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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1357, 1393, 1411 and 1414 together. The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme was launched in February 2018 to replace the existing local authority mortgage schemes, which were funded through loans that local authorities obtained from the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) for that purpose. When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan was initially being developed,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) is focused on managing State-owned land to develop new homes, and regenerate under-utilised sites. In the longer-term it will assemble strategic land banks from a mix of public and private lands, making these available for housing in a controlled manner which brings essential long-term stability to the Irish housing market with the objective of facilitating...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at the local level. My Department does not provide funding for services directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards operational costs for homeless accommodation and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1360 and 1361 together. I note the two projects referred to by the Deputy. The CAS 2 application referred to by the Deputy was submitted to my Department on 15 February 2019 and was incomplete. Information that had been requested at a prior stage had been omitted and the information in question is required in order for my Department to assess the project. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Red Cross Awards (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: While I am keenly aware of the very important role of volunteers in the Red Cross, my Department has no remit in relation to the organisation or its volunteers. I understand that the Red Cross falls under the remit of the Department of Defence.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1363, 1388, 1397 and 1410 together. The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1364 to 1369, inclusive, together. Delivery of social housing is achieved using a range of delivery programmes and financing arrangements. This includes supporting both local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to engage with contractors for the construction of new social housing homes. Through local authorities, my Department provides AHBs...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department requested the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) to provide figures for the amount of funding and loans issued by them under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme by local authority to date in tabular form. The drawdown amounts by Local Authorities from the HFA to date are provided in the following table. Local Authority Advanced Amount - € Carlow County Council 144,000...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the overall number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Information up to the end of Quarter 3 2018, including in relation to number and value of mortgage drawdowns, is available on the Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/house-prices-loans-and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1374 and 1376 together. The provisions of the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services have now been largely legislated for, as required, in the Water Services Act 2017. Promoting the efficient and sustainable use of water is central to my Department’s water policy. The Government's Water Services...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as environmental regulator, is responsible for setting quality standards and enforcing compliance with EU directives and National Regulations for drinking water supplies and wastewater discharges to water bodies. Irish Water is the lead authority in relation to the management and conservation of public water supplies. My Department engages on an...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme. An Acquisitions Fund of €70 m, which is a revolving fund, has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 homes over the period to 2020 for social housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As matters stand, local authorities have a significant residential land bank which is being utilised to deliver homes through the social housing construction programme and other schemes under Rebuilding Ireland. To support the strategic development of their land banks, all local authority residential sites were recorded on the Rebuilding Ireland land map. This land map can be accessed on the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: A range of housing options are necessary to ensure a supply of accommodation to meet different types of social housing need. Harnessing the off-balance sheet potential of private investment in social housing is an important objective of the Government and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period to 2021 reflect the ambition in that regard. Of the 50,000...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1382 to 1385, inclusive, together. Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are making an important contribution to social housing delivery, as envisaged in Rebuilding Ireland. My Department and local authorities administer a number of funding programmes to assist AHBs with the cost of building, buying and leasing new social houses. All funding is conditional on the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department requested the Housing Finance Agency to provide figures for the amount of funding issued by the Agency to approved housing bodies per annum from 2011 to date; and the number of units constructed under such finance. The information concerned is set out in the following table. - 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 (YTD) - € Million € Million €...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is mortgage for first-time buyers and has been available nationwide through local authorities since 1 February 2018. Under the scheme a letter of loan offer is valid for a period of 6 months from date of issue, subject to terms and conditions contained set out in the letter. However, the interest rate for the loan is determined by the date of draw down of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 12 March 2019, I received a statement of case from Sligo County Council that Imperative Reasons for Overriding Public interest (IROPI) exist in respect of a planning application for the upgrade to the existing water treatment plant at Lough Talt, County Sligo. The statement of case submitted by Sligo County Council pursuant to Section 177AA of the Planning and Development Act 2000 relates...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme, which provides credit worthy first time house buyers who cannot access sufficient mortgage finance form a commercial lender, has been available from local authorities since 1 February 2018. The Housing Agency provides a central support service, which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a flexible and immediate housing support that is available to all eligible households throughout the State. It plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Quarter 4, 2018, there were over 43,400 active tenancies being supported under the HAP scheme in 31 local authority areas. Details on the number of tenancy...