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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (21 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A key objective of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to increase the supply of high quality social housing and homes at more affordable price points, on local authority lands as quickly as possible, particularly in areas where demand is greatest. To this end, all local authorities are preparing Strategic Development and Management Plans for their housing...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As we face the crisis in homelessness and work to resolve it and help these people our first priority must be those who are most vulnerable, namely those who are sleeping rough. I will focus my comments on the actions being taken to help these people during this crisis. I will not use my comments to demonise people working in homelessness to help these people into supported accommodation,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This year we will support more than 21,000 tenancies in social housing supports. Next year we will build almost double the figures built by local authorities, housing bodies and social houses this year which was four times the 2015 figure. We will not return to the era of monotenure massive social housing estates because we do not believe in segregation and division, but in mixed...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is the traditional response when the Deputies do not like what they are hearing.

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing First programme provides direct access to housing and to the intensive health, addiction and personal supports required for people who are homeless and have complex needs to maintain their tenancies. We all know that emergency accommodation should only be a first response. We want all homeless people - individuals and families - to be moved on to more permanent housing quickly....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not conducted any specific research on the issues referred to by the Deputy. However, I understand that there are a number of international studies on the impact of wind turbines on wildlife. In addition, I have been informed that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), which comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Communications,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016 and 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017. Three of the approved projects were in County Kildare at Maynooth, Naas and Sallins. As part of Budget 2018, I announced an additional €50 million funding which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) and the CRU has been given...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (22 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The table sets out the funding provided for the construction of new local authority social housing in Counties Louth, Meath and Kildare in the years 2012-16 and to date in 2017, including in some instances, amounts self-funded from local property tax in lieu of exchequer funding. The level of capital funding provided to local authorities for their social housing construction activity is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (23 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of properties of various categories, purchased and built in all local authority areas, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . Information on quarter three of 2017 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly. Rebuilding Ireland targets the delivery of 50,000 social homes by 2021, supported by investment of €6...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (23 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 223 together. The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016.  The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (23 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 over 29,800 households in receipt of HAP and over 20,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. Under HAP, a tenant sources their own accommodation, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Vacant social houses are those that are in need of far greater levels of repair in order to bring them up to a lettable, energy efficient condition and are vacant pending that work.  The funding criteria involved are listed in the Table. Energy Efficient Measures -50% ERDF Co Funded Max Grant 300mm Attic Insulation €500 Cavity Wall Insulation or Dryling Wall €1,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (23 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In respect of a number of turnkey projects, Cork County Council is progressing an approach in certain situations whereby land is provided as security against the provision of a limited deposit.  The availability of this approach to other local authorities will be considered where it is feasible and is recommended by the local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Certain data on loan approvals and payments in respect of new homes for the years 1970 to 2006 and 2007 to 2016 are available on my Department’s website. Due to a change in data sources for lending institution information, loan payments data up to and including 2006 are not directly comparable to the information from 2007 onwards. The data from 2007 onwards relates to loan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 682, 705 to 710, inclusive, and 713 together. The Wind Energy Development Guidelines 2006 provide advice to planning authorities on catering for wind energy through the development plan and development management processes. The Guidelines are also intended to ensure a consistency of approach throughout the country in the identification of suitable locations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I established the Cork Local Government Implementation Oversight Group to oversee arrangements for the alteration of the boundary between the respective areas of jurisdiction of Cork City Council and Cork County Council, in light of the recommendation in the report of the Cork Expert Advisory Group. The group submitted an interim implementation plan in September 2017 as requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards Data (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687 and 693 together. Details in relation to the membership of State Boards under the aegis of my Department, including the dates of appointment and mechanisms of appointment, are available on the Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/corporate/transparency-data/appointments-...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016 and 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017. Fingal County Council submitted four projects under the call in October 2016, including a distributor road in Donabate, an access road in Oldtown/Mooretown, road updgrade, wetlands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In its report published in April 2017, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services recommended that that the principles of equity of treatment and equivalent financial support be applied equally between households using public water services and those availing of private water services. It recommended that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local...