John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago; the status of the progress made to date on action 1.1 to provide new units under the rapid build housing programme; the number of units that will be provided and ready for use in 2016 and in Q1 and Q2 of 2017; if any vacant units will be acquired in 2016 and the number that will be acquired in Q 1 and Q2 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35030/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is working closely with the four Dublin local authorities in relation to the Rapid Delivery Programme. As such, 22 rapid build units have already been delivered and are occupied. Dublin City Council is currently advancing a number of rapid build projects, including on four sites at Finglas, Darndale, Cherry Orchard and Drimnagh, which will deliver a further 131 units. These units will be handed over to Dublin City Council on a phased basis from the end of the year and delivery will be completed early in 2017. My Department is working closely with the Council to expedite delivery. The assignment of households to these units, once delivered, will be a matter for the City Council.

Further work is underway across the four local authorities, which will bring to 350 the total number of rapid delivery homes advancing through various stages of delivery, including construction, by the end of the year, on additional sites in Dublin city and on sites in Dun Laoghaire, Tallaght, Blanchardstown and Balbriggan. Construction dates will be finalised in the context of completion of procurement and award of contracts.

Rapid delivery needs to be viewed in the context of the wider range of solutions to address the unacceptable level of families in emergency accommodation, including 1, 600 vacant units to be sourced by the Housing Agency and an expanded Housing Assistance Payment ( HAP ) Homeless pilot scheme – 550 tenancies in 2016 and 1,200 in 2017 - across the greater Dublin region. More than 1,350 exits from homelessness were achieved nationally in the first half of this year and, in Dublin , a further 411 exits have been achieved in the third quarter. This compares to 2,322 sustainable exits from homelessness in 2015.

Work has commenced with local authorities from outside of Dublin in terms of advancing rapid build projects in their areas. Following the putting in place of the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Framework, a workshop will take place in January 2017 to support all local authorities advance rapid build projects.

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the progress made to date on action 1.2 to transition homeless households and persons from emergency accommodation through the Dublin region HAP homeless pilot; the number of tenancies that have been created to date and the number that will be created in the first half of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35031/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 1.7; the new supports that have been put in place or proposed to be put in place for young persons leaving State care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35036/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 1.10; the details of the enhanced interagency arrangements in place to support prisoners on their release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35039/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 1.18; the details of the access to independent expert legal and financial advice for persons who are insolvent and are in serious mortgage arrears on their home, that is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35047/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.1; the construction and purchase plan for each local authority for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35051/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.2 to review existing current and capital programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35052/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.5; the number of units acquired under this action to date in 2016; the number expected to be delivered by year end 2016 and delivered during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35055/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.6; the number of units acquired under this action to date in 2016; the number expected to be delivered by year end 2016 and delivered during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35056/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.8 to support the leasing of additional privately developed dwellings; the number of units secured under this action to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35058/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.9 to establish a dedicated housing delivery office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35059/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.10 that the housing agency will establish a housing procurement unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35060/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.11 to review processes and procedures for approving and advancing housing construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35061/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.12 to legislate to streamline Part 8 processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35062/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.14 to establish a dedicated one stop shop within the housing agency to support AHBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35064/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.20 to support community based living for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35070/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35071/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.22 to extend the national housing strategy for persons with disabilities to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35072/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 2.23 to commission an expert independent review of capital and current funding for Traveller specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.1 to establish a €200 million local infrastructure housing activation fund; the details of projects that are being approved at this stage under this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35075/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.3; the specific details of the competitive financing on a commercial basis that has been put in place to meet on-site and other infrastructure requirements on large development sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35077/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.4; if he will list the key 15 to 20 pathfinder sites referred to in this action and advise of the timeline for development to commence on each site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35078/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.6 to fast-track large-scale residential development planning applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35080/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.7; the changes made and any additional resources given to An Bord Pleanála to ensure all planning appeals in relation to large-scale housing developments will be dealt with within the 18 week statutory objective period; if this 18 week time period has now been achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35081/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.8 to develop and publish an implementation plan to prioritise implementation of key recommendations within the An Bord Pleanála review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35082/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 3.11 to establish a competition to champion best practice, efficient and cost effective design and new approaches to both affordable and quality residential delivery; the status of the specific call for proposals and their evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35085/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 4.6 to introduce a new affordable rental scheme; the number of units of accommodation that have been secured under this new affordable rental scheme, in view of the fact this action had a Q3 timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35092/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 4.10 to fund a student housing officer; if this officer is now in position as the timeline for this action was Q3 of 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35096/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 4.13 to enable student accommodation projects for 100 units or more to go straight to An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35099/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 5.4 to introduce a choice based or equivalent allocation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35103/16]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government following the publication of his action plan for housing and homelessness four months ago the status of the progress made to date on action 5.14 to progress a national taking in charge initiative with €10 million funding from DHPCLG in 2016 coupled to bond and local authority funding; the list of estates that have been taken in charge to date under this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/16]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 294, 296, 298, 304, 306, 307, 310, 311, 313 to 317, inclusive, 319, 325 to 328, inclusive, 330, 332, 333, 335 to 337, inclusive 340, 346, 347, 349, 353 and 361 together.

I refer to the reply to Question No. 167 of 2 November 2016.

Implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness is being advanced across a number of Departments, under the oversight of the Cabinet Committee on Housing, chaired by An Taoiseach. Within my own Department, an Implementation Board of senior officials, chaired by the Secretary General, monitors progress on a fortnightly basis. In addition, Project Working Group structures for each of the Action Plan’s five Pillars are being put in place to ensure that any operational considerations relating to the delivery of actions are identified early and resolved quickly and effectively.

Rebuilding Ireland contains a clear commitment to reporting regular progress, particularly through quarterly progress reports. The First Quarterly Progress Report on the Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness - Rebuilding Ireland (in respect of Quarter 3 commitments and actions), which was published on 1 November and can be accessed at , sets out the progress on the implementation of the actions referred to.

Further progress reports will follow on a quarterly basis, with the next due to be published in January 2017. Each Quarterly Report will focus on the actions due to be progressed or completed in the preceding quarter.

Since publication of the First Quarterly Progress Report earlier this month, further updates arise with regard to a number of actions as outlined in the following table below: