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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Our focus has always been on, in the first instance, average workers and those who assist them in making provision for their pensions and, in the second, ensuring a continued increase in the State pension, which the Government has always prioritised. We will make it a priority in this budget as well. There has been an increase of €29 in the standard weekly State pension since this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: We are steadfast on this.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2024)

Pearse Doherty: The Minister is talking rubbish. I challenge him to produce an alternative budget to back up what he said about standardisation. It was a complete mistruth, and he knows it. He cannot defend this decision. I asked him a simple question about why we should ask Tesco workers, hairdressers and shop floor workers to help contribute to pension pots of €2.8 million for the wealthiest in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: If it is on average a year with local authorities, it is all their stock.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Questions Nos. 59 and 60 taken with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Vacant Properties

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Michael McGrath: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expertise grants that are available to advise owners bringing vacant traditional houses back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36927/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Michael Moynihan: I am taking Question No. 61 on behalf of Michael McGrath. I ask the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about the expertise grants that are available to advise owners bringing vacant traditional houses back into use, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: The conservation advice grant scheme funds two thirds of the cost of hiring an expert conservation professional, up to a maximum of €5,000 to advise on the repairs necessary to bring vacant traditional buildings back into residential use. It is expected that many grant recipients will go on to avail of the vacant property refurbishment grant to help pay for the costs of the works....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Michael Moynihan: The Minister of State will realise the issue for many of the properties we are speaking about. While the grant is a welcome contribution to getting the professional advice for it, in some instances, depending on the property and the age of the property, the grant itself does not cover the financial cost of getting proper conservation officers. The Minister of State alluded to this in his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy. It covers two thirds of the cost of hiring the conservation professional, but that advice could be critical in saving a building and ensuring that the right approach is taken. Certainly, over the longer term, it will ultimately save the owner money. There is a huge amount of traditional conservation expertise out there. We have a lack of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Michael Moynihan: That and the vacant property grant have been a seachange in terms of the way young couples in rural Ireland in particular look at older properties when a short number of years ago they were not being looked at all regarding the possibility of being renovated. Right across the north Cork and the Duhallow regions, the uptake has been hugely positive, it has brought stock back in, as have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (19 Sep 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: Again, I agree wholeheartedly with the Deputy in relation to this. There is no doubt the opportunities that lie out there are immense. A couple I know in Kilkenny was going to put a bulldozer to one these buildings until the grant scheme came into place and they are now delighted that they have renovated it. I want to see more families doing that. I want to see more people doing that,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Housing Schemes

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the outcome of the review carried out into the housing adaptation grants scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36968/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Can we get an update on the housing adaptation grant and the review that was carried out? We have been waiting for this for a long time and Deputies have been contacted by families that include older people and those with disabilities who have huge mobility issues-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is very hard to hear.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not because you are not loud enough. Everybody else is too loud.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: It is a matter of a timeline and we all know the issue. Even when people get the grant - in Louth County Council it is upwards of €30,000 - it might not cover what it takes to keep somebody in their home and do the works that are necessary. I am dealing with a daughter who is very worried about her mother. It is not only the backlog and how long Louth County Council will take, it is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (19 Sep 2024)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for his question. We understand the importance of housing adaptation grants for people with disabilities, mobility aids and housing aids for older people. These grants are 80% funded by our Department. The Exchequer funded the provision of €74.5 million for the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability scheme, which has increased by...