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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Over the course of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the Government is committed to meeting the housing needs of over 138,000 households. This will be achieved through blended delivery, involving increasing the social housing stock by 50,000 homes, through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, and supporting some 88,000 further households through the Housing Assistance Payment and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In the judgment delivered on 12 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-261/18 (the Derrybrien Wind farm case) ruled against Ireland and imposed the lump sum fine of €5m referred to in the question. While detailed payment instructions are awaited from the EU Commission, the lump sum fine of €5m will likely be payable before end 2019. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan must be of good credit standing and have a satisfactory credit record. The Housing Agency provides a central credit assessment service to local authorities and credit checks are undertaken as part of the credit assessment process. The final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its credit committee on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A voted provision of €1.2 billion is included in the 2019 Estimates in respect of Irish Water’s domestic water services operational and capital expenditure in 2019. At the end of September 2019 €806m of this provision had been provided to Irish Water. I expect to be providing the full €1.2 billion to Irish Water in 2019 in respect of Irish Water’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department oversees a number of legislative provisions aimed at addressing dereliction and vacancy in our cities and towns, including the derelict sites levy. The only circumstances under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 where the derelict sites levy may be waived is on hardship grounds. In this connection, section 26 of the Act provides as follows: 26.-'Where, in the opinion of a local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness recognises the key contribution that Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) make to the delivery of social housing. Approximately 34,000 homes are managed by AHBs, meeting the housing needs of families on low income, older persons, persons with disabilities and households experiencing homelessness. AHBs are committed to delivering a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authority land utilisation and activation is, in the first instance, a matter for the local authority and its elected members including the development of its land for the delivery of affordable housing. In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 to 524, inclusive, together. Details of the number of homes constructed and acquired in each local authority area, are available on my Department's website at the following link www.housing.gov.ie/node/6338. I also publish details on the outputs under Part V arrangements and these are also available on the website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. In parallel to the announcement local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding schemes or projects in their functional areas, with the deadline for receipt of proposals set as 14 March 2019. The new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities are empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market value of relevant vacant sites in 2018. The rate of the levy has increased to 7% for sites on a local authority vacant sites register from 2019 onwards and in respect of which site owners will become liable to with effect from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government I have not met with any representatives from insurance companies or Insurance Ireland since taking office in June 2017. In the period since 1 January 2016, my Department has met with the insurance sector on a number of occasions as outlined in the following table. Date of Meeting Insurance Company Purpose of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, provide the basis for the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme for existing local authority houses. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The following table sets out the recoupment by my Department to local authorities each year since 2016 for Group Sewerage Schemes. Local Authority 2016 2017 2018 2019 - (up to 18/11/19) € € € € Cavan 80,274.36 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2019, over 62,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 48,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 28,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. Details...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals. At the end of Q2 2019, over 62,700 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 48,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 28,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by the scheme. HAP...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) was established in 2004 and placed responsibility on local authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of Rent Supplement for 18 months or longer, and who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. RAS provides a more structured, accommodation-based approach to the use of the private rented sector to meet long-term housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP) supports the delivery of social housing by providing financial support to local authorities for the long term leasing of houses and apartments from a range of different sources including Repair and Leasing, Enhanced Leasing and Long-term leasing. In addition, SHCEP supports the current costs of dwellings delivered by AHBs under my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Article 27 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, planning authorities are required to publish on their websites weekly lists of all new planning applications. The lists must be published within five working days following a particular week. With regard to the documentation linked to a planning application, there is no statutory requirement to publish planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Question is referring to a development in Boherboy Road, Mayfield, Cork City, that I launched with An Taoiseach on 16 November 2019. From the outset, I would like to clarify that this development comprises homes that will be made available for purchase under the affordable dwelling purchase arrangements rather than being made available for rental. In line with the commitments in...