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

Eoghan Murphy: Project Ireland 2040, within which the National Planning Framework (NPF) sits, aims to maintain the fabric of our rural communities, support the growth of rural towns and villages while recognising the need for the countryside to continue to be a living and lived-in landscape, and invest to support job creation. The NPF is a national plan, with a high-level ambition of creating a single...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Government is committed to using all mechanisms set out in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan to ensure that we maintain full momentum towards meeting the ambitious 50,000 social housing target set out in the Plan over the period 2016 - 2021. Notwithstanding the decision by Eurostat to confirm the reclassification of the majority of the Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 134 together. My Department publishes a monthly homelessness report, which includes details of the numbers of individuals, families and their associated dependents accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by the housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98, 111 and 130 together. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area concerned, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not collect statistics in relation to privately owned mortgage arrears or repossession cases. The Central Bank does, however, publish quarterly statistics, which are available on its website at the following link: . The Government is committed to supporting people in mortgage arrears to remain in their homes. There are a range of supports and services in place to assist...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104 and 116 together. 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...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF), published together with the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 earlier this year, is intended to provide the strategic context for future planning, development and investment over the next two decades. In addition, the NPF represents a long-term strategy for Government Departments, State agencies, State-owned enterprises,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Addressing the challenges in the housing sector remains a top priority for the Government. The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan provides a comprehensive framework for addressing the range of complex issues which need to be addressed, with a particular focus on increasing and accelerating housing delivery, across all tenures. The Plan is underpinned by over €6 billion in funding to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The development of publicly owned residential lands for social and affordable housing is a top priority for this Government, particularly in Dublin and other large urban areas, where housing access and affordability pressures are greatest. To support this objective, all local authority and Housing Agency lands available for housing have been mapped and can be viewed on the Rebuilding Ireland...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides fast, flexible housing support to households and has been rolled out on a statutory phased basis since September 2014, with the nationwide rollout being completed on 1 March 2017. The phased nature of the HAP rollout has allowed for significant learning, with new HAP authorities benefitting from the experience of those authorities where the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Actions to deal with law-breaking and disturbances of the peace, as well as anti-social behaviour in respect of all types of tenancies, is primarily a matter for An Garda Síochána. Local authorities are responsible, under the Housing Acts 1966-2014, for the management and maintenance of their housing stock and the management of their estates, including taking appropriate...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides fast, flexible housing support to households in an area of their choice. At the end of Quarter 2 2018, over 37,750 tenancies were being supported by the HAP scheme, including over 9,000 additional households in 2018. Under HAP, a tenant sources their own accommodation in the private rented market. The tenancy agreement is between the tenant...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The development of new social housing homes, as well as the maintenance and upgrade of existing social housing, are matters in the first place, for the relevant local authorities. I am informed by Laois County Council that they are considering options in relation to new social housing in the area mentioned and, while to date my Department has not received a formal proposal, any proposal that...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The acquisition and management of properties by professional Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) is one component part of a more sustainable, long-term property rental market for both investors and tenants. While commercial property investment has been a key focus for some of the REITs launched to date in Ireland, residential property also forms part of the sector's interest and exposure....

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

Eoghan Murphy: The development of publicly owned residential lands for social and affordable housing is a top priority for this Government, particularly, in Dublin and other large urban areas, where housing access and affordability pressures are greatest. My Department is working with all local authorities, including Fingal County Council, in order to identify suitable sites to progress social and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As with the previous local authority home loan offerings, loan applications under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan are dealt with directly by the local authority in whose area the property proposed for purchase is situated. The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses loan applications that are made to the local authorities for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: For 2019, an increased total of €71.25 million will be provided for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. This is an 8% increase on the funding provided in 2018 and will enable up to 11,800 home adaptations to be undertaken. Funding for these schemes has been increasing year on year since 2014, facilitating people with disabilities and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My role, as Minister, in relation to the planning system is mainly to provide and update the legislative and policy guidance framework. The legislative framework comprises the Planning and Development Act 2000 (the Act), as amended, and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended. With regards to policy guidance, my Department has issued a large number of planning...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Delivery of social housing is achieved using a range of different delivery programmes and financing arrangements. This includes supporting both local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to engage with contractors for the construction of new social housing homes. I understand that the company referred to by the Deputy is experiencing serious financial difficulties and is...