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

Eoghan Murphy: Under sections 48 and 49 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, planning authorities may levy development contributions in respect of public infrastructure and facilities benefiting development in the area that is provided, or intended to be provided, by or on behalf of the local authority. Examples of such infrastructure and facilities include roads, footpaths, public...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As I previously outlined in my reply to Questions Nos. 594 and 599 of 15 May 2018, I have no function in relation to the regulation of how property websites and advertisements for properties for sale display information, including whether they provide specific asking prices or not. I have no plans to introduce legislation in relation to the assignment of conditions of planning permission...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1280 and 1281 together. The active management of the publicly-owned housing land bank is part of a range of complementary actions being progressed under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, designed to accelerate and increase housing output. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Homeless HAP Place Finder Service is a targeted support for homeless households who are finding it difficult to secure HAP tenancies. The function of the Service is to work with homeless households to identify potential rental properities and support them to secure the tenancies. The Place Finder Service has been successfully utilised by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (12 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 associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. ...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. Arrangements have been put in place by all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial 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 pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each individual local authority. Commercial rates form an important...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, relating to the extension of the duration of a planning permission, does not provide for the making of any substantive change to a permission, other than the period during which the permission has effect. Apart from conditions relating to the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of the development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2014-2016 to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Where there is a dispute between a landlord and tenant in respect of a failure of either party to fulfil their obligations under the Acts, or a dispute in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme 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: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is responsible for over 70 commitments under the Programme for a Partnership Government. Progress reports on the implementation of the Programme are published on a regular basis by the Department of the Taoiseach. The most recent progress report was published in December 2017 and can be accessed at the following link: . I expect a further report, providing a comprehensive update...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme, which commenced in 2013 to improve the energy efficiency and comfort levels in local authority homes, is being implemented in a number of phases. Funding of some €115.7 million has been provided from 2013 to the end of 2017 to improve almost 64,000 local authority homes, benefitting those at risk of fuel poverty and making a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of the area to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: For an area to be designated a Rent Pressure Zone, it must satisfy the following criteria set out in section 24A(4) of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended: (i) The annual rate of rent inflation in the area must have been 7% or more in four of the last six quarters; and (ii) The average rent for tenancies registered in the area with the RTB in the last quarter must be above...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Planning statistics compiled annually by planning authorities for collation and publication on my Department’s website do not include data on the number of pre-application meetings involving developers and planning authorities that were held in relation to proposed developments. Such information as may be compiled by planning authorities may be sought directly from the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department issued the first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to all local authorities in August 2016. Preliminary approval was given to 34 projects in March 2017 and I have since fully approved funding for 30 of those projects, including roads, bridges and parks, at a cost of approximately €195 million, with an associated housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (12 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 needs,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment given in Rebuilding Ireland, a review of the first 12 months of the Scheme’s operation has been undertaken. The review has incorporated analysis of comprehensive data received from local authorities regarding the operation of the scheme during 2016 and a wide-ranging public consultation process which took place in 2017 and saw submissions received from...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is firmly focused on increasing supply and the priority for Government attention is to support those in society with the greatest housing access and affordability challenges. In that context, the focus is on meeting the housing needs of those in the lower-income categories, particularly those in need of social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (12 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1299 and 1302 together. The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund was designed to activate housing supply by putting in place the enabling public infrastructure necessary to ensure that large scale development could take place on key sites in urban areas of high housing demand. Final approval was given for 30 projects under LIHAF in 2017 and these...