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

Eoghan Murphy: I announced funding of €66.25 million nationally in 2018 for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. This included €1,457,964 for Cavan County Council, comprising exchequer funding of €1,166,371 and €291,593 from the local authority. It represents an increase of €42,395 for the grants for Cavan County Council in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1414 and 1419 together. I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 736 and 755 of 12 July 2018, which sets out the general position in relation to the affordable purchase scheme. Based on initial estimates, the local authorities in Dublin, the Greater Dublin Area, Cork and Galway, have lands with the potential to deliver some 4,000 new...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As is the case with the Local Infrastructure for Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF), funding for the Serviced Sites Fund will be provided from my Department's Capital Exchequer allocation, under subhead A.9 "Infrastructure Fund", as set out in the 2018 Revised Estimates Volume (REV) which can be accessed, on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, at the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Homeless HAP is a targeted support for homeless households who may find it difficult to secure HAP tenancies. The scheme has been successfully utilised by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) across the four Dublin local authorities since February 2015, with more than 2,000 households currently being supported by the Homeless HAP scheme. Homeless HAP assists households by providing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Arising from the detailed analysis provided by the Working Group referred to, which informed development of a range of proposals to establish an appropriate regulatory approach for short-term tourism-related lettings as well as identifying amendments to relevant legislation to give effect to such a regulatory regime, I am reviewing the Group's report and also...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As I outlined in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 2642 of 24 July 2018, I commenced the relevant provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, the effect of which was to place the new scheme for affordable purchase on a statutory footing. Among the provisions commenced, Section 94 provides for the establishment of an Affordable Dwellings Fund to...

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

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

Eoghan Murphy: In light of the ongoing affordability challenge faced by renters in Dublin and other urban centres, it is a major Government priority that cost rental becomes a significant part of our rental sector. Together with delivering much more affordable and predictable rents, cost rental will make a sustainable impact on national competitiveness and the attractiveness of our main...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced the vacant site levy, which is a measure aimed at incentivising the development of vacant, under-utilised sites in urban areas.  Under the Act, planning authorities are required to establish a register of vacant sites in their areas, beginning on 1 January 2017. Planning authorities have issued notices to owners of vacant sites...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) have an important role in delivering the social housing ambition set out in Rebuilding Ireland. There is a range of funding programmes available through local authorities to achieve this ambition, including relating to construction, acquisition and leasing activity. AHBs and local authorities work in partnership locally across these delivery streams. A...

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank all Deputies who spoke on this issue for echoing the call for conservation because it is important to make that call. I do not propose to speak with my political hat on. Although one or two Deputies did raise political issues, I am coming at this very much from the point of view of my responsibility for co-ordinating crises and emergency events of the type we have experienced from...

Water Conservation: Statements (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have a published statement that will be circulated to Members from which I will read excerpts due to the restriction on time. I thank the House for making time available to make these statements today. Despite the temperatures having fallen back to more normal values this week, Met Éireann is forecasting only small amounts of rain for the rest of this week and most of next week as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to Ireland's fourth Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) for 2018 -2021 which was agreed with the European Commission in December 2017 after extensive negotiation. Ireland's NAP contains enhanced measures for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Jul 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 enquiries to local authorities regarding the loan or the number of loan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The following table sets out the percentage of men and women at each grade in my Department. GENERAL ADMIN GRADES Equiv grade % Male % Female SECRETARY GENERAL  100 0 ASSISTANT SECRETARY 40 60 PRINCIPAL 72 28 ASST PRINCIPAL 49 51 AO  48 52 HEO  49 51 EO  50 50 CLERICAL OFFICER 23 77 TEMP CLERICAL OFFICER  67 33 VISUALLY IMPAIRED...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (12 Jul 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 recent 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 include breakdowns by each local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that Part IV of the Housing Act 1966 applies to privately rented accommodation.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's Action Plan for Rural Development: Realising our Potential, has a clear objective of working across Government Departments to deliver a co-ordinated group of strategies and actions to ensure the success of vibrant rural communities across Ireland. My Department works closely with the Department of Rural and Community Development on rural housing issues. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 9 July 2018, I launched the new Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) 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, including Drogheda. The URDF is designed to leverage a greater proportion of residential and commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The matters raised in the submission in question made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 are of a serious nature and have been treated accordingly in my Department.  While my Department's assessment of both the submission and the relevant local authority's response to that submission may have taken longer than initially envisaged, it has now...