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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy is aware, 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 new loan is designed to enable credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The delivery of more affordable homes, to buy or rent, is a major priority for Government, focusing in particular on the cities of Dublin, Galway and Cork, where people are facing the greatest affordability challenge. Increased delivery of homes at more affordable prices will involve local authorities developing their own residential land bank, comprising some 1,700 hectares, to its full...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 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, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, was made available on 1 February 2018. The new loan enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range. The low rate of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of social media accounts are operated by my Department and must be managed in accordance with my Department’s Social Media policy. My Department has not spent any money on social media training or consultancy since 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of social media accounts are operated by my Department and are managed in accordance with my Department’s Social Media policy. My Department has not spent any money on social media training or consultancy on the use of social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No contracts for services were awarded to the Company referred to in the period outlined.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 453 and 454 together. 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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment given in Rebuilding Ireland, a review of the first 12 months of the Tenant Purchase Scheme’s operation has been undertaken. The review has incorporated analysis of comprehensive data received from local authorities regarding the operation of the scheme during 2016 and a wide-ranging public consultation process which took place in 2017 and saw submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (29 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 needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (29 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a Review of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme, published on 8 February 2017, a range of amendments to the eligibility criteria and administration of the MTR scheme came into effect to enable more properties to qualify and to make the scheme more flexible and accessible to borrowers. The Review, available at the following link , explored the impediments to participation in the scheme...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. We will see a dramatic increase in student accommodation completions in the next couple of years. About 9,000 new student beds will be created, which is-----

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----very welcome for the students who will be living in that accommodation. It is not necessarily the case that student accommodation does not come under the RPZ measures. However, meetings have been held between my Department, the Minister of State at the Department of Education with special responsibility for higher education, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, and the students concerned...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The work we are doing currently on to rent sector and people who are renting is something I flagged last autumn in terms of a change management programme to make our rental market more mature. This is the first tranche of legislation but there is a second tranche to follow this year that will update on the first tranche of work. Similar legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1487 and 1488 together. The project in question has been granted planning permission by An Bord Pleanála and  environmental and other considerations would have been taken into account as part of the planning process. Local authorities have a general responsibility for the monitoring, management, protection and improvement of water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Library Services Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1489 and 1490 together. My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities; however, the data gathered does not provide details in terms of the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1493 to 1495, inclusive, together. As with the previous local authority home loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, which was introduced on 1 February 2018, is a local authority product and loan applications are made directly to the local authority in whose area the property proposed for purchase is situated. My Department does not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1496 and 1620 together. As the Deputy will be aware, residential construction on state lands over the period 2012-2017 has been primarily for social housing purposes. Through the supports made available from my Department, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects, through the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1498 to 1502, inclusive, together. Following engagement with the Land Use and Transport Committee of the County and City Management Association (CCMA) in relation to the discussion of individual planning applications at Municipal District and Area Committee meetings or at full Council meetings in some local authorities, my Department issued Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) is governed by the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 – 2016.  Section 153 of the Act provides that the members of the Board shall be appointed from time to time as occasion requires by the Minister.  The Act requires that Board members shall be persons who, in the Minister’s opinion, have experience in a field of expertise relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1507, 1508, 1510 and 1514 together. I presume the phrase “early risk categorisation” refers to the “area risk categorisation” process provided for in the national policy document “Keeping Communities Safe - A Framework for Fire Safety in Ireland” (KCS). The provision of a fire service in its functional area is...