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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...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: Under the current Local Property Tax (LPT) allocation model, every local authority is entitled to receive a minimum amount of funding under the LPT allocation process, known as the baseline. 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 LPT baseline funding levels. The review...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: The expected time for processing and determining foreshore applications can vary considerably and is influenced by the quality of the application and supporting documents received, the nature and complexity of the application, the level of public engagement during the consultation process among other matters. Seaweed harvesting applications are complex, particularly given the legal...

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

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department recently confirmed provisional Local Property Tax (LPT) allocations to all local authorities for 2024. In line with the commitment in the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future; 100% of the estimated LPT yield is now retained locally within the local authority area where it is collected. Under the current LPT allocation model, every local authority is entitled...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Reviews (11 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a derelict site. The Act also imposes a duty on local authorities to take all reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their functional area does not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: The Part V mechanism is intended to achieve integrated development and reduce housing segregation by facilitating a mix of a tenure types - social, affordable and cost rental housing. The Ministerial Guidelines on Part V issued to local authorities under section 28 of the 2000 Act, emphasise the need for consultation with developers regarding the delivery of appropriately located properties...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Supporting home ownership is a key objective of Housing for All, under which the Local Authority Home Loan was established and which launched on 4 January 2022 with annual funding of €250 million. This is a Government backed mortgage for those who cannot get sufficient funding from commercial banks to purchase or build a home. The Loan can provide up to 90% of the value of a property...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: Government policy in relation to housing for older people, as set out in Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland, is to support people to live with dignity and independence in their own homes and communities for as long as possible, to allow them to ‘age in place’ close to their families, friends and in their community. Pathway 2 of Housing for All commits to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: In accordance with Section 10(2) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, planning authorities are required to include objectives in their development plans for the provision of infrastructure including water supplies and waste water services. In practice such objectives are informed by consultation with Uisce Éireann as part of the development plan preparation process. Uisce...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (6 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. 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 the authorities in providing accommodation for Travellers, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. The Act provides that housing authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (4 Jul 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I refer to the reply to Question No. 99 of Wednesday 21 June 2023 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mayoral Election (31 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: My Department is engaging with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in relation to the drafting of the Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill, which is well advanced. Finalisation of this complex Bill has been identified as a priority and my Department is working towards the publication of the Bill in the coming weeks. It is hoped that the Bill would then be able to progress through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 May 2023)

Kieran O'Donnell: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 417 together. Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the Act), planning authorities were required to establish a register of vacant sites in their functional areas, beginning on 1 January 2017. The Act empowered planning authorities to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of...