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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is targeted at first-time buyers who wish to own their own home, have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a mortgage, but who are unable to access a mortgage sufficient for them to purchase their first home. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time buyers only....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In January 2018, the Government acknowledged the findings of the European Committee on Social Rights in respect of social housing conditions under Article 16 of the Revised Social Charter on Social Rights and my Department is committed to improving social housing conditions through a range of measures, including returning vacant units to productive use and energy efficiency programmes. It...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme, which commenced in 2013 to improve the energy efficiency and comfort levels in local authority homes, is being implemented in a number of phases. Funding of some €115.7 million has been provided from 2013 to the end of 2017 to improve almost 64,000 local authority homes, benefitting those at risk of fuel poverty and making a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In late 2017, my Department conducted a review of Group Water Scheme subsidies. The review involved discussions with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, the representative body of the Group Water Sector. Discussions concluded in December 2017, when I approved increased subsidy levels. The new subsidy arrangements, endorsed by a special delegate conference of the Federation on 13...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regulatory Bodies Role (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning & Development (Amendment) Act 2018 was signed into law by the President on 19 July 2018. One of the key elements of the Act is the legal base it provides for the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR). My Department is advancing the work necessary to allow me to establish the Office as soon as possible. An Advance OPR...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland is focused on accelerating the delivery of housing, with an investment of more than €6 billion to deliver 50,000 social housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisition and leasing, over the period to 2021. A high level of progress is already being made in meeting Rebuilding Ireland’s targets. Over 19,000 households had their social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions.  Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 specifically provides that the Minister's power to issue policy directions and guidelines to housing authorities in relation to their housing functions should not be construed as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1371 to 1373, inclusive, together. The new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is designed to enable credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range. The scheme is targeted at first-time buyers who have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Credit Union Services (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1374, 1422 and 1428 together. Work has been ongoing between the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH), a number of larger Tier 3 AHBs and their financial advisors on the development of a vehicle for delivering private financing for AHBs providing social housing in line with commitments under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, last April, the Minister for Finance published the Draft Stability Programme Update for 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, my Department committed to undertaking a detailed analysis, in conjunction with the construction sector, of housing delivery input costs in Ireland. To advance this work, a working group, chaired by my Department, was established to review the delivery costs and viability for affordable residential developments in the domestic market....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Carer's Allowance Payments (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy is aware, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is not, as a general rule, available to those in receipt of unemployment or other social welfare benefits. However, where there is a primary income of a waged or salaried nature, long-term State benefit payments may be considered.  State benefit payments allowable are: - State Pension (Contributory); -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the publication of Rebuilding Ireland in mid-2016 to the end of August 2018, the Housing Agency has been offered a total of 3,967 properties from banks, private investment funds and other sources for acquisition, using both the €70 million rotating acquisitions fund and other funds made available to the Agency through Local Authorities. 2,101 of these were offered in 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Property Registration Authority records the names and addresses of every registered land owner and details in respect of each county can be accessed atwww.landdirect.ie. My Department does not collate or hold specific data regarding profiles on the concentration of ownership of residential, commercial or other categories of land...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not aware of delays to construction associated with Part V approvals. My Department keeps the January 2017 Guidelines on Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 under review, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the Irish Homebuilders Association. My Department will consult further as to whether any process improvements are required in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rents Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1382 and 1383 together. My Department does not hold or collate the data referred to by the Deputy in relation to rents paid to private residential landlords. The Clerk of the Dáil requested that arrangements be put in place to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies to members of the Oireachtas.  Following the issue of Circular LG...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1384, 1387, 1402 and 1411 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the severe flooding of winter 2015/2016 the Irish Red Cross has operated a scheme of assistance for small businesses, sporting bodies and community and voluntary groups who have been unable to obtain insurance against flooding and experienced flood damage to their premises. This scheme is administered by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of the Department of Defence.  In early...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department offers both landline and LoCall numbers for anyone wishing to contact its offices. The rates charged for the use of 1890 (LoCall) numbers is a matter for each service provider and, therefore, the Department has no control over this matter.  However, the Department’s website does indicate clearly to customers that rates charged may vary among different...