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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 657 and 677 together. 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...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is now available in all 31 local authority areas. At the end of Q4 2017, some 31,200 tenancies were being supported by the HAP scheme. This includes, 1,625 HAP tenancies in Cork City Council and 2,647 in Cork County Council. A breakdown by local electoral area is not available.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is now available in all 31 local authority areas. At the end of Q4 2017, some 31,200 tenancies were being supported by the HAP scheme; 17,900 additional households were set up in 2017 and 3,185 of these were Rent Supplement transfers.

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).  The most recent SSHA carried out in 2017, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 28 June 2017. The results of the SSHA include breakdowns by each local authority...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) provides funding to local authorities for the provision of public infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages in order to accelerate the delivery of housing on both state-owned and private development sites in Dublin and in other urban areas of high demand for housing. As part of Budget 2018, I announced that an...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Local Authorities are independent in the execution of their powers and the directly elected members are democratically accountable for all expenditure of the authority, including expenditure on land. In terms of lands owned by local authorities, all local authorities are required to record assets, including all land assets, in the Statement of Financial Position...

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, known as the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, was introduced on 1 February 2018. As with the previous local authority home loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is a local authority product and loan applications are made directly to the local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In late 2017, my Department conducted a review of the subsidies paid towards the operational and management costs of group water schemes providing water to their domestic members. The review involved discussions with the National Federation of Group Water Schemes, the representative body of the group water sector.  Discussions concluded in December, when I approved revised subsidy...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 667 and 679 together. Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the Flemish Decree case, a working group, comprising senior representatives from my Department and planning authorities, was established in May 2017 to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Expenditure (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 671 and 672 together. Since 2009, my Department has made financial support available to assist local authorities in meeting the costs of clean-up and necessary immediate works associated with significant severe weather emergency events. This is in recognition of the exceptional nature of activities carried out by local authorities in responding to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016 sets out the procedure for the Minister to prescribe, by order, an area as a Rent Pressure Zone. It provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with the relevant housing authority, may make a written proposal to the Minister that an identified area be prescribed as a Rent Pressure Zone. Within one week of receipt of such a...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In keeping with the spirit of the provisions for the refund of domestic water charges under the Water Services Act 2017, and the earlier recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services on this matter, all reasonable efforts have been made to refund in full relevant domestic Irish Water customers the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department received a report from Senior Counsel in June 2017 regarding his Review Into Certain Planning Matters In Respect Of County Donegal. My Department is currently reviewing and assessing the contents of Senior Counsel’s report and I have requested the advice of the Attorney General in respect of a number of points in relation to publication of the report among other matters....

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

Eoghan Murphy: I have no proposals to introduce fast-track planning procedures for the provision of primary health care centres.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 683 and 684 together. There are currently 8 staff assigned to press office and communications roles in my Department.  This area is managed by a Principal Officer who also has additional duties as part of his role.  This number has been broadly consistent since 2015.  Staff in this area have a wide range of...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I appreciate that Leas-Cheann Comhairle but this is a serious issue. Irish Water is rolling out more find and fix crews. We are putting more static tankers on sites and we are deploying more mobile tankers where they are needed. I understand the communications aspect. As I have said, I am meeting with Irish Water tomorrow and I have been in touch with it every day this week and last week....

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I will do my best to respond to every issue. I wanted to put certain information on the record in my initial response, as I thought it was important after what we had come through. I will need more than two minutes to properly explain this. On the forewarning put in place, as Irish Water stood on the national emergency co-ordination group, we discussed these issues in advance of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for raising this critical issue and providing me with the opportunity to outline the position regarding the issues concerning water supplies in the eastern region in the aftermath of Storm Emma. This was a severe weather event, on a par with events in 1982, 1962-63 and 1947. It has had a significant impact on the water network around the country through power outages...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The commercial rates Bill is due for publication and is on the priority list. I will have the heads of the Bill very shortly.

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for the question. I will be addressing matters relating to Irish Water during Topical Issues later today, at which time I will do my best to address matters that are arising. There is now severe demand on Irish Water to get out and repair leaks. It has several find and fix teams operating. I will receive a briefing from it later, but I note that it is contracting more...