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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (20 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. It has been a feature of all local authority mortgage lending since 1987 that loan applicants must provide documentary evidence of being unable to secure sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 588 to 590, 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.   While monitoring chlorine levels is an operational matter for the utility, my Department was advised of the recent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme is overseen by the Mortgage Protection Committee which is a sub-committee of the County and City Management Association (CCMA) and is representative of the CCMA, local authorities, the Housing Finance Agency and my Department. The local authority MPI scheme has applied to all house purchase loans approved by local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 592 and 593 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.  Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provided for the transfer of water services functions, with some exceptions, of the city and county...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 595 and 596 together. Mortgage protection insurance must be in place before a Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is drawn down.  The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme is overseen by the Mortgage Protection Committee, which is a sub-committee of the County and City Management Association (CCMA) and is representative of the CCMA,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Eligibility (20 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: Water Meters Data (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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, pursuant to Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 which provided for the transfer to Irish Water of all water services functions conferred on the county and city councils by the Water Services Act...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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. This includes the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs. My Department does not, therefore, retain the information sought by the Deputy. Regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The EU Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive specifies projects which, by virtue of their nature, size or location, are likely to have significant effects on the environment and should be subject to EIA.  The Directive requires projects listed in Annex I of the Directive to be subject to mandatory EIA and provides that Member States may determine whether projects listed in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Asbestos Remediation Programme (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not have any grant available specific to the removal of asbestos from homes.   The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability provide a range of grants for necessary improvement works or adaptations to houses in order to facilitate the continued independent occupancy of their own homes by older people and people with a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018 includes funding of group sewerage schemes, through Measure 4(d) where clustering of households on individual septic tanks is not a viable option, particularly from an environmental perspective. Local authorities were invited in January 2016 to submit bids under the programme. The invitation envisaged no more than two demonstration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Insurance (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is targeted at first time buyers who wish to own their own home, have access to an adequate deposit and have the capacity to repay a mortgage, but who are unable to access a mortgage sufficient for them to purchase their first home. It is a matter for local authorities, as lenders, to satisfy themselves that an applicant(s) has the borrowing and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are by law (Section 63(1) of the Local Government Act 2001) independent in the performance of their functions.  The assessment of applicants and the provision of social housing support is entirely a matter for the local authority concerned in accordance with its allocation scheme. Management of the lists of qualified households awaiting accommodation, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 680 of 13 February 2018.  The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Communications (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The public statement of my predecessor and the associated report were not the subject of the High Court judgment referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy. The case in question concerned a statement made in a press release issued by the Council on 23 April 2013. The plaintiffs brought proceedings against the council claiming that the last paragraph of the press...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not own, either in whole or in part, or control any dwellings. The information requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department is a matter for the individual bodies concerned.  Arrangements have been put in place by each agency to facilitate the provision of information directly to Members of the Oireachtas.  The contact email address for each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Network (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The funding of roads infrastructure generally is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. My Department is not in receipt of any request for funding in respect of roads infrastructure at Archerstown, Thurles, County Tipperary. While my Department will be issuing a call shortly for proposals under the second round of the Local Infrastructure Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (20 Feb 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: , my Department does not gather or publish the information sought by the Deputy. Irish Water is focused on growth activities supporting economic development, including supporting housing development, through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (20 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding under the disabled persons grant, DPG, scheme to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to the existing social housing stock to meet the needs of local authority tenants. The scheme applies to adaptations that are necessary to address the needs of older people or people with a disability who may require stair-lifts, grab-rails, showers, wet-rooms...