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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, under new emergency measures introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period, tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances. The measures also prohibit any increase to rent for the duration of the emergency period. Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, under new emergency measures introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period, tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances. The measures also prohibit any increase to rent for the duration of the emergency period. Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: There are a number of variables involved in estimating the cost of providing social housing units, such as the form of delivery, size of unit, land, funding, etc. In terms of construction and 'all-in' costs, the averages as sought for the various sized units, based on full capital costs, are set out in the following tables, where the data is shown in terms of houses and apartments, both for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 10 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended), enabled the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to prescribe a list of unfinished housing developments to which an exemption from the local property tax applies. An exemption from the local property tax applies to developments listed in the Schedule to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Regulations 2013 (S.I....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for Children and Young People's Services Committees (CYPSCs) and the management and the provision of services to support victims of domestic abuse rests with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and are delivered through Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), capital funding may be provided, through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As housing authorities, local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area. The statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) carried out annually since 2016 captures the total number of households qualified for social housing support to better inform policy and to allow local authorities, such as Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In relation to the figure of 228 council house completions across the four Dublin local authorities cited by the Deputy, the total build output of the four Dublin local authorities in 2019 was in fact 1,665 social housing homes. This comprised 381 homes built directly by the local authorities, a further 658 homes delivered in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), 526 homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Dublin Bay is a complex eco-system. The EPA has classified the water quality in Dublin Bay as ‘good’ under the water framework directive for the period 2013 to 2018, an improvement on the ‘moderate’ status achieved during the 2007 to 2009 period. Significant investment in waste water infrastructure continues and is provided for in the Irish Water Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Ireland is following the advice of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the advice of our own health authorities.  As this is a novel virus, evidence and information on COVID-19 is increasing on a daily basis. According to the most recent guidance from the WHO, published 23 April 2020, the main routes of transmission are respiratory droplets and direct contact. The risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 34(4)(h) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), provides for the attaching of conditions to planning permissions by planning authorities “for determining the sequencing and timing in which, and the time at which, development works shall be carried out”. Further to this, conditions regulating construction working hours are generally attached to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Safety (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector and it is a requirement that approval is sought for any additional post outside...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rented Dwellings Register (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 12 and 16 of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2019 sets out the obligations of landlords and tenants, respectively. Under section 15, a landlord owes to each person who could be potentially affected a duty to enforce the tenant’s obligations and subject to certain conditions, such a person can refer a complaint for resolution to the Residential Tenancies Board...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Acknowledging that renters in Dublin and other major urban centres are facing significant housing access and affordability challenges, the Government is committed to the introduction of Cost Rental in Ireland. In this context, Cost Rental is defined as housing where the rents charged cover the cost of delivering, managing, and maintaining the homes only. Rents are not set by the market...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the overall number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns in 2018. 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 2018 can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has responsibility for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, which 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I am aware of the judicial review proceedings to which the Question refers, which is a High Court judgment delivered on 24 April 2020. It should be noted that I, as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, was not a party to the case concerned. There are no plans at present to amend planning legislation in respect of this case. As this matter is still subject to ongoing legal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Sales (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The sale or conveyancing of property is a matter that is governed by property and contract law. In addition, the particular terms on which the title or other rights associated with any particular property is conveyed from a seller to a purchaser, including any conditions in relation to the payment and/or return of a deposit, are contractual matters for the parties to the contract. As...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: There have been no fines or costs payable by Ireland as a result of the judgment in March 2019 by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Ireland's non-compliance with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.  Following the judgment my Department, accompanied by Irish Water, met Commission officials and proposed a programme of measures to ensure this case is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The number of social housing homes delivered in Co. Kildare has grown exponentially since the outset of Rebuilding Ireland in 2016. Table 1 outlines a breakdown of Build Delivery in Co. Kildare of the three years requested. Table 1: Overall Build Delivery (Co. Kildare) 2017-2019 Kildare County Council LA New Build AHB New Build Part V -New Build (All...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The making of bye-laws in relation to the administration of casual trading is a reserved function of local authorities under section 6 of the Casual Trading Act 1995. I have no function in this matter as the development and implementation of policy relating to all areas of the retail sector is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. For my...