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

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I want to come back on a number of points relating to Financial Resolutions Nos. 7 and 8 and some changes to section 110 in the forthcoming finance Bill. We estimate that in the region of €80 million will accrue from the changes we are making in these resolutions in terms of the changes to the taxation regime and trying to go after people...

Financial Resolution No. 7: Income Tax and Corporation Tax - IREFS (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:(1) THAT Chapter 1B of Part 27 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended—(a) in section 739K(1), by inserting the following definitions: “ ‘balance sheet’ means the balance sheet, statement of financial position or equivalent prepared in respect of an investment undertaking or sub-fund, as the case may be, in accordance with...

Financial Resolution No. 8: Income Tax and Corporation Tax - REITs (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:(1) THAT Part 25A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended—(a) by inserting the following section after section 705I— “Disposals and reinvestments 705IA. (1) This section applies where a REIT or group REIT disposes of a property of its property rental business. (2) Where the full proceeds from the disposal of the property are not—...

Financial Resolution No. 9: General (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:THAT it is expedient to amend the law relating to inland revenue (including value-added tax and excise) and to make further provision in connection with finance.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme. The Nitrates Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not allowed and in Ireland the closed season commences on 15...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels, pursuant to Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 which provided for the transfer to Irish Water of all water services functions conferred on the county and city councils by the Water Services Act 2007. Section 32...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 498 to 500, inclusive, together. Housing bodies are granted approved status by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, under Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, for the purpose of being able to receive funding from local authorities, to provide social housing. The identification of Tiers within the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: River Basin Management Plans (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The formation of a Steering Group in relation to the fish passage at Parteen was a key commitment in the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021.The Group, which was formally launched in October 2018, was tasked to advise on opportunities to improve fish migration in the lower Shannon. To assist the Steering Group in developing a number of viable options for consideration, external...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has set out an ambitious set of targets for the delivery of social housing in the period to 2021 in its Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. A commitment to deliver 50,000 new social housing homes through a range of delivery mechanisms is being supported by a multi-annual Exchequer commitment totaling €6.5 billion over the period of the plan. These targets will be achieved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy outlined, the retirement age for retained firefighters is 55, with provision for an annual extension up to the age of 58, subject to a formal application process, including a compulsory medical assessment. The retirement age for full-time firefighters is, in general, 55. The retirement ages reflect the legitimate requirement that firefighters should be capable of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness has a target to deliver more than 50,000 new social homes by the end of 2021. This will be achieved through a blend of build, including Part V, acquisition and leasing activity, under programmes led by both local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). While there are published targets for build, acquisition and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes data on a monthly basis outlining the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and are produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The reports are collated on a regional basis and are published on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 505 and 506 together. My Department provides funding to local authorities for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in respect of private houses, with funding of €71.25 million allocated for 2019. Information on the allocations to each local authority in respect of these grants for 2016 – 2019 is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Interdepartmental Working Groups (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Work is progressing on implementing the Government’s decision that Irish Water would become a standalone publicly owned, commercial regulated utility separated from the Ervia Group. An Inter-Departmental Steering Group on the Separation of Irish Water from the Ervia Group has been established and has held 4 meetings to date. The Group, whose work is ongoing, is considering all the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of publicly owned lands for housing remains a priority for this Government, and my Department is working closely with all local authorities to support the development of their sites. Decisions regarding particular developments and any tenure mix for new housing on local authority land are, in the first instance, a matter for each local authority, including its elected members....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, provide the basis for 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 criteria, including having a minimum reckonable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in line with the “preferred draft approach” which was announced in June 2017 by the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in conjunction with the then Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment. The review is addressing a number of key...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants. The service provided by the RTB is quasi-judicial and all of their mediators, adjudicators and tribunal members have independent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (8 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 supply...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 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 purchase...