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Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Stop objecting to housing.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We doubled the vacant site levy.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Government funding.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The National Housing Strategy for people with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2011-2016 and associated National Implementation Framework were jointly published by my Department and the Department of Health. Building on the Programme for a Partnership Government commitment to meet the housing needs of people with disabilities, the NHSPWD has been extended to 2020 under Rebuilding Ireland to continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. In general, the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission. Any such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A strong social housing construction pipeline is in place, details of which are set out in the Social Housing Construction Status Report which is updated and published on a quarterly basis. The report covering the period up to end Quarter 2 of 2019, is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at . The information is provided by each local authority area and it is updated and published on...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has for some time, provided guidance to local authorities when they are undertaking cost effectiveness analyses in respect of high value publicly-funded social housing projects. The local authorities' responsibility in this regard, arises from their role as Sponsoring Agencies for such projects which, under the Public Spending Code, means they have primary responsibility for...

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

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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or approved housing bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant dwellings across Ireland. RLS has both capital and current funding streams. The capital element funds the repairs to the property; the current element funds the lease payment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A voted provision of €1.2 billion is included in my Department's 2019 Estimates in respect of Irish Water’s domestic water services operational and capital expenditure in 2019. At the end of November 2019 €948.5m of this provision had been provided to Irish Water. I expect that the full €1.2 billion provision will be drawn down by Irish Water in 2019 before year end.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The making, implementation and review of a Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) is a function of the relevant Regional Assembly, in this case the Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly (EMRA), under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). In accordance with section 23 of the Planning and Development Act, the objective of a RSES is to provide a long-term strategic...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 617 and 618 together. There are two Divisions within my Department which deal specifically with Housing issues; the Housing Policy, Legislation and Governance Division and the Housing Delivery Division. Both Divisions are managed by an Assistant Secretary General. The Housing Delivery Division supports a significant number of actions under the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness is a priority for this Government. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness includes a range of measures relating to the provision of emergency accommodation and the range of supports to be provided to households experiencing homelessness. In 2018, the Government increased the funding...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department engages with NGOs and sectorial bodies as part of the process of policy development. The Strategy for the Rental Sector in Ireland was published in December 2016 and has benefited from a public consultation process involving a stakeholder event in Dublin and almost 500 written submissions received from a broad range of stakeholders. The subsequent enactment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility for the provision of accommodation and related services rests with individual housing authorities. Decisions on the range of accommodation and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Child Protection (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness is a priority for this Government. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness includes a range of measures relating to the provision of emergency accommodation and the range of supports to be provided to households experiencing homelessness. My Department does not provide homeless service...

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

Eoghan Murphy: One of the actions contained in the Rebuilding Ireland, Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is that the State will implement national procedures to enhance inter-agency arrangements regarding the release and accommodation of sex offenders. The Sex Offenders Risk Assessment and Management (SORAM) process is in place to provide a multi-agency, consistent response across all local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities Provision (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability (NHSPWD) 2011-2016 was affirmed in Rebuilding Irelandand extended to 2020 to continue to deliver on its aims. Implementation of the Strategy is being driven primarily by the Housing Agency by means of a dedicated sub-group with representatives from my Department, the Health Service Executive (HSE), the Department of Health, local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (3 Dec 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 it is anticipated that these projects will stimulate the...