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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) is deemed to be a social housing support under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. As a long term housing support, an assessment of housing need must be completed in order for a household to qualify for HAP. Any household with an identified housing need is eligible for HAP. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provide that subject...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 636 and 637 together. The extent to which Brexit will impact on the housing market is not clear at this point as it will be determined, at least in part, by the outcome of the negotiations between the EU and the UK. The risks and opportunities presented by Brexit generally, highlight the importance of adopting a strongly strategic approach to public capital...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The total social housing delivery output for 2017 included 522 Part V homes and a breakdown of this delivery by local authority is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Of the 522 homes, 81 were delivered under the Social Housing Capital Investment Programme (SHCIP); 12 homes were delivered under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS); 163 homes were delivered...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (2 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The most recent month for which relevant data is available is June 2018, at which point there were a total of 19,336 active RAS tenancies, details of which, broken down by local authority, are set out in the following table. No. of Active RAS Tenancies by Local Authority @ 30th June 2018 Local Authority Total All RAS Carlow CC 519 Cavan CC 554 Clare CC 376 Cork City Cl. 839...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities have been making productive use of turnkey development opportunities to achieve delivery of new social housing since the commencement of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. Under the procurement arrangements that apply to such transactions, an initial 10% is usually paid as a deposit and the balance of the funding is provided on completion and delivery of the housing units...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As I have no function in relation to the provision or maintenance of market places, I have no plans to issue guidelines, directions or circular letters to local authorities in the matter. Casual trading is regulated in the Dublin City Council area through bye-laws made under the Casual Trading Act 1995, an Act for which my colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, has...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: What has Deputy McDonald done?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The list is available online in the quarterly construction report.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Taoiseach's reference to 8,000 social houses is accurate.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The first thing to acknowledge is that when we are talking about building homes that will stand for 60 or 70 years to house many generations of families, we have to get it right. In the past, certain planning schemes did not get it right. What we did in the Department was work with the chief executives of the local authorities to streamline what was an...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: That is why-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----I have been bringing the chief executives of local authorities-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----into housing summits to talk through the problems we have and to make sure they try to bring about housing provision in the fastest way possible. It is also the reason I am in discussions with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to see what we can do about public spending controls to make the one-stage process work better for those local authorities that would use it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Currently, there are more than 100 projects that should have gone through the one-stage process that did not, and the city managers did not put them through.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authorities provide local authority housing.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We provide the policy and the money.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I told the Deputy we were addressing it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. In the past two years since Rebuilding Ireland began, the number of people on the housing list has fallen by about 20,000. That is because local authorities throughout the country are implementing solutions to get people into social homes. As the Taoiseach mentioned earlier, we do not have an ideological objection over how they do that; we want it to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: That is why I have been working with the local authorities' chief executives to get them to build thousands of homes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I could answer it now.