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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee Report (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I established two independent Local Electoral Area Boundary Committees on 13 December 2017 to review and make recommendations on local electoral areas having regard to, among other things, the results of Census 2016 as well as the commitment to consider reducing the size of territorially large local electoral areas as set out in A Programme for Partnership Government (May 2016). ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The responsibilities of local authorities in relation to estate management and housing maintenance are set out in the Housing Act 1966 and I have no plans at present for further legislation in this area.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with Regulation 5 of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 (as amended), a household may apply for social housing support to one housing authority only, which may be the authority for the area in which the household normally resides or with which it has a local connection, or the authority that agrees, at its discretion, to assess the household for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 to 234, inclusive, together. I refer to my reply to Question No. 51, Reference No. 21671, on today's Order Paper which broadly set out the position in relation to this matter. In addition, as part of the development of their ambitious multi-annual housing programmes, local authorities are required to consider the availability of land for housing in their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports, including through the use of rapid build methodologies.  Local authorities have been advised that rapid build approaches should increasingly become the norm in terms of delivering social housing projects; ultimately, we...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 an assessment of the income needed to provide for a household's basic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 to 241, inclusive, together. In response to the emergence of building defects in dwellings, my Department and representatives from the local government sector reviewed the existing building control regulatory framework, in collaboration and consultation with industry stakeholders. This has led to a multi-faceted Building Control Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (20 Jun 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: Local Authority Housing Provision (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 amended section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 relating to the arrangements for the approval by local authorities of their own development proposals, often referred to as the Part 8 process. This amendment required a supporting amendment to the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 which was...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The Minister of State, Deputy Damien English, is bringing through the Houses a planning Bill which includes an amendment to deal with the issue raised by the Deputy of access to industrial forestry to allow farmers and others to facilitate the movement of timber goods from their lands. On the issue of people objecting to the granting of planning...

Order of Business (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy did not raise a question.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a review of the two existing local authority home loan schemes, the House Purchase Loan and the Home Choice Loan, a new loan offering, known as the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL), was introduced on 1 February 2018. Following the initial roll-out of the scheme, in April I met with the Chief Executives of the two main agencies involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Further to my reply to Question No. 1046 of 20 March 2018, which sets out the limited circumstances that would apply where a separated or divorced person who is not a first-time buyer could qualify to apply for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan (RIHL), the circumstances of the individual outlined in the Deputy’s question would not appear to meet the criteria to apply for a loan under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme by assessing valid loan applications that are made to the local authorities and make recommendations to the authorities as to whether loans should be offered to applicants. I have asked the Agency to centrally compile figures of the numbers of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I recently announced funding of €66.25 million nationally for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. This includes €1,498,067 for Louth County Council comprising Exchequer funding of €1,198,454 and €299,613 from the local authority, which represents an increase of €293,388 over the 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Prior to the publication of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, it was planned to establish a financial vehicle to facilitate the aggregation of private investment into a fund for subsequent lending as project finance. The intention was that this investment would be off-balance sheet and in Budget 2015, the Government announced that €400m of public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authority homes that have been built in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2016 and 2017 are set out in the Social Housing Construction Status Report which is published on a quarterly basis. That report contains information on all new social housing construction, both that contracted by the local authorities and that being advanced by AHBs in agreement with the authorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department places advertisements with Mediavest, who are on Lot 3 of the Media Strategy Planning and Buying Framework, following a tender process run by the Office of Government Procurement. The following is the list of payments made to Mediavest by my Department from 2016 to date. Year Amount Project 2016 €671.74 Planning Policy 2016 €7,693.86 Marine Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Consultation Process (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Information on the public consultations held by my Department and the number of replies received per consultation is set out in the second table. Work carried out by staff in my Department in relation to public consultations forms part of the Department’s staff costs and is not itemised separately. Information in relation to the external costs that are sometimes associated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Short-Term Letting (19 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, my Department established a Working Group, involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements. The...