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

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016.  The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme.  In line with the commitment given in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a review of the first 12 months of the Tenant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, recognises that the quality of rental accommodation is critical to the success and sustainability of the residential rental sector and its attractiveness as a long-term accommodation option for households.  A key commitment in the Strategy was to review the regulations governing minimum standards in rented...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My predecessor as Minister, in conjunction with Mr. Denis Naughten T.D., the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, recently announced a "preferred draft approach" to the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines, focusing on noise, setback distance, shadow flicker, engagement with local communities, community dividend and grid connections. A...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The primary responsibility for ensuring the prevention of pollution rests with the local authorities, which are in turn supervised by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for this purpose. The Local Government (Water Pollution) Acts 1977 and 1990 carry a general prohibition on the entry of any polluting matter to waters. Any persons causing or permitting polluting matter to enter waters...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the response to the commitment contained in 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 (Family Hubs).  Family hubs are an important first response for...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services was published on 12 April 2017 and approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas. The Government approved the priority drafting of a Bill to give effect to relevant recommendations set out in the Committee's report on 30 May 2017. My Department is working with the Attorney General's...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2257 and 2264 together. Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector requires the establishment of a Working Group to provide clarity in relation to the appropriate regulatory approach, from a planning perspective, for short-term tourism-related lettings to address unintended consequences of short-term lettings, including withdrawal of supply from the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Data Analytics Group, convened by my Department, met for the first time on 3 May 2017 and is due to meet again on 5 July. The Group is made up of key stakeholders with a significant role and interest in housing matters. At its initial meeting, the Department presented the current position with regard to the housing statistics it publishes and the Central...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency did not have any funding requests for the purchase of vacant homes refused in 2016 or 2017. Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of 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...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Social housing construction projects undertaken by local authorities are ordinarily funded in full by my Department.  There could be rare situations where a local authority may wish to undertake additional works to a housing development from within its own resources, but this would be very much the exception.   If there is a specific project of interest, I will have the matter...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The most recent review of local electoral areas was carried out from November 2012 to May 2013 by a Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee established under the Local Government Act 1991.  Unlike the position for Dáil and European Parliament constituencies, there is no constitutional or legislative requirement for the revision of local electoral areas. The Programme for a...

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

Eoghan Murphy: With the commencement of the provisions in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is considered to be a social housing support and consequently, households in receipt of HAP are not eligible to remain on the main housing waiting list. Acknowledging that households on the waiting list who avail of HAP might have expectations that they would...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The following are the average costs for the range of differently sized social housing units as sought by the Deputy, in terms of both construction costs and ‘all-in’ costs. These are based on the analysis of returned data from tendered social housing schemes over an extended period. Construction cost is reflective of building costs (including VAT) and also includes normal site...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested in respect of requests for transfers to offices outside the Dublin region is set out in the table below.  No costs were incurred in any such moves. Year Number of applications for transfers outside Dublin region. 2014 3 2015 1 2016  3 2017 0 Total 7

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: When a property is let, or available to let, it must comply with the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations. The Regulations specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, fire safety and safety of gas and electrical supply. Responsibility for enforcement of the regulations is a matter for the relevant local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently 23,000 households in receipt of HAP, including more than 7,000 households that were previously supported by Rent Supplement. There are currently more than 18,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Fire services are provided by local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. Under section 10 of the 1981 Act, a fire authority is required to make provision for the delivery of fire services in its functional area, including the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of premises. In relation to the staffing requirements in each...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board Rent Index for Quarter 1 2017 published on 15 June 2017 indicates that while annual private sector rents continue to trend upwards, growing by 7.37% annually when compared with the same period in 2016, quarter on quarter growth appears to be moderating with an increase of less than 0.1%, down from 2.8% in the previous quarter. This is an early...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) is the largest social inclusion programme in the State and is a key priority for Government. The current SICAP programme will come to an end on 31 December 2017, and the successor programme (SICAP 2) is due to roll out in January 2018. Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs) are the SICAP contracting authorities...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Population estimates at the level of County are produced by the Central Statistics Office every five years as part of the Census. Between Census years, annual population estimates are only produced at the level of Regional Authority. My Department produces estimates of the numbers of social housing units which are occupied on the last day of each year at the level of Local Authority....