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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an assessment of the income needed to provide for a household's basic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Code (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The issue of the possible introduction of tax incentives is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Finance. My Department is committed to supporting older people to live in their own home with dignity and independence for as long as possible, as this has the best outcomes both for the individual and for society as a whole. Rebuilding Ireland aims to ensure that older people...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1056 and 1057 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland has put in place both the targets and the funding resources to accelerate the delivery of social housing for all local authorities, including Cavan and Monaghan County Councils. There are currently over 12,000 new social homes included in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects, which is now published on a quarterly basis and includes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines.  In this regard, a “preferred draft approach” to the review of the Guidelines has been developed to address a number of key aspects, including sound or noise, visual amenity setback distances, shadow flicker, consultation obligations, community dividend and grid...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for housing support through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. Once a household has been deemed eligible for social housing support, it is a matter for the local authority to examine the suite of social housing supports available, including the HAP scheme, to determine the most appropriate form of social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department compiles a wide range of statistics on housing output and schemes,  and publishes the available data on the Department’s website. Data is not available across the entire time horizon requested for all elements mentioned in the question. Historical data from 1970 onwards, where available,  relating to contribution of Local Authority and the Social and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested by the Deputy is not collected by my Department. The vacant site registers and derelict sites registers established and maintained by local authorities, as required under the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 and the Derelict Sites Act 1990 respectively, do not contain information on the previous use of vacant or derelict sites or buildings.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The elected members of local authorities have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions of the authority, including adopting the annual budget and authorising borrowing, and are democratically accountable for all expenditure by the local authority. It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan Data (20 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Project Ireland 2040, which was launched by the Government last month, sets out the long-term planning and investment strategy for the country and contains a wide range of major investment projects and commitments within the 10-year National Development Plan. In addition, the 20-year National Planning Framework outlines the broader policy principles and priorities to plan in a more...

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is still lower by 3 percentage points compared with the figure for 2016.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is lower than it was in 2016 by 3 percentage points.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is misleading the Dáil.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. In the context of Rebuilding Ireland, it is important to know that our plans are working. Recent Central Statistics Office, CSO, data point out that planning permission was granted for 20,776 dwelling units last year. That was up 26% on 2016, so good progress is being made. We do need land on which to build houses. On the Rebuilding Ireland...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Good. He will have seen that there are plans for a new land development and regeneration agency that will be set up later this year to make sure that State and semi-State land is brought into local authorities to be developed for housing. Further details on that will issue once the new agency is established.

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. If he would not mind giving me the particular details I can look at them in more detail. It is important to note, however, that the commercial rates Bill, which will allow local authorities to vary rates bills, is priority legislation that will be taken by the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, very shortly. Also, there are special funds in Project...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A range of housing options are necessary to ensure a supply of accommodation to meet different types of social housing need. Harnessing the off-balance sheet potential of private investment in social housing is an important contributor to meeting this objective and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period to 2021 reflect the ambition in that regard....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The RTB currently has 55 staff which include a number of secondees from other civil/public service bodies. Demand for the RTB’s services has increased significantly due to the increasing size of the rental sector and also because of the changing regulatory structure. Furthermore, a number of additional functions have been added to the remit of the RTB since 2016, including: -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a review of the two existing local authority home loan schemes, the House Purchase Loan and the Home Choice Loan, a new loan offering, known as the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, was introduced on 1 February 2018. The Home Loan calculator on gives an indication of how much you can borrow over the maximum term allowable and what the estimated repayments would be. A shorter loan term...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (21 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 1 July 2017, updated regulatory standards, the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017, came into effect. These Regulations focus on tenant safety and include new measures covering heating appliances, carbon monoxide, ventilation and window safety. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with the Regulations. The Guide to Minimum...