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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Credit Policy 2018, which has been in operation since 1 February 2018, was issued in accordance with the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans) Regulations 2018, which set out the regulatory framework for the operation of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme. This document replaces the credit policy that was in place for the local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1613 and 1615 together. At the second Housing Summit, held in January of this year, I asked each local authority Chief Executive to furnish a report, confirming and setting out how their local authority intended to deliver on its social housing targets over the coming years. My Department has reviewed these returns, re-calibrated 2018 targets...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The objective of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is to provide public off-site enabling infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages to activate key development sites to bring forward housing quickly. The infrastructure will be built by Local Authorities and will be for the use of the general public. All proposals for funding under LIHAF were...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is operated directly by local authorities and the final decision on loan approval is a matter for each local authority and its Credit Committee. Decisions on all housing loan applications are made on a case-by-case basis. These decisions must be made in accordance with the statutory credit policy that underpins the scheme in order to ensure consistency...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Office of Public Works (OPW) has the central role in managing the State’s diverse property portfolio, and is responsible for co-ordinating policy in maintaining and efficiently organising the property asset portfolio of the State.   While my Department does not collate the information sought in relation to lands in the ownership of local authorities, all local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was initially piloted in Carlow and Waterford and the pilot has been rolled out nationally since 23 February 2017. The scheme is one of a suite of measures available to local authorities to bring vacant properties back into use. Since the national roll out, my Department has been working intensively with local authorities and Approved...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is designed to enable credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range. The scheme is targeted at first-time buyers who have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a mortgage, but who are unable to access a mortgage sufficient for them to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is targeted at first-time buyers who wish to own their own home, have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a mortgage, but who are unable to access a mortgage sufficient for them to purchase their first home. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to my reply to Question No. 629 of 27 March 2018 in this matter.  The position is unchanged.

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

Eoghan Murphy: Detailed data in relation to local authority construction for the years 2012 to 2016 is available on my Department's website at the following link: . In January 2017, I published details of the 2017 provisional social housing outputs, including details as to the number of social housing homes constructed in 2017. During last year, just under 26,000 households had...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (17 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have not had correspondence from, or meetings with, estate agents representative bodies on the matter of persons queuing to purchase houses. However, the delivery of more affordable homes, to buy or rent, is a major priority for Government, focusing in particular on those people on low to moderate incomes. Recognising that housing affordability is a major issue...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (18 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible.  The qualifications outlined in the advertisement for the post concerned are the declared qualifications as agreed by my Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (18 Apr 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: Local Authority Housing (18 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of the Poolbeg Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) will, subject to a decision of An Bord Pleanála to approve the detailed planning scheme drawn up by the City Council and the subject of a current appeal, be subject to the provisions of Part V of the Planning Act which will deliver some 350 social housing units. Taking account of wider Government policy in the context of the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We have discussed this before. Guidelines were issued in the course of last year. I said that if those guidelines need to be put into legislation, I will do that. Earlier this week, I brought heads of a Bill to protect tenants. Some new protections are coming in very quickly. If further legislation is needed, I have indicated that a second Bill is coming for the rental market later in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that those guidelines are still in place and that new guidelines are coming shortly as part of Project Ireland 2040.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am actively progressing a number of measures under my remit that are included in the Strategic Policy Framework agreed by Government in October 2017 for the continued development of data centres in Ireland, as part of wider economic growth and balanced regional development. The National Planning Framework, published in February of this year, includes an objective for the promotion of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Library Services Staff (19 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department received a staff sanction request from Galway County Council for a Branch Librarian, Ballygar, on 5 April 2018 and following consideration of the request, the post was approved on 16 April 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments and through working with approved housing bodies under a range of delivery options. Details on the number of properties purchased and built...