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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: At the end of March 2017, there was a total of 871 families accommodated in commercial hotels and B&Bs in the Dublin region.  By the end of May, this figure had reduced to approximately 650. Changes in the number of families in hotels arise on a daily basis as new homeless families present, while others leave.  In the two months from March to May 2017, based on figures...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Agencies Data (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Tax clearance certificates for all of the State agencies under my Department's remit are fully up-to-date.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 302 and 303 together. My Department has overall responsibility for the statutory regulatory framework governing both Building Control and Fire Services.  Inspection and enforcement and the maintenance of relevant registers are a matter for  local authorities who, under the relevant legislation, are designated as Building Control...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant properties across Ireland. The scheme is targeted at owners of vacant properties who cannot afford or access the funding needed to bring their properties up to the required...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced a new measure, the vacant site levy, which is aimed at incentivising the development of vacant, under-utilised sites in urban areas.  Under the Act, planning authorities are required to establish a register of vacant sites in their areas, beginning on 1 January 2017, and to issue annual notices to owners of vacant sites by 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Reports (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 rental market. The Working Group met on 14 June and had a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department's social housing capital programme, there are over 500 rapid build homes advancing at present. Details in relation to the projects referred to in the Question are set out as follows. Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot 24 homes, scheduled for delivery July 2017 Mourne Road, Drimnagh 30 homes, scheduled for delivery July 2017 St. Helena’s, Finglas...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (28 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 Purchase...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (28 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 and 310 together. Details on the number of social housing properties constructed, purchased and leased by local authorities and AHBs, for letting to those on their social housing waiting lists, are published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Some of these details are currently being finalised in respect of quarter four of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (28 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 more than 23,000 households in receipt of HAP, including more than 7,000 households that were previously supported by Rent Supplement. On average in 2017, 330 new households are being supported by HAP each week. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's social housing capital programme curently includes some 500 rapid delivery homes, in addition to the 22 homes already completed and occupied in Ballymun. Details in relation to the projects concerned are set out in the following table. Location No. of houses and scheduled completion date Cherry Orchard, Ballyfermot 24 homes, scheduled for delivery July 2017 Mourne...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Disability Act 2005 places a statutory obligation on public bodies, including local authorities, to support access to services and facilities, for people with disabilities. Under the Act each Government Department is required to produce a Sectoral Plan which outlines actions to ensure that people with a disability have access to the quality public services that underpin life choices and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The funding available for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability was increased in 2017 by some 6%, to an overall funding availability of €59.8m nationally. Some 8,000 households benefitted under this Scheme in 2016, and with the additional funding available this year, this should increase to 10,000.  I have no plans to increase the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including monitoring of local government sector employment levels. Staffing numbers for the local authority sector are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is available at the following link: , providing access...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides capital funding to all Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock under the Disabled Persons Grant (DPG) Scheme. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding (families who outgrow their current dwelling) and the needs of older people or people with a disability, who may require...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2015, the then Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government directed that a review be undertaken by an independent fire expert to develop a framework for general application, in the interest of supporting owners and residents living in developments where concerns regarding non-compliance with fire safety requirements arise.  A Steering Group was convened to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The cleaning of chimneys in local authority properties is a matter for the relevant local authority and as such I have no direct role in the matter. I understand that, in general, the local authority's tenants' handbook would cover this issue in terms of the responsibility of tenants for the cleaning of chimneys.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: National Planning Framework (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 to 295, inclusive, together. An initial draft of the National Planning Framework, entitled Ireland 2040: Our Plan, is nearing completion for consideration and approval by Government with a view to publication as a draft for public consultation over the Summer period, running into September. The NPF remains on schedule for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Abstraction Regulation (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: An assessment of the impact of abstraction pressures on river, lakes and groundwater bodies was undertaken for the purpose of the current draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021, which was published in February 2017. The draft Plan is currently undergoing six months public consultation. Formal consultation on the draft Plan will close on the 31 August 2017 and the plan will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bullying in the Workplace (29 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is implementing Dignity at Work, the Civil Service anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy, in the manner required.  There has been no compensation paid for bullying claims in my Department in the past five years. The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. ...