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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (7 Nov 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 case, my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, a Working Group was established, involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements, including having regard to regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is supporting local authorities in the provision of new build social housing through a range of different initiatives and schemes, including the construction of social homes on their own lands, construction delivery in conjunction with approved housing bodies and also, local authorities are working in partnership with private developers to deliver social housing construction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the 2018 social housing delivery targets, including build targets, can be accessed on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The published build targets include both local authority and approved housing body construction projects, turnkey schemes, regeneration schemes and a small number of void homes being brought back into active use through remedial build...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to finalise the text of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill for publication, subject to Government approval, shortly. While it was hoped that the Bill would be published before now, the complex nature of some of the issues involved in drafting the legislation has required additional time to work...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) introduced in 2005 places responsibility on local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of Rent Supplement for 18 months or longer, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. Expenditure on the scheme in 2017 was just under €143m. €134.34m has been allocated to RAS for each of the years 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. Budget 2019 has increased the Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme to €422 million. This will allow for the continued support of existing HAP households and also enable the additional 16,760 households targeted under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 2009, my Department has made financial support available to assist local authorities in meeting the costs of clean-up and necessary immediate works associated with significant severe weather emergency events, including flooding. This is in recognition of the exceptional nature of activities carried out by local authorities in responding to these types of emergencies and the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 provides for, among other things, the establishment of a Tenancy Deposit Protection Scheme to be operated by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). There have been significant changes in the rental market since the 2015 scheme was first envisaged and designed. For example, the draft scheme was originally intended to be financed by the interest...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There is a complete programme of planning, procurement and building regulations that apply to social and non-social housing equally. I have no plans at present to introduce any changes to statutory regulations or legislation in the areas identified by the Deputy that would apply to social housing only.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Contracts (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is not available in my Department and I have no function in this matter. In accordance with section 149 of the Local Government Act 2001 contractual issues are a matter for the Chief Executive of the local authority.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 296 to 298, inclusive, together. Under sections 149 and 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the efficient and effective operation of such local authority and the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of publicly owned residential lands for social and affordable housing is a top priority for this Government. As part of that process, I am determined that cost rental homes become a major part of our rental landscape in the future, making a sustainable impact on housing affordability, national competitiveness, and the attractiveness of our main urban centres, as places to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has published statistics on loan approvals for house purchases from 1970 to the end of 2016. These statistics provide annual and quarterly breakdowns by type of property and can be found at the following link: . More recent data on loan approvals are published by Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In April, the Minister for Finance published the Draft Stability Programme Update (SPU) for 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as to the impact of the Eurostat...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (8 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: Land Development Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Together with the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, I signed the Establishment Order for the Land Development Agency (LDA) on 13 September 2018.  The Establishment Order is an initial and enabling measure to get the LDA up and running as quickly as possible, ahead of the provision of a more comprehensive primary legislative basis for the Agency and its intended...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. My Department engages with An Bord Pleanála on an ongoing basis to ensure that it has the appropriate resources to perform its broad range of functions. The Board currently has a complement of 11 members and has over 150 other staff employed.  Section 116 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for the payment to the...