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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not received any further submissions or proposals in relation to this turnkey housing project since the previous decision was made. Therefore there is no change on the previous position.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Oversight & Audit Commission (NOAC) collects and publishes data on social housing related issues in local authorities, including the number of dwellings in the ownership of each authority, numbers sold, demolished or planned for demolition. This data is available in NOAC’s Annual Performance Indicator Reports for the years 2014-2018; the most recent data on a local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the sale of local authority houses each year. This information can be accessed on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affordble/o ther-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics Data for 2019 sales will be published when they become available, this is expected to be towards the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or the associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Any development that is carried out without planning permission or that does not comply with the terms of a planning permission is unauthorised development and may be subject to enforcement action by a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Initial afforestation is subject to a statutory development consent system under the Forestry Regulations 2017, administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.  The 2017 Regulations make specific provision for public consultation in the application and approval processes relating to afforestation developments. As part of the statutory public consultation process,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the actions under the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness – Rebuilding Ireland, the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the Act) introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation or shared accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: With regard to development contributions, my role as Minister is generally to provide the necessary legislative and policy framework governing development contribution schemes operated by planning authorities. Under sections 48 and 49 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, planning authorities may levy development contributions. The basis for the determination of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Initially, funding of up to €200 million for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan was raised by the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) from a variety of sources, on a fixed rate basis for periods out to thirty years maturity.  Based on the pricing achieved, local authorities could offer a first tranche of fixed-rate annuity finance to eligible borrowers at rates of 2.0% and 2.25% per...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Finance Agency (HFA) plc is a non-commercial semi-State company under the aegis of the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government, limited by shares under the terms of the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981. The principal objectives of the company are to advance funds to local authorities and approved housing bodies to be used by them for any purpose authorised under the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Development Plan 2018-2027 provides for the delivery of 112,000 new social homes over the next decade, supported by capital funding of €11.6 billion.  These 112,000 new social homes will be delivered through a range of mechanisms, including build, acquisitions and long term leasing.  It should be noted that the delivery of the 112,000 new social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: All three of the current expenditure funded schemes – 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: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. The annual cost of the three schemes to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021 to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands.  A maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 is available per home. This sum is comprised of €44,500 (or 89%)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021 to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands.  A maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 is available per home. This sum comprises  €44,500 (or 89%)...

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Senator for proposing this amendment. It is good practice to consult on such statements of strategy and that is commonly done. The new Office of the Planning Regulator, which I established earlier this year, had a six-week public consultation process. The Senator mentioned the balance between the independence of a regulatory body and the need for engagement and consultation...

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The intent of the report is the opposite of what the Deputy has suggested. Where allegations are made against a housing body and an investigation is commenced, which may take some time, an interim report would allow some of the clouds hanging over that body to be lifted, at least in terms of public opinion. It might clarify that there are no concerns around financial governance, for...

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee and Remaining Stages (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My admiration for housing bodies and the work they do is clear. I try to support them at every stage possible. Regulation is a part of that support and is an important part of what we are trying to do when it comes to housing. I thank my officials for their work in progressing this Bill. I thank Senators for their co-operation, particularly Senator Kelleher for her co-operation with her...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The capital allocations for my Department over the period 2020-22, as announced in Project Ireland 2040: National Development Plan 2018-2027, are set out below (no specific Departmental allocations were made in respect of 2023-25): Capital Allocations 2020-22 (€m) 2020 2021 2022 Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently drafting Regulations to further amend the exempted development provisions of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, which are required to be made prior to the commencement of section 8 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 in order to facilitate the operation of this amendment. Due to the complexity of some of the issues arising, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Valuation Tribunal is an independent body under the Valuation Acts of 1988 and 2001. It deals with appeals against decisions of the Commissioner of Valuation on the valuation of commercial properties for rating purposes and appeals against determinations of market value on derelict sites or vacant sites made by local authorities under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 and the Urban Regeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not have any credit cards issued to Ministers or officials. My Department operates a Purchase Card system, which was implemented in July 2019 and was drawn down from the Office of Government Procurement framework agreement for the provision of purchasing card programmes to the Irish Public Sector. The Purchase Cards replaced credit card use in my Department. The information...