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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 539 together. Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website. The statistics collected relate to the total numbers of: - Invalid applications received, - Applications received for outline permission and full permission, - Decisions to grant/refuse...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 126 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, An Bord Pleanála (the Board) has a statutory objective to determine appeals within 18 weeks.  During the period January to October 2017, the Board disposed of 1,763 cases.  The breakdown of these cases is as follows: Cases Disposed Number disposed in 2017 as of end October 2017 Number...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties Data (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of their remit under Census 2016, the Census enumerators employed by the Central Statistics Office were mandated to ascertain the number of vacant residential homes in their assigned areas on the Census night of 24 April 2016 and, where possible, to ascertain the reasons for such dwellings being vacant and unoccupied. Of the 183,312 dwellings identified as vacant on the Census...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 618 of 21 November 2017, which set out the funding provided for the provision of social housing by local authorities and approved housing bodies over the period 2007 to 2017. In respect of the provision of funding by my Department for land acquisition, the land costs associated with the delivery of social housing construction projects are encompassed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 611, 627 and 629 of 21 November 2017 which sets out the position in relation to this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My predecessor as Minister, in conjunction with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, announced an emerging "preferred draft approach" to the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in June 2017.A copy of the announcement is available on my Department’s website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (29 Nov 2017)

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 support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. The Water Services Strategic Plan - A Plan for the Future of Water Services (WSSP), which was published in October 2015, set out strategic objectives for the delivery of water services for 25 years up to 2040. The WSSP...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (29 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 545 and 546 together. The Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness provides for the delivery of 50,000 social housing homes out to 2021. This ambitious target is supported by funding of over €6 billion. This will be achieved using a range of delivery mechanisms including build, remediation, acquisition and leasing....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Certain data on loan approvals and payments in respect of new homes for the years 1970 to 2006 and 2007 to 2016 are available on my Department’s website. Due to a change in data sources for lending institution information, loan payments data up to and including 2006 are not directly comparable to the information from 2007 onwards. The data from 2007 onwards relates to loan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 682, 705 to 710, inclusive, and 713 together. The Wind Energy Development Guidelines 2006 provide advice to planning authorities on catering for wind energy through the development plan and development management processes. The Guidelines are also intended to ensure a consistency of approach throughout the country in the identification of suitable locations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Boundaries (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I established the Cork Local Government Implementation Oversight Group to oversee arrangements for the alteration of the boundary between the respective areas of jurisdiction of Cork City Council and Cork County Council, in light of the recommendation in the report of the Cork Expert Advisory Group. The group submitted an interim implementation plan in September 2017 as requested by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards Data (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 687 and 693 together. Details in relation to the membership of State Boards under the aegis of my Department, including the dates of appointment and mechanisms of appointment, are available on the Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/corporate/transparency-data/appointments-...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The first call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016 and 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017. Fingal County Council submitted four projects under the call in October 2016, including a distributor road in Donabate, an access road in Oldtown/Mooretown, road updgrade, wetlands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In its report published in April 2017, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services recommended that that the principles of equity of treatment and equivalent financial support be applied equally between households using public water services and those availing of private water services. It recommended that the Department of Housing, Planning and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding is provided through my Department's Rural Water Programme to the National Federation of Group Water Schemes to support their work within the group water sector. The funding provided to the Federation since its formation in 1998 is set out in the table hereunder. Following a routine internal audit in 2013 which highlighted the accumulation of cash surpluses by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s Rural Water Programme, prior to 2016, provided capital funding to group water schemes through a series of funding measures based on block grants. The block grants were made annually to local authorities who administer the programme on behalf of my Department. These block grants, enabling capital works to group water schemes, were made under the following measures of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, housing authorities may provide assistance to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for the provision and management of housing accommodation. As Minister, I am empowered to grant approved status to housing bodies for this purpose. AHBs are independent, not-for-profit organisations, which can also include housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I can confirm that Clúid Housing Association have received approval from my Department under the Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) to acquire 13 homes at the site concerned.  I understand from the local authority that the units are currently undergoing refurbishment works, which are due to be finished early in 2018. Once these works are complete,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (28 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 695 and 696 together. Housing authorities submit reports to my Department on a monthly basis regarding the number of individuals utilising emergency accommodation arrangements that are funded by housing authorities; these official homeless reports are published on my Department's website and can be accessed using the following link:...