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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Applications Approvals (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not hold detailed information on the numbers of households that have been refused mortgages by financial institutions or by local authorities. However, I am currently examining the Home Choice Loan Scheme and am also considering how local authority mortgages can be better publicised to ensure that credit worthy households who may be unable to source adequate loan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In May 2016, the Government designated Poolbeg West as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) because of its potential to deliver a large proportion of the extra homes needed in the centre of Dublin. The next step in realising the potential of the SDZ was the publication for consultation by Dublin City Council of a detailed planning scheme for the area.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The cost of housing, and its affordability for a particular household, is a key issue and one that has been the subject of considerable focus in many countries. While there is no universally ideal price/rent to income ratio or minimum residual income requirement there is broad agreement that ideally households should be spending no more than a third of their income on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 27 April 2017, details of some 1,500 hectares of land in local authority and housing agency ownership were published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map, with the potential to deliver 37,500 homes nationally. All local authorities have been requested to prepare Strategic Development and Management Plans for the earliest possible development of their lands. I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2015, the then Minister 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 oversee the review. The terms of reference of the Steering...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Government is committed to a broad range of measures to tackle, among other things, some of the costs associated with the provision of housing. This includes undertaking a detailed analysis, in conjunction with the construction sector, to benchmark housing delivery input costs in Ireland, in order...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 Laois County Council. There are currently over 600 social housing construction schemes included in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects, which is now published on a quarterly basis and includes projects that are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 24 and 52 together. There is continuing, regular contact between myself as Minister and my Department with the local authorities, including those in the Greater Dublin Area. This contact covers all aspects of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, which is focused on increasing supply across all tenures, to achieve total...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments carried out in 2016 show that there were 91,600 households on local authority housing waiting lists, as at 21 September 2016. This figure represents an increase of 1,728 households, or 1.9%, on the 89,872 households recorded in the last summary, which was carried out in May 2013. The results of the 2016 Summary are available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 28(2) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 provides for a second extension of the duration of planning permissions relating to developments of 20 or more houses in specified circumstances.  I am proposing to make certain necessary amendments to the provisions in section 28 of the 2016 Act.  It was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Action 4.6 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan provided for the introduction of an affordable rental scheme to enhance the capacity of the private rented sector to provide quality and affordable accommodation for households currently paying a disproportionate amount of disposable income on rent.  Provision was made for €10 million per annum to be allocated through my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Housing Strategy for people with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2011-2016 and associated National Implementation Framework were jointly published by my Department and the Department of Health. They set out the Government’s broad framework for the delivery of housing for people with disabilities and were developed as part of a coherent framework in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides fast, flexible housing support to households in an area of their choice. Individuals with a housing need who in the past were reluctant to avail of full time work as they would lose their Rent Supplement support, can now move to HAP, avail of full-time work and retain their housing support, with an adjustment in their differential rent. HAP is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The appointment process for ordinary Board members of An Bord Pleanála is set out under section 106 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and the associated Regulations. This provides that appointments to the Board by the Minister are generally made from candidates nominated by panels of prescribed bodies and there is also provision to re-appoint an existing member for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The residential construction sector in Ireland was severely impacted by the economic downturn, with housing output falling by almost 90% between 2006 and 2013. It is unsurprising, therefore, that it is the lack of housing supply and a competitive market that is widely accepted as being primarily responsible for driving the high levels of house price and rental inflation that we have seen in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme by the Pyrite Resolution Board for certain dwellings affected by significant pyrite damage. The Pyrite Resolution Board, with the support of the Housing Agency, is responsible for the implementation of the pyrite remediation scheme. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort”...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in its application and scope.The full conditions for eligibility under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2015, the then Minister 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. It should be noted this was not intended as a report into the fire itself as suggested in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A range of measures are being taken under Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessnessto increase housing supply overall, with the aim of creating a functioning and sustainable housing system which can meet housing demand at more affordable prices. While building new homes is a key element of Rebuilding Ireland, another effective way to meet housing needs is to achieve...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is focused on increasing supply across all tenures and, in respect of social housing, the target is to deliver 47,000 housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisition and leasing over the period 2016 to 2021, alongside an accelerated roll-out of the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme (HAP) to meet the needs of...