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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department gathers quarterly data on fire fighters in local authorities. The most recent data collected at the end of June 2018, together with data from the past three years, are set out in the table attached. My Department works closely with all local authorities to ensure adequate staffing levels are in place and maintained for emergency services. - 2015 2016 2017 2018...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Given that turnkeys are a good source of social housing that can often be quickly delivered, at value for money prices, local authorities actively utilise turnkeys as one of a range of mechanisms to deliver additional social homes. Turnkey delivery involves local authorities going to the market to procure a social housing solution to meet an identified social housing need. As is...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to takes Questions Nos. 1390 to 1392, inclusive, together. The Water Services Acts 2007-2017 set out clearly the arrangements in place for the delivery of water and wastewater services by Irish Water, and for the scrutiny and oversight provisions that apply in respect of these arrangements.  Responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The total target for Social Housing delivery in 2017 was to provide 21,050 additional housing solutions across Build, Acquisition, Leasing, HAP and RAS schemes. The total output for 2017 was 25,901, or 123% of the target. The table sets out delivery by each main delivery programme. Build refers to Local Authority and Approved Housing Body construction, including traditional construction,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Emmet Road/St. Michael's Estate site in Inchicore has been selected as the location for Dublin’s first major Cost Rental development. It is an excellent site in the ownership of Dublin City Council that is suited for a mixed tenure approach. Under the Cost Rental model, minimising profit, land costs and other costs and securing very competitive EIB financing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 27 June 2017, following the fire in London’s Grenfell Tower, and in recognition of concerns arising for fire safety in Ireland, I tasked my Department’s National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management with convening and coordinating a high-level task force to lead a re-appraisal of fire safety in Ireland. In addition to this, and in the immediate aftermath of the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, set out a series of measures to be introduced to ensure the quality of private rental accommodation by strengthening the applicable standards and improving the inspection and enforcement systems. The Rental Strategy recognises the need for additional resources to be provided to local authorities to aid...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities and can be accessed at the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under Rebuilding Ireland, a total of 50,000 social housing homes will be delivered through build, acquisition and leasing programmes.  In addition to this, 87,000 additional households will be supported through the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). The combination of 50,000 social housing homes and 87,000 HAP and RAS social housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2016, the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness identified the under-supply of purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) in Ireland and the significant related adverse impact that this deficit was having on the wider private rental sector. The increased provision of PBSA was established as a key priority in addressing the current wider...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. The full rollout of HAP in all Local Authorities was completed in March 2017 and, therefore, 2018 will be the first full 12 month calendar year of operation. Budget 2018 provided Exchequer funding of €301...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing 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 Authority Funding (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, provides that the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority. This includes the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs. My Department supports local authorities in bringing vacant properties back to productive use by...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Since the introduction of the Voids Programme in 2014, some 9,227 vacant units were returned to productive use. Details on the number of voids, derelicts and 2 into 1s brought back into use are set out in the following table. The purpose of the voids programme is to ensure that vacant units are actively targeted and returned to productive use as quickly as possible. Without substantial...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The payment of property management fees by local authorities is an operational matter for each individual local authority and my Department does not hold such information. My Department does not allocate specific funding for property management purposes. Local authorities receive income from a variety of sources, including grants from Central Government, Local Property Tax, commercial...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides capital funding to all Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock under the Disabled Persons Grant (DPG) Scheme. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding and the needs of older people or people with a disability, who may require stair lifts or the installation of a downstairs bedroom...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme is designed to enable credit worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties. The low rate of fixed interest associated with the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan provides first-time buyers with access to mortgage finance that they may not otherwise have been able to afford at a higher...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 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 by Government 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (7 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...