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

Eoghan Murphy: Fire services are provided by local authorities in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. Dublin Fire Brigade covers the four...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment Scheme (HAP), Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) and leasing schemes are key vehicles in meeting housing need and fulfilling the ambitious programme outlined under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. A key principle of HAP is that eligible households source their own accommodation in the private rented sector, which best suits their...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities may issue Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans (RIHL) in accordance with the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan) Regulations 2018 and the credit policy issued under the Regulations. The Housing Agency provides a central assessment service for the authorities and makes recommendations to them as to whether or not to approve loan applications. The final decision on loan approval...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1570 and 1571 together. Tenants who are concerned that their rent has not been set or reviewed in accordance with RPZ legislation are encouraged to contact the RTB and to raise a dispute for resolution, where appropriate. Where an unlawful rent increase has given rise to a tenancy termination, the RTB has the power to award damages for abuse of tenancy...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The information sought in relation to average costs for the construction of new social homes, to the extent and in the format in which it is readily available, is set out in the following table. 1 bed 2 bed (1 storey) 2 bed (2 storey) 3 bed 4 bed 1 bed Apt. 2 bed Apt. 3 bed Apt. Construction Costs €155,818 €165,132 €174,206 €184,685...

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

Eoghan Murphy: To date, circa 370 homes have been delivered through the Buy & Renew Scheme, with an average all-in cost per unit of approximately €193,000.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1578 and 1579 together. The Government has committed €310 million over the three year period 2019 to 2021 under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF). The objective of the SSF is to support local authorities in the provision of key enabling infrastructure on public lands, to get the sites ready for the delivery of affordable housing for both purchase and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: One Board member of Ervia up to January 2018 had been appointed three times in particular circumstances. The Board member was first appointed to the Board of the then Bord Gáis Éireann (BGÉ) with effect from 28 November 2008 for a period of 5 years. This appointment was linked to the company's Employee Share Ownership Plan and the second term on the Board, which commenced on 21...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions of 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. These arrangements commenced in respect of vacant sites included on local authority vacant site registers prior to 1 January 2018 with payment of the levy due in January 2019. While all 31...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The expiry date of all deemed and designated RPZs will be extended to 31 December 2021 under the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018.The Bill further provides that any area falling within the new Cork City Council boundary, which is not already within a RPZ, will become one from 31 May 2019. Areas already designated as RPZs will remain designated and areas that are not...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, set out a series of measures to be introduced to ensure the quality of private rental accommodation by strengthening the applicable standards and improving the inspection and enforcement systems. The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2019 focus on tenant safety and include new measures covering heating...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1588 and 1589 together. Detailed data of the kind sought by the Deputy is not held in my Department as the management of the letting of social housing homes is a matter for individual housing authorities in the first instance. The current position in relation to the refusal by households of offers of social housing dwellings is set down in Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Collection (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Local Government (Charges) Act 2009, as amended, provided the legislative basis for the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) charge. The NPPR charge applied in the years 2009 to 2013 to any residential property in which the owner did not reside as their normal place of residence. The self-assessed charge was set at €200 per annum and liability for it falls, in the main, on...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. This included improved funding schemes for individual wells (more commonly known as private or household wells) and on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks). The composition of the new multi-annual...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Review Into Certain Planning Matters In Respect Of Donegal County Council, by Mr. Rory Mulcahy S.C., was received by my Department in June, 2017. Following initial analysis and assessment of the report’s findings and recommendations, including interaction with the Department’s own legal advisers and the Attorney General’s Office, a comprehensive set of queries...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1596 and 1597 together. The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is designed to activate housing supply by putting in place the enabling public infrastructure necessary to ensure that large scale development takes place on key sites in urban areas of high housing demand. Projects were submitted by local authorities and were allocated...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In April 2017, the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services recommended that Irish Water's current commercial loan facility be reviewed and replaced, where possible, with State lending facilities by arrangement with the National Treasury Management Agency. This followed on a Government decision in October 2016 that Irish Water's external debt...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy. The question relates to the Local Government (Rates) Bill, Committee Stage of which is due to be scheduled in the coming weeks.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy. We have discussed this a number of times. It was my intention to bring the scheme to a Cabinet meeting during the recess. That did not happen, but that does not mean that progress has not been made. During the last two weeks there have been several contacts between myself and the Minister for Finance on this issue. This morning I met officials and requested the latest...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (9 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme is administered by the local authorities, in accordance with the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan) Regulations 2018. Under the Regulations each authority must establish a credit committee to decide on applications for loans. The Regulations broadly set out the amount that can be lent under the scheme, the eligibility criteria for loans, the duties...