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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. Official homeless reports are...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 969 to 971, inclusive, together. Section 239 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 places a statutory duty on organisers of funfairs and owners of fairground equipment to take such care as is reasonable for ensuring that persons at a funfair do not suffer injury or damage by reason of dangers arising from the funfair or associated activities.  This...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistant Payment Scheme (HAP) in underpinned by the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. Under section 41 of the 2014 Act, local authorities are required to commence the inspection process within eight months of the commencement of HAP support being provided in relation to a particular dwelling, if the dwelling was not already inspected within the previous 12 months....

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

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No.2) Regulations 2019 amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, to provide that development involving a change of use relating to home sharing and limited short-term letting in a principal private residence in a rent pressure zone is exempt from the requirement to obtain planning permission, subject to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses loan applications that are made to the local authorities for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) and makes recommendations to the authorities as to whether loans should be offered to applicants. The most recent data available from the Housing Agency for Laois and Offaly as at the end of May 2019 is included in the below...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Energy Efficiency/Retrofitting Programme was launched in 2013 to improve the insulation standards and overall energy performance of the local authority social housing stock. The programme is being implemented in two phases: Phase 1 provides funding targeted at the less intrusive cavity wall/attic insulation, while Phase 2 focuses on fabric upgrade works to dwellings with solid/hollow...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. This included improved funding schemes for individual wells (more commonly known as private or household wells) and on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks). The composition of the new multi-annual...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. The composition of the new multi-annual programme is based on recommendations from the Working Group that I established in April 2018 to conduct a review of investment needs and rural water services. There is a two-strand approach to the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I have no plans at present to introduce a voluntary redundancy scheme for local authority employees.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Exempted Development) (No.2) Regulations 2019 (the 2019 Regulations), which amend the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, provide that development involving a change of use relating to home sharing and limited short-term letting in a principal private residence in a rent pressure zone, is exempt from the requirement to obtain planning...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan has been made available to first-time buyers who have been unsuccessful in obtaining a mortgage from a financial institution since 1 February 2018. The loan can be used both for new and second-hand properties, or to build your own home.  In line with Central Bank rules, a person or couple can borrow up to 90% of the market value of the property. To...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Dublin City Council-owned site at St. Michael’s Estate, Emmet Road, Inchicore, has been selected as the site for one of two cost rental ‘pathfinder’ pilot projects. It is estimated that this site can accommodate approximately 470 homes in a high quality mixed-tenure development. The current tenure mix as agreed with the Department is 30% Social and 70% cost rental. ...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Office of Public Works (OPW) is the body responsible for flood risk assessment and mitigation of flood risk. I understand that it has recently completed the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management (CFRAM) programme which identifies areas vulnerable to fluvial flooding risk. OPW is working directly with local authorities in relation to flood risk management projects and my...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan must be of good credit standing and have a satisfactory credit record.  The Housing Agency provides a central credit assessment service to local authorities and credit checks are undertaken as part of the credit assessment process.  The final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, bids were invited from public bodies for funding  support from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) either  under Category A, for projects that were proposed as being ready to be initiated, or under Category B, as projects that required further consideration and development. On 26 November 2018, initial URDF support of €100 million was...

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

Eoghan Murphy: 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: www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/na tional_taking_in_charge_initiative_report_dec2018.pdf. The publication of the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses loan applications that are made to the local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities as to whether loans should be offered to applicants.  I have asked the Agency to centrally compile figures on the numbers of applications that it has assessed and recommended for...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the broader social reform policy framework, the Social Housing Allocation (Amendment) Regulations 2016 were made on 30 September 2016, and required all local authorities, if they had not already done so, to provide for Choice Based Letting (CBL) as a method of allocation in their allocation schemes by 31 December 2016. Where a local authority, having included a provision for CBL in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016 provide that where a tenant has been in occupation of a dwelling for a continuous period of 6 months, with no valid notice of termination having been served during that time, a 'Part 4' tenancy is established to cover the next 5 years and 6 months. Section 34 of the 2004 Act provides that a landlord must...