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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Contracts (22 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently responsible for the development of one PPP programme for housing, which involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million, with the aim of delivering 1,500 social housing homes in total, via three bundles. Other PPP programmes, such as those designed to deliver schools or medical facilities, would be the responsibility of the Ministers for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (22 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 615 and 616 together. The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more or student accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or more, to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála (the...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Approved Housing Bodies (22 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. I am aware from his membership of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government that he has a keen interest in the matter. We often battle politely in that forum and I very much appreciate his engagement, expertise and interest in this area. Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness recognises the key...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Approved Housing Bodies (22 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Senator. I will consider the proposal he has made about where we initiate the legislation. The Senator is aware of the importance of the AHB sector to our delivery stream. When we talk about the State building social housing and local authorities building social housing, we include what the AHBs are doing because they are one of the new delivery streams that were not there in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. We have responsibilities, as Deputies in this House, not to try to undermine the integrity of our electoral process, which is very robust. Getting onto the register of electors is not a simple process and requires a number of steps, including verification from the Garda Síochána. I received the Deputy's letter. I am aware of one incident in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----and I will have them investigated by the local authority, where it is relevant.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These Guidelines offer advice to planning authorities on planning for onshore wind energy through the development plan process and in determining applications for planning permission. The Guidelines are also intended to ensure a consistency of approach throughout the country in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Annual expenditure under the local authority construction programme, i.e. standard construction, turnkeys and rapid delivery, for the period 2005 to 2017, and to date in 2018, is set out in the following table.  The data is provided from 2005 onwards in order to align with the introduction of my Department’s current financial management system during 2004. The breakdown of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on public relations since 2016. My Department’s Press Office provides public relations services and the engagement of external expertise is generally only considered where the issues involved require specific expert skills that are not readily available within the Department. With regard to the Government's Rebuilding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Irish Water, as a single publicly owned national water services authority, is taking a strategic, nationwide national utility approach to asset planning and investment,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (23 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Section 126 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, An Bord Pleanála has a statutory objective to determine planning appeals within 18 weeks. Where the Board does not consider it possible or appropriate to reach a decision within 18 weeks (e.g. because of the particular complexities of a case or the requirement to hold an oral hearing), it will inform the parties of the reasons...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputies should stop abusing their position.

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. We obviously have a duty of care to the citizens of our country to make sure we are providing for them. That is why Rebuilding Ireland is a €6 billion commitment to bring 50,000 new homes into the social housing stock and, more than that, to use the private rental sector to look after people who are on the housing lists and who need housing...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The commercial rates Bill is priority legislation. I and my officials have had several meetings with the Attorney General in recent weeks to ensure that we can have the draft legislation published as soon as possible. I had hoped that would happen this months but I have assurances that we will have it in June. There is one particular issue we are trying to finalise with the Attorney...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am in conversation with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about the development of guidelines for solar energy and solar farms.

Report on Building Standards, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Motion (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputies for the report which addresses a fundamental concern that has a direct impact on the daily life of many living in the State. Stronger compliance with building standards has been to the forefront of our building control reform agenda which was initiated in 2011 when a high level working group reviewed the existing building control regulatory framework. The key deficits...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 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. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership were published on the Rebuilding...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (24 May 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: Environmental Impact Assessments (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In the first instance, it is the responsibility for Northern Ireland or UK authorities to ensure that they comply fully with the obligations under relevant EU obligations, including in respect of transboundary consultation requirements under the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context (the Espoo Convention) and Directive 2011/92/EU relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (24 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. Section 174 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and Chapter 5 of Part 10 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, relating to consultations about the transboundary environmental effects of proposed developments that are subject to environmental impact assessment (EIA), comply fully with the requirements of...