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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has one contract in place with Capita Transformation, as detailed in the following table. Description of Contract Value of Contract € Year of Contract Conclusion Contract Renewal Date Provision of Business Process Mapping and associated recommendations 95,000 2017 N/A The information in relation to agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is encouraging the use of rapid build methodologies, including modular build, for accelerated delivery of social housing units and considerable progress is being made. In that regard, my Department recently asked all local authorities to review the social housing projects in their areas and in the interest of achieving earliest delivery, they have been requested to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Public participation is a long established and crucial element of all substantive decision-making processes under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended. In this regard, the 2001 Regulations require an applicant for planning permission to give public notice of a planning application on site and in a newspaper approved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Standards (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 63 of the 1966 Act refers specifically to the sleeping arrangements of persons in a dwelling and sets out a definition of overcrowding in accommodation for the purpose of the Housing Acts. Paragraph (a) of the definition states that a dwelling is deemed overcrowded when the sleeping arrangements are such that any two opposite-sex persons aged 10 or more who are not married must sleep...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2017. All landlords have a legal obligation to ensure that their rented properties comply with these regulations. Responsibility for the enforcement of the regulations rests with the relevant local authority. Following enactment of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not collect specific statistical information on the estimated number of overcrowded households, as sought by the Deputy. Housing statistics that are collected by my Department can be accessed on my Department's website at the following link: . However, the Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) does collate information from all Local Authorities. Table...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Dublin Metropolitan Area as defined by the National Transport Authority (NTA) Transport Strategy for Dublin referenced in the National Planning Framework (NPF) is not the same as Dublin City and Suburbs as defined and mapped by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for census and statistical purposes. Dublin City and suburbs is a smaller, more compact area.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Two Special Advisers, Mr. Jack O'Donnell and Ms. Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, are employed in my Department.  Both are paid by my Department on the Principal Officer (Standard) PPC pay scale (€81,767 - €100,333).  There are no Special Advisers employed in respect of the Ministers of State in my Department. Immediately prior to the formation of the current...

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

Eoghan Murphy: While my Department’s Press Office generally provides photographic services when required, the services of external photographers were engaged on 7occasions since January 2017. The details are set out in the following table. Event Cost (incl. VAT) Launch of the public consultation of the NPF – Ireland 2040 413.95 Campaign to prevent dog attacks on sheep 430.50 HAP...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Action 5.1 of the Government's Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness - Rebuilding Ireland, which was published in July 2016, commits to the development of a National Vacant Housing Re-Use Strategy informed by Census 2016 data, to - - inform the compilation of a register of vacant units across the country, - identify the number, location and reasons for longer-term vacancies (i.e....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The economic downturn had a significant negative impact on our urban centres giving rise to increased vacancy and dereliction in our cities, towns and villages. In recognition of this, the Programme for a Partnership Government published in May 2016 set out an ambitious priority for urban renewal with a view to breathing life back into our urban centres and helping...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, which provides for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme, a household in receipt of another form of social housing support, such as accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS), will not generally be eligible for HAP. A key principle of the HAP scheme is that eligible households source their own...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (7 Nov 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.  The Programme further provides for consideration, with all stakeholders, as to how credit unions can...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1346 and 1352 together. The provision of a fire service in its area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs, the provision of a premises and the making of such other provisions as it considers necessary or desirable, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the provisions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Data (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1347 to 1349, inclusive, together. My Department does not hold or collate the data referred to by the Deputy in relation to the number of landlords who are registered as both a landlord and tenant of a residential property.  The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB), through its tenancy registration system, collects information on tenancies and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support provided by all local authorities. Under HAP, eligible households source their own accommodation in the private rented sector and the tenancy agreement is between the HAP recipient and the private landlord. The local authority does not have a role in the tenancy. As with other private rental tenancies, the Residential...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department gave approval-in-principle for the development of special needs social housing at Rhebogue at a cost of €3.8m.  This approval was subject to planning permission and to the successful advancement of the project on technical and cost grounds.  The costs sought initially for the project were €3.9m. The advancement of this project, including the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The 2016 Annual Progress Report on Unfinished Housing Developments, published in March 2017, highlighted that the number of ‘unfinished’ developments had reduced by over 85% from just under 3,000 developments in 2010 to 420 developments in 2016, with 248 developments resolved in 2016 alone. Funding of the resolution process is now centred around...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities to acquire a range of properties for social housing use.  The properties involved can range from those in good condition to those that need remediation and may have been vacant.  To ensure a local-led response to such work, responsibility for property acquisitions is delegated to local authorities. To further...