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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. I cannot speak to individual cases but I am very sorry this person has been waiting so long for support. In 2018 we supported more than 27,000 families and individuals into new housing supports through the work of Rebuilding Ireland. Some 8,400 of those supports were increases to the social housing stock, with new homes built, acquired or long-term...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Somebody also originally changed my gender in the question; therefore, we apologise if something was lost in translation. The Deputy might be misreading the Rebuilding Ireland plan with the selective quote mentioned. What we have always spoken about in Rebuilding Ireland is ramping up to a point where we will be producing at least 25,000 units per year and continuing that delivery for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. He is misrepresenting the targets set in Rebuilding Ireland. The confusion is not on my side.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is quoting out of context. I cannot see what else is around the sentence. Nobody suggested we would build 25,000 homes in 2016 or 2017.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It was always about ramping up to 25,000 units per year and maintaining that number.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A new ambition was to bring it to 35,000 homes per year under Project Ireland 2040. I thank the Deputy for welcoming the increase in housing numbers happening under Rebuilding Ireland and recognising, because of the policies in Rebuilding Ireland, the increase in housing numbers that is happening.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: No. The Deputy is using statistics to misrepresent the position. That is not what is happening. We have seen a dramatic increase in home building under Rebuilding Ireland.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I am just glad that the Deputy is accepting that Rebuilding Ireland is working. It is the plan and driving house delivery.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We still have to hear what Sinn Féin's plan would be to replace Rebuilding Ireland as it takes every opportunity to state we should throw it out. That is despite the fact that it is working to increase dramatically the supply of homes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The current policy is two refusals and the person is suspended for a year. What we are talking about is extending the period of time to act as a deterrent to people who are not accepting houses for reasons that are not seen to be valid. We are not talking about the challenges some families face that require a very specific type of accommodation, with the local authority working with them on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As Deputies got extra time, I would like some extra time as well because it is an important issue. I have no problem with coming before the Oireachtas joint committee, as I do regularly, and I will come in on this issue as well. We have an engagement coming up which will facilitate that. This does not affect choice-based letting, which is working very well where it is working, and we want...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is what we are rolling out. There are more than 70,000 people waiting for a social housing home. Some of those people are being kept from moving into their homes because people ahead of them in the queue are saying "No" for reasons that are not legitimate. That is what we are trying to deal with. This is happening with a suite of other reforms that will be announced next month.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing is, and will remain, a top priority for the Government. The latest statistics from the Central Statistics Office, released earlier this month, show that very significant progress is being made. Specifically, the CSO reports there were 18,072 new dwelling completions in Ireland last year, up 25% on 2017. When account is taken of the 794 homes completed in unfinished housing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 and 62 together. The current position in relation to the refusal by households of offers of social housing dwellings is set down in regulation 12 of the social housing allocation regulations 2011, which were made under section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Under regulation 12, a household that refuses two reasonable offers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The latter period will not be reckonable subsequently for the purposes of determining the household’s relative priority for another social housing tenancy. Having regard to the overall level of demand for social housing, I am satisfied that the change proposed is a measured step, it is ultimately fair to all households on local authority social housing waiting lists and it will be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The first thing to say is that this is part of a suite of measures that we are working on to help people who are in emergency accommodation to get out of emergency accommodation and to help local authorities manage the social housing stock efficiently. There are more than 70,000 people waiting for their home. These homes are being built now and we want to make sure there are no unnecessary...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authority is the entity which best understands what the needs of the people on the housing list are and what type of home they need to move into. They have great flexibility. They have flexibility within the current policy and flexibility within the changes to be able to work with those families to get the best home. We are talking about those people who are refusing accommodation...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: According to my figures, the total build for Dublin City Council is 850 properties, while the target was 1,045. The council did not reach the target, achieving a little more than 80%. We must be fair to local authorities. For many years, the challenge they were facing was not trying to build housing but, rather, dealing with unfinished housing estates and land they bought that had...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the follow-up question. He talked about a trend; it is not a trend. Some 1% of transactions in 2017 is not a trend. A proportion of 4.6% of the stock is not a trend. The Deputy said 70% of landlords own one or two properties and that everyone knows that. Everyone does not know that because the Deputy is wrong. Some 86% of landlords own one or two properties, while...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rental Sector (20 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy. I did not give him a lecture about statistics; I pointed out where he was wrong and how that lack of knowledge or ignorance is, unfortunately, leading to the statements he is making against landlords in this country, the vast majority of whom-----