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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 34(5) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, currently provides that subsequent to the granting of planning permission, planning authorities may reach agreement on supplementary points of detail relating to a development (such as the colour of roof tile to be used) - also known as compliance conditions - with persons undertaking development. Section 23(4) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the overall number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Information up to Q3 2018, including in relation to number and value of mortgage drawdowns, is available on the Department's website at the following link: , and this information will be updated on a quarterly basis as additional data is compiled....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Development Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1158 and 1203 together. Under the current 2005 Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, planning authorities are required to frame the planning policies in their development plans in a balanced and measured way that ensures the housing needs of rural communities are met, while avoiding excessive urban-generated housing and haphazard development,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1160 and 1204 together. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, is designed to increase the delivery of housing across all tenures to help individuals and families meet their housing need and to help those who are currently housed to remain in their homes or to be provided with alternative options of emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department will issue a reply within a week to the individual concerned who has raised issues in relation to the Local Government (Water Pollution)(Amendment) Bill 2018, a Private Member's Bill which concluded Dáil Second Stage in November 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Data in relation to social housing delivery for all local authority areas, including Limerick City & County Council, for the period 2009 to end Quarter 3 of 2018, is available on my Department's website at the following link: . Data in relation to Q4 2018 is currently being compiled and will be made available as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 657 of 18 December 2018, which sets out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Homeless HAP Place Finder Service, which all local authorities can, if required, provide in their area, is a targeted support for homeless households who are finding it difficult to secure HAP tenancies. The Place Finder Service has been successfully utilised by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) across the Dublin local authorities since February 2015, with more than 4,300...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Abstraction Regulation (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Provisional orders for the abstraction of water are made under the Water Supplies Act 1942. Originally such orders were made by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, but that power transferred to An Bord Pleanála under section 214 of the Planning and Development Act 2000. If objections are made to a proposal to abstract water under the 1942 Act, an application for a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested by the Deputy is not collected by my Department, as the approval or confirmation of proposals for the compulsory purchase of land or property by statutory authorities is a matter for An Bord Pleanala. In this regard, the 2017 Annual Report of the Board, which is the latest report available, outlines that there was an increase in 2017 in the number of compulsory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In August 2017, I requested all local authorities to designate vacant home officers to co-ordinate local actions to address vacancy in their functional areas. Vacant Homes Officers are intended to act as a central point of contact to provide information and advice for owners of vacant homes and also to deal with queries from members of the public in respect of private residential vacant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public lands, to support the provision of affordable homes to purchase or rent. I envisage a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2018, which were signed and brought into operation on 8 February 2018, provide for an exemption in respect of the change of use of certain vacant commercial premises, including vacant areas above ground floor premises, to residential use from the requirement to obtain planning permission. This measure is aimed at facilitating the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are responsible for the provision of social housing in their areas, and, as such, decide on the number and specific types of dwellings to provide in their developments, based on identified need. The information requested on the application form for social housing requests the applicant to categorise their disability under a number of different headings, including that of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant properties across Ireland. The scheme is targeted at owners of vacant properties who cannot afford or access the funding needed to bring their properties up to the required standard...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested by the Deputy is not collected by my Department, as the approval or confirmation of proposals for the compulsory purchase of land or property by statutory authorities is a matter for An Bord Pleanala. In this regard, the 2017 Annual Report of the Board, which is the latest report available, outlines that there was an increase in 2017 in the number of compulsory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department, in conjunction with the Department of Health, is currently exploring policy options including supporting housing/housing with care so that older people have a wider range of housing options and choices available to them. There are a number of key principles underpinning Government policy on housing for older people and on which our policy framework will be constructed....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A range of housing options are necessary to ensure a supply of accommodation to meet different types of housing need. Harnessing the off-balance sheet potential of private investment in social housing is an important contributor to meeting this objective and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period to 2021 reflect the ambition in that regard. Of the 50,000...