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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), a tenant sources their own accommodation. The tenancy agreement is between the tenant and the landlord and is covered by the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (as amended). The accommodation sourced by tenants should be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on the household size and the rental market within that area. Each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 529 and 544 together. While this project is being developed by an approved housing body (AHB), its approval is a matter for Limerick City and County Council, in line with the arrangements under the Capital Assistance Scheme. At the request of the Council, my Department issued initial project approval in February 2017 for this project, involving the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (25 Sep 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, comprising senior representatives from my Department and planning authorities, was established in May 2017 to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, issued...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not aware of any local authority seeking such a derogation and I as Minister have no power, under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, to give such a derogation. Part V provides (section 94) that a planning authority’s housing strategy shall provide that as a general policy a specified percentage, not being more than 10 per cent, of the land zoned...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Staff (25 Sep 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. Irish Water has entered into service level agreements (SLAs) with each local authority for the provision of water services. Staff members working under these arrangements remain local authority employees while continuing to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of major local authority residential sites in Dublin, where undersupply and affordability issues are being experienced most acutely, is a major priority for the Government. We are working with all Dublin local authorities, including Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCC), to see their sites brought forward as quickly as possible, with the optimum tenure mix and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The number of proposals for social housing from local authorities approved and being processed by my Department is set out in the Social Housing Construction Status Report, which is published on a quarterly basis. The report covering the period up to end Quarter 1 2018 is available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: and provides project details of the social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The position as outlined in the details supplied remains the current position. However, I expect to be in a position in the very near future to publish the outcome of the review.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Youth Homelessness Strategy (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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. The provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Key to reducing the numbers of families in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I launched the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) in July, as part of Project Ireland 2040, to support the compact growth and sustainable development of Ireland’s five cities, regional drivers and other large urban centres. The URDF is designed to leverage a greater proportion of residential and commercial development, supported by infrastructure, services and amenities,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have advised all local authorities of their minimum social housing targets across build, acquisition and lease both for 2018 and also for the multi-annual period to 2021. Details of the targets for each local authority can be accessed on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The 2018 build target is for the delivery of almost 5,000 additional active social housing homes,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (25 Sep 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: Home Loan Scheme (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 543 and 547 together. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A total of 522 Part V units were delivered by local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) for social housing in 2017. There is no single dedicated Part V funding scheme administered by my Department as the mechanism for delivery of homes is a matter for the local authority in the first instance. Instead, local authorities harness the capacity of a variety of funding schemes in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (25 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A call for proposals issued under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) on 29 June 2018. The closing date for receipt of submissions was 31 August. €75 million of Exchequer funding is being provided under the SSF to provide enabling infrastructure to facilitate the delivery of affordable homes on local authority and Housing Agency sites, in or near centres where increasing house prices and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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. The provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. This includes operational issues such as ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is not the registered owner of any land in County Meath. The Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland are generally the registered owners of any property in state ownership that is occupied by my Department. The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different bands according to the area, 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 assessment of the income needed to provide for a household's basic needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Enforcement of Part IV of the Housing Act 1966, which deals with overcrowding, is a matter for each local authority in its role as housing authority for its relevant functional area. Under that Act, a housing authority may request information from the owner or occupier of a house such as will allow that authority to determine if a house can be deemed to be overcrowded, having regard...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the social housing needs of over 137,000 households will be met over the period 2016 to 2021, supported by over €6 billion of investment, by delivering an additional 50,000 social housing units, while an additional 87,000 households will have their housing need met via Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme. ...