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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 have been commenced.  It provides a statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase by local authorities. Part 5 contains significant detail on the procedures and operation of the new Affordable Purchase Scheme. The primary legislation will be supported by associated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Regeneration (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Abhaile Project was the winner of the Rebuilding Ireland Homes for Smart Ageing Universal Design Challenge in June 2017. It involved the development of an innovative new model to support older homeowners to reconfigure their family-sized homes by creating an independent living area suitable for the older homeowner, eliminating the need to use the stairs, and creating a rental home...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Websites (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the circulars.gov.ie  website was established in 2011 by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), primarily to house circulars issued by that Department and by the Department of Finance.  Over time, other Departments have requested access to upload certain circulars to the website. My Department already uses a variety of media to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: An initial legislative provision to enable the administrative integration of Galway City and County Councils, as a precursor to full integration of the two local authorities, was included in the Local Government Bill 2018 but was not approved as the Bill passed through both Houses of the Oireachtas.  Accordingly, drafting of the further Bill, which would...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is considering the issues involved in providing a potential role for the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) in relation to Irish Water, which is a subsidiary of the company referred to by the Deputy.  This is a complex matter, having regard to the provisions of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, Irish Water’s governing legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (6 Feb 2019)

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. Procurement of external resources or service providers is an operational matter for Irish Water.  Accordingly, the contract referred to is a matter for Irish Water and I have no function in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since mid 2016, my Department has published detailed statistics regarding the provision of social housing across all local authorities, under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. Data is published on a quarterly basis and provides detail on the wide range of initiatives being progressed across the five pillars of the action plan, including county by county breakdown of homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding for domestic water services subvention provided to Irish Water was €752.73 million in 2017; €720 million in 2018; and the estimated provision in 2019 is €855 million. This funding of Irish Water in respect of domestic water services is based on the purchase of water covering the entirety of domestic water consumption, other than excessive use, and a contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 to 265, inclusive, together. Detailed information in relation to the Estimate provisions for my Department for 2019, and associated outputs, are set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2019 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and available at www.per.gov.ie/en/rev/. The total capital funding provision for my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority Expenditure (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Property Registration Authority operates as an independent office under the aegis of my Department and is funded by its own Vote (Vote 23). The Chief Executive Officer is the Accounting Officer for all expenditure and income under Vote 23. A service for Oireachtas members has been put in place through which information can be obtained from the PRA directly, in a speedy and efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Valuation Office operates as an independent office under the aegis of my Department and is funded by its own Vote (Vote 16). The Commissioner of Valuation is the Accounting Officer for all expenditure and income under Vote 16. A service for Oireachtas members has been put in place through which information can be obtained from the Valuation Office directly, in a speedy and efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Two separate but related submissions under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 which concerned allegations of wrongdoing in Cavan County Council have been received in my Department. Following an initial screening of the first received submission, my Department asked the Chief Executive of the Council to conduct an appropriate investigation into the allegations made therein. This investigation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. Since the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme in 2012, a total of 4,475 cases have been submitted under the scheme to the end of 2018. Of the 4,475 cases submitted, 3,043 were ineligible or terminated during the process. Of the remaining cases submitted, 445 have been completed, and the remaining 987 applications are being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (7 Feb 2019)

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 rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. Details of the funding provided to local authorities for the provision of social housing through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, for each year over the period 2011 to 2018, are set out in the following table. 2011€m 2012€m 2013€m 2014€m 2015€m 2016€m 2017€m...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities and can be accessed at the following link: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: One of the important components at local authority level in determining both supply and demand for housing will be the preparation, in the context of National Policy Objective 37 of the National Planning Framework (NPF), of a "Housing Need Demand Assessment" (HNDA) for each local authority area in order to correlate and accurately align overall future housing requirements, as an evolution of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment under Action 2.9 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a dedicated Housing Delivery Office (HDO) was established within my Department, in August 2016, to support the accelerated delivery of housing across the social and private sectors, and tenure spectrum, in an integrated and timely manner. Working with the broader Housing and Planning...

United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury: Motion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the terms of the United Nations Minamata Convention on Mercury, done at Kumamoto, Japan on 10th October, 2013, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 23rd January, 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 745, 749 and 750 together. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. The review is addressing a number of key aspects including sound or noise, visual amenity setback distances, shadow flicker, community obligation, community dividend and grid connections. As part of the overall review, a...