Darragh O Brien said : “Preventing people from entering into homelessness and to exit from it into safe and secure tenancies is a priority for me and my Department. The continued increase in the numbers experiencing homelessness is very disturbing. We are doing everything we can to reverse this trend”

irishmirror Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:44:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “To further build on this, the government is currently working with stakeholders to develop a research programme that will provide more information around this measure to ensure protection of wild bird populations over the coming years,”

agriland Friday, July 29, 2022 8:38:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Protecting and improving water quality, along with biodiversity, is a national priority in Ireland, and these amendments provide additional clarity to Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme in order to achieve this objective”

agriland Friday, July 29, 2022 8:38:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "the continuing increase in the numbers accessing emergency accommodation is a serious concern. "

RTERadio Friday, July 29, 2022 6:27:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I visited County Cork recently and I have to commend the progressive executives and elected members in both the City and County Councils who are continuously seeking opportunities for new homes across the county,”

independent-ie-regional Wednesday, July 27, 2022 12:01:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I visited County Cork recently and I have to commend the progressive executives and elected members in both the City and County Councils who are continuously seeking opportunities for new homes across the county,”

independent-ie Tuesday, July 26, 2022 8:29:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “This new amenity — between Clones and Clonfad — will further showcase our waterways heritage and its value to the island. The redeveloped canal is sure to be a welcome draw for locals and visitors alike, enhancing the local area and providing economic opportunity”

afloat Tuesday, July 26, 2022 12:57:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

leinsterleader Thursday, July 21, 2022 1:36:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

limerickleader Thursday, July 21, 2022 12:33:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

kilkennypeople Thursday, July 21, 2022 12:13:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

offalyexpress Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:48:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

leinsterexpress Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:40:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

leitrimobserver Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:17:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien stated : "As part of the government's on-going response to the humanitarian challenges arising as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine, my department is leading efforts to refurbish vacant buildings suitable for use as multi-occupancy accommodation, in partnership with local authorities. "

con-telegraph Sunday, July 17, 2022 2:52:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien replied : "My God Deputy McDonald, you're arrogance today has not just gone stratospheric - it's gone intergalactic. "

todayfm Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:34:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “We know that significant numbers of properties have been withdrawn from the long-term rental market in recent years,”

irishmirror Monday, July 11, 2022 4:10:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Government are acutely aware of the pressures on the rental market at present and we expect that these new and significant controls will help to ease that pressure,”

todayfm Monday, July 11, 2022 1:40:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I’ve just read the report for the first time earlier on today and I’ll assess that and see what the situation is there,”

thejournal Friday, July 8, 2022 6:18:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said ( about Ireland First ) : "This brand new scheme will literally open the door for many first-time buyers. Affordability and the chance to buy a home is very much at the centre of this Government's housing policy. In Housing for All, our new housing plan for Ireland, we committed to establishing a scheme, in partnership with participating mortgage lenders, which would make home ownership easier for those who were finding that aspiration just out of reach,"

irishsun Friday, July 8, 2022 4:41:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "This scheme we are launching today will support first-time buyers and those seeking a fresh start by helping to bridge the gap between what they can afford and the price of the home they wish to purchase,"

RTERadio Thursday, July 7, 2022 3:25:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Irelands is privileged as a country to hold some of the largest reserves of peatland habitat within Europe, covering over 20% of Ireland’s terrestrial territory. Significant progress is being made on peatlands restoration and rehabilitation in Ireland but the co-operation between the National Parks and Wildlife Service, as a strong voice for nature conservation, with the EIB can contribute to the scaling up of biodiversity and climate ambitions for peatlands on a national level”

foreignaffairs-nz Monday, July 4, 2022 2:50:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said ( about Malcolm Noonan ) : “The Community Water Development Fund grants 2022 will support local communities and groups to deliver projects that enhance the quality of local streams, rivers, lakes, and coastal areas. The Fund will continue to be a key measure in the new revised and strengthened River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, which I plan to launch later this year alongside Minister Malcolm Noonan. The Plan aims to protect Ireland’s water quality, and to ensure we have a well-protected environment and vibrant communities”

meathchronicle Sunday, July 3, 2022 9:03:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “It will give them more time to find alternative accommodation if they are required to,”

thejournal Friday, July 1, 2022 6:27:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I want to thank Cllr. Adrian Henchy who has worked alongside me on this issue and has regularly highlighted the need for action here and elsewhere in our constituency where we see vacancy,”

