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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: To meet the needs of local authority tenants, under the Disabled Persons Grants (DPG) scheme, my Department provides funding to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock. The scheme applies to adaptations that are necessary to address the needs of older people or people with a disability or for extensions in cases of overcrowding. My Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (2 Apr 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. The Regulations under which the Scheme is established provide that the loan is available to first-time buyers only. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The final allocations assigned to each local authority for mortgage and home improvement loans in 2018 are detailed in the following table.  These final allocations are reflective of an internal rebalancing exercise carried out by my Department in respect of the approved allocations notified to the local authorities based on estimated drawdowns for 2018 as notified by the authorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since its launch in February 2018, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan has proven to be more successful than was initially anticipated. Discussions are ongoing between my Department and the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance with regard to further funding for the scheme and I hope that these will be concluded shortly. However, in the meantime, the scheme remains open and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 603 and 604 together. A number of social media accounts are operated by my Department and are managed in accordance with my Department’s Social Media policy. My Department does not engage consultancy agencies, media or otherwise, to assist it with formulating or contributing to policy messaging on social media or videos, hence procurement does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department, in consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, is currently finalising its analysis and response to the submission made, by the person named, with reference to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. While the delay in finalising this matter is regretted, the issue is complex and required significant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 Development Act 2000, as amended.  The working group...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, set the commencement date as 1 January 2016 for the introduction of the current incremental tenant purchase model. All sales from 1 January 2016 have been made under the terms of this Scheme. In line with the commitment given in Rebuilding Ireland, a review of the operation of the first 12 months of the Tenant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Language (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a scheme in place in accordance with Part 3 of the Official Languages Act 2003.  The current scheme commenced in March 2017 and is valid for the period 2017 - 2020.  This is my Department's fourth scheme; the first came into effect in August 2005.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (2 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Residential developments consisting of two or more dwellings that have been granted planning permission under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) may be eligible (depending on the grant of planning condition) for taking in charge. The taking in charge of residential estates by local authorities is provided for under section 180 of the 2000...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On a point of order, the homeless numbers record the numbers of people in emergency accommodation, not the numbers who are rough sleeping or in refuges. People can avail of homeless services and funding while staying in their homes.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is just to be accurate.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I note Deputy Coppinger railed against the lack of people to make contributions in the House on this debate. She is right: it is disappointing. It is also disappointing that she could not wait an additional seven minutes to hear the response to some of the points she raised. She also asked why I take this personally. I take this very personally because it is my responsibility to solve...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is true.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are enough places.

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: These are the unintended consequences of this proposed legislation. One would end up hurting more people and the landlords could still sell, with tenantsin situ. What happens if a young couple buys the house with tenants in situ? The young couple has the right under section 34 of the Act to serve a notice to quit and to move into that home. If the tenant says "No" the young couple could...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for bringing forward this Bill which enables us to have this important debate. The timing is helpful because of the very distressing numbers that were published this week. We was an increase in the numbers of people, both families and individuals, entering emergency accommodation in February. This is very distressing for the people who had to go into emergency...

Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----which has helped 10,000 people, individuals and couples, to get new homes? Would he replace the Rebuilding Ireland home loan, which has helped hundreds of people to buy their first home? Would he replace the rent pressure zones, which have meant that for the first time in two years, we have seen rents fall? Would he replace our social housing programme, under which one in every four...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the measures being funded under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 were notified to local authorities by my Department on 8 February 2019. Local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects in their functional areas, with the deadline for receipt of proposals set as 14 March 2019. Donegal County Council has included the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Tenants in the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme are required to sign a rent contribution agreement to pay a weekly rental contribution to the relevant local authority, in line with the local authority’s differential rent scheme. As set out in the rent contribution agreement, this weekly rental contribution must be paid by them so that they remain eligible for the HAP scheme. HAP...