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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I think so. There are a few other positions that I have been working out in my head and would be good, including a disability representative. That is what I would look for. I would go to PAS and say that we are looking for people with particular skill sets or backgrounds to be appointed to a certain position. PAS would then bring forward people who meet that criteria.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: This is an important Bill, and I appreciate the spirit in which everyone has addressed, the time Deputies have put into it, and their amendments. It would be fantastic if we could get it through Report Stage before the end of the year. I do not know how that might be arranged with the committee, but I will push it as a priority with the Chief Whip's office.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not want to speak about a Deputy who is not here, but if Deputies miss out on tabling their Committee Stage amendments, sometimes Report Stage can become something of Second Stage again.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I appreciate that. Normally towards the end of the year, a large queue builds up and people try to have Bills addressed. We can schedule less time for Report Stage on this Bill than normal, seeing as how we are almost there.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Okay.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. The O'Devaney Gardens site is an incredibly important one for the people of Dublin. Two years ago, a Sinn Féin-led majority in the local authority agreed a proposal for the site, and that proposal has been out to tender since then. We finally have a contractor but, at the 11th hour, councillors changed their mind and put this huge project at risk....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Fortunately, the original proposal has gone through and the site will be developed.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is the policy of this Government that it is a public good to use public land for all of the public. That means having mixed housing on public sites, comprising social, affordable and private units.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We have the agreed breakdown now and as much as €100 million will go into the site. There are no policies from Fianna Fáil in this area and that is why its leader is heckling me while I am trying to answer. His party has no solutions for housing. It has supported Rebuilding Ireland for the past three years, during which time it has not produced its own housing plan, as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The majority of affordable houses will sell to members of the public for €300,000. A teacher and garda, for example, earning €55,000 between them, will be able to afford one of these homes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Land hoarding is something we have to tackle. That is why I more than doubled the vacant site levy-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----when I was appointed as Minister. When it comes to fast-track planning, it has been successful in the delivery of thousands of homes. A number of sites have not been developed yet and that is why we are bringing forward the proposals for use it or lose it planning permission. In tandem with that, we are extending out the SHD process until the end of 2021, and in tandem with that, we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for raising the question. We know we have to review our sustainable housing guidelines. Each local authority is working to the 2005 guidelines. The issue is between ourselves and the Commission in making sure the revised guidelines meet the needs of people and communities throughout the country and meet the objectives of the national planning framework and the regional...

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Ceart chun Sláinte) 2019: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Health) Bill 2019: First Stage (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: No.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department awarded a Mobile Voice and Data contract to Vodafone in September 2016 procured through an Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Framework, using a Supplementary Response Framework Tender.  My Department is currently preparing to undertake a competitive tendering process in conjunction with the OGP again for our voice and data services, the contract for which is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a judgment in March 2019 by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Ireland's non-compliance with the urban wastewater treatment directive, my Department, accompanied by Irish Water, met Commission officials and proposed a programme of measures to ensure this case is resolved.  My Department will maintain close contact with the Commission while the case remains open. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There were 775.21 staff serving in my Department at the end of October 2019, as calculated on a fulltime equivalent basis.  The information requested is set out in the following table.  Grade Male Female Total ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 9.50 13.00 22.50 ADVISORY COUNSEL GRADE 3 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Two special advisers are currently used by my Department.  There has been one change of adviser during my time as Minister and details are set out in the following table.  These advisers work across a wide range of areas within the remit of my Department including Housing, Planning, Local Government, Water Services and Electoral Reform as well as liaising with the media and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is implementing Dignity at Work, the Civil Service anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy, in the manner required.  There have been no complaints of bullying and sexual harassment in my Department in the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019.