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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme which came into operation on 1 January 2016 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 support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 943 and 944 together. A new Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) was announced 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 funding is designed to leverage a greater proportion of residential and commercial development,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have recently invited applications, under the Serviced Sites Fund, from a number of local authorities to support the provision of key enabling infrastructure on their land, to get their sites ready for affordable housing.  Given that funding for housing-related infrastructure can now be sought under the €2 billion Urban Regeneration and Development Fund, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While there is no universally agreed, ideal price/rent to income ratio or minimum residual income requirement, there is general agreement that lower-income households in particular should not be paying more than roughly one third of their disposable income on housing costs. As Minister, I have been clear that we also need to address issues of housing affordability, recognising the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Data (10 Jul 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.  Up to 2021 Irish Water plan to invest approximately €73m per annum to reduce leakage. A range of interventions are being implemented, including pressure management activities, active leakage control...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (10 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: Housing Data (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 949 and 950 together. My Department does not hold data on Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) tenancies or Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) tenancies by local electoral area, but rather collects data by local authority area.  The number and cost of tenancies supported under RAS for the period 2011 to 2016, broken down by local authority area, is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of expenditure from my Department's Vote in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 are set out in the tables below.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, recognises that the quality of rental accommodation is critical to the success and sustainability of the residential rental sector and its attractiveness as a long-term accommodation option for households. The Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017 prescribe the minimum standards for rental accommodation for all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Recruitment (10 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There were a number of such jobs offered as a result of internal competitions in my Department in 2017 and in 2018 across a range of grades and roles.  These posts were assigned in accordance with the sequencing arrangements agreed both centrally through the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and also with individual trade unions.  The total number of such...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (5 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 applications received by local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (5 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme which came into operation on 1 January 2016 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 support for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of expenditure under the local authority construction programme, i.e. standard construction, turnkeys and rapid delivery, by individual local authority in 2016 and 2017 are set out in the following table. In addition to standard construction, turnkeys and rapid delivery mechanisms, local authorities also deliver new-build social housing through dedicated regeneration programmes which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 Jul 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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. Monthly...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Training (5 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: This year, in preparation for the implementation of the GDPR, Information Officers were appointed in each business unit across my Department, with GDPR training being provided to these officers as well as to senior management. The Department has had a Data Protection Officer in place since the beginning of the year who is committed to raising awareness in relation to GDPR. The DPO, working...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 356 to 358, inclusive, together. My Department meets on an ongoing basis with all local authorities at a range of levels, both individually and collectively, to advance housing delivery. Such engagements cover, inter alia, progress on social housing and mixed-tenure projects, and the active management and utilisation of local authority and the wider public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (5 Jul 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 to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (5 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, an Innovation Fund was established to assist Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to develop structures, policies and new funding mechanisms. One of the projects being funded, which is being undertaken by the Irish Council for Social Housing, is the development of a Special Purpose Vehicle to...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Facts.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (4 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 340 together. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and the carrying out of responsive repairs for tenants living in social housing, is a matter for each individual local authority under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Therefore the...