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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is deemed to be a social housing support under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. As a long term housing support, an assessment of housing need must be completed in order for a household to qualify for HAP. Any household with an identified housing need is eligible for HAP. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provide that subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF), published together with the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 on 16 February 2018, sets out an ambitious high-level national vision for Ireland for 2040 and provides the framework and principles to manage future population and economic growth over the next 20 years, catering for around 1 million extra people, 660,000 extra...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As part of Budget 2018, I announced that an additional €50 million Exchequer funding will be available for a second LIHAF call. As was the case in the original LIHAF call, this will be subject to matching funding by local authorities, where my Department will provide 75% Exchequer funding, with the Local Authorities themselves providing 25% matching funding. This will bring...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following publication of the National Planning Framework (NPF), on 16 February, my Department issued Circular Letter FPS 02/2018 to all local authorities informing them of the legal status of the Framework. In this context planning authorities were informed that pending any additional statutory provision, the NPF constitutes national planning policy in accordance with Section 2 of the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities; however, the data gathered does not provide details in terms of the number of school traffic wardens employed nationally by county or local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department, in conjunction with local authority planning departments, published a Residential Land Availability Survey in February 2015 of all lands zoned for residential development in statutory local authority development plans and local area plans across Ireland. A summary of the findings, including a breakdown of the results by local authority and nationally in table 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 632 to 634, inclusive, together. Under the regeneration programme in Dundalk, some €6 million has been invested to date on the delivery of 14 new social housing homes and the retrofitting of over 100 houses. In addition, Louth County Council has improved the streetscape with lighting and landscaping. Plans are currently being advanced by the Council for...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this end, my Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities; however, the data gathered does not provide a breakdown in respect of the number of council staff in west County Cork excluding administrative...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Considerable work has been carried out by my Department in developing a draft national differential rents framework, which will harmonise the approach taken to the setting of local authority rents, including income disregards. The introduction of a rent framework may mean that the amount of rent payable by some households may be subject to change in some cases. This work is now being examined...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: There are more than 50,000 households currently having their housing needs met via the Housing Assistance Payment scheme (HAP) and the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). A key principle of the HAP scheme is that eligible households source their own accommodation in the private rented sector, which best suits their needs in their area of choice. This is distinct from RAS, which is a different...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Grant Applications (8 Mar 2018)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Statutory provision for the exemption of customers of Irish Water from excessive use charges consequential to the medical need of a person ordinarily resident in the dwelling concerned has already been made under section 53F of the Water Services Act 2007 (as inserted by section 13 of the Water Services Act 2017). Having regard to this section, it is anticipated that the exemption will...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The detailed information sought is not fully available in the format requested. My Department is compiling the information which will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (8 Mar 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, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, was introduced on 1 February 2018. Section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions. Section 6 of the Housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 648 and 649 together. The recently published National Planning Framework recognises the strong link between our health and environment and includes a National Policy Objective to support the objectives of public health policy, including Healthy Ireland and the National Physical Activity Plan, through integrating such policies, where appropriate and at the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: No payments of this nature have been made by my Department in the period referred to in the Question.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 651 and 652 together. Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 provides that the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority in the first instance. This includes the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive and pre-letting repairs. My Department does provide...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's Action Plan for Rural Development: Realising our Potential, has a clear objective of working across Government Departments to deliver a co-ordinated group of strategies and actions to ensure the success of vibrant rural communities across Ireland. My Department works closely with the Department of Rural and Community Development on rural housing issues. In relation to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Housing authorities report to my Department on a monthly basis regarding the number of individuals utilising emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. This data is compiled into official homeless reports which are published on my Department's website and can be accessed using the following link: . These reports include a breakdown of homeless adults...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 656 together. While my Department’s mission includes strategic goals that are cornerstones of daily life, such as ensuring that the planning and development of our regions is sustainable, providing for the efficient delivery of well-planned homes and effective local government, my Department has no prescribed role in relation to loneliness...