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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 465 together. It is a statutory requirement that mortgage protection insurance (MPI) is taken out in respect of all local authority housing loans. The Local Authority Mortgage Protection Insurance scheme is a group scheme, overseen by the Mortgage Protection Insurance Committee. This is a sub-committee of the County and City Management...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, my Department established a Working Group, involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements. The proposals under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides fast, flexible housing support to households in an area of their choice. Individuals with a housing need, who in the past were reluctant to avail of full time work as they would lose their Rent Supplement support, can now move to HAP and avail of full-time work and retain their housing support, with an adjustment in their differential rent. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of the area to establish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Finance has recently published the Draft Stability Programme Updatefor 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as to the impact of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department issued the first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to all local authorities in August 2016 and I have fully approved funding for 30 infrastructure projects at a cost of approximately €195 million. As part of Budget 2018, I announced that an additional €50 million Exchequer funding will be available for a second...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Project Ireland 2040signals a significant policy shift towards securing more compact and sustainable urban and rural development, which requires significantly more effective land management in key development areas. Against that background, it is proposed to establish a National Regeneration and Development Agency to assist in ensuring a more effective approach to strategic land management,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department will shortly issue the first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to all local authorities in August 2016. 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017. The project referred to was one of four projects that did not subsequently proceed from preliminary approval to final approval. Projects were given a specific period...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of residential lands owned by local authorities and the Housing Agency for social housing and, where appropriate, for mixed-tenure developments is a major priority under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. Details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership have been published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million, with the aim of delivering 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles. The Ballyburke site is part of the second bundle, comprising eight PPP sites in total, which will provide over 450 units. Three of the sites are located in the Cork County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department issued the first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to all local authorities in August 2016. Preliminary approval was given to 34 projects in March 2017 and I have since fully approved funding for 30 of the 34 projects, including roads, bridges and parks, at a cost of approximately €195 million, with an associated housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland, together with initiatives announced on foot of the targeted review of progress which was undertaken last year, as well as additional measures announced under Budget 2018, provides a robust framework for addressing the housing and homelessness challenges we face. One of the key outcomes of the second Housing Summit with local authority Chief Executives held earlier this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Monthly homelessness data reports are produced by housing authorities using the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. My Department collates this information into monthly national homeless reports, which are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As with the previous local authority home loan offerings, loan applications under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan are made directly to the local authority in whose area the property proposed for purchase is situated. My Department therefore does not directly collect information on the number of enquiries to local authorities regarding the loan or the number of loan applications received by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (8 May 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, for residential or regeneration purposes. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462 and 494 together. The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability assists people with a disability in private houses to have necessary adaptations, repairs or improvement works carried out in order to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. While my Department provides funding to local authorities for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The site at Oscar Traynor Road is one of three significant sites being brought forward by Dublin City Council under its Housing Land Initiative (HLI), the aim of which is to ensure the delivery of mixed-tenure homes in the City Council functional area. All three sites under the HLI are identified as Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRA) within the Dublin City...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am proposing to introduce the necessary legislative steps in the coming weeks to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in order to classify data centres above a certain size threshold as strategic infrastructure developments.  This change will mean that applications for planning permission for data centres that meet the scale requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 467, 468 and 473 together. The new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme is designed to enable credit worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties. The low rate of fixed interest associated with the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan provides first-time buyers with access to mortgage finance that they...