Results 521-540 of 15,555 for speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1199 and 1249 together. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission.  Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended (the Regulations), set out various exemptions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1200 and 1201 together. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Since 2014, Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2019 my Department launched the multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021.  Bids were sought from local authorities for funding under the programme. The closing date for bids was 18 September 2019.  A total number of 19 local authorities with Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure in estates in their areas made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2019 my Department launched the multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021. Bids were sought from local authorities for funding under the programme. The closing date was 18 September 2019.  A total of number of 19 local authorities with Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure in estates in their areas made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Land utilisation and activation is, in the first instance, a matter for the local authority and its elected members including the development of its land for the delivery of more affordable private housing. Furthermore, whilst my Department is supporting Dublin City Council, and indeed other local authorities in their plans to provide more affordable housing on their lands, it is, ultimately,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department works closely with all local authorities with a view to progressing any potential Social Housing projects. My Department has not yet received any application for funding in respect of Glovers Court flats in York St. However, I understand that Dublin City Council are currently procuring a design team to carry out a feasibility study on Glovers Court for the purposes of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The acquisition of second hand properties for social housing purposes by local authorities, has always been a part of their delivery approaches. However, it has always been the case that such an approach needs to be used carefully, focusing on priority situations, with local authorities seeking to ensure that they do not interfere unduly with the local private market.  Local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1207 and 1247 together. Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the European Court of Justice ruling in the "Flemish Decree" case, a working group was established to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing, issued under section 28 of the Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2019 my Department launched the multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021. Bids were sought from local authorities for funding under the programme. The closing date was 18 September 2019.  A total of number of 19 local authorities with Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure in estates in their areas made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2019, I announced details of the new Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. This included an improved funding scheme for individual wells and work is at an advanced stage of development for this scheme. The changes that I have approved to the individual wells grant scheme are as follows: - A maximum grant for rehabilitation works of €3,000 (which represents an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in line with the “preferred draft approach” which was announced in June 2017 by the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in conjunction with the then Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment. The review is addressing a number of key...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013.  The grant scheme is also being expanded to support the attainment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Issues (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I made Regulations under sections 2 and 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to provide for a grant scheme of financial assistance to support affected homeowners in the counties of Donegal and Mayo to carry out the necessary remediation works to dwellings that have been damaged due to defective concrete...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: On 30 May 2017, the Government designated 284 hectares of lands at Ireland West Airport Knock (IWAK) as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) under Section 166 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended). The preparation of a Planning Scheme in respect of an SDZ is a function of the relevant development agency, under Section 168 of the Act.  On 29 May 2019, the specified...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (5 Mar 2020)

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 emergency accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2019 my Department launched the multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021.  Bids were sought from local authorities for funding under the programme. The closing date for bids was 18 September 2019.  A total number of 19 local authorities with Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure in estates in their areas made...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1218, 1248 and 1251 together. There are a number of variables involved in estimating the cost of providing social housing homes, such as the form of delivery, size of unit, land, funding, etc. In terms of construction and 'all-in' costs, the averages as sought for the various sized units, based on full capital costs, are set out in the following tables. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department collects and collates national statistics on the delivery of social housing on a quarterly basis, including Part V delivery. This data is provided by the 31 local authorities as the lead delivery agents and are then validated by the Statistics Unit in my Department. The latest statistics published cover Quarter 3 2019. The following link shows activity in the area of Part V...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1220 to 1222, inclusive, together. Of the 50,000 social housing homes to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, over 10,000 homes are targeted to be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies under leasing arrangements from a range of different sources, including direct leasing by local authorities and approved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Maintenance (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: For 2020, the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting programme for social housing has an allocated exchequer budget of €25 million, while a further €20 million is being made available for similar retrofitting in the midlands as part of the 'Just Transition' programme. Details of social housing units retrofitted per local authority, are recorded as and when each local authority draws...