plan for the Strategy on 22 June 2023. The Strategy and Implementation Plan may be accessed on my Department’s website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natura 2000 (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Substitute consent only applies where development is unauthorised and a planning authority has determined that Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Appropriate Assessment (AA) was or is required.The process involved is as follows. A person can seek to regularise an unauthorised development by applying to the appropriate planning authority for retention planning permission. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 provides that the role of my Department is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist housing authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Payments (7 Nov 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 688 and 689 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Housing for All commits to reviewing the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme and a report on the review has been prepared by my Department. The review was informed by engagement with external stakeholders, including the Department of Health, the HSE, the Disability Federation of Ireland and the Irish Wheelchair Association. Written submissions were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (25 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. Extensions to provide for ground floor bathrooms and bedrooms can also be supported. The detailed administration of this scheme including assessment, approval and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317, 318, 340, 345 and 348 together. My Department provides Exchequer funding to local authorities to support the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability which support older and disabled people living in private houses to adapt their home to meet their needs. The grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (24 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Tailte Éireann is the State agency formed on 1 March 2023 following the merger of Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Property Registration Authority and the Valuation Office. All the functions previously carried out by the Property Registration Authority, the Valuation Office, and Ordnance Survey Ireland are now being performed by Tailte Éireann. The Valuation Division of Tailte...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Disabled Persons Grants scheme to carry out works on social housing stock to address the needs of older people, people with a disability or overcrowded situations. Extensions to provide for ground floor bathrooms and bedrooms can also be supported. This programme also provides capital funding to Local Authorities for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Issues (4 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I can confirm that Foreshore Licences are required for the survey activities referred to in Marine Notices Nos. 46 and 47 of 2023 and Licences were granted for these activities, by my Department, on 1 September 2023. On 17 July, 2023 the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority, or MARA, was established under the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021, as an independent agency with responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (3 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended (the Act), new development for use as a holiday home or homes requires planning permission. It is considered that change of use of a permitted holiday home to a place of permanent residence would be a material change of use that requires planning permission. If the owner of a holiday home proposes that the premises be used as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (3 Oct 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The LDA Act 2021 provides the definition for relevant public land. Part 1 S(5)(1) defines relevant public land, for the purpose of the Act as ‘all land within a census town owned by a relevant public body’. Under the LDA Act 2021, “relevant public body” means any of the following: (a) a local authority; (b) a person or body specified in Schedule 1 (in this Act...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Sep 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants include the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability (max grant €30,000), the Mobility Aids Grant (max grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (21 Sep 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department jointly published the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People (NHSDP) 2022-2027 with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) in January 2022 and the Implementation Plan for the Strategy on 22 June 2023. The Strategy and Implementation Plan may be accessed on my Department’s website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (20 Sep 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: A working group, which included representatives from the local government sector, was set up earlier this year to review and establish a new model to determine Local Property Tax baseline funding levels. The work of the group has now concluded, and included recommendations that from 2024 LPT baseline funding would be distributed in accordance with population, area, deprivation levels, an...