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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Senior Counsel has completed his review of certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County Council and a report was submitted to my Department on 12 June 2017. My Department is currently reviewing and assessing the contents of the report with the aim of preparing a submission for my consideration as soon as possible. Legal advice has recently been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is anticipated that funding to refund water charges will be provided by the Exchequer through Voted expenditure.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is as below: Agency Email address An Bord Pleanála Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Question Heading for question(s) 2047,2048,2049,2050 (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2047 to 2050, inclusive, together. 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 26,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and some 18,000 separate landlords and agents currently in receipt of monthly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Planning legislation places no specific restrictions on the height of trees, nor does it make any particular provision for remedy from any other nuisance which may be caused by trees in an urban residential area. However, there is currently a civil remedy available through the Courts concerning branches or roots of neighbouring trees encroaching on a person’s property. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website. The statistics collected relate to the total numbers of: - Invalid applications received, - Applications received for outline permission and full permission, - Decisions to grant/refuse permission, - Decisions issued within the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of social housing properties constructed, purchased and leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies, for letting to those on their social housing waiting lists, are published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Information is currently being finalised in respect of quarter one of 2017 and will be published shortly, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2011, given the prevailing housing market conditions, the Government stood down the various Affordable Housing Schemes in operation at the time (the 1999 Affordable Housing Scheme, affordable housing provision under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and the Affordable Housing Initiative). Local authorities have been carrying a certain stock of unsold affordable houses, mainly...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The 4-stage approval process, under which assessments are carried out for publicly funded capital projects for which my Department is the sanctioning authority, is a streamlining of the 9 stages covered under Capital Works Management Framework. The 4 stages are: Stage 1 – Capital Appraisal (establish the business case); Stage 2 – Brief pre-planning developed design and cost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The 4-stage approval process, under which assessments are carried out for publicly funded capital projects for which my Department is the sanctioning authority, is a streamlining of the 9 stages covered under Capital Works Management Framework. The 4 stages are: Stage 1 – Capital Appraisal (establish the business case); Stage 2 – Brief pre-planning developed design and cost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2058 and 2059 together. All key indicators of construction activity show that residential construction is ramping up considerably and the recent ESRI Summer Quarterly Economic Commentary published on 22 June 2017 forecasts that house completions will reach 18,500 this year and 23,500 in 2018, suggesting that the overarching Rebuilding Ireland target of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2060 to 2066, inclusive, and 2068 together. The comprehensive document Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union: The Government’s Approach published on 2 May 2017, outlined in detail the structures put in place by the Government to ensure a strategic and whole-of Government response to Brexit that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There are no vacancies in my Department for Brexit related roles currently. Matters in relation to Brexit are managed by the business unit responsible for the coordination of EU and international business in my Department, with input from relevant line sections and experts across the organisation, as necessary.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: To date, no specific Brexit-related stakeholder engagement groups have been established by my Department.  This reflects the reality that the priorities identified by Government in planning and preparing for Brexit relate to trade and the economy; protecting the Peace Process; maintaining the Common Travel Area; and the future of the European remit. The whole-of Government response...

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

Eoghan Murphy: While the need for, and objectives of, expenditure programmes are kept under regular review, there are at present no specific programmes being funded from my Department's Vote for 2017 that are likely to yield significant savings in 2018.  Indeed, in relation to housing, additional funding requirements are recognised and provided for in the €5.35 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 made a number of amendments to Part V of the Act, following the outcome of an independent review, which included a consultation process. The amendments, effective from 1 September 2015, sought to maximise the contribution Part V can make to social housing supply and sustainable mixed-tenure communities across the country. A principal change was the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides capital funding to local authorities for Improvement Works In Lieu (IWILs) to enable them to repair, improve or extend privately owned houses that are occupied by approved housing applicants, as an alternative to the provision of local authority housing. IWILs are administered under the Disabled Person’s Grants (DPG) scheme and it is a matter for each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. The annual rate on valuation (ARV),...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2075 to 2077, inclusive, together. My Department is committed to supporting older people to live in their own home with dignity and independence for as long as possible, as this has the best outcomes both for the individual and for society as a whole. Rebuilding Ireland aims to ensure that older people have a range of housing choices available to...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Tithíochta), 2017: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following: Dáil Éireann declines to give the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Housing) Bill 2017 a second reading and instead, taking account of previous Government decisions to have the broader recommendations in the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution (i.e. that the...