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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, housing authorities may provide assistance to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the provision and management of housing accommodation in accordance with the Housing Acts. As Minister, I am empowered to grant approved status to housing bodies for this purpose. There are 547 bodies with approved status. The register of AHBs...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1559 to 1561, inclusive, together. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. I understand that Irish Water publishes quarterly reports relating to the First Fix Free leak repair scheme on its website once the reports have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In the case where a planning authority is notified by An Bord Pleanála that a decision made by the authority on a planning application has been appealed to the Board, articles 68 to 70 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, require the authority to— make a copy of the appeal available for inspection or purchase during office hours at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1563 and 1564 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme was initially implemented, on a statutory phased pilot basis, in September 2014, and rolled out across local authorities incrementally over the last number of years. HAP became a national scheme on 1 March 2017. The following table reflects the number of HAP tenancies set up and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department recently conducted a review of the Rent Predictability Measure on the basis of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) rent data and the recently conducted public consultation on the operation of the Rent Pressure Zones.  In September 2017, arising from the review findings, I announced a number of measures to further strengthen the effectiveness of the rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The annual gross income, not the net income, of a registered property owner together with all household members over 18 (or over 23 if in full-time education) in the previous tax year, is used to calculate household income for the purposes of the Housing Adaptation Grant schemes for Older People and People with a Disability.    Certain income is not taken...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, recommended the introduction of a Rent Predictability Measure to moderate rent increases in those parts of the country where rents are highest and rising and where households have greatest difficulties in finding accommodation they can afford.  The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am conscious of the social benefit accruing from the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, particularly in terms of facilitating the continued independent living by older people and people with a disability in their own homes.  This is also recognised in the Programme for a Partnership Government and as a consequence, funding for these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department allocates funding to local authorities, firstly, towards the cost of adaptations and extensions to social housing to meet the needs of tenants with a disability and, secondly, towards the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. The detailed administration of the grants, including the assessment and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016 set out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private rented sector. The Acts apply to tenancies of up to 35 years in duration. I consider a 35-year lease to be a long-term lease and I have no plans to alter the current application of the Act in this regard. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Loans (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Purchasers of dwellings under previous affordable housing schemes, including dwellings sold by way of shared ownership at less than market value, have a clawback charge placed on the property.  The primary purpose of the clawback regime was to prevent short-term profit-taking on the resale of affordable homes.  As such, it should, therefore, only have effect in the event...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Loans (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range. 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 not otherwise have been able to afford at a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency publishes, on a quarterly basis, detailed statistical information on the operation of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme, including the number of completed transactions. This information is available on the Agency's website at the following link: . Following a Review of the MTR Scheme, published on 8 February 2017, a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The allocation of social housing support is a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. Section 22 of the 2009 Act requires all local authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme determining the order of priority to be accorded in the allocation of dwellings to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisation arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, the assignment of local authority staff to a particular function is a matter for the Chief Executive. My Department, however, works closely...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Homeless services are administered at regional level across the country. The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) is provided by Dublin City Council as the lead statutory local authority in the response to homelessness in Dublin and adopts a shared service approach across South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.  A...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In direct response to the housing challenge and in order to support housing authorities deliver on their responsibilities and obligations, a number of dedicated structures have been put in place in the Dublin region and also nationally over the last number of years.   The Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) is provided by Dublin City Council as the lead...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Review of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), also known as the Fair Deal Scheme, was published by the Minister for Health in July 2015.  A Working Group is overseeing the implementation of its recommendations, including any legislative changes that may be required. Action 17 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector undertakes to examine the treatment under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Provision (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the scheme referred to is one initiated by the Mayor of London aimed at reducing the use of plastic bottles.  My Department is not currently involved in the development of plans for such a scheme in Ireland.  There are comprehensive existing arrangements in place for the public provision of water services, which are supportive of the use of tap water. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (17 Apr 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 related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. This...