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

Eoghan Murphy: Due to the scale and development potential of the site at Shanganagh, which may include approximately 540 homes overall, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCC) is required to carry out a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) financial modelling exercise under the Public Spending Code. An Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) is also required and several surveys/assessments/studies...

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 local level. While responsibility for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities, the administration of homeless services is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has no function in relation to the provision of funding for the purposes referred to in the Question.

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

Eoghan Murphy: Assessment for social housing is within the remit of the local authority involved and I have no role in relation to individual cases. In order to qualify for social housing support and be placed on a housing list, an applicant must be assessed by the authority concerned as meeting all of the eligibility and need criteria set down in the legislation. Applications for social housing support are...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's vision for water services is that they are delivered and developed in line with the needs and expectations of citizens and users; in compliance with legal obligations; in a fair and cost effective manner and in keeping with the principles of social, economic and environmental sustainability. The Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025 sets out the range of policy objectives...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The new affordable purchase housing scheme is targeted at providing support towards low to middle income first time buyers. Prioritising geographical areas for operation of the scheme is informed by economic assessments which local authorities have completed in relation to the affordability issues in their areas. Significant housing delivery is to be supported using the Serviced Site Fund...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the measures being funded under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019 to 2021 were notified to local authorities by my Department on 8 February 2019. This included a funding measure to support community connections to the public network operated by Irish Water. The composition of the new multi-annual programme is based on recommendations from the Working Group that I...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1401 and 1402 together. Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities are empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market value of relevant vacant sites with effect from January 2019 where a site exceeds 0.05 hectares in area, was in the planning authority’s opinion vacant or...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a quarterly Social Housing Construction Status Report, which provides information on the status of many of the various social housing new build projects underway nationally. The report includes details of schemes being progressed by the local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies. A dedicated budget is in place to fund the delivery of Traveller-specific...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1405 to 1407, inclusive, together. In accordance with the Regulations establishing the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme, the local authorities are the statutory bodies responsible for approving and issuing mortgages under the scheme. Each authority has a credit committee, which is responsible for making the final decisions, within its area, regarding...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1408 and 1409 together. My Department does not collect data in relation to the numbers of applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) that are currently with local authorities. Data is collected by my Department on a quarterly basis from local authorities with regard to the overall number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii)...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the working groups currently established in my Department, including the focus of their work are set out in the attached table. In answering this question, I am interpreting "working groups" broadly to include such groups as advisory groups, steering committees and expert groups. Title of Working Group Focus of Work of Working Group Membership Composition Steering Group of the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I recently announced funding for 2019 of €71.25 million nationally for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, living in private houses. Sligo County Council has received a 2019 allocation of €1,405,298, comprising exchequer funding of €1,124,238 and €281,060 from the local authority. Based on population, which is increasingly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: River Basin Management Plans (26 Mar 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Cork County Council owns Fermoy Weir and has responsibility for carrying out and funding any necessary works to the weir. My Department does not have responsibility, or a funding stream, for repairing river weirs. As set out in my previous reply to the Deputy my Department does have responsibility for preparing Ireland's River Basin Management Plans under the Water Framework Directive....

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 ("The Act") provides the statutory footing for the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR). As set out in the Act, in certain circumstances the Office will have the power to review the systems and procedures of a planning authority to ensure that they are fit for purpose. This can be done, inter alia, on foot of complaints...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The allocation of local authority dwellings and thereafter the management of tenancies is a matter for individual local authorities. I understand that the majority of local authorities have arrangements in place to enable tenants to move to smaller dwellings where they have expressed a wish to do so, where the local authority has housing stock that meets the needs of the tenant. My...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2018 was published on 19 December 2018. This Bill is prioritised for quick passage through the Oireachtas during the current Oireachtas session and is scheduled for Dáil Committee Stage on 3 April 2019. A response has issued to the correspondence referred to in the question.

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

Eoghan Murphy: Information on the allocations to each local authority under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability for 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 is publicly available on my Department’s website, at the following links - For 2016: www.environ.ie/housing/grantsfinancial-assistance/ministers- kelly-coffey-announce-eu5625-million-improve-homes. For 2017:...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is committed to providing a high quality service to all our customers. On occasion, it receives complaints from members of the public in relation to their interaction with the Department. My Department considers every complaint received and aims to resolve it within 15 working days, in accordance with our Quality Customer Service Charter. These complaints are reviewed in order...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1422 and 1426 together. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area concerned, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an...