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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 612 of 3 October 2017 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides for the transfer, by Ministerial Order, of the property of a water services authority (a city or county council) to Irish Water.  Up to the end of September 2017, eleven Ministerial Orders have been made to transfer water services assets, including underground assets, from the local authorities to Irish Water. In relation to obsolete...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I have no statutory role in the registration of rights under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act.  Under the Foreshore Act 1933, I am responsible for regulating the harvesting of wild seaweed. My Department has been engaged in extensive consultations with key stakeholders and the Attorney General with a view to bringing forward a modern regulatory foreshore...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Functions (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There are two Ministers of State assigned to my Department, Minister of State Damien English and Minister of State John Paul Phelan. A range of responsibilities in the areas of Planning, Housing, Marine and Foreshore, and Fire Services have been assigned to Minister of State English.   These functions include oversight of the implementation of local authority Development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 728 and 734 together. Since the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme in 2012, a total of 3,765 cases have been submitted under the scheme to the end of September 2017.  Of the 3,765 cases submitted, 2,909 were ineligible or terminated during the process.  Of the remaining cases submitted, 282 have been completed, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 729 and 730 together. Action 5.1 of the Government's Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness - Rebuilding Ireland, which was published in July 2016, commits to the development of a National Vacant Housing Re-Use Strategy informed by Census 2016 data, to- - inform the compilation of a register of vacant units across the country, - identify the number,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (10 Oct 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 June...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Buy & Renew initiative is in the early stages of being implemented across all local authorities.   However, we are seeing positive signs of its potential to deliver new social housing units, in addition to the other advantages it can bring of supporting strategies on vacant homes and urban renewal.   Its implementation as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was piloted in Carlow and Waterford and has been rolled out nationally since 23 February last. My Department has been working intensively with local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies to develop and implement the scheme and individual targets have been set for local authorities for 2017. The scheme is one of a suite of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Dumping at Sea (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Correspondence is continuing between the State's legal service and Solicitors representing a named party seeking to have the named party remove the material placed in the Mud Dock with the aim of having the matter resolved as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Policy responsibility for A Vision for Change, which is being implemented by the HSE in conjunction with other agencies, is a matter for the Minister for Health. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Services Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department funds a range of housing supports for persons with a disability, living in both privately owned housing and local authority housing. Applications in all cases are made to the local authority. The Disabled Person Grant Scheme provides funds to local authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to homes to meet the needs of local authority tenants with a disability, or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The purpose of both the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the corresponding Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSES) is to set long-term national and regional development frameworks within which Government Departments and Agencies, the regional assemblies and local authorities, as well as wider private sector and community interests will work together to ensure proper planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Owing to the scope of my remit as Minister, I receive representations from a wide range of parties, including public representatives, local and voluntary groups and private individuals and organisations. A small number of representations were received in my Department in connection with the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. These were forwarded directly to the Department of Health as it is within...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My predecessor as Minister, in conjunction with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, announced an emerging "preferred draft approach" to the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in June 2017.  A copy of the announcement is available on my Department’s website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Health and Safety Regulations (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 239 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 places a statutory duty on organisers of funfairs and owners of fairground equipment to take such care as is reasonable for ensuring that persons at a funfair do not suffer injury or damage by reason of dangers arising from the funfair or associated activities.  This legislation also requires that the owner of fairground equipment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (10 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Review of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme, published on 8 February 2017, introduced a range of amendments to the eligibility criteria and administration of the MTR scheme in order for it to work better for borrowers.   The Review, available at the following link:  http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/changes-in-mortgage-t o-rent-scheme/, explored the avenues...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This is all we have been talking about.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: That is not true.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I very much welcome this budget. I hope that people can recognise all the good it will do in helping people out of homelessness and into new social housing homes, in supporting people in to rented accommodation and in removing significant obstacles to getting more homes built, more quickly and at more affordable prices. Any new home built, be it by the private sector or through social...