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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (10 Dec 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 contributor to meeting this objective and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period to 2021 reflect the ambition in that regard. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2019, over 62,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 48,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 28,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in providing housing support to eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2019, over 62,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 48,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support. There were over 28,000 separate landlords and agents nationwide providing accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Quarrying Sector (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In May 2013, a Ministerial Policy Directive was issued to all planning authorities under section 29 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), reminding them of their statutory obligations under Part VIII of the Act relating to planning enforcement. In light of the recent TV programme, as referred to by the Deputy, regarding unauthorised quarrying activity, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The NPF and Project Ireland 2040 together set out the Government’s high level plan for shaping the future growth and development of the country in the period to 2040. The NPF specifically identifies the need for a focused approach to compact, sequential and sustainable development in Dundalk and Drogheda given their unique location on the Dublin-Belfast economic corridor and their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million. It is to deliver approximately 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles. The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, will provide 534 units in the Greater Dublin Area. Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department worked closely earlier this year with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) on an Analysis of Social Housing Acquisitions which was published in August 2019 and can be accessed at the following link: Providing an average unit cost for social housing is not necessarily straightforward. Unit costs vary...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board with support from the Housing Agency. The provisions of the Act apply only to dwellings affected by significant damage attributable to pyritic heave consequent on the presence of reactive pyrite...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Light Rail Projects (10 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 2000 Act, the objective of a RSES is to provide a long-term strategic planning and economic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013. In developing the necessary regulatory and administrative changes to underpin the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Capital funding is provided to local authorities to acquire a range of properties for social housing use. The properties involved can range from those in good condition to those that need remediation and may have been vacant. To ensure a local-led response to such work, responsibility for property acquisitions is delegated to local authorities. To further assist local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 662 and 665 together. The funding provided by my Department to Mayo County Council, in respect of the delivery of housing programmes, in each year from 2014 to 2018, and to end November 2019 is set out in the table below. Year Total Expenditure€ million 2014 11.25 2015 11.45 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department engages with all local authorities on a regular basis, including Wicklow County Council, regarding the delivery of social housing. This includes structured quarterly meetings to review progress on projects. In the case of the project for which details are provided, my Department gave funding approval in 2018 and it is a matter for Wicklow County Council to manage the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range, where they cannot obtain sufficient mortgage finance from a commercial lender. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time buyers...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not collate planning statistics regarding the number of decisions to grant permission for one-off houses that were subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála; or when decisions to grant permission were subsequently determined by the Board. Regulations provide for a weekly list of appeals and referrals received by the Board and appeals or referrals determined or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A key priority in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to provide direct capital funding to the Housing Agency to facilitate the acquisition of suitable portfolios of properties for social housing from financial institutions and investors (Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6). An acquisitions fund of €70 million, which is a revolving fund, was established with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department incurs expenditure on campaigns, events and launches to ensure the public, elected representatives, stakeholders, interested parties and media are and informed of policies and legislation, schemes and other initiatives. Communications campaigns for public consultations is an important activity for raising awareness of draft policies and legislation so the public and interested...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Data sharing agreements are typically in place when an organisation is disclosing information to another organisation in compliance with data protection legislation and with the principles relating to the processing of personal data. My Department does not have any data sharing agreements in place with commercial operators or service providers. However, Government Departments, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Freedom of Information Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The table below shows the number of Freedom of Information requests received and the number of such requests refused by my Department for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (to end November). My Department does not routinely collate the information sought in respect of the Information Commissioner's decisions in the format requested, but details on decisions made by the Information...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Agencies Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The State bodies under the aegis of my Department, together with the requested information, are as set out in tabular form below. Body Number of Positions on Board Number of Vacant Positions on Board An Bord Pleanála 11 1 An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum) N/A N/A Docklands...