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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The overall targets under Rebuilding Ireland for social housing build and acquisition, over the period 2018-2021, as published, are as follows: 2018 2019 2020 2021 Build 4,969 6,385 7,716 8,907 Acquisition 900 1,025 800 800 The targets are broken down by local authority for 2018 only at present, details of which can be accessed on the Rebuilding Ireland website at: . Targets are reviewed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) was introduced in February 2009. Since then the programme has been expanded on a number of occasions to provide for new types of supply and to involve a greater range of agencies and bodies in providing accommodation. SHCEP supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am informed by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council that the Part V obligation for this site has already been discharged with homes already provided in other locations.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Ballymun regeneration project spanned almost 20 years, with Departmental funding requirements first coming into play in 1999. The substantial programme, which included 24 projects, is now complete. Approximately €972 million was spent on the programme, €775.3 million of which was recouped by my Department. Ballymun is by far the largest regeneration project ever...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am advised that the site to which the Deputy refers is not owned by NAMA, rather the site is controlled by a receiver and NAMA is the secured creditor. I have no role or powers in relation to NAMA secured loans or to direct NAMA to adopt a particular course of action. However, I do understand that Dublin City Council are currently having discussions with NAMA in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As previously outlined in the replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos 578 of 26 June 2018 and 1284 of 12 June 2018, the Property Registration Authority remains responsible for dealing with the matter concerned. However, it is not in a position to progress an application for compensation until such time as it receives the necessary advice from the Chief State Solicitor's Office.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has conducted a review of the Rent Predictability Measure on the basis of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) rent data and a public consultation on the operation of the Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs). Arising from the review findings, I announced a number of measures to further strengthen the effectiveness of the rent setting and rent review laws, including the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The detailed administration of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, including the assessment, approval and prioritisation of grants to applicants under the various grant measures, is the responsibility of the local authorities. My Department does not hold information in relation to waiting lists of individual local authorities. This information may...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports, including through the use of rapid build methodologies. 287 homes have been delivered using rapid build technology up to the end of Q2 this year, with a further 132 units across 6 schemes scheduled for completion before...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As a key initiative of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is designed to fund the provision of public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages and enable housing developments to be built on key sites at scale. Funding of €200 million was originally provided under LIHAF, of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The meetings between my Department’s Architectural and QS Advisors, to review progress and examine new proposals on social housing, are happening quarterly with all local authorities. In respect of the local authorities referred to in the question, the quarterly schedule for 2018 is outlined in the following table. A quarterly meeting schedule will be maintained going forward into...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The single stage approval process was introduced on a pilot basis in early 2016 for social housing projects, with an all-in budget up to €2 million or no more than 15 units. The single stage approval process was further refined this year following consultation between my Department and the City and County Management Association (CCMA) and the revised process allows some post tender...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the social homes built, acquired and leased by each local authority, which is available at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/social-and-affordb le/overall-social-housing-provision. My Department does not have information on the precise method through which the range of such properties were acquired, whether involving...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Local Government Act 2001, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014, provides the legislative basis for the local authority budget process. It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities in the context of the annual budgetary process having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. The elected members of a local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: County and City Managers' Association (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The County and City Management Association (CCMA) is the organisation through which senior managers in local government provide sectoral leadership across business and programme areas. The CCMA operates through a number of committees, each of which is concerned with a specific policy area and these committees interact with relevant Government Departments and Agencies on a structured basis. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I wrote to the Chairperson of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government on 11 July 2018 to provide an update on work to develop an alternative wording for a constitutional amendment on the public ownership of water serviceswith a view to amending the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016. Government is firmly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Communications (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's ICT function provides a Department secure email service. My Department has ICT Security Policies in place and requires users to not include departmental confidential information within personal email. The ICT Security Policies are not published on security grounds.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Official Engagements (9 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that neither myself, nor any of my officials, attended the 2018 Ryder Cup in a work-related or official capacity.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (4 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 13 September 2018, I launched the new Land Development Agency (LDA) which will act as a new commercial State body to actively manage the strategic development of public land. This new Agency will lead a new, intensive and vigorous process of looking at strategically placed blocks of particularly brownfield publicly owned development land and unlocking such lands full potential, working...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We are not counting such tenancies.