dublinpeople Friday, July 1, 2022 5:04:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien concluded : “This is merely the start of hundreds of affordable homes which will be delivered in the Castlelands area”

independent-ie-regional Wednesday, June 29, 2022 8:44:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Over our history as a people, we have had to seek safe harbour all across the world. We were treated very badly in some of those countries. We are not going to allow that to happen here in Ireland,"

offalyindependent Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:24:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "I respectfully suggest that the Deputy's comments this afternoon pose a risk to social cohesion"

offalyindependent Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:24:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “As far as I know, all parties, with the exception of the Deputy and her colleagues’ group, support that approach,”

thejournal Wednesday, June 22, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “We do have a scourge of vacancy across the country that in the short two years that I’ve been minister we’re looking to address and tackle, about converting old commercial premises to residential,” “I’ve relaxed planning rules on that, where there’s full exemptions, if you convert commercial premises into residential, we’re doing that very successfully through schemes like Repair and Lease”

thejournal Wednesday, June 22, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said ( about Public Private Partnership ) : “Approximately 80 individuals and families in Co Louth, and over 1,500 in total across four counties, will benefit from the latest social housing Public-Private Partnership programme announced today. This Government, through Housing for All, is committed to increasing the supply of social housing to an average of 10,000 social homes per annum between 2022 and 2030”

dundalkdemocrat Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:11:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “I recently had the pleasure of seeing first-hand some completed housing developments in County Cork which were progressed as part of an earlier phase of the programme. The success of this initiative is evident from the high quality houses I visited, which are providing new homes and a fresh start for individuals and families”

dundalkdemocrat Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:11:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien concluded : “This is merely the start of hundreds of affordable homes which will be delivered in the Castlelands area”

independent-ie Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:57:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "I am working with my government colleagues to roll out an increase in the Hap discretion rate to 35% and expanding the couple’s rate to single persons. This will secure and expand more tenancies and is something I know many Irish delegates here today have been seeking. Ultimately, I want us to get to a place where we are decreasing our reliance on market subsidies and we will do that through significantly scaling up our social housing supply. sets us on a pathway to delivering 90,000 social homes between now and the end of 2030"

irishexaminer Friday, June 3, 2022 4:29:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "People can actually own apartments in our five major cities across this country,"

leinsterexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:50:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Your narrative on every issue is to oppose, oppose, oppose,"

leinsterexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:50:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "People can actually own apartments in our five major cities across this country,"

offalyexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:31:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Your narrative on every issue is to oppose, oppose, oppose,"

offalyexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:31:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "People can actually own apartments in our five major cities across this country,"

leitrimobserver Wednesday, May 25, 2022 5:59:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Your narrative on every issue is to oppose, oppose, oppose,"

leitrimobserver Wednesday, May 25, 2022 5:59:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien told : “Very shortly I will have additional legislation that I am bringing forward in this space,”

thejournal Monday, May 23, 2022 3:37:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I was delighted to see first-hand the number of housing projects, which are currently in development across county Cavan. The Government’s new housing plan, Housing for All, puts a significant emphasis on projects such as these and we will deliver 90,000 new social home between now and 2030 all across the country. It’s particularly welcome to see the big focus on retrofitting and bringing vacant social homes back into use and I highly commend Cavan County Council for the work they are doing in this regard”

anglocelt Saturday, May 21, 2022 10:30:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “What I will be doing is, through the local authorities, funded by myself and my department, is a grant for people to do up those homes and take them into ownership for themselves,”

independent-ie-regional Wednesday, May 18, 2022 4:45:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien concluded : “Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the preparation of vacant properties for re-letting. The funding was introduced originally to tackle long term vacant units and is now increasingly targeted to support authority's to ensure minimal turnaround and re-let times for vacant stock". The minister outlined that from 2014 to 2021 a total of €261 million was used by local authorities to bring 18,527 so-called "voids" back into use nationwide. "Local authorities also provide significant funding from their own resources to address the level of vacancy within the social housing stock. My Department will continue to support local authorities in their work in this area. Funding allocations under the 2022 Programme will be announced shortly,”

anglocelt Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7:16:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “This year 9,000 new social homes will be built across the country – delivery on a level not seen for many years,”

independent-ie-regional Friday, May 13, 2022 8:00:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Preventing people from entering into homelessness and to exit from it into safe and secure tenancies is a priority for me and my Department. The continued increase in the numbers experiencing homelessness is very disturbing. We are doing everything we can to reverse this trend”

irishmirror Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:44:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “To further build on this, the government is currently working with stakeholders to develop a research programme that will provide more information around this measure to ensure protection of wild bird populations over the coming years,”

agriland Friday, July 29, 2022 8:38:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Protecting and improving water quality, along with biodiversity, is a national priority in Ireland, and these amendments provide additional clarity to Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme in order to achieve this objective”

agriland Friday, July 29, 2022 8:38:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "the continuing increase in the numbers accessing emergency accommodation is a serious concern. "

