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

Eoghan Murphy: I did not respond to the Deputy because his question was linked with another Deputy's question. The Housing Agency has a role and a fund to engage with institutional lenders and those who have homes on their books to acquire them for social housing. That is happening currently. There are almost 1,000 homes currently as part of the mandate to get 1,600 homes into the stock of social...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I wish to share time with Deputy Martin Heydon.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We face a serious crisis and are putting in place emergency responses, some of which were outlined by the Taoiseach earlier today in the Dáil. We need to do more and to do better. I know that the crisis is hurting people today and that tonight children will sleep in hotels and emergency accommodation, which is unacceptable. Of course, I support people's right to protest legally,...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: If we all believe, as I do, that we are in a crisis and that we need emergency responses, none of us should leave today and oppose the development of housing in our constituencies. More than that, we should work with councillors in our own parties, or councillors over whom we have influence, to make sure they are not opposing the building of houses. Let the planners do their work,...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As we catch up in building more homes - we are doing so - we have to protect people who may not have a home or who are at risk of losing it because they cannot afford the rent. However, freezing rent increases will not help to build new apartments and we need thousands of new apartments. Linking rent increases with inflation is fine when it is low, but what happens if inflation goes up...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----but they need to be strengthened. We also need proper enforcement. These changes are coming in the legislation will be brought before before the Dáil in the next couple of weeks. If we work together, we will have that legislation passed very quickly and it will make a real difference for tens of thousands of people throughout the country. It is not right when a young couple...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We will always support people's right to protest. We will always support good ideas in this House that will make a real difference for people .

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is the councillors' decision and they are holding up the development, and the Deputy knows that. That is disingenuous. He knows-----

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development will be put back by 18 months.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Members should show respect for other colleagues in this Chamber.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We made our contributions.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We are not counting such tenancies.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (3 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 urban areas with high demand for housing. There are two projects in County Meath being supported by LIHAF funding, at Ratoath (an outer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A three-pronged, targeted approach to affordable housing is being pursued. Firstly, in terms of affordable housing for purchase, relevant provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 have been commenced, which place the new scheme for affordable purchase on a statutory footing. This Scheme, aimed at households, including any qualifying military personnel, earning low to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While there is legislation that governs the administration of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, the detailed administration of the Grants, including the assessment, approval and payment of grants to applicants, can include the scope to use current year income as the basis for assessment, in cases where there has been a permanent change in circumstances.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is a statutory requirement that mortgage protection insurance (MPI) is taken out in respect of all local authority housing loans. The Local Authority Mortgage Protection Insurance scheme is a group scheme and is designed to provide an appropriate level of insurance cover to those who wish to avail of such loans, including the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan. It is overseen by the Mortgage...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (4 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 13 September 2018, I launched the new Land Development Agency (LDA) which will act as a new commercial State body to actively manage the strategic development of public land. This new Agency will lead a new, intensive and vigorous process of looking at strategically placed blocks of particularly brownfield publicly owned development land and unlocking such lands full potential, working...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 509 and 519 together. A number of social housing projects with the same main contractor have been impacted when the contractor ceased operation on site. I understand that since then, an interim examiner has been appointed in the case of the contractor concerned. It is the local authorities and approved housing bodies who are the contracting parties in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The recently established Land Development Agency will act as a new commercial State body to actively manage the development of public land in a way that will make a major contribution to tackling the root causes of our current housing issues, including bringing about major new opportunities for additional social and affordable housing on public lands. The Agency has a potentially very...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (9 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...