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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not engaged directly in any project costing €10 million or more in the period concerned. Local authorities and bodies under the aegis of my Department enter into capital contracts in the course of their work, some of which is funded through the Department's Vote. As regards relevant contracts for which local authorities are responsible, information on expenditure and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: What about the 6,000 homes?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is important to note that there is already a pre-consultation phase that involves the local authority.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is room for the public to intervene.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It does.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It has to involve the local authority.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I am afraid the Deputy is incorrect.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I have been a councillor. I speak to the local authorities every day as part of my job. The Deputy does not understand what is happening.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: He will be misinforming the Dáil if he continues in that line.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: To be brief, after two years of operation of the fast-track housing process which I signed into law in 2017, the review is now complete. I will bring it to Cabinet and lay it before the Oireachtas. Changes will be made.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (2 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The funding provided for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme, to support people living in private houses, has increased year on year since 2014. Compared to a funding level of €43 million in 2013, the funding provided reached €71.25 million nationally in 2019, an increase of some 8% on 2018. I am conscious of the benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (3 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is a grant currently available, which is funded by my Department through the local authorities, for the provision or necessary improvement of an individual water supply in a house.  This is more commonly called the individual or private wells grant. The grant, subject to certain conditions, assists households dependent on these supplies with the costs incurred in providing such a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (3 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the actions under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the Act) introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation or shared accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (3 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme, a tenant sources their own accommodation in the private rented sector. The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on the household size and the rental market within that area.  The tenancy agreement is between the tenant and the landlord and is governed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (3 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has been in regular contact with relevant planning authorities regarding the implementation of the new short-term letting legislation, both before and subsequent to its commencement on 1 July 2019.   In order for the new legislation to have the desired effect and achieve its objective of returning much-needed accommodation to the long-term rental market, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (3 Oct 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 that are 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: Home Loan Scheme (3 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. Housing Agency recommendations are then considered by the Credit Committee in each local authority, which issues loan approvals.  Applications where further...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (3 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In terms of home ownership, the authoritative data in this regard is the data published as part of each census of population carried out by the Central Statistics Office. The most recent census undertaken, Census 2016, reported that 67.6% of households owned their own home, with or without a loan or mortgage.  This compared to a rate of 69.7% in 2011. 

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Oct 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. Regulations in respect of the making of Schemes of Priority were signed 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...

Financial Resolution No. 6: Capital Gains Tax - Exit Tax (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:(1) THAT section 627 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, as respects disposals deemed to have been made (that is to say, deemed to have been made by virtue of subsection (2) of that section) on or after 9 October 2019—(a) in subsection (2)—(i) by inserting “or, in the case of paragraph (c), at the time specified in subsection...