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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Help-To-Buy Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The main support that has been put in place by the Government to assist first-time buyers is the Help to Buy Initiative, which is operated by the Revenue Commissioners on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Finance. As one of the policy aims of this scheme was to incentivise the construction of additional housing units, it is aimed solely at new-build and self-build properties. While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have had no engagements, meetings or correspondence with the person concerned during my tenure as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Applications (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. HAP is a form of social housing support under which local authorities make monthly payments on behalf of tenants directly to landlords in respect of rent, subject to the terms and conditions of the scheme. All the terms and conditions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme(SHCEP) is a funding programme that supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from private owners and developers. The SHCEP budget funds the ongoing current costs of homes delivered using a variety of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (23 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 694 and 695 together. The development of publicly owned residential lands for housing is an absolute priority for this Government and we are working closely with all local authorities on the development of their sites. In the first instance, it is a matter for local authorities to bring forward viable and appropriate development proposals. Of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Brexit Issues (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Planning for the U.K.'s exit from the European Union was initiated over two years ago and preparedness for different types of Brexit is well underway across Government. To this end, co-ordination of the whole-of-Government response to Brexit is being taken forward through the cross-Departmental coordination structures chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. In July of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a diverse business agenda including delivering, in partnership with local authorities and other bodies, on a wide range of programmes in areas such as social housing, urban renewal, water services and fire services capital investment, each of which includes a number of different funding schemes.  Information on funding provided by my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development Regulations 2001 were amended in September 2011 by the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2011 to provide that initial afforestation shall be exempted development, i.e. exempt from the requirement to obtain planning permission. The justification for exempting this form of activity from the requirement to obtain planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The voids programme, introduced in 2014 by my Department, provides additional support to local authorities in preparing vacant units for re-letting. The purpose of the voids programme is to ensure that vacant units are actively targeted, with a view to minimising the turnaround and re-let time of these units and return them to use in an energy efficient condition. Without substantial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (23 Oct 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: Housing Data (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 704 to 708, inclusive, together. Data in relation to local authority social housing delivery, for the period 2013-2017, is available on my Department's website at the following link: . The overall targets under Rebuilding Ireland for social housing build, including Part V and turnkeys, is 4,969 units in 2018 and 6,545 units in 2019. Details in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department issued Stage 1 approval in principle for the scheme concerned in August 2016 and this was followed by a revised Stage 2 in December 2017 and Stage 3 in April 2018.  As stated in my previous reply, Stage 4 approval for construction and associated funding of €1.1m was sanctioned in July of this year allowing the scheme to progress to construction.  An...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There are no statutory minimum buffer zones set for wastewater treatment plants. The Environmental Protection Agency was established in 1993 to license, regulate and control activities for the purposes of environmental protection. In Section 60 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, it is stated that: "the Agency may, and shall if so directed by the Minister, specify and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that neither myself, nor any of my officials, have met the individuals or representatives of the company concerned in the past two years.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Affordable Housing Scheme (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In order to deliver affordable housing in the areas of the country most affected by a lack of affordable housing supply, a three-pronged, targeted approach is being pursued. The Government has committed €310 million to support this programme of work, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), as part of Budget 2019. The Exchequer contribution is €275 million with €35 million to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The following is a summary of the number of cases awaiting decision by An Bord Pleanála for six-monthly periods in excess of 6 months as at end September 2018: On Hands Period Number of Cases - All Case Types >6 months <12 months 247 >12 months <18 months 26 >18 months <24 months 23 >24 months 35* Total 331 * This figure includes 19...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Strategic Development Zones (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In May 2016, the Government designated Poolbeg West as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) because of its potential to deliver a large proportion of the extra homes needed in the centre of Dublin. This was followed by the publication for consultation by Dublin City Council of a detailed planning scheme for the area. The Council prepared a draft planning scheme which was considered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Property Sales (18 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Property ownership in Ireland is classified as eitherleasehold or freehold. Owning the leasehold interest in a property means that you own just the building and not the land it is on and that your ownership is for a fixed number of years. If you own a leasehold property, you must pay a ground rent to your ground landlord - the person who owns the ground it is built on. The amount of ground...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I announced during the budget last week that we were carrying out an assessment of the current Rebuilding Ireland home loan to see how it is working for people nationally. This loan has a fixed rate of interest over its lifetime of between 2% and 2.25%, which does not exist among the banks. It is an innovative product. I am aware, however, of inconsistency in its application throughout the...