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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No changes have been made in terms of our ambitions for St. Michael's Estate. I can be quite clear on that. What I am not clear on is Fianna Fáil's position in the constituency in terms of supporting this project. When I launched the plan in June, the Deputy's party's representative turned up. It was the first time I ever heard her speak about it and it was in negative terms. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On the timeline for St. Michael's Estate, we are talking about the project team being fully in place, Part 8 planning in November 2018, project funding to go to the European Investment Bank, EIB, which has said the project is eligible, for December of this year, and construction procurement in quarter 1 of next year. We then go to expressions of interest, also in quarter 1 of 2019, with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The residential tenancies Bill is incredibly important, particularly given the data we have seen today. It will give more powers to the Residential Tenancies Board, RTB, and provide a rent register, more rent transparency and RTB inspections and greater security for tenants, who will be entitled to a longer notice period before having to quit their accommodation. All of those things will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It underwent pre-legislative scrutiny by the joint Oireachtas committee. I have been very closely engaging with the Attorney General on the Bill in the past week and a half. There is one particular legal element which we must clarify but it is my intention to publish it in the next two weeks.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Together with the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Donohoe, I signed the establishment order for the Land Development Agency, LDA, on 13 September 2018. It will act as a new commercial State body to actively manage the development of public lands. The establishment order is an initial and enabling measure to get the LDA up and running as quickly as possible,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his reply. I will not mention any individual who does not have the right to come to the House to defend himself or herself. The Land Development Agency is the developer. It is a public developer. It will guarantee an uplift from all the work it will put into the land in terms of preparing master plans for sites, obtaining planning permission, seeking procurement,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Land Development Agency (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Just because we refer to an affordable scheme does not imply that the other houses sold on a site will not be affordable. It is probably more correct to say that they are subsidised housing. It depends on the location of the land brought forward for development. It is possible that none of this land would be developed for housing if we had not brought in the Land Development Agency and a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing is a top Government priority and there is clear evidence that the Government's comprehensive Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, is working. Under the Plan, the social housing needs of over 137,000 households will be met, supported by over €6 billion of investment, and housing supply more generally is targeted to increase to at least 25,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The funding provided for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme to support people living in private houses, has increased year on year since 2014. From a funding level five years ago of €43m, supporting 7,000 people, this year I have made a total of €66.25m available nationally for the schemes, which will directly benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Cork boundary alteration is the most significant local government boundary alteration to be undertaken since the foundation of the State. The change, which will see a population increase in the city of some 83,000, will drive sustainable economic growth and strengthen Cork's position as Ireland's second city and an “economic engine” for the wider southern region, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department's Voids Programme, funding is provided to support local authorities in remediating those social housing homes that may require a greater level of investment than the normal level of pre-letting repairs that local authorities would ordinarily carry out, as part of their on-going repair and maintenance of local authority housing. During 2017, my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In terms of affordable housing for purchase, local authority sites can be progressed in accordance with the provisions of Part V of the Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009, which are now commenced.  Affordable housing for rental can be pursued under the cost rental option being piloted on two sites in Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and Dublin City...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government’s Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is firmly focused on increasing supply to meet social housing needs under a range of programmes in all counties, including Roscommon and Galway, with the target to deliver 50,000 social homes through build, acquisition and leasing in the period to 2021, as well as meeting the housing needs of an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In April, the Minister for Finance published the Draft Stability Programme Update (SPU) for 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as to the impact of the Eurostat decision. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides fast, flexible housing support to households in an area of their choice. Individuals with a housing need, who in the past were reluctant to avail of full time work as they would lose their Rent Supplement support, can now move to HAP and avail of full-time work and retain their housing support, with an adjustment in their differential rent. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The review of Current and Capital Expenditure on Social Housing Delivery Mechanisms, prepared by the Irish Government Economic & Evaluation Service (IGEES) and published earlier this summer, focussed on an examination of the housing supports provided through capital and current funding mechanisms, the trends and cost developments in housing expenditure and also considered broader...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: To enable more delivery of social and affordable homes on public lands, the Government, in parallel with the establishment of the new Land Development Agency (LDA), has approved a new affordability requirement in relation to publicly owned lands, whereby a minimum of 30% of any housing developed must be reserved for affordable purposes in addition to the 10% statutory social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 29 and 31 together. The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was initially piloted in Carlow and Waterford and the pilot has been rolled out nationally since 23 February 2017. The scheme is one of a suite of measures available to local authorities to bring vacant properties back into use. Since the national roll out, my Department has been working intensively with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of key local authority residential sites in Dublin, where undersupply and affordability issues are being experienced most acutely, is a major priority for the Government. Shanganagh Castle is an excellent site, close to amenities and public transport and it is very positive that the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Council Members have come together, on a cross-party basis, with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan Funding (27 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,...