Results 8,241-8,260 of 15,555 for speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 611, 612 and 618 together. Housing affordability for individual households is a unique function of, inter alia, income, prevailing market prices and rents in different locations, as well as access to funding and finance.  While there is no universally ideal price/rent-to-income ratio or minimum residual income requirement,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The total cost of the 34 projects approved under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund is €226 million, of which 75% (€169.5 million) will be funded by my Department, with local authorities funding their 25% share (€56.5 million).  This funding is ring-fenced within the overall housing budget and will be available for local authorities to drawdown over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department supports local authorities and approved housing bodies to acquire new social homes through the Part V mechanism through the provision of capital assistance under the Social Housing Capital Investment Programme (SHCIP), Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) and also through the long-term leasing of properties under the Social Housing Current Expenditure programme (SHCEP). As...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission.  Any such exemptions are subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget Measures (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 10 October, as part of Budget 2018, I announced an additional €75 million in Exchequer funding for new affordable housing initiatives. A second LIHAF infrastructure fund of €50 million will unlock even more sites, more quickly and at affordable prices. The first LIHAF was well over-subscribed, so it is expected that the second LIHAF call will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Surveys (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department intends to conduct a new strategic national analysis of the extent of residentially zoned land next year to update and expand upon the previous 2014 survey of the extent of lands zoned for housing in statutory development plans and local area plans set out in the table. Serviced & unserviced residentially zoned lands (ha) Housing potential(units) Est. housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the publication of Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s attention has been firmly focused on delivery.  Implementation of Rebuilding Ireland is being advanced across a number of Departments, under the oversight of the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Housing, and Climate Change, chaired by An Taoiseach.  Within my own Department, a group of senior...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP), administered by my Department, provides funding to local authorities to support the on-going contractual costs of long term leases for housing units that are made available for social housing. These contractual arrangements - up to 30 years in duration - can be entered into with approved housing bodies (AHBs) in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 621 to 623, inclusive, together. Section 176 of the Residential Tenancies Act provides that the fees received by the Residential Tenancies Board under the Act shall be paid into, or disposed of for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as I may direct. By various Ministerial Directions since 2005, a percentage of fees received by the RTB...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: All properties let, or available to let, must comply with the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations.  All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with the Regulations, including management companies where they are also landlords.  Responsibility for enforcement of the Regulations rests with the relevant local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Motor Tax (17 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Private motor vehicles are classified for purposes of motor tax based on the information contained in the Vehicle Registration Certificate (VRC). This certificate is issued by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners when the Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) has been paid and is based on the information contained in the Certificate of Conformity provided by the vehicle manufacturer which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not allowed and in Ireland the closed season commenced on 15...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Chairman and members. I am joined today by officials Mr. David Walsh, Mr. Paul Hogan and Mr. Niall Cussen. I welcome the opportunity to meet with the committee today on the draft national planning framework, entitled Ireland 2040: Our Plan. The Government has been working on this plan since the end of 2014 and there have been public consultations, regional events and debates,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Senator Boyhan for his contribution. A lot of work has been put into this. A Government decision was made at the end of 2014 to move to this new national planning framework and officials in the Department have been doing a huge amount of work on it since then. I am particularly proud of the logo because I picked it but that is about the extent of my involvement in terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy O'Dowd. The Deputy referred to the national spatial strategy that we had in previous times as a joke and I can only agree. That strategy did not have any alignment with national spending priorities and was thus undermined from the outset because the money was not being directed to the areas that were meant to be developed. It was not a good plan, unfortunately. Politics got...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There is nothing in this plan that prevents Drogheda from becoming a city, but the point is that the national planning framework is not going to dictate to any part of the country what is going to happen in that part over the next 20 years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: We are talking about cross-Border co-operation in that particular part of the plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This committee can recommend whatever it wishes to for the final consideration of the plan. That plan will then be put in place by the Department and the Government. We intend to make the final decision by the end of the year. It will be a matter for the committee to decide what it actually wants to recommend. If it chooses to name additional areas that are not named in the document or if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: National Planning Framework: Discussion (18 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This is a draft document. It is not finalised.