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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Westmeath County Council submitted an application to my Department for Ministerial sanction to raise borrowings for the development of a leisure facility at Robinstown, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.   In accordance with section 106 of the Local Government Act 2001, loan sanction must be approved by the appropriate Minister, which is the Minister responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 752 to 754, inclusive, together. Rebuilding Ireland targets the delivery of 50,000 social homes by 2021, through build, acquisition and leasing, supported by investment of €6 billion. With the increased resources being made available for social housing under Budget 2018, there is now a greater emphasis on direct build activity by local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: At the time of its establishment in August 2016, the Housing Delivery Office (HDO) comprised a team of 4 people including staff seconded from the local government sector and the National Development Finance Agency. Having carried out a range of initial initiatives, and taking account of the fact that some assignments to the office were time-limited, the HDO was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The site at Oscar Traynor Road is one of three significant residential 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 within the City Council area. All three sites under the HLI are identified as Strategic Development and Regeneration Areas (SDRA) within the Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2015, it was agreed that a review be undertaken by an independent fire expert to develop a framework for general application, in the interest of supporting owners and residents living in developments where concerns regarding non-compliance with fire safety requirements arise. In August 2017, the 'Framework for Enhancing Fire Safety in Dwellings Where Concerns Arise' was published....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities; however, the data gathered does not provide details in terms of the number of Senior Executive Building Surveyors, Senior Executive Engineers, Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.  The suite of grants includes the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People, which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Free Travel Scheme Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Arising from the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, my Department is funding an initiative to provide homeless families residing in hotel accommodation and family hubs in the Dublin Region with access to free public transport for essential school journeys.   The Dublin Region Homeless Executive is overseeing implementation of this initiative...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities have a number of options available to them in meeting social housing needs. These include, if they consider it appropriate, the transfer of a site from a person qualified for social housing to the local authority, and the building of a social house on the site by the local authority, to be tenanted by the person who transferred the site. I understand that the scheme referred...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The preparation of a General Scheme of a Bill to provide for the prohibition of the manufacture, import, export or sale of certain products containing plastic microbeads is at an advanced stage. A Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis will be uploaded to my Department's website shortly. The target is to publish the Bill in the 2018 autumn/winter legislative session.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My focus, and that of the Government, is to ensure that as many households as possible remain in their homes and in this regard a range of measures are currently being implemented across Government Departments and agencies. These actions are focused on encouraging those in mortgage distress to reach a long term debt resolution, avoid repossession and remain in their home if possible. One of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). Under these Regulations, annual maximum limits are provided for nitrogen and phosphorus for grassland and tillage crops. The rates are designed to meet the crop and soil requirements whilst...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is the Chief Executive of the Council who is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority. I have delegated authority to the Cork City Chief Executive to fill vacancies that arise within the context of agreed workforce planning numbers without recourse to my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Proposals for individual solar farm developments are subject to the statutory requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in the same manner as other proposed developments, with planning applications made to the relevant local planning authority with a right of appeal to An Bord Pleanála. There are currently no specific planning guidelines in place in respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, set out a series of measures to be introduced to ensure the quality of private rental accommodation by strengthening the applicable standards and improving the inspection and enforcement systems. On 1 July 2017, updated regulatory standards, the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017, came into effect. These...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities; however, the data gathered does not provide details in terms of the number of indoor and outdoor staff employed by each local authority. Accordingly, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Development contributions are levied by local authorities on the basis of a development contribution scheme that is adopted by the elected members of the relevant local authority. The level of contribution and the types of development to which development contributions will apply, including any waivers or reductions from charging in specific circumstances, are therefore determined at local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not hold the data requested in relation to the number of pensioners in Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) tenancies or Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenancies. The number of tenancies supported under RAS for the period 2016 to end Q1 2018, broken down by local authority area, is available on my Department’s website at the following link under the Rental...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Due to the quasi-judicial role of the RTB, it would be inappropriate for me as Minister or my Department to comment on, or to interfere in, the specifics of any...