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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities are empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market value of relevant vacant sites where a site exceeds 0.05 hectares in area, was in the planning authority’s opinion vacant or idle in 2018, and is in an area identified by the planning authority in its development plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The funding provided to each local authority for the construction of local authority social housing, the purchase of properties by local authorities for social housing and for the refurbishment of voids for each year over the period 2015 to 2018, is set out in the following table.  Local Authority 2015 Funding €m 2016 Funding €m 2017 Funding €m 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The €2 billion 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. A total of 189 applications were submitted to my Department under the first call for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I have no plans to develop legislation or guidelines for local authorities in this regard at present. Planning legislation places no specific restrictions on the height of trees or hedges, nor does it make any particular provision for remedy from any other nuisance which may be caused by trees in an urban residential area. However, there is currently a civil remedy available through the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 670 to 672, inclusive, together. Residential developments consisting of two or more dwellings that have been granted planning permission under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) may be eligible (depending on the grant of planning condition) for taking in charge. The taking in charge of residential estates by local authorities is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not provide funding for services directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards operational costs for homeless accommodation and related services.  Under funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of services from their own resources. Housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not hold information in relation to the status of occupation of a property that is acquired for social housing. In general, properties that are acquired by local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are vacant. However, should a property that is occupied by a social housing tenant in the private rented sector become available on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Homes refurbished under the Voids programme are not classified by the length of time they are vacant and my Department does not collect data in that regard. The programme is designed to support the bringing back into use of units that would likely remain vacant for a significant period of time because the cost of the scale of works required could not be met by the local authority. It...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Expenditure details in respect of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme for the period 2016 to 2018, are set out in the following table. Limerick City and County Council provides a HAP transactional shared service on behalf of all local authorities. This HAP Shared Services Centre (SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.   The suite of grants includes the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for Older People, which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistical information in relation to social housing delivery, including across build, acquisition and leasing delivery mechanisms is broken down on a local authority basis and is published on my Department's website at the following link: https://www.housing.gov.ie/node/6338 . A more detailed breakdown of build activity on a local authority basis,  including turnkey delivery, is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The detailed administration of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, including the assessment, approval and payment of individual grants to applicants, is the responsibility of the relevant local authority. Local authorities will always work with qualifying applicants to ensure they get the most beneficial result in line with their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities have been making productive use of turnkey development opportunities to achieve delivery of new social housing, as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. In many cases, the developments being supported through these turnkey arrangements would not go ahead without the certainty of the end purchaser and they are particularly beneficial where local authorities have limited...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) was established in 2005 and requires local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people that are in receipt of Rent Supplement for 18 months or longer, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. As reflected in the following table, at the end of 2018, local authorities reported that there were 18,915 RAS tenancies in place,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The statutory position regarding Housing Services Plans is set out in sections 14 -18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. These provisions have not yet been commenced. Section 14 requires that each housing authority make a Housing Services Plan setting out the objectives, which the housing authority considers to be reasonable and necessary for the provision of housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 684 to 687, inclusive, and 689 together. Local authorities are responsible, in the first instance, for the management and maintenance of their own housing stock under the Housing Acts, including responsive and planned maintenance and the identification of housing in need of upgrade, regeneration or adaptation. My Department provides exchequer support to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the matter of standards in respect of social housing. Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017, which also apply in the case of houses let by housing authorities. These specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not engaged directly in any project costing €10 million or more in the period concerned. Local authorities and bodies under the aegis of my Department enter into capital contracts in the course of their work, some of which is funded through the Department's Vote. As regards relevant contracts for which local authorities are responsible, information on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has taken a multi-faceted approach to address the on-going structural constraints within the housing and residential land markets. In overall terms, the key elements of the Government’s approach are set out in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness and the National Planning Framework, as part of Project Ireland 2040, building on the provisions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts Data (19 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested in respect of the Department is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders. Arrangements have been put in place by each agency under the aegis of the Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email addresses for each agency are set out as follows: Agency...