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Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No, it is Sinn Féin that is doing a disservice to homeless persons-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is Sinn Féin that is doing a disservice. We have to focus on the people living in emergency accommodation who need our help, people who are sleeping rough on the streets-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No, they are not. In some instances, they are living in private rented accommodation. They never went into homelessness.

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We should not count them as being homeless because it does a disservice to those who actually are homeless. That is where our focus should be, not on Sinn Féin's political antics.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as anindependent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants. The Act provides that landlords...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A total housing budget of €1.9 billion is provided for 2018, representing an increase of €500 million (36%) compared to 2017. This investment will see the housing needs of 25,500 households being met this year. Through a capital expenditure provision of €1.14 billion, local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) will deliver 5,900 homes through a combination...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Training (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There has been no expenditure by my Department to facilitate attendance at social media training conferences or other external events. Training courses or conferences on other topics attended by staff may, from time to time, include an item in respect of social media but my Department does not record information of this nature.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272, 274 and 275 together. My Department currently publishes data on a monthly basis on the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS), and are published...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 May 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: Rent Pressure Zones (3 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Rent Pressure Zones have their legal basis under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016. This legislation regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector. Pursuant to section 3(1), the Acts apply to every dwelling that is the subject of a tenancy. The provisions of the Acts, including those provisions providing for the rent pressure zone measure, does...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The daft.ie report makes for interesting reading but it tells us something we already know, in that rents are increasing. It discusses rents sought rather than agreed rents, which is what the RTB collects. It also looks at a much smaller data sample than the RTB report, which gives us the quarterly rent index. The last RTB report from the final quarter of last year told us two important...

Order of Business (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. We have approximately 20,000 landlords nationally who are engaging with HAP and taking HAP tenants into their accommodation. However, I recognise that in certain parts of the country HAP has not been as successful as it should have been. There is a 20% uplift which is allowed in most local authority areas. It is not being used in every case, nor does...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The purpose of the local infrastructure housing activation fund is to relieve key infrastructural blockages for the delivery of housing at scale. I have approved 30 infrastructure projects under the fund at a cost of around €195 million, with an associated housing delivery of 20,000 units by 2021, and more will follow as the sites are fully...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is important that we do not mislead the public on LIHAF. The objective of LIHAF was to unblock key pieces of land for housing delivery. The majority of the projects, if not all, were approved only in quarters 3 and 4 of last year. The intention is for the infrastructure to be delivered between now and 2019 and for 20,000 houses to be delivered between now and 2021. At certain sites,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On the Deputy's last question, it will depend on the scheme itself. In certain instances, based on the figures I gave the Deputy, there will be a cost reduction pertaining to homes across the site. A certain percentage will be taken off the proposed selling price or the proposed rental price. With regard to the affordable purchase scheme, again it will depend on the cost of delivering a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: That is correct. I propose to take Questions Nos. 24 and 25 together. I thank the Deputies for their questions. My Department currently publishes data on a monthly basis on the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their questions. What we are seeing, as this is emerging, is a mixed practice in each local authority as to both what they are counting but also some of the provisions they are putting in place to prevent people from going into emergency accommodation. At the Second Housing Summit at the beginning of year I told the local authorities to be creative in preventing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their follow-up questions. The tenants in Tallaght Cross are not at risk of being de-tenanted. Deputy Ó Broin is using the terms "temporary" and "precarious" but the tenants have been in those tenancies for a very long period and are at no risk of entering emergency accommodation. No decision has been made about people in Tallaght Cross. This is something we...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Why is Deputy Ó Broin so desperate to see the figures go up? If we go by Deputy Casey's definition, anyone in the private rental sector for two years might be included and counted as homeless. That does not make sense to me. We must be honest about the numbers. I was upfront about this when I discovered it. I have mentioned it previously. We are still working through this. We do...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I note the reference in the Deputy's question to "real social housing" units after which he then proceeded to outline an entirely unreal comparative analysis. Therefore, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I am happy to outline the actual comparison between social housing delivery in 2017 and the corresponding targets for 2018. In 2018, local authorities will deliver 2,319...