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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government recognises the serious challenge we face in terms of housing which is why increasing and accelerating housing delivery to meet demand across the full spectrum of housing needs is at the heart of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan.  In terms of producing more homes, building more social housing homes on the State’s housing land bank is crucial. That...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Addressing our housing shortage and homelessness crisis is the number one priority and Rebuilding Ireland is focused on increasing and accelerating housing delivery, across all tenures. It should be noted that the funding for the social housing element of Rebuilding Ireland was increased from €5.35 billion to over €6 billion in Budget 2018. €1.9...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware, Housing First provides direct access to housing and to the intensive health, addiction and personal supports required for people who are homeless and have complex needs. This includes rough sleepers, long-term users of emergency accommodation, young people exiting care, and those exiting institutions, such as prisons and hospitals. Evidence in Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department and I are in regular contact with all local authorities, including Fingal County Council, in order to accelerate and progress the social housing delivery programme.  In relation to social housing construction activity in general, my Department publishes comprehensive status reports on a quarterly basis, of social housing construction schemes for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In May 2016, the Government designated Poolbeg West as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) because of its potential to deliver a large proportion of the extra homes needed in the centre of Dublin. The next step in realising the potential of the SDZ was the publication for consultation by Dublin City Council of a detailed planning scheme for the area.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland targets the delivery of 50,000 social homes by 2021, supported by investment of €6 billion, with almost 33,500 to be delivered via construction activity, both by local authorities and by approved housing bodies. The target of 50,000 is an increase over the originally targeted 47,000 social homes and under the review of Rebuilding Ireland, I announced in September...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government acknowledges the affordability pressures faced by households with low to moderate incomes in particular parts of the country. It is precisely for that reason that Rebuilding Ireland has prioritised the supply of new homes to meet current and pent-up demand as well as helping to moderate house prices and rents. For households in the lowest income brackets, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently more than 30,000 households being supported by the scheme. On average, 350 new households are supported by HAP each week in 2017, and the Rebuilding Ireland 2017 target of supporting 15,000 additional households with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 12June 2017, my Department received a report from Senior Counsel regarding his Review Into Certain Planning Matters In Respect Of County Donegal. My Department is currently reviewing and assessing the contents of Senior Counsel’s report and I have requested the advice of the Attorney General in respect of a number of points. When I have received the Attorney’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since October 2013, the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), in conjunction with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), has produced the RTB Rent Index on a quarterly basis. The RTB Rent Index is the most accurate and authoritative rent report of its kind on the residential rented sector in Ireland. It is generated using the actual rent figures provided when...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government recognises the potential role that credit unions can play in housing finance and supports the efforts of the Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank to gradually lift current lending restrictions as appropriate, including for housing development.  The Programme further provides for consideration, with all stakeholders, as to how credit...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: At last September's Housing Summit, I emphasised the need for all housing authorities to have sufficient capacity in emergency accommodation and to have appropriate facilities in place for every person sleeping rough, on any night of the week. I instructed the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, at that time, to set about ensuring the delivery of 200 additional permanent emergency beds by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I intend to amend the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, as soon as possible in order to classify data centres above a specified threshold as strategic infrastructural developments.  This change will mean that applications for planning permission for specified data centres will be made directly to An Bord Pleanála and will not have to be submitted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In publishing Social Housing Construction Status Reports, my Department is being transparent in relation to the status, at each quarter, of all approved social housing construction projects.  The information provided includes details of each project, whether completed, on site, at procurement or at earlier stages of advancement. With the funding made available in Budget 2018, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was initially piloted in Carlow and Waterford and the pilot has been rolled out nationally since 23 February last. The scheme is one of a suite of measures available to local authorities to bring vacant properties back into use. Since the national roll out my Department has been working intensively with local authorities and AHBs to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The active management of the publicly owned housing land bank is part of a range of actions being progressed under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, designed to accelerate and increase housing output. This is complementary to actions already undertaken to streamline the planning process, reform development contributions, and invest some €226 million in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The 2016 NOAC report published in November 2016 refers to Performance Indicators in Local Authorities 2015.  The figures in the report, indicating the percentage of local authority housing stock not tenanted at end 2015, are based on the number of vacant units at the end of 2015, regardless of the reason for non-occupation or the length of time the dwelling has been unoccupied.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2011, the Government announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes, including the shared ownership scheme.  From 1991 to 2010, a total of 16,492 loans were issued under the scheme, of which 3,585 remained at the end of Q1 2017.  A review of the shared ownership scheme was undertaken in 2013.  The review was not intended for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Recognising the serious challenge we face in terms of housing, the Government has prioritised the development and implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness.  Rebuilding Ireland is a €6 billion, multi-annual, broadly based action plan which seeks to increase the overall supply of new homes to 25,000 per annum by 2020; deliver an additional...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (7 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 52 together. With regard to data on vacant homes (excluding holiday homes), Census 2016 indicates that there were 183,312 dwellings identified as vacant on the Census night of 24 April 2016. However, anecdotal evidence suggests that the levels of vacancy recorded as part of Census 2016 have significantly reduced in the interim, particularly in...