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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (24 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Expenditure details in respect of the provision of social housing through build, acquisition and leasing programmes and under the HAP and RAS schemes for the period 2016 to 2018 are set out in the table. The breakdown of the build, acquisition and leasing by each individual local authority over the period in question is not readily available. However, if the Deputy is concerned about a...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I am listening.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is good.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: That is misleading the Dáil.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme introduced in 2012 is targeted at those households in mortgage arrears who have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable by their lender under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP), who agree to the voluntary surrender of their home and who have very limited options, if any, to meet their long-term housing needs themselves. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, a Working Group was established, involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements.  Proposals under consideration by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together. Unit Cost Ceiling (UCC) Construction Costs relate to building costs only, which include normal site-works and site development, and are inclusive of VAT. As noted in the reply to Question No. 1172 of 15 January 2019, land costs vary depending on location, size, site conditions, etc. The UCC all-In costs...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: At the end of Q3 2018, a total of 1,214 applications had been received from property owners under the Repair and Leasing (RLS) scheme; 48 homes had been brought back into use and were tenanted; and 122 agreements for lease had been signed. A detailed breakdown of the RLS scheme data by local authority up to end Q3 2018 is available on my Department’s website at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 259 together. 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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for homeless...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 and 261 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. Data to end 2018 is not yet available; however, at the end of Quarter 3 2018, there were more than 40,800 households having their housing needs met via HAP and some 25,500 separate...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 263 together. Data for the years 2011 to 2017 on the number and cost of tenancies funded under the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) scheme is available on my Department's website at the following link: .   The most recent RAS data reflects the number of tenancies in place at end October 2018, when there were a total of 19,062 tenancies...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the leasing of houses and apartments. These properties are either privately owned or owned by AHBs. Properties made available under the programme are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As indicated in my reply to Question No 268 of 17 January 2019, future policy decisions in relation to the rental sector, including the future of RPZ designations, will be informed by ongoing careful analysis of the rental market. Decisions flowing from this process, including in relation to the future RPZ designations, will be outlined in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Staff (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: To date, staff in my Department have been assigned Brexit-related roles in addition to their existing responsibilities, rather than being assigned exclusively to Brexit matters. This has enabled broad engagement across the Department and has ensured the availability of appropriate expertise in all relevant areas. It has also enabled the Department to become fully engaged in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (23 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Having regard to the detailed engagement that took place with the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland (RIAI) when the fees referred to were set initially, and again when they were reviewed in 2016, I am satisfied that the fees have been set at an appropriate level in relation to the functions which the RIAI performs under the Building Control Act 2007.  It should also be noted...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Order for Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time" We all know that we are in the middle of a serious homelessness crisis. All of our efforts, as a Government and as an Oireachtas, are being directed towards solutions that will help bring this crisis to an end. Fundamentally, supply must be - and is being - increased, thanks to the policies that this Government is spearheading through...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Copies should have been provided to Deputies by the office but we were caught by the change of time of this debate. We were notified that we would be required in the House later. My office is hopefully making copies of the speech at the moment.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (22 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: This is also having an impact on their ability to save for a home. That is not the kind of quality of life we want for our citizens. Others are having to make unacceptable sacrifices to meet the rent, or are sacrificing time with their families by making long commutes because they cannot meet the rent closer to where they work. Still others are living in overcrowded situations, or have to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Brassil for the question. The reason for the delay is because the World Health Organization, WHO, revised the noise aspects of the guidelines last year. As a result, the EU decided to implement them in a directive that was issued only in October of last year and we thought it prudent to put them into the guidelines that we were putting out to public consultation. The public...