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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities, including Galway City Council, have submitted to my Department details of their work proposals and related funding requirements for the Disabled Persons Grants scheme for 2019. I understand that the property referred to is part of Galway City Council's overall proposal. The headline funding requirements of all local authorities, including Galway City Council, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 639 to 643, inclusive, together. Local authorities have been undertaking an ambitious programme of insulation retrofitting on the least energy efficient social housing homes since 2013, with funding support from my Department. Over €128 million of exchequer support has been provided for this work to end-2018, which has improved the energy efficiency and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The latest quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Report shows that almost 5,000 social homes were under construction at end Q4 2018, of which 2,345 were in the local authorities' own build programme. It will be these schemes that will form the bulk of the housing delivery over the course of 2019, although further projects will continue to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland is utilising all available resources at national and local level to maximise the delivery of social housing, as quickly and efficiently as possible. More than 50,000 social housing homes will be delivered by the end of 2021. These new homes will be delivered by both local authorities themselves and working in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). In the interest...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authority build programmes are an essential component of the 50,000 social housing homes to be delivered over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland. In addition to local authorities building on their own land, partnerships with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are also an important aspect of build delivery. Rebuilding Ireland has been increasing the capacity of local authorities and AHBs to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistics on the number of social housing properties constructed in each of the past five years by local authorities, are published on my Department’s website at the following link: . These statistics are updated on a quarterly basis, with similar details for 2019 to be published as the year progresses.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, responsive repairs and implementing planned maintenance programmes, is a matter for each individual local authority, in line with Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities return vacant properties to use through their own resources and also using exchequer support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided to the rural water sector, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. My Department recoups funding under the Programme to local authorities which administer it on behalf of my Department. In relation to group water schemes, recoupment includes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the scheme in question commenced planning its development in the early 1990s. At that time the scheme proposed to supply over 800 houses plus farms and commercial premises to a relatively large area of north-west County Kildare – covering some 4 to 5% of the area of the county. The scheme, the size of a medium sized public water supply scheme, would be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. It is somewhat hypocritical questioning how we fund Irish Water and have security of funding for Irish Water, given that certain Members of the House and certain parties in the House canvassed to remove a very important domestic funding stream for Irish Water. That question has been settled and in settling the question the Government made a serious...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Quarrying Sector (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department issued Guidelines to Planning Authorities on Quarrying and Ancillary Activities in April 2004, offering guidance on planning for the quarrying industry, both in the adoption of development plans and in determining individual applications for planning permission for quarrying and ancillary activities.  The Guidelines recommend that applications for planning permission for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies Data (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The following table outlines the number and percentage of women on each State board, under the remit of my Department, as of 8 March 2016 and again at 8 March 2019. The table identifies boards that were not established or not under the remit of my Department on 08/03/2016 and those that were no longer under its remit on 8 March 2019....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Meters (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels.  Water metering is an operational issue for Irish Water and I have no function in relation to the matter. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Ireland ratified the Revised European Social Charter on 4 November 2000. At that time Ireland accepted 92 of the 98 paragraphs of the Revised Charter. Three of those paragraphs not accepted by Ireland make up Article 31, which relates to the right to housing. The issue of the right to housing was debated in Dáil Eireann and Seanad Éireann in September 2017.  Arising from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Joint Communication from the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council dated 22 March 2019, which has been received by my Department. A response to this communication is currently being prepared in my Department in coordination with the Department of Finance and the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 2 April 2019, Government approved committee stage amendments to the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No 2) Bill 2018,  which will, among other measures, see the designation of Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs) extended to the end of 2021. This Bill is scheduled for Dáil Committee Stage on 11 April 2019 and I will be working to have it complete its passage through both Houses as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not provide funding for services directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards operational costs for homeless accommodation and related services.  Under funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of services from their own resources.  Housing authorities may also incur additional expenditure on homeless related...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Apr 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. The most recent report is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (4 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding under the Disabled Persons Grants (DPG) scheme to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants. The scheme applies to adaptations that are necessary to address the needs of older people or people with a disability who may require stair-lifts, grab-rails, showers, wet-rooms,...