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

Eoghan Murphy: There are a number of variables in terms of estimating the cost of providing social housing units e.g. form of delivery, size of unit, land, funding, etc. The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan is based on a blended approach to delivery, under which there are a range of delivery mechanisms such as building, leasing and acquisitions. Over 50,000 social housing homes are targeted for delivery over...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. At the end of Quarter 1 2019, there were 45,900 active tenancies in receipt of HAP support The following table sets out the number of active HAP tenancies by local authority area at end 2017, end 2018 and end Quarter 1 2019: Local...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Brady is now lying. I have spoken-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Brady is trying to misconstrue both my interaction with him in the last few weeks and the interaction between my Department and the planning and housing authorities in his constituency.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: He is abusing all of the Members of this House. He is not trying to get to the core of the issues involved. Time and time again, as his party has done, he has tried to use individual families in very difficult circumstances-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----for his own political attention and gain. It is disgusting.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh (Atógáil) - Questions on Promised Legislation (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On this side of the House we are in the business of helping families, not using their hurt to our advantage. Deputy Brady embarrasses himself.

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 is a technical measure designed to enable the register of electors to be used for selecting members of the citizens' assemblies which the Government, on 11 June 2019, agreed to establish. Two assemblies are being established. These are the citizens' assembly 2019 and the Dublin citizens' assembly. The...

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. Deputy O'Sullivan is right - this is essentially a technical Bill, but it is part of a larger framework of political and democratic engagement in the process of informing and reforming decision-making in a progressive and pluralistic society. We are leading the way in doing that, particularly in decisions we have made in recent years which came...

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I can hear Deputy O'Brien laughing. I am not sure why. If he wants me to mention his party and its lack of a campaign in Cork, I will do so. Deputy Niall Collins did a fantastic job in Limerick.

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Senator Buttimer did a fantastic job. It was not for one party to win. It was for all of us to win.

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Implementation is a matter for the Oireachtas, not for me. Many of the really serious recommendations that have come from previous Citizens' Assemblies and Constitutional Conventions have been implemented. Some are unfortunately still stuck in committees that Fine Gael does not control. I have said before that I am open to enshrining a right to housing, as is the Taoiseach. Currently we...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides exchequer funding to local authorities to support the Housing Adaptation Grants for People with a Disability in private houses. These grants are available to assist in the carrying out of works, which are reasonably necessary for the purposes of rendering a house more suitable for the accommodation of a person with a disability who has an enduring physical, sensory,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. It is available in all local authority areas and its introduction ensures that all social housing supports can be accessed through the local authorities, allowing tenants to take up full-time employment and keep their housing support, subject to adjustment of their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is no grant aid available from my Department for the provision of granny flats. My Department does provide funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs. The suite of grants includes the Housing Adaptation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cyber Security Protocols (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department recognises fully that cyber security is of central importance in ensuring the security and integrity of its systems, files and data and implements a multi-layered approach to cyber security. This is achieved through a combination of awareness-raising for staff, having appropriate processes in place, ICT security policies, Business Continuity Planning, Cyber Incident Response...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The statutory role in relation to the provision of housing is vested in the local authorities in their capacity as housing authorities. Accordingly, consideration of the purchase of lands for housing is a matter for the relevant housing authority, rather than my Department, in the first instance. The existing significant public land bank for housing is already being activated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Living Wage (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Payment of salaries to staff of my Department is made in line with pay scales approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If a living wage of €12.30 was introduced, the increased annual cost to my Department would be approximately €3,600, based on the civil service 37 hour standard net working week. This figure will reduce as and when the staff concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) established in 2004 placed responsibility on housing authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of rent supplement for 18 months or longer, and, who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. RAS tenancies are governed by the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 -2019. Under the terms of the RAS scheme, payments by the tenant in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of income streams paid directly to my Department are recorded as Appropriations-in-Aid in the annual Appropriation Accounts which are published by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and made available via their website www.audit.gov.ie . Copies of the Appropriation Accounts for this Department for 1999, 2009 and 2017 (the most recent Appropriation Account published) are...