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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (30 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are no members of my Department's staff working directly on the procurement of major State infrastructure projects. The procurement of such projects funded by my Department is generally carried out by local authorities or agencies under the aegis of my Department, with checks/approvals being carried out by my Department, commensurate with its role as project funder, to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Conventions (30 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not been notified of this national consultation by the French authorities pursuant to the UN Convention on assessing environmental impacts in a transboundary context (the Espoo Convention), or the Protocol on strategic environmental assessment (SEA), or the corresponding requirements of the EU Directives relating to environmental impact assessment (EIA) and SEA. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (30 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283 and 284 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (30 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: An examination of records indicates that my Department has not engaged directly in any capital project costing €10 million or more in the period from 2010 to date. Local authorities and bodies under the aegis of my Department enter into capital contracts in the course of their work, some of which is funded through the Department's Vote. As regards relevant contracts for which...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. On NAMA, which comes under the Department of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, its latest quarterly report came before the Cabinet this morning. It talked about the many thousands of new homes that have been built on NAMA-indebted sites throughout the country. More than 2,000 social housing homes have been provided to local authorities as well....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for her question. In short, yes, I have. I received a warning over the weekend about the cold weather snap that is approaching, off the back of which I engaged, through the national directorate for fire and emergency management of my Department, with local authorities regarding initiation of their cold weather teams. There is a place for everyone who needs one....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, provides that the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority. This includes maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs. However, my Department is committed to supporting local authorities in terms of various targeted stock upgrade programmes,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is no delay in the allocation of funding for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability to Cavan and Monaghan County Councils. Notification of the 2019 funding allocations for these Grants will issue to all local authorities shortly. In the meantime, all local authorities can continue to approve and fund works under the Grants. For 2019, an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 will make a sustainable impact on national competitiveness and the attractiveness of our main urban centres as places to live and work. Under the cost rental model, minimising retained earnings, land and other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Yield (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The consolidated local authority Annual Financial Statements compiled by my Department from the audited financial statements published by each local authority provide a summary of major revenue collections, including in respect of commercial water, at Appendix 7. The Annual Financial Statements are available on my Department’s website at: . The amounts reported in the consolidated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Development contributions are levied as conditions attached to planning permissions and are payable prior to commencement of development or as otherwise agreed by the local authority. Local authorities may facilitate the phased payment of contributions, such as when units are completed or when a stage is reached in the development. Note 5 of the Annual Financial Statements (AFS) of each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A multi-stranded approach is being taken to the targeted delivery of affordable housing, in particular for those households earning up to €50,000 for single income households and €75,000 for dual income households. As part of that approach, I commenced the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 last year to provide a statutory basis...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistics on the number of social housing properties constructed, purchased and leased by local authorities are published on my Department’s website and are available at the following link: These statistics are updated on a quarterly basis and data for Q4 2018 is now being validated and will be published as soon as possible, with data for each successive quarter of 2019 made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (29 Jan 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. Official homeless reports are published on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 599 and 600 together. My Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing supports to households on the waiting list. The allocation of such support is a matter for each local authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Section 22 of the Act requires all local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is providing funding support to Kildare County Council for the remediation works to the location referred to in the question, with the advancement of the works being a matter for the Council itself. The works are being delivered in 3 phases, the first of which is underway and is anticipated to be finished by Q3 2019. This involves remedial works to 34 homes and a range of other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In the first instance, I would like to acknowledge the stressful circumstances which the owners and residents of buildings face when defects occur in their homes. However, in general, building defects are matters for resolution between the contracting parties involved: the homeowner, the builder, the developer and/or their respective insurers, structural guarantee or warranty scheme. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 29 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 provides for housing authorities to have a written tenancy agreement with their social housing tenants, one which complies with the requirements of Schedule 3 of the Act. Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 inserts a new section 29A into the 2009 Act, which relates to the revision of tenancy agreements. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan launched on 1 February 2018. Prior to its launch, an initial tranche of €200 million of long-term fixed-rate finance was borrowed by the Housing Finance Agency to provide funds for the scheme to local authorities. When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan was initially being developed it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (29 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As Minister I have no statutory powers or discretion to grant professional accreditation to an architect. Section 13 of the Building Control Act 2007, provides that the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) is the registration body for the registration of architects in the State. They have sole statutory responsibility for administering the register. The Act provides for a...