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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of publicly owned residential lands for social and affordable housing is a top priority for this Government. As part of that process, I am determined that cost rental homes become a major part of our rental landscape in the future, making a sustainable impact on housing affordability, national competitiveness, and the attractiveness of our main urban centres, as places to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has published statistics on loan approvals for house purchases from 1970 to the end of 2016. These statistics provide annual and quarterly breakdowns by type of property and can be found at the following link: . More recent data on loan approvals are published by Banking and Payments Federation Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In April, the Minister for Finance published the Draft Stability Programme Update (SPU) for 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as to the impact of the Eurostat...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the "Flemish Decree" case, a working group was established in May 2017 to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Together with the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, I signed the Establishment Order for the Land Development Agency (LDA) on 13 September 2018.  The Establishment Order is an initial and enabling measure to get the LDA up and running as quickly as possible, ahead of the provision of a more comprehensive primary legislative basis for the Agency and its intended...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. My Department engages with An Bord Pleanála on an ongoing basis to ensure that it has the appropriate resources to perform its broad range of functions. The Board currently has a complement of 11 members and has over 150 other staff employed.  Section 116 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provides for the payment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (8 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is targeted at first-time buyers who wish to own their own home, have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a mortgage, but who are unable to access a mortgage sufficient for them to purchase their first home. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Election Expenditure (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Electoral law provides that where a poll is to be taken at a referendum or a Dáil, European, Presidential or local election, the returning officer shall send to every elector whose name is on the relevant register of electors for the constituency and who is not on the postal or special voters lists, a card (referred to as a polling information card). The purpose of the card is to inform...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Capital funding is provided to local authorities to acquire a range of properties for social housing use. The properties involved can range from those in good condition to those that need remediation and may have been vacant. To ensure a local-led response to such work, responsibility for property acquisitions is delegated to local authorities. To further assist local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was initially piloted in Carlow and Waterford and the pilot has been rolled out nationally since 23 February 2017. The scheme is one of a suite of measures available to local authorities to bring vacant properties back into use. Since the national roll out, my Department has been working intensively with local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme. An Acquisitions Fund of €70m, which is a revolving fund, has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 units over the period to 2021 for social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As with the previous local authority home loan offerings, loan applications under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan are made directly to the local authority in whose area the property proposed for purchase is situated. My Department does not directly collect information on the number of loan applications received by each local authority. However, as is currently the case, my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Nov 2018)

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: Housing Policy (7 Nov 2018)

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, including having regard to regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is supporting local authorities in the provision of new build social housing through a range of different initiatives and schemes, including the construction of social homes on their own lands, construction delivery in conjunction with approved housing bodies and also, local authorities are working in partnership with private developers to deliver social housing construction...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the 2018 social housing delivery targets, including build targets, can be accessed on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The published build targets include both local authority and approved housing body construction projects, turnkey schemes, regeneration schemes and a small number of void homes being brought back into active use through remedial build...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to finalise the text of the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill for publication, subject to Government approval, shortly. While it was hoped that the Bill would be published before now, the complex nature of some of the issues involved in drafting the legislation has required additional time to work...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Expenditure (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) introduced in 2005 places responsibility on local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of Rent Supplement for 18 months or longer, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. Expenditure on the scheme in 2017 was just under €143m. €134.34m has been allocated to RAS for each of the years 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Expenditure (7 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. Budget 2019 has increased the Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme to €422 million. This will allow for the continued support of existing HAP households and also enable the additional 16,760 households targeted under...

Water Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am sharing my time with Deputy O'Dowd.