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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 181: In page 33, after line 4, to insert the following: “Application of Act of 2004 to certain licences 26.(1) The Act of 2004 shall apply to licences and licence agreements as it applies to tenancies of dwellings referred to in subsection (1A) of section 3 of that Act and tenancy agreements relating to such tenancies, subject to the following, and any...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 182: In page 33, after line 4, to insert the following: “Amendment of Planning and Development Act 2000 27. The Planning and Development Act 2000 is amended by the insertion of the following section: “Short term lettings 3A. (1) The use of a house or part of a house situated in a rent pressure zone for short term letting purposes is a material...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Can I clarify what it was on?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government cannot accept the amendment.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I support the intent but not the amendment, unfortunately.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 188: In page 5, line 11, after “Board;" to insert the following: “to provide that the letting of a house or part thereof for any period not exceeding 14 days in a rent pressure zone is a material change in the use of the house or part and for that purpose to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000;”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The amendment being ruled out of order has nothing to do with me or the Department. It is not true to say that landlords are free to set the rent at any level they like. They have to set them at market rates and have to be able to provide evidence of that. We can perhaps come back to this on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Chairman and the officials from the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his statutory functions and the setting of valuations for rating is his sole responsibility. I have no function in relation to decisions in this regard. The Valuation Office is currently engaged in a national revaluation programme, on a phased basis, the first revaluation of that scale,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Development Plan established four new funds, with a combined allocation of €4 billion to 2027.  The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) launched last year has an overall provision of €2 billion to 2027.  €58 million is available in 2019 to provide initial support to the 88 projects announced last November on foot of the first call for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In response to the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy and in recognition of fears expressed for fire safety, I tasked my Department's National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management with co-ordinating a high-level task force to lead a reappraisal of fire safety in Ireland. The task force was requested to oversee and report on a number of initial steps, and to urgently consider any potential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The details of the notifications received by each local authority in 2018, from 8 February when the planning exemption for the conversion of vacant commercial properties into residential use came into operation, until 31 December, is set out in the following table: County Council Number of Notifications Total No. of Residential Units Carlow 2 3 Cavan 0 0 Clare 0...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, requires that a developer must provide up to 10% of a site for development, that has the benefit of planning permission, to the local authority for the purposes of social housing at a price equivalent to the existing use value of the lands on the date on which planning permission was granted. The Part V provisions were amended in 2015 to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, I recently established the Galway Social Housing Taskforce to support and accelerate the delivery of social housing in Galway. The Taskforce is also charged with identifying barriers and local issues that are impeding housing delivery in general in Galway. A key priority for the Taskforce will be to encourage local authorities to work together, including sharing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 560 to 562, inclusive, together. I am aware of the tragic deaths referred to and I sympathise with the family and friends of those involved. In relation to buildings, local authorities have extensive powers of inspection and enforcement under the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003, the Housing Acts and the Planning and Development Acts, all of which may be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) was formally established on 3 April 2019. Mr. Niall Cussen took up office as Planning Regulator on the same day. There are currently 8 staff assigned to the Office, including the Regulator. It is intended that this will grow to a complement of 20 staff over the course of 2019. Interim premises have been sourced in Sir John Rogerson's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2018, my Department has received 28 staffing sanction requests from the Residential Tenancies Board for permission to recruit additional staff, all of which have been approved.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Disability Act Employment Targets (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 569 and 570 together. The 2005 Disability Act sets out the legal obligations of Public Body employers in relation to the employment of people with disabilities. Along with promoting and supporting people with disabilities, public bodies are also obliged to meet a 3% target of employees with disabilities. At the end of 2018, my Department’s rate was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (16 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The expiry date of all deemed and designated RPZs will be extended  by the Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill to 31 December 2021. The Bill further provides that any area falling within  the new Cork City Council boundary, which is not already a RPZ, will become one from 31 May 2019. Areas already designated as RPZs will remain designated and areas...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (16 Apr 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...