Changes how Údarás na Gaeltachta is chosen, bringing back elected members and creating regional committees to give Gaeltacht communities a stronger voice. It also lets the agency sell land for housing in the Gaeltacht, updates language rules, and broadens how towns can be named Gaeltacht service towns.
Changes household waste collection so local authorities award exclusive collection rights through competition, rather than letting providers compete freely. It also allows charge waivers for people in hardship and lets councils require landlords to ensure tenants have proper waste collection, aiming for fairer and more reliable service.
Creates a “social housing passport” so people on a council housing waiting list, or already getting social housing support, can move their place in the system to another local authority when they relocate. It matters because it could make it easier to take up work, education, medical care, or escape domestic violence without losing housing progress.
Labour’s Bill seeks to overhaul Ireland’s waste system by letting local authorities appoint a single collection operator, requiring landlord contracts and service coverage, while the Government opposes Second Stage.
Swords’ rapid housing growth is being outpaced by transport, wastewater and community infrastructure, with calls for stronger co-ordination, while Government says major projects and funding are already under way to support sustainable development.
Updates planning rules to help move to 10-year development plans, speed up court challenges and major infrastructure projects, and allow some apartment permissions to be adjusted more easily. It also raises the Housing Finance Agency’s borrowing limit to €15 billion, helping fund housing delivery and related development.
Makes local authority housing loans available to people who stay in the family home after a divorce or legal separation and need to borrow to buy out their former partner’s share. It helps separated couples keep one person in the home by making this financing option easier to access.
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