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Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 31:In page 23, line 7, to delete “section 148S(17);” and substitute “section 148S(19);”. This amendment provides a minor technical correction to referencing in the proposed new section 148R, which provides definition to the new Part 7A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 as inserted by section 28 of the Bill which provides for the Residential...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 33:In page 35, to delete lines 35 and 36 and substitute the following:“29. Section 151 of the Act of 2004 is amended— (a) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following paragraph:”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 34:In page 35, line 38, to delete “Part 7A,”.” and substitute the following:“Part 7A,”,and”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 35:In page 35, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:“(b) by the insertion of the following subsection:“(2A) (a) The Minister shall, not earlier than 12 months and not later than 15 months after the commencement of section 22 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2019, request the Board to provide him or her with such information in...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 36:In page 40, lines 31 and 32, to delete all words from and including “by the licensee” in line 31 down to and including line 32 and substitute the following:“to the licensor by any person (whether or not the licensee) in consideration of the licence concerned; and”. Amendments Nos. 36 to 38, inclusive, are technical in nature and relate to...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 37:In page 41, to delete lines 1 to 5 and substitute the following:“(a) given by the owner (in this section referred to as the “licensor”) of student accommodation to a student (in this section referred to as the “licensee”), and (b) created not earlier than one month after the commencement of this section, permitting the licensee to...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 38:In page 42, lines 13 to 15, to delete all words from and including “and includes” in line 13 down to and including line 15 and substitute the following:“and includes a licence that permits the licensee to enter and reside in the house or part thereof for any such period in consideration of the making by any person (whether or not the licensee) of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: State aid refers to forms of public assistance, using taxpayer-funded resources, given to undertakings on a discretionary basis, which may have the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Member States. Ireland has not notified the European Commission of any State aid exemption in the case of Irish Water as the conditions for seeking such an exemption do not arise. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 2 of the Malicious Injuries Acts 1981 and 1986 provides for recoupment of costs to local authorities in relation to malicious injury claims taken against them. Specifically, the Acts provide for full recoupment to local authorities in respect of expenditure where damage, the aggregate amount of which exceeds €127, is caused to any property; (i)unlawfully by one or more of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1511 and 1593 together. A full time fire-fighter is statutorily required to retire at 55 under the Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. The retirement age is set at 55 due to the physically demanding nature of the fire fighter role. The retirement age for retained fire fighters is 55, with provision for an annual extension up...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (8 May 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. Responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). As Minister, I do not have a role in determining charging arrangements and must...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1513 and 1561 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1514, 1529 and 1530 together. My Department's responsibility in relation to energy efficiency upgrades to the housing stock is focused on social housing, reflecting its responsibilities in relation to funding for social housing programmes. In that context, my Department provides exchequer funding for a programme of energy efficiency/insulation retrofitting to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1516, 1553 and 1573 together. The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 set the commencement date as 1 January 2016 for the introduction of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme for existing local authority houses. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Development contributions are levied as conditions attached to planning permissions and are payable prior to commencement of development or as otherwise agreed by the local authority. Commencement notices are issued by the developer to the local authority and these generally trigger the raising of the charge. Local authorities may facilitate the phased payment of contributions, such as when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 May 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. I understand that Irish Water will be bringing forward proposals for a Small Towns and Villages Growth Programme which will support a number of the National Policy Objectives and National Strategic Outcomes under the National...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is provided by local authorities in accordance with the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans) Regulations 2018, which broadly set out the eligibility criteria to avail of the loans as well as the obligations of the local authorities and duties of borrowers in respect of the Scheme. In accordance with the regulations, as Minister, I have issued a statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In respect of private residential developments, the issue of restricting property ownership is generally not a matter for the planning authority, as their prime concern is the appropriate design layout and impact on the spatial development of an area. In relation to developments that specifically apply for permission as long term build to rent developments under the 2018 Sustainable Urban...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not fund the Smart Technology Energy Saving Scheme and accordingly, does not have data on the number of social homes that participated in the scheme. I am advised that the scheme is funded by Electric Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1531 and 1532 together. Pillar 5 of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing sets out a range of measures to assist in meeting Ireland’s housing needs by ensuring that Ireland’s existing housing stock is used to the greatest extent possible. An overarching action within that Pillar was a commitment to develop a National Vacant...