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Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy made reference to the Clonburris strategic development zone. The Deputy is aware that on 15 December 2015, the lands were designated as SDZ and that South Dublin County Council has prepared a draft planning scheme. This consists of a written statement around the plans indicating the type and extent of development to be permitted in the Clonburris SDZ, together with proposals...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The housing assistance payment, or HAP, offers opportunity to families already living in the private rental sector and who require long-term assistance with their housing needs by allowing them to increase their income without the risk of losing their housing support, unlike rent supplement. Therefore, it offers families more security and allows them to plan for their future.  HAP will...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: We met the targets this year and last year.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The housing assistance payment plan has worked to date and we have been able to secure accommodation for people who need our help using this support. Where we have encountered difficulties, we have put in place things like the HAP place-finder service which we are now rolling out nationally. That will help with issues such as the deposit and the first month's rent, which is important. I...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is important that we let people know exactly how the scheme will work. We will try to make sure the scheme works in conjunction with Deputy Cowen's legislation. Those leases will be for social housing, which will come on stream next year.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not sure what data the Deputy is basing his figures on. If he is basing it on the figure someone is putting up on a website as the rent they would like to get, that does not mean it will be the rent he or she will get.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Let them pay the excessive rents then. That will free up more stock for people on social housing supports to get them into those other tenancies and that is what we will do. Where the Deputy has had individual problems with people trying to access accommodation through social housing supports, the Department has worked with him to get them help and get them into accommodation. That is what...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As set out in Rebuilding Ireland, it is anticipated that 4,700 Part V units will be secured for social housing. Just under 1,700 of these units will be delivered in 2018 and 2019, with 590 expected in 2018 and 1,100 in 2019. The annual increasing delivery expectation of Part V is consistent with the pace of increasing private housing construction activity. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are set out in section 10 of the Housing Act 1988.  Under that section, funding is provided annually to local authorities, on a regional basis, and the responsibility for the disbursement of funding is delegated to a lead-authority in each region.  The counties of Laois,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. My Department does not have a role in relation to operational issues, such as placements into emergency accommodation, which are a matter for the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18, 42 and 43 together. Housing affordability has been examined by my Department, in consultation with the Housing Agency, local authorities and other stakeholders as part of the targeted review of Rebuilding Ireland. The examination was carried out under the generally accepted premise that housing is deemed affordable where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently some 50,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and RAS, and some 40,000 landlords or agents currently in receipt of HAP and RAS payments. These schemes provide social housing support for households already living in the private rental sector and for households who require long-term assistance with their housing needs, by allowing them to increase their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: At the end of September 2017, some 690 families were being provided with temporary accommodation in hotel and B&B arrangements in the Dublin Region.  This number is down from the total of 871 recorded at the end of March 2017 and must also be considered in the context of the ongoing numbers of families presenting as homeless. The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a key objective is to increase the supply of housing to 25,000 homes per annum.  As we improve our housing systems and put in place a housing delivery model that is sustainable and responsive to changing economic and societal demands, it is critical that any future policy interventions that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In the context of the current housing supply shortage, the Government recognises the pressing need to ensure that land  that is suitable for the development of housing, in urban areas in particular, is not held back by developers.  A range of measures are being implemented under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan to ensure that such land is brought...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016. It was open to all local authorities to apply for funding towards the capital cost of public infrastructure, which, when provided, would secure the early delivery of additional housing at considerable scale and more affordable price points, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 40 together. Social housing projects funded by my Department, like all Government-funded construction projects, must comply with the Government’s Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF), the objectives of which are to ensure greater cost certainty, better value for money and financial accountability during all stages of project delivery. While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of measures have been introduced in recent years with the objective of moving towards tenancies of indefinite duration and improving security of tenure for tenants. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, enacted on 4 December 2015, provided that notice periods for the termination of further Part 4 tenancies, i.e. tenancies that extended beyond 4 years, be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing PPP Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million.  It is to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles.  The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, is to provide over 500 units in the Greater Dublin Area.  Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (26 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. The Review, available at the following link: , explored the impediments to participation in the scheme and recommended a number of actions to make the scheme work better for borrowers.  Key changes...