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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 landlord must state a reason for the termination in any notice served. The reason must be one of those...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The purpose of the voids programme is to ensure that vacant units are actively targeted and returned to productive use as quickly as possible, particularly homes that would likely remain vacant for a significant period of time because of the cost of the works required.  Funding these refurbishments and bringing such units back into active use means that households, who would...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness has put in place the funding required to accelerate the delivery of social housing across all local authority areas. €6 billion in exchequer investment has been secured to support its implementation and to deliver 50,000 social housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisitions and leasing, over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department approved overall funding of €5.68 million for Meath County Council, under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF), for the provision of an access road at the site in Farganstown, Navan, Co. Meath. This will enable the construction of some 400 homes, both social and private, on the associated private and state owned sites. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government recognises that housing affordability is a major issue for some households in parts of the country, including Galway. While initiatives introduced to date are having a positive impact and will have a greater impact in time, the need for further targeted measures is recognised. For this reason, on 22 January, I announced a package of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 24 January 2018, which sets out the position in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 115 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: On 15 January last, I published indicative national figures for social housing output for 2017. These are available at the following link on my Department's website: . Following completion of the necessary validation process, the full breakdown of this delivery for 2017, including by local authority area, will be published on my Department's website.  In the meantime, details...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified and on waiting lists for social housing support in each local authority area, are set out in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments. The most recent summary, which was carried out in 2017, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists, as at 28 June 2017 and can be accessed on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Acts regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and set out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. Furthermore, the Residential Tenancies Board was established as an independent statutory body to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Under the Acts, where a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: In December 2017, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) made a decision on their review of the classification of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for Government accounting purposes. They found that 14 of the 16 largest AHBs should be re-classified as falling within the public sector, under the broad local government classification. While a final decision has yet to be taken by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Portfolio (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The folio of lands referred to by the Deputy is in the ownership of the Housing Agency. The lands were purchased by the National Building Agency around 10 years ago and in the course of winding up the National Building Agency, this asset transferred to the Housing Agency. Any disposal of land now in the ownership of the Housing Agency is subject to normal due diligence procedures. I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have received the correspondence referred to by the Deputy. As the Deputy is aware, I have no role in the approval process set down in section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) and Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) for proposed developments by local authorities that fall within the classes of development prescribed under section 179...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities are by law (Section 63(1) of the Local Government Act 2001) independent in the performance of their functions. This means that the provision of social housing support is entirely a matter for the local authority concerned in accordance with its allocation scheme. It is the local authority, which assesses housing applicants, taking into account factors such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 to 309, inclusive, 311, 312 and 345 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 83 on today's Order Paper, which outlines the position with regard to the development of an affordable rental scheme, to be based on a cost rental model. In addition, the policy aim in relation to affordable rental is to enable local authorities, in urban areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I have approved a Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) project for the South Docks in Cork City for the construction of road infrastructure and parks at a total cost of €15.50 million.  This public infrastructure will stimulate associated housing delivery of approximately 620 housing units by 2021 and it is expected that these apartments will be primarily for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 1 January 2014 Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of public water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Under the European Communities (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, suppliers of drinking water are required to ensure that the water supplied is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities to acquire a range of properties for social housing use. The properties involved can range from those in good condition to those that need remediation and may have been vacant. To ensure a local led response to such work, responsibility for property acquisitions is delegated to local authorities. To further assist local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a review of the two existing local authority home loan schemes, the House Purchase Loan and the Home Choice Loan, I am introducing a new loan offering, known as the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, with effect from tomorrow, 1 February 2018. The new loan will enable credit worthy first time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 317 and 329 together. In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017,  fire authorities were requested to carry out a preliminary survey to identify buildings of more than six storeys, or more than 18m in height, fitted with external cladding or rain screen systems, with or without insulation, and to consider whether use of the power under...