Darragh O’Brien

As Martin and Varadkar swap jobs, The Irish Times political team casts a critical eye over the performance of ministers since the Coalition came into power in 2020

Green Party unhappy with parts of reform to planning process such as curbs on judicial reviews by residents’ associations

Major piece of legislation must survive scrutiny of its effect on areas such as judicial reviews, timelines, An Bord Pleanála and compulsory purchase orders

Planning reforms could block residents’ groups from legal action against housing developments

Draft legislation set for Cabinet approval bars resident groups from taking High Court cases against decisions

Jeanette Brown believes there should be amendment to the Act to allow for situations such as hers

Darragh O’Brien push to deliver new homes to be aided by making it harder for objectors to challenge planning decisions

Recent history provides a salutary lesson in how planning laws can produce the opposite of desired impact

Government to table countermotion calling for vote of confidence in Housing Minister on Tuesday evening

Minister was due to lead Irish team during final days of UN summit but will be in Montreal for less than 48 hours

Cabinet papers show that Darragh O’Brien clashed with Minister Catherine Martin over the proposals and wanted them to be introduced without six month grace period

Measure targeting lettings on Airbnb, Booking.com and similar sites hopes to free up 12,000 homes for long-term housing

Minister sees some grounds for optimism on delivery of new homes

Quarry audit by regulators sparks call for stronger scrutiny of sector

Rising interest rates, construction-cost inflation and an increase in the cost of living threaten to make the affordability crisis far worse

Scheme to fix defects to be submitted to Cabinet in weeks following report of working group

Jodie Taite went from sleeping on empty boats as a homeless teenager to straight A student after accessing Depaul accommodation

Government accepts that housing is the factor that will make or break its electoral fortunes

Government will offer local authorities €100 million to pay off debts on condition they develop modular homes for accelerated social housing in the next two years

Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman accepts previous scheme had limitations

There is a moral obligation to provide shelter for people fleeing war, says Minister for Children

Appointment of deputy secretary general at Department of Justice comes after former chairman Dave Walsh decided to take early retirement

Housing output may stall 'well short' of Government's targets

Councils criticised in October when only five local authorities announced rise in baseline level despite amount unchanged since 2011

Refugees should be permitted stay in hotel until after Christmas, urges local partnership

Will Micheál Martin opt for Foreign Affairs? Can Stephen Donnelly survive the changes? And where will Simon Harris end up?

New Bill will also extend range of skills and expertise of board members

Bartra claims council local area plans blocking developments are ‘not fit for purpose’

Minister for Education will say department is also dealing with significant numbers of children unexpectedly coming from Ukraine and elsewhere

New development plan will restrict build-to-rent schemes to 40 per cent of a development

Analysis: Outlook set to remain challenging with 56,000 people expected to have fled to Ireland from Ukraine by the end of October

‘Strong recommendation’ to the Minister for Housing that all local authorities be informed of every notice to quit from private rented accommodation

Works up to €5,000 will be fully funded under improved scheme, minister says

Sharply rising graph of eviction notices shows terminations ballooning in the past two years

Protection of ‘live’ notices to be included to counter possible rash of eviction notices being issued in coming days

Coalition leaders to consider proposals drawn up by Darragh O’Brien following consultations with Attorney General

Almost 500 eligibility certs issued to prospective homebuyers through shared equity scheme, Minister says

Charlie McConalogue says he has started the process to recruit a so-called ‘food ombudsman’

New interdepartmental group to be set up to bring proposals on how to address defects by the end of this year

Department circular says ‘limited scope’ for acquisitions and these should be focused on ‘priority areas’