RTERadio Friday, July 29, 2022 6:27:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I visited County Cork recently and I have to commend the progressive executives and elected members in both the City and County Councils who are continuously seeking opportunities for new homes across the county,”

independent-ie-regional Wednesday, July 27, 2022 12:01:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I visited County Cork recently and I have to commend the progressive executives and elected members in both the City and County Councils who are continuously seeking opportunities for new homes across the county,”

independent-ie Tuesday, July 26, 2022 8:29:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “This new amenity — between Clones and Clonfad — will further showcase our waterways heritage and its value to the island. The redeveloped canal is sure to be a welcome draw for locals and visitors alike, enhancing the local area and providing economic opportunity”

afloat Tuesday, July 26, 2022 12:57:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

leinsterleader Thursday, July 21, 2022 1:36:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

limerickleader Thursday, July 21, 2022 12:33:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

kilkennypeople Thursday, July 21, 2022 12:13:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

offalyexpress Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:48:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

leinsterexpress Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:40:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “To those applicants whose sites have been determined as not yet meeting the necessary OUV threshold, know that we will continue in our support to you, to meet your passion for your heritage”

leitrimobserver Thursday, July 21, 2022 11:17:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien stated : "As part of the government's on-going response to the humanitarian challenges arising as a consequence of the invasion of Ukraine, my department is leading efforts to refurbish vacant buildings suitable for use as multi-occupancy accommodation, in partnership with local authorities. "

con-telegraph Sunday, July 17, 2022 2:52:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien replied : "My God Deputy McDonald, you're arrogance today has not just gone stratospheric - it's gone intergalactic. "

todayfm Tuesday, July 12, 2022 10:34:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “We know that significant numbers of properties have been withdrawn from the long-term rental market in recent years,”

irishmirror Monday, July 11, 2022 4:10:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Government are acutely aware of the pressures on the rental market at present and we expect that these new and significant controls will help to ease that pressure,”

todayfm Monday, July 11, 2022 1:40:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I’ve just read the report for the first time earlier on today and I’ll assess that and see what the situation is there,”

thejournal Friday, July 8, 2022 6:18:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said ( about Ireland First ) : "This brand new scheme will literally open the door for many first-time buyers. Affordability and the chance to buy a home is very much at the centre of this Government's housing policy. In Housing for All, our new housing plan for Ireland, we committed to establishing a scheme, in partnership with participating mortgage lenders, which would make home ownership easier for those who were finding that aspiration just out of reach,"

irishsun Friday, July 8, 2022 4:41:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "This scheme we are launching today will support first-time buyers and those seeking a fresh start by helping to bridge the gap between what they can afford and the price of the home they wish to purchase,"

RTERadio Thursday, July 7, 2022 3:25:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “Irelands is privileged as a country to hold some of the largest reserves of peatland habitat within Europe, covering over 20% of Ireland’s terrestrial territory. Significant progress is being made on peatlands restoration and rehabilitation in Ireland but the co-operation between the National Parks and Wildlife Service, as a strong voice for nature conservation, with the EIB can contribute to the scaling up of biodiversity and climate ambitions for peatlands on a national level”

foreignaffairs-nz Monday, July 4, 2022 2:50:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said ( about Malcolm Noonan ) : “The Community Water Development Fund grants 2022 will support local communities and groups to deliver projects that enhance the quality of local streams, rivers, lakes, and coastal areas. The Fund will continue to be a key measure in the new revised and strengthened River Basin Management Plan for Ireland, which I plan to launch later this year alongside Minister Malcolm Noonan. The Plan aims to protect Ireland’s water quality, and to ensure we have a well-protected environment and vibrant communities”

meathchronicle Sunday, July 3, 2022 9:03:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “It will give them more time to find alternative accommodation if they are required to,”

thejournal Friday, July 1, 2022 6:27:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I want to thank Cllr. Adrian Henchy who has worked alongside me on this issue and has regularly highlighted the need for action here and elsewhere in our constituency where we see vacancy,”

dublinpeople Friday, July 1, 2022 5:04:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien concluded : “This is merely the start of hundreds of affordable homes which will be delivered in the Castlelands area”

