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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017 give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Regulations focus, inter alia,on the management of livestock manures and other fertilisers. In accordance with the requirements of these regulations, all fertilisers should be stored and managed in a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 724 and 725 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will appreciate, my Department is in receipt of a large volume of applications for funding across a wide range of capital and current related housing programmes for all local authorities, including Waterford City and County Council. Therefore, my Department is not in a position to provide details of all applications over the past five years. In relation to applications made,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The capital allocation for my department as announced in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 for the period 2018-2022 amounts to €10.232 billion. This allocation will be used to fund the programmes announced in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 in areas such as Housing, Urban Regeneration and Irish Water. The annual breakdown of funding is as follows: Capital Allocations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Loans (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: It continues to be the case under the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, as with the previous local authority housing finance offerings, that applicants applying for loan approval to build their own home are required to have, in respect of the site on which the construction is to occur, full planning permission in place prior to submitting a loan application. Local authorities cannot issue an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The three current expenditure funded social housing schemes, which include the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP), are critical components of the accelerated delivery of social housing envisaged under Rebuilding Ireland.It is anticipated that more than 111,000 households will have their housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for eligibility for social housing support for each local authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy, published by my Department. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band are based on an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Action to deal with anti-social behaviour is primarily a matter for An Garda Síochána. The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2016 sets out the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords in the private rented sector and the Approved Housing Body sector. Under section 16(h) of the Residential Tenancies Act, a tenant shall not engage, nor allow their visitors to engage, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The statutory responsibility for the delivery of social and affordable housing, including the ongoing maintenance of social housing stock, is a matter for the local authority sector. I have no plans to change this at this time, given the fact that the sector is successfully delivering social housing in support of the targets set down under Rebuilding Ireland. This was evident in the Social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Through the supports made available from my Department under Rebuilding Ireland, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects, the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments and through working with approved housing bodies under a range of delivery options. Provisional details on social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Instances of households, who were previously homeowners, presenting to homeless services following mortgage arrears and repossession of the family home are extremely rare. The Government is committed to supporting households in long-term mortgage arrears to remain in their homes where possible. There are currently two Mortgage to Rent schemes funded by my Department. One of the schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of measures have been introduced in recent years with the objective of improving security of tenure for tenants. 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. Section 34 provides that a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (27 Feb 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 1 week of receipt of such a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (27 Feb 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. Funding of €200 million for the new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan has been raised by the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) on a fixed rate basis for periods out to thirty...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will appreciate, my Department is in receipt of a large volume of applications for funding across a wide range of capital and current related housing programmes for all local authorities, including Wicklow County Council. Therefore, my Department is not in a position to provide details of all applications over the past five years. In relation to applications made, my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for housing support through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme. Once a household has been deemed eligible for social housing support, it is a matter for the local authority to examine the suite of social housing supports available, including the HAP scheme, to determine the most appropriate form of social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established as and from 4 November 2006. The PRA replaces the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the above Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. When title or ownership is registered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF) was published by Government on 16 February 2018, alongside the National Development Plan 2018-2027 as part of Project Ireland 2040. The NPF 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In developing the National Planning Framework (NPF) document, case studies aligned with the National Strategic Outcomes set out in Chapter 10 were included for demonstration purposes to highlight exemplary outcomes, whether for local communities or in terms of having a wider regional and national impact. This case study referred to above was included as an exemplar of innovation,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Dumping at Sea (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not received any request from Donegal county council to investigate the contents of potentially toxic materials dumped off the coast between 2015 and 2017 and to date in 2018, nor has Donegal County Council contacted the Department concerning the chemical and munitions dumpsites off the County Donegal coast. The Department is aware of historical chemical and munitions...