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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No. We will get the uplift. We will get the profit and we will reinvest it in affordability on those sites. We will be the developer. We will do the master planning and all of that to get a great return for the taxpayer on public land and everyone will have a chance and a right to buy houses on that land.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. As part of the overall review, a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is being undertaken on the revised Guidelines before they come into effect, in accordance with the requirements of EU Directive 2001/24/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While the Valuation Office came under the aegis of my Department on 1 January 2018, section 9(10) of the Valuation Act 2001 (as amended) provides that the Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his or her functions, and decisions with regard to the selection of rating authority areas for revaluation is his or her prerogative. The Commissioner has responsibility under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme introduced in 2012 is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who are eligible for social housing support whose mortgage is unsustainable and who have very limited options, if any, to meet their long-term housing needs themselves. One of the main criteria underpinning the MTR scheme is that it is a social housing option and therefore is targeted at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Press and public relations functions are generally undertaken by the officials in my Department's Press Office. All press office costs are met from my Department's allocated Exchequer Vote. Details of any relevant expenditure by my Department are currently being collated insofar as is possible and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports, including through the use of rapid build methodologies. Under my Department’s Social Housing Capital programme, 208 Rapid Delivery homes were completed during 2016 and 2017. 22 of these were delivered in 2016,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617, 621 and 628 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistical data in relation to Part V output published to end 2017 can be found on my Department’s website at . Additional Part V data relating to delivery to end Q2 2018 is available at the following link: . While my Department collects statistics on delivery of social housing by local authorities, allocations and tenanting are a matter for individual authorities and data is not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Limerick City and County Council is taking an area-based and collaborative approach to addressing vacancy and dereliction of private housing in towns and villages in the City and County. The primary focus of programmes initially is in areas of high housing demand, and with a secondary focus of town and village renewal, improving public realm and regeneration of the Historic core in Limerick...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not keep data on the number of vacant or void local authority houses at any point in time. However, statistics in relation to social housing are compiled by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in its annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These statistics are set out by local authority and include the percentage of total local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the preparation of the National Planning Framework (NPF), published together with the National Development Plan as part of Project Ireland 2040 earlier this year, my Department hosted a number of stakeholder engagement events. Public participation was a key element in developing the National Planning Framework since preparatory work began in late 2014 and to ensure the public was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 623 and 624 together. St. Teresa’s Gardens is a key regeneration project, the first phase of which will see the delivery of the 54 new social housing homes. As the project is currently moving through the final stages of a tendering and approval process, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the specifics of the project or timelines. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer the reply to Question number 1007 of 20 March, 2018, which sets out the position to that date. The engagement of external expertise is generally only considered where the issues involved require expert skills or capabilities that are not readily available within my Department. Press and public relations functions are undertaken by the officials in my Department's Press Office. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following the introduction of changes to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, effected through the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 (the relevant sections of which were commenced with effect from 1 September 2015), the range of options available through which Part V obligations might be satisfied was reduced. In particular, the payment of cash in lieu of homes or the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department approved a Stage 4 application and associated funding of €1.1m for this scheme in July 2018 and it is now a matter for Wicklow County Council to progress the scheme to construction. Funding in respect of fees and local authority administration costs have been recouped to date. My Department engages with all local authorities, including Wicklow County Council, on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos 10 and 12 of 27 September 2018 which sets out the position with regard to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of properties constructed, purchased and leased by all local authorities, for letting to those on the social housing waiting lists, are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides capital funding to all Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock under the Disabled Persons Grant (DPG) Scheme. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding and the needs of older people or people with a disability, who may require stair lifts or the installation of a downstairs bedroom...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The aim of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund is to relieve critical infrastructural blockages to enable the accelerated delivery of housing on key development sites and to improve the economic viability of new housing projects in Dublin and in other urban areas with high demand for housing. Thirty public infrastructure projects have been approved across 14 local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department launched the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative (NTICI) in April 2016 to trial new approaches and working methods in supporting and accelerating overall national and local action on the process for taking-in-charge housing estates, including estates with developer-provided water services infrastructure (DPI). Under the terms of the NTICI, which was underpinned by €10...