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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund, URDF, was launched as part of Project Ireland 2040 to support the compact growth and sustainable development of Ireland’s five cities, regional drivers and other large urban centres. The URDF grant in respect of the successful proposal in question, as with all other successful bid proposals, has been approved in principle subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of publicly owned residential lands for social and affordable housing is a priority for the Government. In this context, together with developing a significant build programme on their existing residential land bank, local authorities are also required to consider the availability of land for housing, particularly social and affordable housing, within their area of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is not, as a general rule, available to those in receipt of unemployment or other social welfare benefits. However, where there is a joint application and the primary income is of a waged or salaried nature, long-term State benefit payments may be considered. State benefit payments allowable are: - State Pension (Contributory); - State pension...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applications seeking planning permission for 200 bed spaces or more are made directly to An Bord Pleanála, the board, for determination under the strategic housing development provisions. The Planning and Development (Strategic Housing Development) Regulations 2017 inserted new provisions into the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (the 2001 Regulations), setting out procedural...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan launched on 1 February 2018. Prior to its launch, an initial tranche of €200 million of long-term fixed-rate finance was borrowed by the Housing Finance Agency to provide funds for the scheme to local authorities. When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan was initially being developed it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The latest iteration of the National Statement of Housing Supply and Demand is the subject of ongoing engagement between my Department and the Housing Agency. The preparation of reports of this kind derived from a commitment in the Construction 2020 Strategy, published in May 2014, predating both Rebuilding Ireland and the National Planning Framework (NPF) published as part of project...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2009 my Department recouped €8.1 million to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council under the Capital Assistance Scheme in respect of 41 homes in St Anne's Court, Ballinteer, secured by an Approved Housing Body (AHB) under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts. In December 2018, my Department received a proposal, from an AHB for a development on this site, seeking to use the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme was launched last year to replace the existing House Purchase and Home Choice Loan schemes. The scheme enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range, where they cannot obtain sufficient mortgage finance from a commercial lender. The regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A multi-stranded approach is being taken to the targeted delivery of affordable housing, in particular for those households earning up to €50,000 for single income households and €75,000 for dual income households. As part of that approach, I commenced the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 last year to provide a statutory basis...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Exchequer funding of some €128 million has been provided to local authorities from 2013 to end-2018, to improve energy efficiency and comfort levels in over 68,000 local authority homes. For 2019, the energy retrofitting programme has an allocated exchequer budget of €25 million. My Department will shortly be asking local authorities to submit details of their 2019 work...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 657 and 658 together. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned. In the case of the Donabate Distributor road, my involvement relates to the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 245 of 31 May 2018 which sets out the statutory arrangements in place under the Water Services Acts 2007-2017 for the determination of water services connection charges and charging arrangements. Responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). As Minister, I do...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on 13 September 2018 by way of Establishment Order under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. Pending the enactment of primary legislation, I have appointed an interim Board with a mix of public and private sector skills and expertise relevant to the objectives of the LDA. The Board members are: - John Moran –...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It will be a matter for the Oireachtas to decide on the holding of a referendum on the ownership of public water services and the wording to be put to the people. The Government is firmly committed to public water services remaining in public ownership and this is reflected in the Water Services Acts and in the Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025 approved by Government in May 2018....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Central Statistics Office began publishing their New Dwelling Completion series in June 2018 following a lengthy collaboration between my Department, the CSO and ESB Networks. Data published by the CSO indicates that there were 17,161 new dwelling completions in the year to end Q3 2018, which is a very significant 33% increase on the level in the year to end Q3 2017. Relevant data can...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The SSHA has been conducted on an annual basis since 2016, prior to which it was carried out once every three years with the last Summary under this approach having taken place in 2013 i.e. there was no SSHA carried...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area concerned, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an assessment of the income needed to provide for a household's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018, which came into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises, including vacant areas above ground floor premises, to residential use. This measure is aimed at facilitating the productive re-use...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rents Data (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As at June 2018, there were 36 Differential Rent Schemes in place across the country. While almost 60% of the schemes have a maximum rent, only five have different maximums for different property types e.g. 2 bed, 3 bed houses etc. At present the making of rent schemes and the setting of rent levels is a matter for each local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. As a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Eligibility (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme introduced in 2012 is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who are eligible for social housing support whose mortgage is unsustainable and who have very limited options, if any, to meet their long-term housing needs themselves. One of the main criteria underpinning the scheme is that the applicants are eligible for social housing. It is a matter...