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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: There is an important obligation under section 16 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 to protect the identity of individuals who make disclosures of information with reference to the Act. In this instance, I can however confirm that my Department, following consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, is finalising its analysis of the submission in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The current cost guidelines for the acquisition of houses and apartments for use as social housing were issued to local authorities in April 2019, under Circular 15/2019. These will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1202 and 1204 together. Of the 50,000 social housing homes to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, over 10,000 homes are targeted to be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) under leasing arrangements from a range of different sources including direct leasing by local authorities and approved housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: A total of 1,326 Part V homes were delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for social housing in 2019.  A detailed breakdown of these homes across all local authority areas in the period up to end Q4 2019 is available at the following link: Of the 1,326 Part V homes provided for social housing in 2019, 589 homes were delivered by LAs. 578 of these fall...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are set out in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently conducted SSHA details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 24 June 2019 (the count date). The full report, including breakdowns by each local authority across a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme, which is being progressed by my Department in conjunction with the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), in its role as procuring authority and financial advisor, as well as Dublin City Council and Cork County Council, as lead local authority and Sponsoring Agency for Bundles 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

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 resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. With effect from 27 March 2020, new emergency measures were introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period. Tenants cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: While my Department does not maintain a central register of vacant sites, as each local authority administers the vacant site register in respect of their own functional area, the Department does engage proactively  with local authorities with a view to ensuring that the vacant site levy achieves its full potential in terms of bringing concerned sites into productive use. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In December 2019, following a public consultation on reforms to the electoral register, the Government approved a number of detailed proposals to modernise the electoral registration process to make it more streamlined, secure and accessible.    The proposals approved included reforms such as the introduction of a rolling register; optional online registration; identity...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As mortgages under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) and the Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) are between local authorities and the relevant AHBs, information on the position of the mortgages is not held by my Department.  However, my Department is currently working with the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) regarding the longer-term treatment of properties that are exiting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1216 to 1218, inclusive, together. Section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 - 2019 provides that those Acts apply to every dwelling the subject of a tenancy, apart for the limited exceptions set out in subsection (2) of that section. Section 19 of those Acts provides for the annual rent increase restriction in Rent Pressure Zone (RPZs), subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department wrote to the European Commission in January this year to outline progress on the programme of measures to address the 2019 Court of Justice of the European Union judgment on Ireland's non-compliance with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.  A response has not been received from the Commission.  My Department will continue to update the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing First enables homeless individuals with high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent secure accommodation with the provision of intensive housing and health supports to help the individuals concerned maintain their tenancies. The National Implementation Plan for Housing First was published in September 2018. The Plan includes an overall target of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, I and my Department have engaged with local authorities and Traveller representative groups to put a responsive plan in place to address identified and emerging health risks to the Traveller population nationwide, particularly as some members of the Traveller community, such as those living on sites with limited facilities, may be particularly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1225 and 1226 together. The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order (S.I. 352 of 2018, as amended by S.I. 603 of 2018) made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the overall number, value and average values of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Local authority approval means that an official letter of offer has been sent to a borrower (and therefore relates to a specific property and loan amount). Information on the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan for 2019, including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan application process the Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. Housing Agency recommendations are then considered by the Credit Committee in each local authority,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Credit Unions (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government recognises the potential role that Credit Unions can play in housing finance and supported the efforts of the Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank to gradually lift current investment restrictions as appropriate, including for housing. Credit Union bodies have set out proposed means by which funding could be provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is designed to enable credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range. The scheme is targeted at first-time buyers who have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a mortgage, but who are unable to access a mortgage sufficient for them to...