independent-ie-regional Wednesday, June 29, 2022 8:44:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Over our history as a people, we have had to seek safe harbour all across the world. We were treated very badly in some of those countries. We are not going to allow that to happen here in Ireland,"

offalyindependent Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:24:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "I respectfully suggest that the Deputy's comments this afternoon pose a risk to social cohesion"

offalyindependent Thursday, June 23, 2022 7:24:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “As far as I know, all parties, with the exception of the Deputy and her colleagues’ group, support that approach,”

thejournal Wednesday, June 22, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “We do have a scourge of vacancy across the country that in the short two years that I’ve been minister we’re looking to address and tackle, about converting old commercial premises to residential,” “I’ve relaxed planning rules on that, where there’s full exemptions, if you convert commercial premises into residential, we’re doing that very successfully through schemes like Repair and Lease”

thejournal Wednesday, June 22, 2022 5:18:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said ( about Public Private Partnership ) : “Approximately 80 individuals and families in Co Louth, and over 1,500 in total across four counties, will benefit from the latest social housing Public-Private Partnership programme announced today. This Government, through Housing for All, is committed to increasing the supply of social housing to an average of 10,000 social homes per annum between 2022 and 2030”

dundalkdemocrat Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:11:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien added : “I recently had the pleasure of seeing first-hand some completed housing developments in County Cork which were progressed as part of an earlier phase of the programme. The success of this initiative is evident from the high quality houses I visited, which are providing new homes and a fresh start for individuals and families”

dundalkdemocrat Wednesday, June 22, 2022 3:11:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien concluded : “This is merely the start of hundreds of affordable homes which will be delivered in the Castlelands area”

independent-ie Tuesday, June 14, 2022 10:57:00 AM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "I am working with my government colleagues to roll out an increase in the Hap discretion rate to 35% and expanding the couple’s rate to single persons. This will secure and expand more tenancies and is something I know many Irish delegates here today have been seeking. Ultimately, I want us to get to a place where we are decreasing our reliance on market subsidies and we will do that through significantly scaling up our social housing supply. sets us on a pathway to delivering 90,000 social homes between now and the end of 2030"

irishexaminer Friday, June 3, 2022 4:29:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "People can actually own apartments in our five major cities across this country,"

leinsterexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:50:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Your narrative on every issue is to oppose, oppose, oppose,"

leinsterexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:50:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "People can actually own apartments in our five major cities across this country,"

offalyexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:31:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Your narrative on every issue is to oppose, oppose, oppose,"

offalyexpress Wednesday, May 25, 2022 6:31:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "People can actually own apartments in our five major cities across this country,"

leitrimobserver Wednesday, May 25, 2022 5:59:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : "Your narrative on every issue is to oppose, oppose, oppose,"

leitrimobserver Wednesday, May 25, 2022 5:59:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien told : “Very shortly I will have additional legislation that I am bringing forward in this space,”

thejournal Monday, May 23, 2022 3:37:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “I was delighted to see first-hand the number of housing projects, which are currently in development across county Cavan. The Government’s new housing plan, Housing for All, puts a significant emphasis on projects such as these and we will deliver 90,000 new social home between now and 2030 all across the country. It’s particularly welcome to see the big focus on retrofitting and bringing vacant social homes back into use and I highly commend Cavan County Council for the work they are doing in this regard”

anglocelt Saturday, May 21, 2022 10:30:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “What I will be doing is, through the local authorities, funded by myself and my department, is a grant for people to do up those homes and take them into ownership for themselves,”

independent-ie-regional Wednesday, May 18, 2022 4:45:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien concluded : “Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids Programme to supplement the local authority funding available for the preparation of vacant properties for re-letting. The funding was introduced originally to tackle long term vacant units and is now increasingly targeted to support authority's to ensure minimal turnaround and re-let times for vacant stock". The minister outlined that from 2014 to 2021 a total of €261 million was used by local authorities to bring 18,527 so-called "voids" back into use nationwide. "Local authorities also provide significant funding from their own resources to address the level of vacancy within the social housing stock. My Department will continue to support local authorities in their work in this area. Funding allocations under the 2022 Programme will be announced shortly,”

anglocelt Tuesday, May 17, 2022 7:16:00 PM EAT

Darragh O Brien said : “This year 9,000 new social homes will be built across the country – delivery on a level not seen for many years,”

independent-ie-regional Friday, May 13, 2022 8:00:00 PM EAT