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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Convention Recommendations (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Fourth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, published in August 2013, included a recommendation that there should be a right for citizens to petition on influencing the legislative agenda and to petition for referendums.   In response, the Government pointed to the fact that constitutional referendums are already common in Ireland and that there is nothing to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 126 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, An Bord Pleanála has a statutory objective to determine planning appeals within 18 weeks.  Where the Board does not consider it possible or appropriate to reach a decision within 18 weeks (e.g. because of the particular complexities of a case or the requirement to hold an oral hearing), it will inform the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that neither myself nor any officials of my Department have held meetings with the companies or representatives of the companies concerned.  One of the companies concerned was involved in the Government Cloud Network project and would have visited one of my Department's offices during 2016 as part of that project.  However, this was to carry out a technical site...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The data requested is currently being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1165 and 1166 together. The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A list of bodies that are registered as Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) in accordance with Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 can be found on the Register of AHBs which is published on my Department's website at the following link: . The following 14 AHBs are identified as co-operatives: - Belcarra Community Co-Operative Society Limited  - Community...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Facilities (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are independent statutory bodies. The day-to-day management of local authority buildings is an executive function. Section 149 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, requires that the Chief Executive perform executive functions in accordance with the policy framework established by the elected members.  As such the access and use...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1169 and 1170 together. In order to deliver affordable homes, in the areas of the country most affected by a lack of affordable housing supply, the Government has committed €310 million, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on local authority sites, to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The 22 homes referred to by the Deputy were constructed by the company in question for Dublin City Council (DCC). The project came under the terms of the Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (BC(A)R) and was therefore subject to additional statutory certification requirements. DCC advise that they employ a strict monitoring regime for their developments and since the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department actively encourages local authorities to submit recoupment claims for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability without delay.  No deadline for the end of October has been set by my Department; however, local authorities have been advised that claims on hand should be submitted as soon as possible in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A range of housing options are necessary to ensure a supply of accommodation to meet different types of social housing need. Harnessing the off-balance sheet potential of private investment in social housing is an important objective of the Government and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period to 2021 reflect the ambition in that regard.   My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1174, 1182 and 1183 together. The EPA issues a report on urban waste water treatment in Ireland every year. The latest report is based on the assessment of effluent monitoring results from 1,100 waste water treatment plants reported to the EPA by Irish Water and on enforcement activities carried out by the EPA during 2017. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1175 and 1180 together. Capital funding is provided to local authorities to acquire a range of properties for social housing use. The properties involved can range from those in good condition to those that need remediation and may have been vacant.  To ensure a local-led response to such work, responsibility for property acquisitions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the "Flemish Decree" case, a working group was established in May 2017 to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has set out an ambitious set of targets for the delivery of social housing in the period to 2021 in its Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. A commitment to deliver 50,000 new social housing homes through a range of delivery mechanisms is being supported by a multi-annual Exchequer commitment totalling €6.5 billion over the period of the plan. These targets will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. As Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government I have no function in relation to operational water supply matters and I must respect the statutory authority that the Oireachtas has conferred on Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority, as set out in Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966.  It is therefore a matter for Donegal County Council, in the first place, to address vacancies that might arise in their social housing stock. My Department supports local authorities through a number of programmes to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The data requested is currently being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017. They specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, safety of gas, oil and electrical supply and fire.  All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Disabled Persons Grants Scheme (DPG's), my Department provides funding to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to the existing social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants. The scheme applies to adaptations that are necessary to address the needs of older people or people with a disability who may require stair-lifts; grab-rails; showers; wet-rooms...