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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Bord Pleanála Applications (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Hundreds of additional cases have been submitted this year compared to the previous year or the year before that. This reflects what is happening in the wider economy. As a result, hundreds more cases are being decided every month than in previous periods. I welcome the support of the Deputy for some of the changes I am considering to help the board better manage its resources. The new...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Pillar 4 of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, which was published in July 2016, focuses on the supply of rented accommodation and includes actions to enhance the supply of student accommodation. The national student accommodation strategy was subsequently launched in July 2017 by the Minister for Education and Skills. The strategy sets a target...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The death of any person sleeping rough on our streets is a tragedy and our sympathies go to the families who have lost loved ones in this way most recently and over the past number of years as each death occurred. Supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness is an absolute priority for this Government. Budget 2019 reflects this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. He pointed to a particular case from four years ago that tells us we have been living with this crisis, particularly with individuals sleeping rough and experiencing homelessness, for a number of years. It is why we have people like Fr. Peter McVerry, Sr. Stanislaus Kennedy and Ms Alice Leahy doing such tremendous work for too many years. There is a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While the development of residential land in local authority ownership is a matter for the individual authority concerned, including its elected members, in the first instance, I am determine to ensure that new social and affordable homes are delivered from the public land bank without delay, with particular emphasis on prioritising those sites with the greatest potential to deliver housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government’s Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025 sets the broad policy context for the development of water services, including the position of Irish Water as the single, publicly owned water services authority. In July 2018, the Government decided that Irish Water would become a standalone publicly owned, commercial, regulated utility separated from the Ervia Group...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Earlier this year, the Government approved the priority drafting of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill. The Bill is currently being drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel with a view to publication during the current Oireachtas session. The Bill intends to strengthen further the effectiveness of the rent setting and rent review laws by empowering the Residential Tenancies...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department oversees a number of legislative provisions aimed at addressing dereliction and vacancy in our cities and towns, including the Derelict Sites Levy and the Vacant Sites Levy. In this connection, the Derelict Sites Act 1990 imposes a general duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become, or continue to be, a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments, which has been carried out on an annual basis since 2016. The 2018 assessment shows that 71,858 households were assessed as qualified and being in need of social housing support. This represents a decrease of 13,941...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The approved housing body sector includes a number of housing co-operatives whose objectives are to provide social and affordable housing. These bodies are supported through a range of schemes for both social and affordable housing which are funded by the State through the local authorities. As part of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, approved housing bodies have been given the task of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced the vacant site levy, which is a measure aimed at incentivising the development of vacant, under-utilised sites in urban areas. Under the Act, planning authorities are required to establish a register of vacant sites in their areas, beginning on 1 January 2017. Planning authorities have issued notices to owners of vacant sites by 1...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Along with my colleague the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, I signed the Establishment Order for the new Land Development Agency (LDA) on 13 September 2018. The Agency will act as a national centre of expertise, working with and supporting local authorities, public bodies and other interests, to harness public lands as catalysts to stimulate regeneration and wider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 102 together. A multi-stranded approach is being taken to the targeted delivery of affordable housing. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 96 together. The provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, are designed to enable the development of mixed tenure sustainable communities. Part V units are excluded from the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 to ensure that units delivered under this mechanism will remain available for people in need of social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are actively encouraged to ensure that all vacant properties are brought back into active use as expeditiously as possible. While my Department provides exchequer funding to local authorities to support eligible capital improvements to local authority housing, including through the voids and energy efficiency programmes, section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 provides that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistics in relation to vacant social housing homes are compiled by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in its annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These statistics are set out on a local authority basis and include the percentage of total local authority dwellings that were vacant at the time of the review by NOAC, with the most recent report...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Along with my colleague the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, I signed the Establishment Order for the new Land Development Agency (LDA) on 13 September 2018. The Agency will act as a national centre of expertise, working with and supporting local authorities, public bodies and other interests, to harness public lands as catalysts to stimulate regeneration and wider...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department launched the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative (NTICI) in April 2016 to trial new approaches and working methods in supporting and accelerating overall national and local action on the process for taking-in-charge housing estates, including estates with developer-provided water services infrastructure (DPI). Under the terms of the NTICI, which was underpinned by €10...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 126 together. The version of the Circular referred to was a draft which issued inadvertently, which was immediately withdrawn at the instigation of my Department. The final Circular L4/18 was subsequently issued on 28 September 2018. This is an administrative circular from my Department concerning the ongoing process of transfer of water services...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working with the Department of Education and Skills (DES), including through the forum of the Inter-Departmental Working Group on Student Accommodation which is convened by the DES, to examine the wide range of student accommodation types (and ancillary services) available with a view to considering how best to regulate pricing arrangements, including, if appropriate, new...