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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (19 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).  The most recently published SSHA, carried out in 2017, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 28 June 2017. The results of the SSHA are available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (19 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The funding to County Tipperary from the Local Government Fund from 2013 to date is set out in the following table. Year GPG/LPT Other Funding Total 2013 €37,971,172.00 €1,335,683.44 €39,306,855.44 2014 €22,755,110.00 €1,464,109.46 €24,219,219.46 2015 €23,320,110.00 €1,128,748.51 €24,448,858.51 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (20 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. The provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. This includes operational issues such as ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is not the registered owner of any land in County Meath. The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland are generally the registered owners of any property in state ownership that is occupied by my Department. The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an assessment of the income needed to provide for a household's basic needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Enforcement of Part IV of the Housing Act 1966, which deals with overcrowding, is a matter for each local authority in its role as housing authority for its relevant functional area. Under that Act, a housing authority may request information from the owner or occupier of a house such as will allow that authority to determine if a house can be deemed to be overcrowded, having regard...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the social housing needs of over 137,000 households will be met over the period 2016 to 2021, supported by over €6 billion of investment, by delivering an additional 50,000 social housing units, while an additional 87,000 households will have their housing need met via Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities have designated Vacant Homes Officers to act as a central point of contact and to provide information and advice for owners of vacant homes and also to deal with queries from members of the public in respect of private residential vacant properties in their administrative area. My Department has provided funding for each local authority (€50,000 per annum, for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF), published together with the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 earlier this year, is intended to provide the strategic context for future planning, development and investment over the next two decades. In addition, the NPF represents a long-term strategy for Government Departments, State agencies, State-owned enterprises,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A detailed database and GIS map of Land Aggregation Scheme sites, showing their location, size, boundaries, zoning and other information, is available at . Under the terms of the Land Aggregation Scheme, lands accepted into the scheme must be transferred to the ownership of the Housing Agency. The Housing Agency is responsible for managing the transfer process, including any technical and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: For 2018, I have provided €66.25 million for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, an increase of some 11% on 2017. Funding for these schemes has been increasing year on year since 2014 and 9,080 households benefitted in 2017, with 10,000 expected to benefit in 2018. The approach each year is to issue a single full year allocation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 annum and having been in receipt of social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While my Department provides funding to support capital improvements to local authority housing, including through the Voids Programme, the routine management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs, is a matter for each individual local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together. To support the work of the Land Development Agency, the Government has agreed new policies requiring that a minimum of 30% of public lands coming forward for redevelopment and/or disposal are to be reserved for affordable housing purposes (in addition to the statutory requirement for 10% social housing under the existing Part V...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (20 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 case, my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1424 of 7 September 2018, which sets out the general position in relation to the cost rental pilot projects. As regards the criteria for the allocation of these cost rental homes, I announced earlier this year new measures that are specifically targeted at delivering more affordable homes generally to households with maximum gross...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 247 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: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the leasing of houses and apartments. The SHCEP budget funds the ongoing current costs of homes delivered using a variety of different delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant dwellings across Ireland. The RLS is targeted at owners of vacant dwellings, who cannot afford or access the funding needed to bring their dwellings up to the required standard for rental property. Subject...