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- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities have designated Vacant Homes Officers to act as a central point of contact and to provide information and advice for owners of vacant homes and also to deal with queries from members of the public in respect of private residential vacant properties in their administrative area. My Department has provided funding for each local authority (€50,000 per annum, for a...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF), published together with the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 earlier this year, is intended to provide the strategic context for future planning, development and investment over the next two decades. In addition, the NPF represents a long-term strategy for Government Departments, State agencies, State-owned enterprises,...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: A detailed database and GIS map of Land Aggregation Scheme sites, showing their location, size, boundaries, zoning and other information, is available at . Under the terms of the Land Aggregation Scheme, lands accepted into the scheme must be transferred to the ownership of the Housing Agency. The Housing Agency is responsible for managing the transfer process, including any technical and...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: For 2018, I have provided €66.25 million for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, an increase of some 11% on 2017. Funding for these schemes has been increasing year on year since 2014 and 9,080 households benefitted in 2017, with 10,000 expected to benefit in 2018. The approach each year is to issue a single full year allocation to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of social housing...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: While my Department provides funding to support capital improvements to local authority housing, including through the Voids Programme, the routine management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs, is a matter for each individual local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together. To support the work of the Land Development Agency, the Government has agreed new policies requiring that a minimum of 30% of public lands coming forward for redevelopment and/or disposal are to be reserved for affordable housing purposes (in addition to the statutory requirement for 10% social housing under the existing Part V...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (20 Sep 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: Rental Sector (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1424 of 7 September 2018, which sets out the general position in relation to the cost rental pilot projects. As regards the criteria for the allocation of these cost rental homes, I announced earlier this year new measures that are specifically targeted at delivering more affordable homes generally to households with maximum gross...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 247 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) introduced in 2005 placed 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. RAS has provided a more structured, accommodation-based approach to the use of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 249 together. The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the leasing of houses and apartments. The SHCEP budget funds the ongoing current costs of homes delivered using a variety of different delivery...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. 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 2018 increased the Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme to €301 million. This will allow for the continued support of existing HAP households and also enable the...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (20 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant dwellings across Ireland. The RLS is targeted at owners of vacant dwellings, who cannot afford or access the funding needed to bring their dwellings up to the required standard for rental property. Subject...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Development Agency (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is right to be proud of the history of the barracks and the people who were stationed there. It has a new future ahead of it and it is important we work together to protect that future in the public interest. There must be a social dividend from this site and it is important that dividend will be there for the people of Mullingar to enjoy. I would just make a few more general...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Land Development Agency (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Burke for raising this important matter, which is a key priority for the Government. Following a Government decision last Thursday, both I and the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, signed an establishment order under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, establishing the Land Development Agency, LDA, on an interim basis. The establishment order is...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I, along with my colleague the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform, signed the Establishment Order for the new Land Development Agency on 14 September 2018, this Order was made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The LDA will act as a new commercial State body to actively manage development land with two primary objectives. - The first...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the replies to Question Numbers 270 of 27 June 2018, 589 of 22 May 2018 and 625 of 8 March 2018. The position in relation to the processing times for Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) applications remains unchanged. Once a HAP application has been received and confirmed as valid by the relevant local authority, it is then processed by the HAP Shared Service Centre. On average,...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme Implementation (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Deputy is referring to a proposed pyrite pilot remediation project in North County Mayo in respect of social housing stock. The Stage 3 application (i.e. pre-tender) recently received from Mayo County Council for this proposal is being examined by my Department and a response will be provided to the County Council shortly.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently published SSHA, carried out in 2017, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 28 June 2017. The results of the SSHA are available on my...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Fund (19 Sep 2018)
Eoghan Murphy: The funding to County Tipperary from the Local Government Fund from 2013 to date is set out in the following table. Year GPG/LPT Other Funding Total 2013 €37,971,172.00 €1,335,683.44 €39,306,855.44 2014 €22,755,110.00 €1,464,109.46 €24,219,219.46 2015 €23,320,110.00 €1,128,748.51 €24,448,858.51 2016...