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Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. This issue was recently brought to my attention by the Minister of State, Deputy Kevin Boxer Moran. We are looking at it currently. Obviously where an estate is being taken in charge it is very important that all the different service providers are linked up to make sure the resources and the facilities can be put in place, provided or continue to be...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I will admit I am not great swimmer. When it comes to things like triathlons it is not my strongest suit. I am better at running and at cycling. Let us stick to the facts. The Deputy says that there is no social house building programme. Some 50,000 new homes will come into the stock of social housing under Rebuilding Ireland. We will build double what was built last year this year,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: If the Deputy want to talk about rents, nationally they are down 0.4%. For two quarters in a row we have seen a dramatic slowdown in rent increases.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In some counties rents are falling.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No one is saying that we do not have more work to do.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Rent increases have slowed to 0.4% nationally, okay.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Let us talk to the facts.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Let us talk to the facts.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Maybe the Deputy should busy herself printing more posters, renting out vehicles and standing in front of them while doing meaningless media events that do not solve anything.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I recognise-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We in government chose to be in government. We did not run away from the choice of government like the Deputy's party did two years ago.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: We stood up and we said that we wanted to go into government and to have the responsibility of government.

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I recognise-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. Work is being done in respect of the reform of the electoral register currently. There will be public consultation in the autumn to hear the views of the public regarding how we can improve the service and perhaps move it away from being administered by each local authority to being administered at national level. The Deputy can input his views during...

Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: From a policy perspective, we would prefer not to rely so much on housing assistance payment. However, previous Governments outsourced responsibility for social housing building to the private sector almost exclusively, when that sector collapsed with the financial crisis there was no one there to build houses so we had to get back into the business of building social housing. Under...

Order of Business (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. The residential tenancies (amendment) Bill is priority legislation. It is being drafted at the moment, and dates have been agreed with the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government for pre-legislative scrutiny. It is my ambition, if we can get that Bill published shortly, to have it passed as quickly as possible and before the recess....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Referendum Campaigns (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445 and 458 together. The Government announced on 26 September 2017 that it had agreed an indicative timetable for the holding of a number of referendums on proposals for amendments to the Constitution arising from the work of the Citizens’ Assembly and the Convention on the Constitution. In this context, my Department will be responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: River Basin Management Plans (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021, which was published in April 2018, sets out the actions that Ireland will take to improve water quality and achieve ‘good’ ecological status in water bodies (rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal waters) by 2027. Ireland is required to produce river basin management plans under the Water Framework Directive. The River Basin...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Data (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 21 May 2018, I published the Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025 following its approval by Government. The Policy Statement sets out a series of high-level policy objectives across the three thematic areas of Quality, Conservation, and Future Proofing, which must be pursued when planning capital investment and framing current spending plans. The Policy Statement is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes, in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The Commissioner of Valuation has responsibility for valuation matters. The Annual Rate on Valuation (ARV), which is applied to...