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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authorities have responsibility for the detailed administration of the Housing Adaptation Grants scheme for Older People and People with a Disability, which includes the assessment, approval and payment of grants to applicants under the various measures. While an occupational therapist report informs a local authority's assessment of a grant application, the final decision on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (26 Mar 2019)

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. Proposals under consideration by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Review (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Nitrates Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not allowed and in Ireland the closed season commences on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public lands, to support the provision of affordable homes to purchase or rent. It is envisaged a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Cost (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing PPP Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million. It is to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles. The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, will provide 534 units in the Greater Dublin Area. Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in the County Council areas of South Dublin,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The initial funding 2018 allocation to Sligo County Council in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, was €1,367,534. Later in the year, a request from the Council for additional funding was facilitated by my Department, with a further €232,466 provided, bringing the Council's total allocation for 2018 to €1.6 million. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Mar 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 most recent summary, which was carried out in June 2018, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 11 June 2018. The detailed report for the 2018 summary can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 provided for under section 180 of the 2000 Act and is a reserved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 introduced new temporary streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHD) - i.e. developments of 100 housing units or more or student accommodation or shared accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or more - to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála for...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for bringing forward this Bill which enables us to have this important debate. The timing is helpful because of the very distressing numbers that were published this week. We was an increase in the numbers of people, both families and individuals, entering emergency accommodation in February. This is very distressing for the people who had to go into emergency...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----which has helped 10,000 people, individuals and couples, to get new homes? Would he replace the Rebuilding Ireland home loan, which has helped hundreds of people to buy their first home? Would he replace the rent pressure zones, which have meant that for the first time in two years, we have seen rents fall? Would he replace our social housing programme, under which one in every four...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: These are the unintended consequences of this proposed legislation. One would end up hurting more people and the landlords could still sell, with tenantsin situ. What happens if a young couple buys the house with tenants in situ? The young couple has the right under section 34 of the Act to serve a notice to quit and to move into that home. If the tenant says "No" the young couple could...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is true.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are enough places.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I note Deputy Coppinger railed against the lack of people to make contributions in the House on this debate. She is right: it is disappointing. It is also disappointing that she could not wait an additional seven minutes to hear the response to some of the points she raised. She also asked why I take this personally. I take this very personally because it is my responsibility to solve...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On a point of order, the homeless numbers record the numbers of people in emergency accommodation, not the numbers who are rough sleeping or in refuges. People can avail of homeless services and funding while staying in their homes.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is just to be accurate.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the measures being funded under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 were notified to local authorities by my Department on 8 February 2019. Local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects in their functional areas, with the deadline for receipt of proposals set as 14 March 2019. Donegal County Council has included the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Tenants in the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme are required to sign a rent contribution agreement to pay a weekly rental contribution to the relevant local authority, in line with the local authority’s differential rent scheme. As set out in the rent contribution agreement, this weekly rental contribution must be paid by them so that they remain eligible for the HAP scheme. HAP...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of housing authorities as an integral part of their housing management functions, subject to guidelines issued from time to time by my Department. Rent reviews are also a matter for individual housing authorities. Guidelines entitled “Rent Assessment, Collection, Accounting and Arrears Control” were published by...