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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently just over 36,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and some 20,000 separate landlords and agents currently in receipt of HAP payments. A weekly average of 357 HAP tenancies are been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The annual planning statistics compiled by each planning authority for collation and publication by my Department do not include information related to judicial reviews of decisions made by planning or local authorities in the performance of their functions under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, or the Planning and Development Regulations made thereunder. Accordingly,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 2009, my Department has made financial support available to assist local authorities in meeting the costs of clean-up and necessary immediate works associated with the response to significant severe weather emergency events. This is in recognition of the exceptional nature of the activities carried out by local authorities in responding to these types of emergencies and the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 and 280 together. Neither section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, nor Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations made thereunder, relating to proposed development by a local authority that does not require environmental impact assessment or appropriate assessment, provide for a second round of public consultation in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 24 and 25 of 8 May 2018.  While tenancy arrangements are a matter for individual housing authorities, as indicated in the reply referred to, the issues arising in relation to the misclassification of certain households as homeless have not yet been fully addressed, so I am not in a position to provide a complete account in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, brought into operation a grant scheme to assist with the cost of remediation of septic tanks and domestic waste water treatment systems which are deemed, following inspection under the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Inspection Plan, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides current funding, under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988, to housing authorities towards the cost of providing accommodation and related services for individuals experiencing homelessness.  Housing authorities are also required to provide at least 10% of the cost of any service they are funding.  Funding in respect of homeless services is allocated on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Supported Residential Accommodation Provision (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Government policy, as expressed in the Programme for Government and in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, is to support older people to live in their own home with dignity and independence for as long as possible. In this context, my Department, in conjunction with the Department of Health, is currently exploring policy options including supported...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: To date, my Department has not engaged external consultants or outside bodies to undertake research or analysis on this issue. However, I am aware that the AHB sector have independently engaged their own research into the matter, and my Department is evaluating the work that has been undertaken in that regard. As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Finance has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Through the supports made available from my Department, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing 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 new social homes delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 286 together. The National Homelessness Consultative Committee (NHCC) was established in April 2007. The Committee included representatives from my Department and a number of the NGOs working in the area. It was established to provide a forum for a dialogue between the Department and NGO members in relation to policies to address homelessness.While an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the "Flemish Decree" case, a working group, comprising senior representatives from my Department and planning authorities, was established in May 2017 to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Refunds (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In keeping with the spirit of the provisions for the refund of domestic water charges under the Water Services Act 2017, and the earlier recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services on this matter, all reasonable efforts have been made to refund in full relevant domestic Irish Water customers the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (9 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 290 to 292, inclusive, together. The capital allocation for my Department as announced in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for the period 2018-2022 amounts to €10.232 billion.   The annual breakdown of funding is as follows: Capital Allocations 2018-2022 (€m) 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Housing, Planning & Local...

Questions on Promised Legislation (10 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. She asked it earlier in the week and I addressed it then but, to repeat what I said at the time, what the daft.iereport tells us is what we already know, that is that rents are increasing. However we in Government actually rely on the reporting of the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, because it relies on a greater data set which is based on rents agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (10 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can inform the Deputy that under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006.  The PRA replaces the Register of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (10 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive mandates member states to collect and treat urban waste water in towns and cities to protect public health and avoid pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Member states had until the end of December 2000 to ensure appropriate treatment for large agglomerations (with a population equivalent of more than 15,000), and until the end of December...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (10 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding, under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988, to housing authorities towards the costs of providing accommodation and related services for homeless persons. Section 10 funding of €109.2m million was provided to housing authorities towards the costs of homeless services in 2017. This funding is made available on a regional basis.  Westmeath County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (10 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300 and 301 together. The recently published National Planning Framework recognises the strong link between our health and environment and includes a National Policy Objective to support the objectives of public health policy, including Healthy Ireland and the National Physical Activity Plan, through integrating such policies, where appropriate and at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (10 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authority in this case recently sought funding approval from my Department for this social housing turnkey project, following successful negotiations with the developer, and that funding approval has been given.  As is standard with turnkey projects, the majority of the payment, apart from an initial deposit, is on completion of the housing units in a 'turnkey'...