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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding approval for the turnkey social housing project was given to Cork County Council on 6 April 2018.  It is now a matter for the local authority to advance this project.

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Neville for the question. As the Deputy will be aware, in last years' budget we increased by more than double the vacant site levy on vacant land that was being hoarded and that could be used for the development of housing. From the beginning of this year the 3% levy applies and from next year the levy jumps to 7%. That means over a two-year period there will be a 10% levy...

Order of Business (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputies are practising student politics.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Acts 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: Departmental Contracts Data (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has no record of contracts for goods or services from DXC Technology in the period since 2010. The table provides details of payments made in respect of contracts for goods or services from HP Inc. and HP Enterprise since 2010. My Department has a Memorandum of Understanding in place with the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht in respect of ICT services and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As housing authorities, local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area and for the development of appropriate responses to the need identified. No instruction has issued from my Department to local authorities regarding single rural dwellings and such developments can be part of a local authority's social housing construction pipeline, where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016, which provides for the establishment of the Office of the Planning Regulator, is currently progressing to Report Stage in the Seanad. Once it is enacted, I will be in a position to set an establishment date for the Office. My Department has been making such preparations in advance of the establishment of the Office as are possible,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department currently publishes data on a monthly basis on the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The reports are collated on a regional basis, are published on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 239 of 26 April 2018 in which I provided details on housing capital expenditure claims from local authorities being processed by my Department at that stage. My Department provides funding to local authorities on an ongoing basis as projects are progressed. As such, the position in respect of claims changes constantly as claims are received, validated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have previously addressed this matter in my reply to Question No. 448 of 1 May 2018. Article 9 of the Water Framework Directive requires member states to take account of the principle of the recovery of the costs of water services, including environmental and resource costs, in accordance with the 'polluters pays principle'. Cost recovery must have regard to an economic analysis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. It is available in all local authority areas and its introduction now ensures that all social housing supports can be accessed through the local authorities, allowing tenants to take up full-time employment and keep their housing support, subject to adjustment of their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The development of residential lands owned by local authorities and the Housing Agency, for social housing and, where appropriate, for mixed-tenure developments, is a major priority under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership were published on the Rebuilding Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The report referred to was published in October 2013 and my understanding is that the data therein was sourced from the Census of Population 2011. I note that the results of Census 2016 (which took place on 24 April 2016) show that vacancy levels in urban areas had decreased compared with the previous Census, while in rural areas vacancy generally remains high. The data provided by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040 Funding (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Project Ireland 2040 provides for the establishment of a €3 billion Regeneration and Development Fund: €2 billion for urban regeneration and development purposes, focusing on cities and towns in excess of 10,000 in population, which would include Drogheda, complemented by a €1 billion fund for rural regeneration of smaller towns and villages, which is the responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (15 May 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 583 and 588 together. The new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme is designed to enable credit worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties. The low rate of fixed interest associated with the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan provides first-time buyers with access to mortgage finance that they may...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 585 and 586 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 495 of 8 May 2018. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (15 May 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, my Department has engaged with the Housing Agency and the Housing Finance Agency to consider the experience to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Administration (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 176 of the Residential Tenancies Act provides that fees received by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) under the Act shall be paid into, or disposed of for the benefit of, the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister may direct. By various Ministerial Directions since 2005, a percentage of fees received by the RTB under the Act has been allocated for transfer to local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (15 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 590 and 591 together. The National Planning Framework (NPF) sets parameters for future planning in Ireland at an overall and strategic level and was not written for direct application to individual counties and towns, without first having regional-level policies developed through the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) process. The quantum...