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

Eoghan Murphy: Findings and recommendations from the National Taking in Charge Initiative (NTICI) were included in a report on the initiative that was published by my Department in December 2018. The report is available on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/na tional_taking_in_charge_initiative_report_dec2018.pdf. The publication of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 491 and 497 together. 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. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan must be of good credit standing and have a satisfactory credit record. The Housing Agency provides a central credit assessment service to local authorities and credit checks are undertaken as part of the credit assessment process. The final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its credit committee on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan must be of good credit standing and have a satisfactory credit record. The Housing Agency provides a central credit assessment service to local authorities and credit checks are undertaken as part of the credit assessment process. The final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its credit committee on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently examining the management and procurement arrangements relating to turnkey delivery for social housing and will issue a Circular on this to local authorities shortly. Turnkeys frequently involve activating housing developments which otherwise would not be built, or completing unfinished estates. Accordingly, the upcoming Circular is likely to include support for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan must be of good credit standing and have a satisfactory credit record. The Housing Agency provides a central credit assessment service to local authorities and credit checks are undertaken as part of the credit assessment process. The final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its credit committee on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 501 to 503, inclusive, together. My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. While responsibility for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In order to be eligible for HAP support, a household must first qualify for social housing support and be placed on a housing list. Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not hold information of the type requested by the Deputy. The assessment of households for social housing support, and the allocation of that support to qualified households is a matter for individual local authorities in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. Under Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies Data (28 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The county location for each Agency/Body under my Department's aegis was provided in the reply to Question No. 315 of 18 April 2019 but is set out again in Table 1. My Department collects information on staffing numbers for certain non commercial state bodies quarterly, broken down by total number of employees and the number of whole time equivalents. The most recent data, up to end quarter...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are responsible for the provision of social housing in their areas, and, as such, decide on the number and specific types of dwellings to provide in their developments, based on identified need. One of the key initiatives under the National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD), which has been extended to 2020, was the establishment of Housing and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is designed to enable credit worthy first-time buyers, who are unable to access a mortgage from a commercial lender to obtain sustainable mortgage lending to purchase a new or second-hand property. The low rate of fixed interest associated with the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan provides first-time buyers with access to mortgage finance that they may not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would be approximately €200 million over three years. From the data collated on the scheme to date, the RIHL has proven to be more successful than initially anticipated, as a result of which, the scheme would require a further tranche of funds to be borrowed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, includes a range of the measures to support individuals experiencing homelessness. Under the Plan, my Department is providing capital funding to local authorities to ensure that there is sufficient emergency accommodation in place to provide shelter for all who require it. In 2019, the operational budget available...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The current position in relation to the refusal by households of offers of social housing dwellings is set down in Regulation 12 of the Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011, made under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Under Regulation 12, a household that refuses two reasonable offers of social housing tenancies in any twelve-month period, other than...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Lead policy responsibility in relation to climate action is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment. However, I and my Department play a strongly supportive role, recognising the significant part that the built environment, planning and local government generally play in contributing to the achievement of Ireland’s climate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Vice Chairman and members of the committee for affording me the opportunity to present the proposed Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2019. As I outlined at previous meetings of the committee, the regulations will provide planning exemptions for limited short-term lettings further to the primary legislative amendments introduced in...