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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of housing authorities as an integral part of their housing management functions, subject to guidelines issued from time to time by my Department. Rent reviews are also a matter for individual housing authorities. Guidelines entitled “Rent Assessment, Collection, Accounting and Arrears Control” were published by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Once local authorities have identified a need to acquire additional lands, they may seek to borrow the required finance from the Housing Finance Agency. In accordance with Section 106 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, the decision to borrow is a reserved function of the elected members of the local authority concerned, who have direct responsibility in law for all reserved...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment under Action 2.9 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a dedicated Housing Delivery Office (HDO) was established within my Department, in August 2016, to support the accelerated delivery of housing across the social and private sectors, and tenure spectrum, in an integrated and timely manner. Working with the broader Housing and Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Acknowledging that renters in Dublin and other major urban centres are currently facing significant access and affordability challenges, the Government is committed to the introduction of a not-for-profit, cost rental sector in Ireland. Together with delivering more affordable and predictable rents, cost rental can make a sustainable impact on national competitiveness and the attractiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Projects (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Public Spending Code, where a capital project exceeds €20m, the Sponsoring Agency (the local authority) is required to submit a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) or a Cost Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) prior to receiving Departmental Approval in Principle. The purpose of a CBA is to assess whether or not the social and economic benefits associated with a project are greater than its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (28 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's Action Plan for Rural Development: Realising our Potential, has a clear objective of working across Government Departments to deliver a co-ordinated group of strategies and actions to ensure the success of vibrant rural communities across Ireland. My Department works closely with the Department of Rural and Community Development on rural housing issues. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Review (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Nitrates Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not allowed and in Ireland the closed season commences on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public lands, to support the provision of affordable homes to purchase or rent. It is envisaged a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Cost (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing PPP Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million. It is to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles. The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, will provide 534 units in the Greater Dublin Area. Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in the County Council areas of South Dublin,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The initial funding 2018 allocation to Sligo County Council in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, was €1,367,534. Later in the year, a request from the Council for additional funding was facilitated by my Department, with a further €232,466 provided, bringing the Council's total allocation for 2018 to €1.6 million. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recent summary, which was carried out in June 2018, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 11 June 2018. The detailed report for the 2018 summary can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (27 Mar 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 Act and is a reserved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (27 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 introduced new temporary streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHD) - i.e. developments of 100 housing units or more or student accommodation or shared accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or more - to be made directly to An Bord Pleanála for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We are not dragging our heels. A lot of intensive work is happening in the background between my officials and the Minister for Finance's officials. We have discussed it at length on a number of occasions. I was recently in Mayo and met people who are affected by this. I thank everyone in Mayo and Donegal for their patience. We announced in the budget last year that there would be a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The RTB exists to adjudicate on tenants' rights and landlords' rights when there is a dispute. There was recently an adjudication on the Tyrrelstown amendment, in which its interpretation and intention were shown to be robust and the amendment was deemed to work. Of the two thresholds that needed to be met, one passed because it was found that it would result in a significant decrease in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1350 and 1351 together. The National Planning Framework (NPF), published as part of Project Ireland 2040, sets out the Government’s overarching strategic planning approach underpinning the proper planning and sustainable development of urban and rural areas in the period to 2040, including the proper planning and sustainable development of rural towns...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not consider that planning legislation should be amended to prevent an applicant who has been refused planning permission in respect of a particular development proposal from subsequently submitting a modified planning application, even if it could be considered somewhat similar or substantially the same as a previous planning application. This approach is considered to be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The advancement of this project through its various stages of development is, in the first instance, a matter for Kildare County Council. The provisional funding amount of €400,000 from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) has been allocated to support the Council’s initial technical and preparatory work on this project. My Department met with officials from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (26 Mar 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 credit committee on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is a mortgage scheme for first-time buyers which has been available nationwide through local authorities from 1 February 2018. 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. The scheme has proven to be far more...