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

Eoghan Murphy: Local Property Tax (LPT) was introduced to provide an alternative, stable and sustainable funding base for the local authority sector, providing greater levels of connection between local revenue raising and associated expenditure decisions and making the taxation system less dependent on other taxes. In accordance with Government decisions on local retention of LPT, certain local authorities...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I understand the Question refers to the General Scheme of a Rates Bill. Commercial rates form an important element of the funding of all local authorities. However, the legislative basis for the levying of rates is spread over a number of enactments, some dating back to the 19th century. Many of the provisions are outdated and not suitable for business trends in the modern era. My...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant properties across Ireland. The scheme is targeted at owners of vacant properties who cannot afford or access the funding needed to bring their properties up to the required standard...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The figure of between 50 and 100 housing developments referred to in the Question was based on indications from housing provider representative organisations that they had received approximately 75 enquiries relating to further extensions of the duration of planning permissions of the type addressed in the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2017.  While my...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a revised regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction, under the proposed title of the European Union (Licensing of Large-Scale Extraction of Peat) Regulations. Under the proposed new arrangements, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be required...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Data collection and validation in relation to Part V output for 2016 had not been completed by March 2017 and, accordingly, any such data available at that point would have been provisional/incomplete.  The final data were placed on my Department's website later in the year.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) is independent of the Department in the performance of its functions and I am therefore not in a position to comment on specific aspects of its work. However, NOAC may be contacted directly at .

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

Eoghan Murphy: Vacant social houses, categorised as voids, are those in need of far greater levels of repair than normal re-letting works, to bring them up to a suitable letting condition. They are vacant pending that work.   Strong funding support has been provided to all local authorities to remediate such vacant social housing so that the homes involved can be re-let as soon...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Gross motor tax receipts for each licensing authority for 2016 and for January to November 2017 are set out in the following tables.  The online receipts figures include vehicle licences and arrears. Motor tax office receipts figures incorporate vehicle licences, arrears, miscellaneous receipts, trade plates, and goods vehicles trailer licences....

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. My Department is not aware of any significant withholding of applications or withdrawals as a result of the introduction of the Guidelines in 2015.  The intention of the focussed review of the current Guidelines is to examine the scope for any further planning measures that could be deployed in relation...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. My Department’s publication Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities (2007) for local authorities, sets out the principles and criteria that are important in the design of social housing, in order to facilitate the delivery of better homes, better neighbourhoods and better urban spaces. The guidelines provide appropriate...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 274 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) Scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. There are currently more than 30,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and over 20,000 landlords and agents in receipt of HAP payments. HAP is a flexible and immediate form of social housing support...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services rests with individual housing authorities. For the purposes of funding under section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 and the delivery and coordination of services, lead authorities are in place in nine regions countrywide.  Housing authorities operate the Pathway Accommodation &...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each housing authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band are based on an assessment of the income needed to provide for a household's basic...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and the day-to-day delivery of services for homeless persons, which the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277, 280 and 281 together. There are two primary funding mechanisms provided by my Department to facilitate the purchase of properties for social housing purposes by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). Under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), funding of up to 100% of project costs may be advanced by local authorities to AHBs to provide...

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

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently 547 housing bodies with approved status. The register of AHBs, which contains the details of their registered headquarters, can be found on my Department's website at: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/social-housing/voluntary-and-coop erative-housing/register-housing-bodies-approved-status.

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

Eoghan Murphy: There are a range of funding and delivery mechanisms available to local authorities to deliver social housing supports in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies, i.e. through the Capital Assistance Scheme, the Capital Loans and Subsidy Scheme, the Communal Facilities Scheme, the Approved Housing Body Mortgage to Rent Scheme, the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) and the Social Housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Oversight of Approved Housing Bodies is currently conducted through a Voluntary Regulation Code (VRC), titled Building for the Future, A Voluntary Regulation Code for Approved Housing Bodies in Ireland, which was published by my Department in July 2013. The following year, the Department established an Interim Regulation Committee (IRC) to oversee the implementation of the voluntary...