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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was designed to activate housing supply by putting in place the enabling public infrastructure necessary to ensure that large scale development could take place on key sites in urban areas of high housing demand. Approval was given for 30 projects under LIHAF in 2017 and these projects will stimulate development of approximately 20,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 provides for, among other things, the establishment of a tenancy deposit protection scheme to be operated by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). There have been significant changes in the rental market since the 2015 scheme was first envisaged and designed. For example, the draft scheme was originally intended to be financed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In June 2017 a Working Group was established involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements.  Having considered the Working Group's report as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has written to Galway County Council regarding concerns over the increased cost for the delivery of this social housing scheme. The Council now needs to work with the approved housing body involved on these issues and my Department awaits their response so that further consideration can be given to the revised Stage 1 submission.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The advancement and completion of this project is, in the first instance, a matter for Kildare County Council.   Notwithstanding this, I am advised by the Council that as per the reply to Question No. 204 of 26 September 2019, they have recently completed the preliminary appraisal stage of the project in accordance with Transport Infrastructure Ireland's Project Management...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for her question. Issues concerning taxation are not compiled by my Department. We have a very ambitious plan for increasing student accommodation, which is well ahead of its targets. It is being rolled out by my Department and the Department of Education and Skills. The difficulty we have with student accommodation is local politicians and local communities objecting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (16 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: Land Development Agency (16 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Department’s approach, based on advice to date, is that the economic functions of the LDA do not give rise to an advantage either to the LDA or other parties under State Aid rules. The General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019 was developed taking account of legal advice in relation to State Aid. The European Commission was informed at the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (16 Oct 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. Local authorities were subsequently invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects in their functional areas. An Expert Panel was put in place to support the evaluation process and its membership includes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (16 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Contributing financially towards criminality cannot be condoned in any circumstances, nor should intimidation and anti-social behaviour be tolerated or rewarded in any way. While concerns around alleged intimidation, anti-social behaviour and other criminality in relation to the social housing development concerned were raised with a number of public bodies, including An Garda Siochana...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (17 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban renewal/regeneration, and fire services. To achieve its business objectives, my Department allocates significant resources to local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 323 together. Addressing homelessness is an absolute priority for the Government.  Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, is designed to increase the delivery of housing across all tenures to help individuals and families meet their housing needs and address homelessness. The plan focuses on increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 325 together. Limerick City and County Council provide a highly effective transactional-shared service on behalf of all HAP local authorities. The HAP Shared Services Centre (HAP SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord. Once a HAP application has been received and confirmed as valid by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Freedom of Information process is the usual route for access to specific records such as these and is availed of regularly by public representatives. However, I am keen to facilitate the request in so far as possible and, while the information cannot be provided within the normal timeframe, my Department will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 126 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, An Bord Pleanála (the Board) has a statutory objective to determine planning appeals within 18 weeks of receipt of the appeal. Where the Board does not consider it possible or appropriate to reach a decision within 18 weeks (e.g. because of the particular complexities of a case or the requirement to hold an oral...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Legislative provision already exists to ensure appeals to An Bord Pleanála can identify appellants and gives the Board the discretion to dismiss appeals. Appeals to the Board are made under section 37 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended (the 2000 Act), where an appeal is lodged the applicant must provide a name and address and pay the prescribed fee for the appeal....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the establishment of An Bord Pleanála (the Board) in 1977, planning legislation has clearly assigned final responsibility for decisions on planning appeals to the Board. The Board can decide to confirm, vary or reverse the planning authority’s decision. The specific information requested is not available. However, the Board provides information in its Annual Reports on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A person that has an authorised development, which is authorised by way of a planning permission, does not require retention planning permission for that specific development. Retention permission is only required for unauthorised development, such as in circumstances where a development was, or is being, carried out without the required planning permission.  In cases where a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: No specific instruction or Circular has recently issued from my Department to local authorities regarding social housing provision in rural areas. As housing authorities, local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area and for the development of appropriate responses to the need identified. The approach to providing social housing by the...