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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Valuation Office operates as an independent office under the aegis of my Department and is funded by its own Vote (Vote 16). The Commissioner of Valuation is the Accounting Officer for all expenditure and income under Vote 16. A service for Oireachtas members has been put in place through which information can be obtained from the Valuation Office directly, in a speedy and efficient...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Two separate but related submissions under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 which concerned allegations of wrongdoing in Cavan County Council have been received in my Department. Following an initial screening of the first received submission, my Department asked the Chief Executive of the Council to conduct an appropriate investigation into the allegations made therein. This investigation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. Since the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme in 2012, a total of 4,475 cases have been submitted under the scheme to the end of 2018. Of the 4,475 cases submitted, 3,043 were ineligible or terminated during the process. Of the remaining cases submitted, 445 have been completed, and the remaining 987 applications are being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017. They specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, safety of gas, oil and electrical supply and fire. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 together. Details of the funding provided to local authorities for the provision of social housing through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, for each year over the period 2011 to 2018, are set out in the following table. 2011€m 2012€m 2013€m 2014€m 2015€m 2016€m 2017€m...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities and can be accessed at the following link: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: One of the important components at local authority level in determining both supply and demand for housing will be the preparation, in the context of National Policy Objective 37 of the National Planning Framework (NPF), of a "Housing Need Demand Assessment" (HNDA) for each local authority area in order to correlate and accurately align overall future housing requirements, as an evolution of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (7 Feb 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...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Cahill for his question but I will have to raise it directly with the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question, and I am glad he acknowledges that the Minister is there and launching this very important plan that will help to increase-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----jobs in the Deputy's area, which is very important. On the actual commitment that was given I will have to come back to the Deputy after discussing it with the Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank both Deputies for their questions. In response to Deputy Brady, I am afraid that I cannot speak about or become involved in individual cases. That is a matter for the local authority in question. The Deputy raised with me the prospect that there might be a policy in Wicklow and I made a commitment to get back to him. I offer my apologies to him as I have not yet got back to him....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not have-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As I do not have the full facts of the matter to hand, I cannot speak about it. Of course, we all know that there is a crisis of homelessness in the country. That is why this year we will spend more money on housing than any Government ever has in one year. That is why we are continuing to build thousands and thousands of social housing homes. The Deputy's colleague stated Rebuilding...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy does not like my answer because it contradicts his colleague's position.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Brady does not like my answer because his party has no plan when it comes to housing.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is why we have Rebuilding Ireland.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. We are seeing jobs growth in every region of the country because of the measures the Government has implemented under the Action Plan for Jobs. Today the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, is launching one of the first of her regional action plans for jobs with a more detailed focus on regions of the country that are not...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----and the investment in job creation that is also happening, as the statistics show. It is not happening evenly everywhere, which is why we now have the detailed regional action plans from the Minister, Deputy Humphreys.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The Government is not trying to water down the Bill at all. Rather, we are trying to make progress, working with the Bill's sponsors, on getting it through. It underwent no pre-legislative scrutiny, which caused problems in terms of ensuring that all of the appropriate bodies were engaged with to understand all of its consequences, for example, cost...