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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities, including Laois County Council, for the construction and acquisition of suitable houses and apartments for social housing use. Local authorities have delegated sanction for the majority of acquisitions they undertake and my Department does not specify the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Nitrates Directive, Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme is due for review this year.  Negotiations with the European Commission with a view to having a revised Nitrates Action Programme in place by the end of 2017 have commenced. As part of the review, a full public consultation process was initiated and closed on 28 April 2017.  All submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the response to the commitment contained in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness that, by mid-2017, hotels will only be used as emergency accommodation in limited circumstances, housing authorities are delivering a number of family-focused, supported temporary accommodation facilities.  These custom-developed facilities will offer family living...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively and positively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme. €70m is being provided in 2017 to the Housing Agency to establish a revolving fund to acquire some 1,600 units over the period to 2020 for social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Property (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government, published in May 2016, includes a commitment to examine reclassifying and incentivising the use of underutilised or vacant areas over ground floor premises in urban areas, for both residential and commercial use. Similarly, a key objective of Pillar 5 of the Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness – Rebuilding Ireland, launched...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment under Action 2.9 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a dedicated Housing Delivery Office (HDO) was established within my Department, in August 2016, to support the accelerated delivery of housing across the social and private sectors, and tenure spectrum, in an integrated and timely manner. The Housing Delivery Office comprises a team...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2235 and 2236 together. Rebuilding Ireland has put in place both the targets and the funding resources to accelerate the delivery of social housing for all local authorities, including Cavan and Monaghan County Councils. There are currently over 600 social housing construction projects included in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments.  The most recent figures available are the results of the 2016 Summary which can be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link: . The 2016 results show that there were 1,596 households on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Roadworthiness Testing (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Regarding the vehicle in question, while it appears that two differing weights have been recorded on the National Vehicle and Driver File in respect of the technically permissible laden mass of the vehicle, following roadworthiness testing, there is a single motor caravan motor tax rate of €102 annually, regardless of the weight of the vehicle....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme in 2012, a total of 3,679 cases have been submitted under the scheme to the end of May 2017.  Of the 3,679 cases submitted, 2,870 were ineligible or terminated during the process.  Of the remaining cases submitted, 256 have been completed with 39 of these cases completed during the period January to May 2017 and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Motor tax is based on the construction and use of a vehicle.  In order to qualify for the commercial rate of motor tax, a vehicle must be constructed or adapted for use as a goods vehicle and used solely for the conveyance of goods in the course of trade or business. Licensing authorities have an obligation under Article 3 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing)(Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Commission Establishment (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2015, on the basis of a consultation paper prepared by my Department, and at the invitation of the then Minister, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht undertook a public consultation process on the establishment of an electoral commission. The Committee published a report on the consultation in January 2016. This report contains a series of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Property Tax (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Local Property Tax (LPT) was introduced to provide an alternative, stable and sustainable funding base for the local authority sector, providing greater levels of connection between local revenue raising and associated expenditure decisions and making the taxation system less dependent on other taxes. It is a positive outcome from the policy of local retention of LPT that local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 sets out the process through which Rent Pressure Zones can be designated.  It provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 2 of the Housing Act 1988 sets out the requirements for a person to be regarded as homeless by a housing authority for the purposes of the Act.  Section 10 of the Act provides that a housing authority may provide assistance to a homeless person, including emergency accommodation or lodgings, which the housing authority may arrange itself or which may be operated by a State-funded...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Motor tax for pre-2008 cars is based on engine size.  The basis of charging from 2008 onwards is on carbon dioxide emissions. With the exception of some categories of vehicle that have a low annual rate, motor tax can be paid on an annual, half-yearly or quarterly basis.  The rates applicable for the half-yearly and quarterly options are 55.5% and 28.25% of the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Expert Advisory Group review on Local Government Arrangements in Galway is carrying out detailed examination and planning in relation to local government arrangements in Galway arising from the 2015 report of the Galway Local Government Committee (published in October 2016), which unanimously recommended the establishment of a new unified “Greater Galway Authority”.  An...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Code of Conduct (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: All State Bodies under the aegis of my Department have submitted confirmation of their compliance with obligations under tax law for 2015. In respect of the 2016 year the timeline for the submission of such confirmation does not expire until the end of June 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has initiated a review of the Rent Predictability Measure. At this stage, the measure has been in place for 6 months and data from the Residential Tenancies Board’s Rent Index Report for Quarter 1 2017 is also available.  Using this latest data, it will be possible to ascertain the effectiveness of the Rent Predictability Measure and whether any changes need to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Allocations in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability have been made to local authorities, for many years, based on their levels of contractual commitments. Local authorities were encouraged to maintain continuity in approving and paying grants and therefore, commitments carried forward into the new financial year had first...