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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The 2017 target for the delivery of social housing under the categories listed in the Question is 4,450 units, including Local Authority Build, Acquisitions and Voids. Provisional  data to end Q3 2017 indicates that  just over 3,000 of these units had already been delivered. When speaking in terms of “real social houses”, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland has put in place the funding required to substantially accelerate the delivery of social housing. I recently secured a further €500m for additional capital investment in the period to 2021, which means that I have been able to increase the overall target for social housing delivery from 47,000 homes to 50,000, supported by over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government acknowledges the affordability pressures faced by households with low to moderate incomes, particularly in parts of the country where the demand-supply imbalance is resulting in increasing house prices and rent inflation. It is precisely for that reason that Rebuilding Ireland has prioritised the supply of new homes to meet current and pent-up demand as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Through the supports made available under Rebuilding Ireland, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including through working with approved housing bodies. Details on the number of properties purchased by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I have recently announced a series of measures in relation to the rental sector, including a two-year change plan to develop and strengthen the role of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) as a pro-active regulator for the sector.   Following on from this and addressing calls from both landlords and tenants for further clarity in relation to the definition of "substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Reports such as the one produced by the organisation concerned are an important addition to the debate on housing in Ireland. I note that there is considerable common ground and consensus between this Report and the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness and the Strategy for the Rental Sector. As part of the review of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government recognises the serious challenge we face in terms of housing which is why increasing and accelerating housing delivery to meet demand across the full spectrum of housing needs is at the heart of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan.  In terms of producing more homes, building more social housing homes on the State’s housing land bank is crucial. That...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Addressing our housing shortage and homelessness crisis is the number one priority and Rebuilding Ireland is focused on increasing and accelerating housing delivery, across all tenures. It should be noted that the funding for the social housing element of Rebuilding Ireland was increased from €5.35 billion to over €6 billion in Budget 2018. €1.9...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, Housing First provides direct access to housing and to the intensive health, addiction and personal supports required for people who are homeless and have complex needs. This includes rough sleepers, long-term users of emergency accommodation, young people exiting care, and those exiting institutions, such as prisons and hospitals. Evidence in Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department and I are in regular contact with all local authorities, including Fingal County Council, in order to accelerate and progress the social housing delivery programme.  In relation to social housing construction activity in general, my Department publishes comprehensive status reports on a quarterly basis, of social housing construction schemes for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In May 2016, the Government designated Poolbeg West as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) because of its potential to deliver a large proportion of the extra homes needed in the centre of Dublin. The next step in realising the potential of the SDZ was the publication for consultation by Dublin City Council of a detailed planning scheme for the area.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland targets the delivery of 50,000 social homes by 2021, supported by investment of €6 billion, with almost 33,500 to be delivered via construction activity, both by local authorities and by approved housing bodies. The target of 50,000 is an increase over the originally targeted 47,000 social homes and under the review of Rebuilding Ireland, I announced in September...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government acknowledges the affordability pressures faced by households with low to moderate incomes in particular parts of the country. It is precisely for that reason that Rebuilding Ireland has prioritised the supply of new homes to meet current and pent-up demand as well as helping to moderate house prices and rents. For households in the lowest income brackets, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (7 Dec 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 more than 30,000 households being supported by the scheme. On average, 350 new households are supported by HAP each week in 2017, and the Rebuilding Ireland 2017 target of supporting 15,000 additional households with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 12June 2017, my Department received a report from Senior Counsel regarding his Review Into Certain Planning Matters In Respect Of County Donegal. My Department is currently reviewing and assessing the contents of Senior Counsel’s report and I have requested the advice of the Attorney General in respect of a number of points. When I have received the Attorney’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since October 2013, the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), in conjunction with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), has produced the RTB Rent Index on a quarterly basis. The RTB Rent Index is the most accurate and authoritative rent report of its kind on the residential rented sector in Ireland. It is generated using the actual rent figures provided when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government recognises the potential role that credit unions can play in housing finance and supports the efforts of the Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank to gradually lift current lending restrictions as appropriate, including for housing development.  The Programme further provides for consideration, with all stakeholders, as to how credit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: At last September's Housing Summit, I emphasised the need for all housing authorities to have sufficient capacity in emergency accommodation and to have appropriate facilities in place for every person sleeping rough, on any night of the week. I instructed the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, at that time, to set about ensuring the delivery of 200 additional permanent emergency beds by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I intend to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, as soon as possible in order to classify data centres above a specified threshold as strategic infrastructural developments.  This change will mean that applications for planning permission for specified data centres will be made directly to An Bord Pleanála and will not have to be submitted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In publishing Social Housing Construction Status Reports, my Department is being transparent in relation to the status, at each quarter, of all approved social housing construction projects.  The information provided includes details of each project, whether completed, on site, at procurement or at earlier stages of advancement. With the funding made available in Budget 2018, the...