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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Strategic Development Zones (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In May 2016, the Government designated Poolbeg West as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) because of its potential to deliver a large proportion of the extra homes needed in the centre of Dublin. This was followed by the publication for consultation by Dublin City Council of a detailed planning scheme for the area. The Council prepared a draft planning scheme which was considered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Property Sales (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Property ownership in Ireland is classified as eitherleasehold or freehold. Owning the leasehold interest in a property means that you own just the building and not the land it is on and that your ownership is for a fixed number of years. If you own a leasehold property, you must pay a ground rent to your ground landlord - the person who owns the ground it is built on. The amount of ground...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. A service for Oireachtas members was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: At the end of Q2 2018, there were 37,751 active tenancies being supported under the Housing Assistance Payment?(HAP) scheme in 31 local authority areas. A breakdown of the number of households supported by HAP, in each local authority area since the scheme began in 2014 to Q2 2018, is available on my Department’s website at the following link: . The HAP scheme is funded through a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has no record of any application for funding by the Housing Association concerned for the property in question. Ordinarily, a housing proposal from an approved housing body is directed to the relevant local authority in the first place, rather than to my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 674 and 693 together. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local level. Irish Water’s primary function is to provide clean safe drinking water to customers and to treat and return wastewater safely to the environment. Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHB's)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for the development and provision of services to support victims of domestic abuse rests with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the delivery of such services is managed through the Child and Family Agency, Tusla. Housing authorities do not provide or oversee services specifically designed for victims of domestic violence. Victims of domestic violence who seek...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the question refers to the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP). 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 57 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018, which came into force on enactment, amends section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, which remains to be commenced. In the near future, I expect to make the commencement order required to bring into operation the latter provision, which amended section 42 of the Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Social housing construction is funded under a range of different initiatives such as local authority construction, turnkey developments, rapid delivery and regeneration programmes and through construction and turnkey developments by approved housing bodies. Rebuilding Irelandis a six year programme covering the period 2016 to 2021. In the period to end September 2018, €715 million has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested in respect of capital funding for housing programmes for Cavan County Council and Monaghan County Council for the period 2010 to end September 2018 is set out in the table. Local Authority 2010 €m 2011 €m 2012 €m 2013 €m 2014 €m 2015 €m 2016 €m 2017 €m 2018 (to 30/9) €m Total Cavan 8.29 3.31...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Abstraction Regulation (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Heads of the Water Environment (Abstractions) Bill were approved by Government in July 2018. It is intended that the Bill will give effect to the obligation under the Water Framework Directive to establish a system of registration and control over the abstraction of water and proposals in this regard were laid out in Ireland's River Basin Management Plan 2018-2021, which I published in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government announced on 26 September 2017 that it had agreed an indicative timetable for the holding of a number of referendums on proposals for amendments to the Constitution arising from the work of the Citizens’ Assembly and the Convention on the Constitution. In this context, my Department will be responsible for bringing forward appropriate Constitution Amendment Bills on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has committed capital funding for Donegal County Council to acquire the 20 housing units in question in an unfinished condition. Subject to contract with the vendor, the Council will complete the housing in question and thereafter, they would be part of their permanent social housing stock at an expected overall cost of €2.36 million.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Help-To-Buy Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The main support that has been put in place by the Government to assist first-time buyers is the Help to Buy Initiative, which is operated by the Revenue Commissioners on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Finance. As one of the policy aims of this scheme was to incentivise the construction of additional housing units, it is aimed solely at new-build and self-build properties. While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have had no engagements, meetings or correspondence with the person concerned during my tenure as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. HAP is a form of social housing support under which local authorities make monthly payments on behalf of tenants directly to landlords in respect of rent, subject to the terms and conditions of the scheme. All the terms and conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme(SHCEP) is a funding programme that supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from private owners and developers. The SHCEP budget funds the ongoing current costs of homes delivered using a variety of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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. However, as is currently the...