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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: They recognise the fears of the pupils, parents and teachers because of the uncertainty and are working to remove it and provide greater certainty where they can. The matter will be resolved because it must be. The Minister is working to achieve that outcome.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It was not my own presentation.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Ó Broin knows what I am talking about.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Ó Broin knows what I am talking about with personal attacks. He feigns ignorance. It is beneath him.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On a point of order-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Today's schedule of business has been changing and was not as it was originally understood to be.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: That creates difficulties for Ministers who have tight schedules.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I will try to be brief in fairness to the Deputy and to allow him to come back in on the Bill he has tabled. To respond to Deputy Boyd Barrett's comments in the round, we talked at the Housing Agency conference about sustainability, specifically sustainability in housing delivery. "Sustainable" is a contested space, a political space. It has many different meanings: economic...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We do not want to go back to that.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: That is the serious risk inherent in this Bill. Part V did not work. I recognise and welcome-----

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----that Fianna Fáil has now acknowledged and accepted the positive changes we have made to Part V in recent years.

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is important we recognise that local authorities often acquire additional homes in a new development beyond the 10% stipulated under the Part V obligation. Home aspiration is incredibly important, but we must also recognise that in the future more people in this country will rent. It will become more of the mix of housing, and we need it to be more mixed. In doing so, we must provide...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----and come to rely on it too much by bringing in the provisions in this Bill. Let us not go backwards. We have multiple delivery streams for social housing. This year more than 4,000 new social housing homes will be built but the stock of social housing will increase by 8,000 homes. Next year the stock will increase by 10,000 homes. These are positive developments for people in...

Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I do not think we have ever had a properly functioning housing market in this country, at least not since 2002. We have to get involved as a State and as a Government. We have to play an active role and do so for many years to come to meet the needs of different people in our country today. One thing that is clear at the moment, particularly as we look at the budget that has just passed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Ensuring that we have a supply of housing that is affordable for people to buy or rent, depending on their choice and circumstances, is a priority for the Government. The underlying factors driving house prices now are fundamentally different from those which drove prices leading up to the financial crisis: current pressures in the housing market reflect a shortage of  supply to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has sanctioned sufficient funding to local authorities in order to approve loans under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme (RIHL). In relation to the specific case that the Deputy has raised, she will be aware that under Section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions. In addition, under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistics on the number of social housing properties constructed, purchased and leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies, including for Waterford City & County Council, are published on my Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordb le/overall-social-housing-provision. All local authorities,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As set out in the reply to Question No. 620 of 13 November 2018 referred to, clarification of the practical aspects of implementation of the National Planning Framework policies across existing local authority plans and Regional Spatial Economic Strategies has been provided through ongoing engagement by my Department and the Regional Assemblies.  My Department will continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is set out in the following table.  The numbers include Executive Managers and Heads of Finance, who are at Director of Service level. It should be noted that grades at this level are required to be recruited by competition through the Public Appointments Service. Local Authority Chief Executive Director of Service Total Female % Female Total Female %...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The timing of any constitutional referendum is a matter for the Oireachtas to decide. There is no threat to the public supply of water. As we all know, Deputy Niall Collins has been progressing a Bill on holding a referendum on a constitutional change and we have been working on that through the joint Oireachtas committee system. I secured approval from the Cabinet yesterday to put...