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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Security of tenure provisions under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016 apply once a tenant has been in occupation of a dwelling for a continuous period of 6 months, with no notice of termination having been served during that time. On completion of the 6-month occupation, the tenant is entitled to specific protections under the Residential Tenancies Act as long as the tenant complies...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is considered to be a social housing support and consequently households are not eligible to remain on the main housing waiting list. However, acknowledging that some households on the waiting list, who avail of HAP, have expectations that they would receive a more traditional form of social housing support, Ministerial directions have issued to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department did not make a formal submission in the context of the public consultation held by the Department of Finance referred to by the Deputy. However, as the Deputy will be aware, the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced the vacant site levy which is aimed at incentivising the development of vacant under-utilised sites in urban areas for residential or regeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Rebuilding Ireland, a total of 50,000 social housing homes will be delivered through build, acquisition and leasing programmes. In addition to this, 87,000 additional households will be supported through the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). When combined, over 137,000 long term and flexible options will be made available to those on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (8 May 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 inserted by section 36 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016): (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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, it is the Chief Executive of each local authority who is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the authority. My Department works closely with all local authorities and staffing sanction requests are dealt with on a case-by-case basis with priority given to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016 and I have fully approved 30 projects for funding in the order of €195 million with an associated expected activation of delivery of 20,000 housing units by 2021. Kildare County Council submitted seven projects for consideration under LIHAF....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 465 together. It is a statutory requirement that mortgage protection insurance (MPI) is taken out in respect of all local authority housing loans. The Local Authority Mortgage Protection Insurance scheme is a group scheme, overseen by the Mortgage Protection Insurance Committee. This is a sub-committee of the County and City Management...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (8 May 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 proposals under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) provides fast, flexible housing support to households in an area of their choice. Individuals with a housing need, who in the past were reluctant to avail of full time work as they would lose their Rent Supplement support, can now move to HAP and avail of full-time work and retain their housing support, with an adjustment in their differential rent. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016provides 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 establish...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Finance has recently published the Draft Stability Programme Updatefor 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as to the impact of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 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 and I have fully approved funding for 30 infrastructure projects at a cost of approximately €195 million. As part of Budget 2018, I announced that an additional €50 million Exchequer funding will be available for a second...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Project Ireland 2040signals a significant policy shift towards securing more compact and sustainable urban and rural development, which requires significantly more effective land management in key development areas. Against that background, it is proposed to establish a National Regeneration and Development Agency to assist in ensuring a more effective approach to strategic land management,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department will shortly issue the first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) to all local authorities in August 2016. 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017. The project referred to was one of four projects that did not subsequently proceed from preliminary approval to final approval. Projects were given a specific period...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (8 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. Details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership have been published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million, with the aim of delivering 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles. The Ballyburke site is part of the second bundle, comprising eight PPP sites in total, which will provide over 450 units. Three of the sites are located in the Cork County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 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 the 34 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: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland, together with initiatives announced on foot of the targeted review of progress which was undertaken last year, as well as additional measures announced under Budget 2018, provides a robust framework for addressing the housing and homelessness challenges we face. One of the key outcomes of the second Housing Summit with local authority Chief Executives held earlier this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (8 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Monthly homelessness data reports are produced by housing authorities using the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. My Department collates this information into monthly national homeless reports, which are available on my...