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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (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 related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Monthly...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Phase 1 of Dolphin House Regeneration is approaching completion, with the provision of 100 new units. This phase consists of a mix of new build units and units located within retrofitted existing blocks. I understand that Phase 2 of Dolphin House Regeneration is currently under review by Dublin City Council and it is envisaged that a decision on the Phase 2 strategy will be finalised...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is in regular contact with disability advocates in relation to the housing issues of people with disabilities. I met with the organisation referred to last year on the issue of wheelchair accessible housing and further meetings with my Department have taken place since then. One of the key measures achieved in 2016 under the National Housing Strategy for People with a...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan are not processed by my Department. All applications are decided on by the local authority that applicants apply to. The Housing Agency provides a central assessment service for local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities in respect of each application. However, the final decision on loan approval is a matter for each...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I commenced the relevant provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, to place the new scheme for affordable purchase on a statutory footing, on 18 June 2018. This Scheme will be delivered by local authorities developing their sites in key locations. The Scheme complements other Government Schemes which help first-time buyers to buy a home, such as the Help to Buy Scheme and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1347 and 1349 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) introduced in 2005 placed responsibility on local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of Rent Supplement for 18 months or longer, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. RAS has provided a more structured, accommodation-based approach to the use of the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. Budget 2018 has increased the Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme to €301 million. This will allow for the continued support of existing HAP households and also enable the additional 17,000 households targeted under...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I met with representatives of this Company on one occasion, on 13 July 2017, to have a general discussion regarding accelerating the provision of housing, particularly mixed tenure/affordable housing, including rental housing. One of my Special Advisers also attended the meeting. My Department's records are being checked in relation to any meetings that may have taken place at official...

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

Eoghan Murphy: There is no record of any meetings held between this Company and either myself or my Department officials.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016 set out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in both the private rental sector and the Approved Housing Bodies (AHB) sector. The Acts provide that landlords in the sector must apply to register a tenancy of a dwelling with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) within one month of the commencement of the tenancy. The RTB was...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Regulations, under which the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is established, provide that the loan is available to first-time buyers only. The Regulations define a first-time buyer as having the same meaning as a first-time buyer in Section 92B of the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999, which defines a first-time buyer as a person who has not individually or jointly with another person...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As Minister, I am primarily responsible for the formulation and implementation of policy and for the preparation of legislation in relation to housing nationally. Section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions. The day-to-day operation of the social housing system including the issue of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Pillar 5 of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is specifically focused on utilising existing housing stock, with a key objective of ensuring that houses throughout the country and across all forms of tenure, in both the public and private sectors, is used to the optimum degree possible. An overarching action within that Pillar is a commitment to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme which came into operation on 1 January 2016 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 annum and having been in receipt of social housing support for at...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is targeted at first-time buyers who wish to own their own home, 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 purchase their first home. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time buyers only....

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

Eoghan Murphy: In January 2018, the Government acknowledged the findings of the European Committee on Social Rights in respect of social housing conditions under Article 16 of the Revised Social Charter on Social Rights and my Department is committed to improving social housing conditions through a range of measures, including returning vacant units to productive use and energy efficiency programmes. It...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme, which commenced in 2013 to improve the energy efficiency and comfort levels in local authority homes, is being implemented in a number of phases. Funding of some €115.7 million has been provided from 2013 to the end of 2017 to improve almost 64,000 local authority homes, benefitting those at risk of fuel poverty and making a significant...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In late 2017, my Department conducted a review of Group Water Scheme subsidies. The review involved discussions with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, the representative body of the Group Water Sector. Discussions concluded in December 2017, when I approved increased subsidy levels. The new subsidy arrangements, endorsed by a special delegate conference of the Federation on 13...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning & Development (Amendment) Act 2018 was signed into law by the President on 19 July 2018. One of the key elements of the Act is the legal base it provides for the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR). My Department is advancing the work necessary to allow me to establish the Office as soon as possible. An Advance OPR...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (7 Sep 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 does not directly collect information on the number of loan applications received by each local authority. However, as is currently the...