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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Nov 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1174, 1182 and 1183 together. The EPA issues a report on urban waste water treatment in Ireland every year. The latest report is based on the assessment of effluent monitoring results from 1,100 waste water treatment plants reported to the EPA by Irish Water and on enforcement activities carried out by the EPA during 2017. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1175 and 1180 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (6 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: Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has set out an ambitious set of targets for the delivery of social housing in the period to 2021 in its Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. A commitment to deliver 50,000 new social housing homes through a range of delivery mechanisms is being supported by a multi-annual Exchequer commitment totalling €6.5 billion over the period of the plan. These targets will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. As Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government I have no function in relation to operational water supply matters and I must respect the statutory authority that the Oireachtas has conferred on Irish Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority, as set out in Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966.  It is therefore a matter for Donegal County Council, in the first place, to address vacancies that might arise in their social housing stock. My Department supports local authorities through a number of programmes to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The data requested is currently being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017. They specify requirements in relation to a range of matters, such as structural repair, sanitary facilities, heating, ventilation, natural light, safety of gas, oil and electrical supply and fire.  All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Disabled Persons Grants Scheme (DPG's), my Department provides funding to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to the existing social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants. The scheme applies to adaptations that are necessary to address the needs of older people or people with a disability who may require stair-lifts; grab-rails; showers; wet-rooms...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties or self-build in a suitable price range. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the RIHL is available to first-time buyers only, to ensure the effective targeting of limited resources. The final decision on loan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1188 to 1192, inclusive, together. My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and associated services for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 2018 Social Housing Targets and Delivery Outputs to end Q2 2018, along with numbers of projects under construction in each local authority area, including the four Dublin local authorities, are available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The Q2 2018 Construction Status Report shows a strong build pipeline is in place across the Dublin area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the Deputy is referring in his question to the annual subsidy towards the operational costs of Group Water Schemes. In late 2017, my Department conducted a review of Group Water Schemes’ subsidies. The review involved discussions with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, the representative body for the Group Water Sector. Discussions concluded in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Communications (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Neither Minister of State in my Department has had any engagements, meetings or correspondence with the person concerned in the past three years.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (6 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There are two Ministers of State currently serving in my Department, Damien English, TD and John Paul Phelan, TD. Minister of State English has a range of responsibilities in the area of Planning, including implementation of regional planning guidelines and Regional Economic and Spatial Strategies as well as Local Authority Development Plans, Local Area Plans and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not had dialogue with Kildare County Council regarding a social housing direct build or turnkey project at the location in question.  The advancement of new social housing proposals at local level are matters for the relevant local authorities and it would therefore be for Kildare County Council to bring forward proposals in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines.  As part of the overall review, a strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is being undertaken on the revised Guidelines before they come into effect, in accordance with the requirements of EU Directive 2001/24/EC on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 126 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, An Bord Pleanála has a statutory objective to determine normal planning appeals within 18 weeks of receipt of the appeal.  Furthermore, under Section 37J of the Act, the Board has an objective to make decisions on applications for strategic infrastructure development within a period of 18 weeks,...