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

Eoghan Murphy: Data in relation to the quantity of void local authority stock is not collected by my Department.  Statistics on vacant stock for local authority social housing are, however, set out in the report of the National Oversight and Audit Commission on A Review of the Management and Maintenance of Local Authority Housing, published in May 2017, which is available at the following link: .

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

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently 10 applications with my Department, submitted by bodies seeking Approved Housing Body status in accordance with Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to funding provided to each of the Dublin local authorities for refurbishing voids, purchase of properties for social housing purposes and the construction of local authority social housing is provided in the following tables. The data includes amounts self-funded by the Dublin authorities from surplus Local Property Tax receipts. In...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In the Dublin Region, the Dublin Region Homeless Executive operates across the four housing authorities, as a shared service to coordinate on homeless issues from a housing authority perspective and to liaise with the other stakeholders and partner organisations. Furthermore, I recently established a new Homelessness Inter-Agency Group, chaired by a former Secretary General, to examine how...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory summary of social housing assessments, which are now being carried out an annual basis. The most recently published statutory summary of social housing assessments relates to the assessment carried out in 2016. This records the number of households on all...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 294 together. In relation to the number of new housing starts or new houses that will become available for renting, over the coming period, the housing activity reports, which are available on my Department’s website, show that 19,246 new homes were granted planning permission in the 12 months to end-June 2017,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the Deputy is referring to households who on income grounds, do not qualify for social housing and who also are deemed ineligible for a local authority mortgage. In relation to sites for affordable housing that would assist the households the Deputy refers to, on 10 July 2017, I attended the hand-over ceremony for the first five of 49 affordable homes delivered...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 and 292 together. Local authorities have a number of options available to them in meeting social housing needs, and these include the provision of low cost sites to persons qualified for social housing support on which they would build their own homes. Another option which could be utilised by a local authority, where it considers it appropriate, is...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The information sought in respect of funding provided for capital and current housing programmes to each of the local authorities in the Greater Dublin Area in 2016 and to date in 2017, is set out in the following table. The data includes amounts self-funded by these local authorities from surplus Local Property Tax receipts. There is no precise amount of funding notified to individual local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Information on the number of vacant county council stock at any given time is not collected by my Department, as occupancy and vacancy of social housing changes continuously. This is as would be expected where there are approximately 130,000 such homes with tenancies that are subject to change. My Department has been providing strong funding support to all local authorities to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The most recently published statutory summary of social housing assessments relates to the assessment carried out in 2016. This records the number of households on all local authority waiting lists, as at 21 September 2016. The results of the 2016 summary show that there were 91,600 households deemed qualified for, and in need of social housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 amended section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, relating to the arrangements for the approval by local authorities of their own development proposals, often referred to as the Part 8 process.  This amendment required a supporting amendment to the Planning and Development Regulations...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports, including rapid build homes.  There has been significant pressure to ramp-up rapid build delivery, which local authorities have been responding to positively.  As the Deputy will be aware, rapid delivery housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take questions Nos. 299 to 301, inclusive, together. Kildare County Council, along with all other local authorities, is being funded to increase significantly its delivery of social housing as part of Rebuilding Ireland.  In Budget 2018, I secured €1.9 billion for housing programmes next year, a 46% increase over 2017.  It will support the housing needs of 25,500...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Addressing our housing shortage and homelessness crisis is the Government's number one priority.  The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is focused on  increasing and accelerating housing delivery, across all tenures. The funding earmarked for the social housing element of the Action Plan was increased from €5.35 billion to over €6 billion in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of the area to establish whether or not it meets the criteria for designation and to report to the...

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: Constitutional Amendments (6 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 and 260 together. The issue of the right to housing was debated in Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann recently.  Arising from this, a motion to refer the Eighth Report of the Convention on the Constitution, which dealt with economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to housing, to the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (6 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Following engagement between the European Commission and my Department regarding the 2013 European Court of Justice ruling in the Flemish Decree case, a working group, comprising senior representatives from my Department and planning authorities, was established in May 2017 to review and, where necessary, recommend changes to the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Judicial Reviews (6 Dec 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As neither the State, nor I as Minister, is a party to this particular judicial review, I am not in a position to indicate the present status of the case. Furthermore, under Section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), I am statutorily precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any case in which a planning authority or An Bord...