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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is hiring people. It also has €20 million of funding. Nothing is preventing it from progressing the initial eight sites that it has, which it is working on.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It has another seven sites in the pipeline. We will establish it on a statutory basis and capitalise it with €1.25 billion worth of funding.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I am in discussions with the Attorney General about finalising the heads of the Bill which we hope to publish in the coming weeks. Nothing is preventing the Land Development Agency from doing the work that it is doing.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is shaking his head. I will give an example of one site that it will work on-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----which is the hospital in Dundrum. That is being decanted by the Department of Health. Before it is fully decanted, we are already looking at the site, plans, designs and drawings, so that once it is vacated, we do not have to do that work.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We can do that immediately and commence construction because we have already done that work in advance and that is the work it is doing at present.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their questions. It is very important that we give every support possible to families that are experiencing the trauma of being in emergency accommodation. The Leap card is one way of ensuring that children get to school every day and it is an important part of the wraparound services we have for families in hotels and in family hubs. I am informed by the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (19 Jun 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 for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks). The composition of the new multi-annual programme is based on recommendations from the Working Group that I established in April...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 267 and 268 together. My Department keeps the funding approval processes for housing projects under continuous review. While all publicly funded construction projects must comply with the Government’s Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF), the objectives of which are to ensure cost certainty, value for money and financial accountability, my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures Data (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 requires each public body to publish an annual report setting out the number of protected disclosures received in the preceding year and the action taken. The annual reports for my Department are available on my Department's website at the following link: . Since the introduction of the Act, no protected disclosures have been received from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland home loan (RIHL) scheme was launched on 1 February of last year. When the scheme was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans would be approximately €200 million over three years. The RIHL has proven to be more successful than initially anticipated, with some €140 million drawn down to the end of May. The first tranche of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland home loan (RIHL) scheme was launched on 1 February of last year. When the scheme was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans would be approximately €200 million over three years. The RIHL has proven to be more successful than initially anticipated, with some €140 million drawn down to the end of May. The first tranche of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure (19 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the replies to Questions Nos 48 and 1003 on 11 June 2019. As the Deputy will be aware, Rent Supplement comes within the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. As HAP is progressively replacing Rent Supplement for households with a long term housing need, the funding directed to Rent Supplement has decreased in recent years, as funding for...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy. It is fair to recognise that when Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, from Deputy Howlin's party, was in the role, she made sure that an additional allocation was made to the thresholds, recognising that, over time, there would be inflation. People would have been excluded from being able to apply for social housing much sooner had the then Minister of State not done that, so it was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A series of reforms are being progressed for social housing at the moment, and one of those reforms is around the threshold limits. I am still waiting for that particular piece of information to come from the Housing Agency. When I have it, I can bring that suite of reforms to Cabinet and then to the House. I am trying to do that as quickly as possible but I am depending on an agency that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is not on my desk.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. It is important to note that last year was a record year in terms of the delivery of social housing homes. We will increase the social housing stock by 10,000 units this year, which is important. We want to make sure there are no unnecessary delays in delivering those homes. There is a dedicated unit working with utilities and my Department to ensure...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The repair and lease scheme comes under the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. It was introduced as a way to get private housing stock back into use by making it available for social housing. The initial take-up was not very successful so we reviewed and reformed the scheme to make it easier for landlords to access it. There has been an improvement in the level of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Significant funding has been made available to Irish Water for investment in wastewater treatment plants because it is crucially important, as we deliver more housing, that the connected infrastructure is also in place. Separate work is happening in respect of smaller wastewater schemes. Work has been done on rural water groups by the Water Forum and a couple of other groups in order to see...

Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."