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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The number of proposals for social housing from local authorities approved and being processed by my Department is set out in the Social Housing Construction Status Report, which is published on a quarterly basis. The report covering the period up to end Quarter 1 2018 is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: and provides project details of the social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The position as outlined in the details supplied remains the current position. However, I expect to be in a position in the very near future to publish the outcome of the review.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Youth Homelessness Strategy (25 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. Key to reducing the numbers of families in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I launched the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) in July, as part of Project Ireland 2040, to support the compact growth and sustainable development of Ireland’s five cities, regional drivers and other large urban centres. The URDF is designed to leverage a greater proportion of residential and commercial development, supported by infrastructure, services and amenities,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have advised all local authorities of their minimum social housing targets across build, acquisition and lease both for 2018 and also for the multi-annual period to 2021. Details of the targets for each local authority can be accessed on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The 2018 build target is for the delivery of almost 5,000 additional active social housing homes,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties or self-build in a suitable price range. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the RIHL is available to first-time buyers only, to ensure the effective targeting of limited resources. The final decision on loan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 543 and 547 together. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A total of 522 Part V units were delivered by local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) for social housing in 2017. There is no single dedicated Part V funding scheme administered by my Department as the mechanism for delivery of homes is a matter for the local authority in the first instance. Instead, local authorities harness the capacity of a variety of funding schemes in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A call for proposals issued under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) on 29 June 2018. The closing date for receipt of submissions was 31 August. €75 million of Exchequer funding is being provided under the SSF to provide enabling infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of affordable homes on local authority and Housing Agency sites, in or near centres where increasing house prices and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I acknowledge his hard work and dedication on it. We have been in contact on HAP and homelessness prevention measures on a number of occasions. The Deputy has been working with my staff over recent months to bring various concerns to my attention. He has explained his concerns about the terms and consistency of application of homeless HAP in his...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I welcome the fact that the Deputy recognises that the HAP is working. Of course it can be improved. Not every Deputy in this House recognises the considerable support the HAP is giving to people who are at risk of homelessness or coming out of emergency accommodation. Tens of thousands of people throughout the country have been supported. Some individuals, for ideological reasons, refuse...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 799 of the 18 September 2018 which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following engagement with the credit union sector on proposals for credit unions to provide funding for the provision of social housing, the Central Bank undertook a review of the relevant investment framework in 2017. On foot of this review, revised Regulations commenced on 1 March 2018. The revised Regulations included the addition of investment in “regulated investment vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 21 September I announced the final funding allocations for 2018 under my Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme. The group water scheme that the Deputy refers to is located in the jurisdiction of Limerick City and County Council and my announcement included an allocation of €80,000 to the Council under Measure 1(b) of the programme for the scheme. Measure 1(b) provides...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties Data (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not collate or hold a full register of State owned land in County Meath. However, given the importance of ensuring that public land suitable for residential development is brought forward for the development of social and affordable housing, the residential lands in the ownership of the Housing Agency, local authorities and certain other public bodies, including lands in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Registration of Title (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 120 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 (the 1964 Act) provides for the payment of compensation in circumstances where a claimant has suffered a verifiable loss as a result of an error originating in the Property Registration Authority (the PRA). The error must be in relation to registered land (whether of misstatement, misdescription, omission or otherwise, and whether in a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (26 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 homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual housing authorities. Data in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In direct response to the housing challenge and in order to support housing authorities deliver on their responsibilities and obligations, a number of dedicated structures have been put in place in the Dublin region and nationally. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) is provided by Dublin City Council as the lead statutory local authority in the response to homelessness in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (26 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Development contributions are levied by planning authorities on the basis of development contribution schemes that are approved by the elected members of the relevant authority.  These schemes set out the types of development to which contributions will apply, and the associated level of payment required, across each individual authority.  As development contribution schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (26 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...