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

Eoghan Murphy: The fire safety strategy and associated procedures to ensure the safety of people in buildings is the responsibility of the person having control over the premises. It is for the management of the building to implement the design strategy for fire safety and put procedures in place, including procedures for evacuation of the building, where necessary in the event of fire, and to ensure that...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In late 2017, my Department conducted a review of group water schemes' subsidies. 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 levels.  The new subsidy arrangements, endorsed by a special delegate conference of the...

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

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

Eoghan Murphy: The large majority of social housing projects initiated by local authorities are implemented through standard contracts for public works, following a competitive tendering process. Contractors in such cases are paid on a staged basis as the project advances. Local authorities may also acquire social housing either through acquisitions of second-hand or newly completed houses,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Two Special Advisers, Mr. Jack O'Donnell and Ms. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, are employed in my Department, both of whom work across a wide range of areas within the remit of my Department including Housing, Planning, Local Government, Water Services and Electoral Reform. Immediately prior to his appointment, Mr. O'Donnell was employed as Deputy Government Press...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 351 together. Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA), which are now being carried out on an annual basis. The most recently published statutory SSHA relates to the assessment carried out in June 2017....

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336 and 355 together. The active management of the publicly owned housing land bank is part of a range of complementary actions being progressed under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, designed to accelerate and increase housing output. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No 72 on today's Order Paper which sets out the position on this matter.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 338, 348 to 350, inclusive, and 354 together. The Government has made housing a top priority and, through the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, has a framework in place to deliver an increase and acceleration in the supply of high quality housing, including social and affordable homes particularly in the major urban areas where demand is greatest. In order...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339 and 340 together. Official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a monthly basis and can be accessed using the following link: . These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS).  These reports capture details of individuals utilising...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 347 together. A landlord or an agent acting on behalf of a landlord is not legally obliged to enter into a tenancy agreement with a Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) recipient. However, since 1 January 2016, a person cannot be discriminated against when renting because they are in receipt of certain housing related payments, including HAP. If...

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

Eoghan Murphy: While there is no universally agreed price or rent to income ratio, or minimum residual income requirement, there is general agreement that lower-income households in particular should not be paying more than one third of their disposable income on rent or mortgage repayments. Affordability of housing is also influenced by factors including the ability to secure mortgage finance, the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 22 January, I announced a package of initiatives to help alleviate affordability pressures faced by households, particularly in areas of high housing demand and high accommodation costs. This includes a new affordable rental scheme, to be based on a cost rental model. Further details on the suite of initiatives announced on 22 January can be found at . The cost rental model, currently...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In 2007, the Affordable Homes Partnership commissioned a report, Increasing Affordable Housing Supply, to consider how the range of affordable housing mechanisms might be improved or expanded by new initiatives to increase the supply and accelerate the delivery of affordable housing. The work was guided by a Steering Group, chaired by my Department and comprising...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 4:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: “— notes that the Government, through its Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, has prioritised measures to stimulate housing supply at more affordable prices and rents; — acknowledges that the initial primary focus has been on delivering homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (30 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 639 of 23 January 2018.  The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (30 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the terms of the Land Aggregation Scheme (LAGS), lands accepted into the Scheme must be transferred to the ownership of the Housing Agency. The Housing Agency now holds the legal title to the land transferred into its ownership and is responsible, in the first instance, for the development of those sites. A detailed database and GIS map of Land Aggregation Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (30 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 625 and 626 together. 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 1 February 2018. The new loan will enable credit worthy first time buyers to access sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (30 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Information on the number and value of local authority house purchase loans, issued from 2011 to Q3 2017, is available on my Department's website at the following weblink: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/house-prices-lo ans-and-profile-borrowers/local-authority-loan-activity. 0; Data in relation to Q4 2017 will be published on the website when finalised in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (30 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including heating systems and the achievement of energy efficiency, is a matter for each relevant local authority, and it is open to each authority to address maintenance or improvements to their housing stock from within their own resources. My Department operates certain funding programmes to support local authorities in...