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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, my Department ceased the purchase of single-use plastic beverage cups, cutlery and drinking straws. This practice ceased well in advance of the requirement of the Government decision to do so after 1 January 2019. This exclusion of single use plastic is in line with Irish Government policy & EU Directives and has also been included in a Request for Tender document that...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 859 and 861 together. My Department does not collect information on the number of Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) applications received by Local Authorities or the number of applications in respect of which additional information may have been requested.  However, the Housing Agency provides a central support service, which assesses...

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

Eoghan Murphy: When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) 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 March 2019. The first tranche of funding has not been exhausted. My officials...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 was commenced in June 2018 to provide a statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase. I signed regulations in respect of the making of Schemes of Priority on 12 March 2019 and these were issued to local authorities on 22 March 2019.  The purpose of a Scheme of Priority is to set out the affordable purchase...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistical information in relation to social housing delivery across all delivery streams, including rapid delivery, is published on my Department's website at the following link: . At the end of 2018, 423 homes had been delivered under the rapid delivery programme, which includes 22 in 2016, 186 in 2017 and 215 in 2018. Since the programme's inception, some 40 projects have been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Provisional data for the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) indicate that up to end Q1 2019, a total of 1,335 applications for the scheme had been received; 102 homes had been brought back into use and tenanted and 138 agreements to lease had been signed. Delivery under RLS is reported as part of Social Housing Leasing output and these figures are available on my Department’s website at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A range of housing options are necessary to ensure a supply of accommodation to meet different types of social housing need. Harnessing the off-balance sheet potential of private investment in social housing is an important objective of the Government and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period to 2021 reflect the ambition in that regard.   My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A full time firefighter is 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 firefighter role.  The retirement age for retained firefighters is 55, with provision for an annual extension up to 58 years of age, subject to a formal application process including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The day-to-day operation of social housing allocations to eligible applicants, including applications under the Choice Based Letting system (CBL), is a matter for the relevant local authority. I am advised by Cork City Council that CBL is the primary method of allocation in that area.  I understand that applicants who were previously in areas of Cork County and, who following...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (9 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are no specific provisions or recommendations in planning legislation or guidelines related to the size of basements. However, the Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2018), issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, allow for some internal storage space at basement level. Planning authorities and An...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. It is a very significant project. If I recall correctly, under the urban regeneration and development fund, it received one of the largest allocations of funding under the first round of funding but it was just a first round. There are subsequent rounds to come over the period of the fund - €2 billion over ten years. The project has a number of...

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019,a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24th June 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the overall number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Information up to the end of Quarter 1 2019, including in relation to number and value of mortgage drawdowns, broken down by local authority, is available on the Department's website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the establishment of An Bord Pleanála in 1977, planning legislation has clearly assigned final responsibility for decisions on planning appeals to the Board and not to inspectors preparing reports and making recommendations to the Board. The number of inspectors’ recommendations not generally accepted in the final decisions made by the Board for the years 2011- 2017 is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Administration (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, my Department provided almost €4.4m in Exchequer funding to the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) towards operational costs (current expenditure). Increased Exchequer funding of €7.010m was secured for the Board's 2019 operational costs, to support the on-going delivery of its core functions and to reflect the additional powers and functions conferred on the RTB by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events Response (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is the Lead Government Department for coordinating the response to severe weather events, including those involving high winds. One of the most widespread and potentially dangerous consequence of high wind is the risk of trees breaking and/or blowing over, which can disrupt transport networks, as well as posing a danger to motorists and pedestrians in the vicinity. This was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Shareholdings (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the relevant entities, and of the number of shares held in them by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government or the Department, are set out in the following table. Entity No. of Shares Held Irish Water 325 Housing Finance Agency 2 It should be noted that the Minister also holds 90% of Ervia stock.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department engaged Top Security Ltd to provide static security for its Offices at the Custom House, Dublin 1 following a competition held by the Office of Government Procurement under its Security Services Framework. The contract is effective from 11February 2019 to 10February 2021. The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes comprehensive status reports on a quarterly basis of all social housing construction schemes for all local authority areas. These reports are known as the Social Housing Construction Status Report (CSR), the most recent of which covers the period up to the end of Q1 2019. The Q1 2019 Social Housing CSR contains scheme by scheme information on the progress of over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Data in respect of local authority house purchase loans for the period 2000 to Q1 2019, local authority mortgage arrears for the period 2000 to 2018 and information in relation to local authority repossessions of properties for the period 2005 to 2018 that were financed using a local authority home loan and which are now either repossessed, voluntarily surrendered or abandoned is available on...