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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 672 to 674, inclusive, together. The conclusions and recommendations of the report referred to by the Deputy are the opinions of a specialist senior counsel who was commissioned by the then Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to undertake an independent review on a non-statutory basis of the acquisition of land at Charlesland,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Deputy is referring to the site VS.0001 listed on the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Vacant Site Register. As the owner of the site, Horse Racing Ireland has primary responsibility for any future plans for its development. My Department will continue to work with all State bodies, including local authorities, to ensure, where appropriate, housing is delivered from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 676 and 677 together. The Homeless HAP Place Finder Service operating in the Dublin local authorities, and in Cork City Council, is a targeted support for homeless households who are finding it difficult to secure HAP tenancies. The Place Finder Service has been successfully utilised by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) across the Dublin local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 678 and 679 together. The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant dwellings across Ireland. The RLS was established on a pilot basis in Waterford and Carlow local authorities in October...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In late 2017, my Department conducted a review of group water scheme subsidies. The review involved discussions with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, the representative body of the group water sector. Discussions concluded in December, when I approved revised subsidy levels. The new subsidy arrangements, endorsed by a special delegate conference of the Federation on 13...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Farming households using a public water supply, like other domestic users, do not pay domestic water charges, save for excessive use as provided for in the Water Services Act 2017. The Act provides for the discontinuance of water charges for domestic customers and a threshold of free water supply for domestic households. In respect of non-domestic water use, the Water Services (No. 2)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 74 proposals for funding under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) were submitted by 21 local authorities in October 2016, of which 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017, at a total cost of €226 million. A list of the 74 proposals submitted is set out in the table below. Details of the 34 projects that received preliminary approval are available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Registration of Title (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. The Deputy will be aware of the service...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 684 and 687 together. As I outlined in my reply to Question No. 1825 of 16 January 2018, the Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, set out a series of measures to be introduced to ensure the quality of private rental accommodation by strengthening the applicable standards and improving the inspection and enforcement systems. Since...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has already approved the delivery of new social housing in the area in question on a turnkey basis, following a proposal made by the County Council based on a local selection process managed by the Council. I understand that subsequent to the selection process, a developer has been unable to advance one of the selected projects under the conditions of the local selection...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (13 Feb 2018)

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. Planning authorities will be issuing notices to owners of vacant sites...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The active management of the publicly-owned housing land bank is a key part of a range of complementary actions being progressed under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, designed to accelerate and increase housing output. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership were published on the Rebuilding Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Negative Equity Mortgages (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A key aim of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to increase housing supply, across all tenures, to achieve total housing output of at least 25,000 homes per year by 2020 and to deliver housing at more affordable price points. However, the range of supports put in place under the Plan is primarily focused on helping those households most in need of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The composition of the current 2014-2019 European Parliament was established by European Council Decision 2013/312/EU of 28 June 2013 establishing the composition of the European Parliament which, in the case of Ireland, provided for the election of 11 MEPs. The current number of MEPs in the European Parliament is 750 plus the President with each Member State having between 6 and 96 Members....

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There are two pieces of legislation to strengthen the Residential Tenancies Board. Both are priority legislation and I hope to bring them to Cabinet in the coming weeks to publish as quickly as possible. The daft.iereport tells us what we already know: that rents are rising. However, it is not as complete as the data we get from the Residential Tenancies Board, which is a much larger...

Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The RTB price index reports for the first three quarters of 2017 show a dampening effect on rent inflation when compared with rent inflation in Dublin in 2016. When considering rent inflation, it is important not to look at national inflation but at inflation in the RPZs. As was stated in the Dáil yesterday, we do not yet have 12 months' data from the RTB for Dublin, all of which is an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Your economic planning killed it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Review (14 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I apologised on behalf of Deputy Boyd Barrett.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (14 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, oversees national programmes of monitoring and reporting on the quality of rivers, lakes, transitional and coastal waters and groundwater, including in relation to the Lee, Cork Harbour and Youghal Bay catchment.  The EPA’s most recent published report in this regard is water quality in Ireland 2010 to 2015, which is available at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Gender Recognition (14 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While my Department has not provided specific training or guidelines for staff in relation to transgender matters, all staff are aware of and adhere to the 2015 Dignity at Work policy and we ensure that dignity is afforded to all transgender customers and staff of the Department.  My Department has not made a submission to the review group but we await the...