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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 to 37, inclusive, together. When the Rebuilding Ireland home loan was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would be approximately €200 million over three years. From the data collated on the scheme to date, the home loan has proven to be more successful than initially anticipated. The Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 95 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme provides fast, flexible housing support to all eligible households who have the freedom to source suitable accommodation in their area of choice. Individuals, who in the past may have been reluctant to avail of full time work as they might lose their Rent Supplement support, can now move to HAP, avail of full-time employment and still retain their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Two ‘pathfinder’ cost rental pilot projects are currently being progressed. The first, at Enniskerry Road in Stepaside, will deliver 155 homes, 50 of which will be cost rental. The cost-rental element of the project is being supported by €4.5m in funding under the Serviced Sites Fund. Construction is due to commence on the project later this month. Further work is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness is a priority for this Government and the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan includes a range of measures which reflect that priority. In particular, Rebuilding Ireland includes specific actions relating to the provision of emergency accommodation and the range of supports to be provided to households accessing such accommodation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland aims to deliver over 50,000 additional social housing homes through build, acquisition and leasing programmes and also aims to support some 88,000 additional households through the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme and the Rental Accommodation Scheme, over the 6 year period of the Plan. Very significant progress has been made in delivering on Rebuilding Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) has been in operation since 1 February 2018 under the Housing (Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan) Regulations 2018. The low rate of fixed interest associated with the RIHL provides first time buyers with access to mortgage finance that they may not have otherwise been able to afford at a higher interest rate. The scheme allows low-income first time...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 88 together. Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the European Court of Justice ruling in the "Flemish Decree" case, a working group was established to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, issued under section 28 of the Planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A key principle of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Scheme is that eligible households source their own accommodation in the private rented sector. The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on household size and the rental market within the area concerned. Each local authority has statutory discretion to agree to a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 75 together. Findings and recommendations from the National Taking In Charge Initiative (NTICI) were included in a report on the initiative that was published by my Department in December 2018. The report is available on my Department's website at the following link: . The publication of the NTICI report is of value to local authorities and other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 91 together. The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 set 1 January 2016 as the commencement date for the introduction of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme for existing local authority houses. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Earlier this year, I met with local authority Chief Executives to discuss the progress made in their local area, in terms of delivering on the social housing targets under Rebuilding Ireland. In 2018, 4,251 new build social housing homes were delivered, a very significant 85% increase on the 2,297 new builds in 2017. The target for 2019 is substantially increased further, to over 6,200 homes....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: At the end of Q1 2019, there were more than 45,900 active tenancies being supported under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Scheme. While a landlord or an agent acting on behalf of a landlord is not legally obliged to enter into a tenancy agreement with a HAP recipient, on 1 January 2016, the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 introduced “housing assistance” as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Building Finance Ireland Establishment (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Home Building Finance Ireland comes under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Finance. HBFI was established in December 2018 to lend to small and medium sized builders and developers for commercially viable residential developments, particularly those situated outside the State's major urban centres. HBFI has been provided with access to €750 million of funding from the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Energy Performance Of Buildings) Regulations 2019 set higher building energy performance standards for dwellings, in accordance with the Nearly Zero Energy Building requirements (NZEB) contained in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive. These Regulations apply to works in connection with the design and construction of a new dwelling, where the relevant works...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered for designation as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Scheme commenced in Galway County Council on 16 November 2015, and in Galway City Council on 1 February 2016. At the end of Q1 2019, the total numbers of active HAP tenancies in those areas were 1,052 in Galway County and 1,465 in Galway City. Rebuilding Ireland sets annual national targets for additional HAP-supported tenancies. A target was set to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The overall social housing ambition for 2019 under Rebuilding Ireland is to support more than 27,000 households. This consists of 10,000 social housing homes to be delivered through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, with a further 17,360 households to be supported under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). It is expected that 6,545 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. This responsibility of housing authorities includes responsibility for ensuring that contracted services are delivered in a professional manner, in line with any service level agreement that is in place. Supporting individuals and...