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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I will shortly establish an expert advisory group whose terms of reference will include the development of a process for the identification, designation and recommendation of candidate marine areas which require protection. Work is on-going to determine the appropriate composition of the group and relevant selection criteria and I anticipate that a broad range of relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Living Wage (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Payment of salaries to staff of my Department is made in line with pay scales approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If a minimum payment of €11.70 an hour were introduced, the additional costs for my Department are estimated to be in the region of €3,000 annually (not including Employer’s PRSI).  This figure reduces as and when the staff...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 234 of 30 May 2017, which provided the Deputy with details on housing expenditure in 2016 and the allocation for housing programmes in 2017 in relation to both capital and current programmes.  The details now requested by the Deputy in respect of current housing programmes in 2016 and for 2017, are provided in the following table. Housing Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No 637 of 4 July 2017. I understand that a proposal for the Ballyduff Upper Group Water Scheme was received in the past week in my Department and this will be examined as soon as possible. My Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016 - 2018 is focused on existing quality deficient group water schemes, particularly through Measure 1 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information in relation to the amount spent by local authorities on outsourcing for each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in each of the local authorities is not available in my Department. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (11 Jul 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 website, which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the local government element of which is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 821 and 822 together. My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide detail in respect of the number of staff that have retired from the outdoor road staff and housing maintenance departments. Neither does it provide detail on the number of staff taken on in the outdoor road and housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is one of the suite of social housing options available to local authorities to meet housing need. Once a household has been deemed eligible for social housing support, it is a matter for the local authority to examine the suite of social housing supports available, including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) has been an important contributor to social housing supply since its introduction on a pilot basis in 2005. From its commencement in late 2005 to 31 May 2017, some 33,992 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement to RAS. My Department does not hold information on the current number of households in RAS at any given time....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department did not incur any expenditure on public relations or media interview training and preparation in the past five years. Details of expenditure from 2012 to 2016 on photography, advertising, communications advice and website development is set out in the following tables. Year Photography costs Relevant Campaign or Policy Payee 2012 €170.00 Launch of CEDRA...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 826 and 827 together. A proposal for a 25 unit project in Dunshaughlin was recently submitted to my Department from Meath County Council. Following an initial examination of the proposal, additional information was sought from Meath County Council in order to facilitate a full assessment of the project in question.  I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 to 830, inclusive, together. Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a planning authority may, on application and in certain circumstances, extend once only the duration of an existing planning permission for a maximum period of 5 years, subject, at the authority’s discretion, to compliance with certain...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The oversight and management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is a matter for the relevant housing authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 requires all housing authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 and 833 together. The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, noted that the Programme for a Partnership Government contains a commitment to develop a "cost rental" option, taking account of work already completed in this area, including by the National Economic and Social Council and others. In line with this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (11 Jul 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: Planning Issues (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any development that is carried out without planning permission or that does not comply with the terms of a planning permission is unauthorised development and may be subject to enforcement action by a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of Portlaoise Library is supported by my Department under the Libraries Capital Investment Programme 2016-2021.  Under the programme, my Department has allocated a contribution of €1.65million towards the overall cost of the proposed development. No funding has been drawn down by Laois County Council to date in respect of this project.  However,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This Government recognises the housing access and affordability pressures faced by many households, particularly in certain parts of the country. It is for this reason that the overarching objective of  the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to increase the supply of new homes to 25,000 per annum by 2020 and, in particular, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 462 together. My Department places a high priority on public participation during the assessment of foreshore applications. At the initial stage in the process, the pre-application stage, the developer initially discusses the project with my Department and is encouraged to engage in pre-application consultations with stakeholders including the local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 29 May 2017, funding of €59.8m million was announced by my Department for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which is an increase of some 6% on the previous year's allocation. Some 8,000 households benefitted under the Scheme in 2016, and with this additional funding, it is hoped to increase this to 10,000 in 2017. Details of the...