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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is obsessed with the politics of a number.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have no difficulty in my job. I have no difficulty appearing before the committee, or speaking in the Dáil every day, as I do, on these issues or going in front of the media to be held to account. I do it every week in this job. My concern here is that the Deputy is obsessed with the number and the politics of the number. My only obsession is finding solutions for people in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Do not let me be accused of withholding information from Deputy Ellis. I may not have time to even get to him. This is the type of language Sinn Féin is using and it is completely political and obvious and transparent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In response to Deputy Casey's question on the quarterly reporting we report on the monthly numbers. Eoin O'Sullivan's analysis is not ours. He includes other figures such as direct provision and everything else. All other matters that we report on in respect of housing are quarterly. Most organisations report quarterly because that allows them to better understand trends, analysis and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand the point. I am not familiar with the site but if there are 130 homes and 50 might be in HAP, the positive point is that 80 will be there for people in the private rental sector. We have to bear in mind that people have needs in that area as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We have to focus our resources on building our own stock as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It is happening. It is ramping up and we see that in the numbers but we have to find that balance and I agree that we would not choose some of the economics here if we were starting from here but unfortunately we were not starting from a stable housing market.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Prevention is key and that is the reason I told the local authorities to be innovative to prevent people from going into emergency accommodation. That is why some of them use section 10 funding to keep people out of emergency accommodation and why they should not have been categorised as being in emergency accommodation. That is the reason we have that issue. They are doing what the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It can do it for more and it is not hitting its cap.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It can go to 20%-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: -----but the evidence shows it is not even going to 20%.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The average rate of discretion is approximately 15% in the Senator's local authority area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homeless Figures: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There is still room. It is only being applied in 13% of HAP cases.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Munster for the question. My Department and the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath, recently announced an increase in allocations for housing adaptation grants for this year. Funding for housing adaptation grants has increased this year. Later this week, we will announce additional funding for these grants to help in this area. The number of grants is increasing...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy O'Keeffe for the question. Between now and 2027, more than €8.5 billion will be invested by Irish Water in key infrastructure, the majority of which will go into wastewater infrastructure because it is so important. Obviously, because Irish Water sits in my Department and I also have responsibility for housing, we can co-ordinate investment to ensure houses are built...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A national review of the differential rent scheme is under way. I asked the Deputy if he could show me some written evidence of what was happening with the tenants to whom he referred in order that I could progress the issue with the local authority and see what the exact position was.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The redrawal of local authority boundary areas for the local elections next year was undertaken by committees independent of me in line with terms of reference agreed to by the Government. The recommendations they have made are for the boundaries in question and will be implemented without change.

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that is the intention with the statutory instruments when they come.

Other Questions: Water Quality (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Commission has referred a complaint against Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union in relation to compliance with the urban wastewater treatment directive.   The case relates to 40 urban areas which the Commission believes to be non-compliant.   The Chief State Solicitor's office formally lodged Ireland's defence with the Court of Justice...

Other Questions: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The aim of the local infrastructure housing activation fund is to increase housing supply through enabling infrastructure such as roads, bridges and parks. It is now the case that significantly increased funding will be available for enabling infrastructure projects through the new €2 billion urban regeneration and development fund and the...