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Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As we ramp up supply, it does not necessarily mean that we will need the same number of individuals as we have done in the past. We can take advantage of new technologies. Of course we still need people and a scheme in my area has been quite successful in training people and in taking them from long-term unemployment, and even some people who had been homeless, into working jobs. They did...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I will go straight to Senator Murnane O'Connor's questions, which are the most important, according to her, and to the questions posed by Senator McFadden. In terms of local authorities, the funding is there and the extra resources are in place. We have told the local authorities that if they want to hire more staff, they can bill them directly to the Department. We have also set up a new...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am sorry I am not going to get to the points made by the others speakers. In terms of student accommodation, rent pressure zones and the difficulties being faced, we are looking at that at the moment. I will be introducing a Bill relating to the rental sector and am working with the Minister of State at the Department of Education and Skills, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor, on it. That work is...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Absolutely, I would love to do that at a future engagement.Perhaps we should start to silo some of these things in order that we can go in depth into the issues of affordability, disability and student accommodation and not go in depth too much into the history. My apologies for running over time.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The recent history has been very positive.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Thank you, Senator. I appreciate that. I thank the Members for their time and forbearance.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nuclear Plants (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The United Kingdom has informed relevant Government Departments - i.e. my Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment - of developments in relation to plans to build new nuclear power plants at sites judged as potentially suitable, including Hinkley Point C.  However, prior to planning permission being sought for the proposed Hinkley Point C...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237 and 238 together. My Department has not spent any money on social media training or consultancy on the use of social media from 2011 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing First enables people who may have been homeless and who have high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent secure accommodation with the provision of intensive supports to help them maintain their tenancies. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, committed to increasing the target for housing first tenancies in Dublin to 300. A new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive mandates EU member states to collect and treat urban waste water in towns and cities to protect public health and avoid pollution of rivers, lakes and coastal waters. Member states had until the end of December 2000 to ensure appropriate treatment for large agglomerations (with a population equivalent of more than 15,000), and until the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) is the State organisation responsible for the registration of property transactions in Ireland. The PRA manages and controls the Land Registry and the Registry of Deeds and has a current staff complement of 504 full time equivalents. The PRA expects to complete in excess of 220,000 Land Registry transactions in 2018. There is considerable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, last week the Minister for Finance published the Draft Stability Programme Update for 2018. This included an analysis of the financial impact of the Eurostat decision to reclassify 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 Eurostat decision....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: While planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website at the following link: , these statistics do not include planning enforcement and unauthorised development related information. The Deputy may wish to get in touch with the relevant local authorities in relation to the status of their planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The operation of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 is a matter for individual local authorities, in line with relevant legislation, including the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015. Local authorities are by law (Section 63(1) of the Local Government Act 2001) independent in the performance of their functions. My Department does however publish information...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598, 600 and 602 together. Details of Local Authority Social Housing Targets, broken down by Local Authority, for 2018 and for the period 2018-2021 are now available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at the following link: . The overall 2018 Build target is for the delivery of 4,969 additional social homes including 3,819 local authority and Approved Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As a key initiative of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is designed to fund the provision of public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages and enable housing developments to be built on key sites at scale. Funding of €200 million was originally provided under LIHAF,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 348 of 19 April 2018 which sets out the position in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the broader social housing reform agenda, a review of income eligibility for social housing supports has commenced, with the detailed statistical work underpinning the review being carried out by the Housing Agency. I expect the results of this review to be available for publication in late Summer 2018. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Quarterly performance reports from local authorities on a regional basis show that 4,729 individuals exited homelessness into independent tenancies during 2017. This included 3,983 families who exited homelessness into independent tenancies during 2017 as follows: 802 local authority tenancies, 795 tenancies with an approved housing body, and 2,386 tenancies in the private rental sector....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (24 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Homeless HAP Place Finder Service operating in the Dublin local authorities, and in Cork City Council, is a targeted support for homeless households who are finding it difficult to secure HAP tenancies. The Place Finder Service has been successfully utilised by the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive (DRHE) across the Dublin local authorities since February 2015, with more than 2,000...