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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Through the supports made available under Rebuilding Ireland, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including through working with approved housing bodies. Details on the number of properties purchased and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1762 and 1763 together. The Housing Agency publishes, on a quarterly basis, detailed statistical information on the operation of the MTR scheme, including the number of applications received and completed transactions. This information is available on the Agency's website at the following link: . Following a Review of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of social housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Protected Disclosures (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The submission referred to in the Question was made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and is being examined by my Department in accordance with the provisions of that Act and guidance issued under section 21(1) of the Act for the purpose of assisting public bodies in the performance of their functions under that Act. In its consideration of this submission, my Department is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: As indicated in my reply to Question No. 228 of 4 October 2017, in making a decision on a planning application or appeal, a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area, having regard to the provisions of the relevant development plan, relevant Ministerial or Government policies and guidelines, as well as the views...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Occupational Therapy (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that both HSE and private occupational therapists are routinely engaged by local authorities to assess the needs of applicants for grants under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme.  Also, an applicant may engage a private occupational therapist and have the cost refunded to them as part of the total grant paid, subject to a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1771, 1772 and 1797 together. Through the supports made available from my Department, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use, including through working with approved housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1773, 1774 and 1821 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1780 and 1781 together. 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.  The discussions, which included an examination of expenditure data on schemes, concluded in December when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's new Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016 - 2018 was developed through a working group of key stakeholders involving local authorities, the Water Services Transition Office, Irish Water, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes as well as my Department. Under the new programme there are five different funding measures available for group water schemes as follows:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s new Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018 was developed through a working group of key stakeholders involving local authorities, the Water Services Transition Office, Irish Water, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes as well as my Department. The programme provides for the funding of demonstration Group Sewerage Schemes, through Measure 4(d), where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Following the retirement of the most recent permanent Chief Executive of Galway County Council, in line with section 145(6) of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, the then Minister with responsibility for local government appointed a Temporary Chief Executive to the post. This temporary appointment commenced on 05 July 2014. A permanent appointment has not yet been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The National Planning Framework (NPF), titled 'Ireland 2040 - Our Plan', is intended to set a new long-term strategic planning and investment context for Ireland over the next 20 years.  It will outline a high-level, national vision for Ireland for 2040, and will provide the framework and principles to manage future population and economic growth over the next 20 years (catering for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tank Grants (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, brought into operation a grant scheme to assist with the cost of remediation of septic tanks and domestic waste water treatment systems which are deemed, following inspection under the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Inspection Plan, to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The statutory responsibility for the delivery of social housing and the ongoing maintenance of the 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 now successfully delivering social housing in support of the targets set down under Rebuilding Ireland. Evidence of this fact can be seen from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services was published in April 2017 and approved by both Houses of the Oireachtas.  The Government approved in September 2017 the recommendations of the Report of the Working Group on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services, which, consistent with the recommendations of report of the Joint...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1794 and 1795 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 €15,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016 and a review of the Scheme will be published shortly.  The current 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: Approved Housing Bodies (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I am assuming the Question is referring to the number of houses in the ownership of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). While my Department does not record details of the number of houses owned by each AHB,  details relating to the number of accommodation units they have delivered using funding provided under my Department's Capital Assistance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1799 and 1801 together. Statistics in relation to social housing stock are collated by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in their annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities.  These statistics are set out by local authority and include the percentage of such dwellings that were vacant at the end of the year, with...