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

Eoghan Murphy: Mortgage to Rent transactions require the sale of a property by a lender, subsequent to its voluntary surrender by a borrower, to an Approved Housing Body.  As with any property conveyance, charges relating to the property including water charges are required to be discharged prior to the completion of the sale.  The Housing Agency publishes detailed statistics on a...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Voids Programme, introduced in 2014 by my Department, provides additional support to local authorities in preparing vacant units for reletting.  This funding is available as an additional support over and above what local authorities provide themselves towards such work. There were 2,326, 2,696 and 2,090 vacant social homes brought back into productive use in 2014, 2015 and 2016,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department, under Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, has established a Working Group consisting of all the major public stakeholders with interest in Short Term Letting. The Working Group will report to the Minister on the appropriate regulatory approach for short term lettings and the identification of any necessary amendments to legislation required to give effect to such...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing PPP Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million.  It is to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles.  The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, is to provide over 500 units in the Greater Dublin Area.  Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible under EU law for the reporting of Government finance statistics, including deficit and debt. This includes classifying organisations and transactions according to the legislation underpinning the compilation of national accounts in the European Union through the ‘European System of Accounts’ (ESA 2010). These legally...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1362 and 1363 together. Of the 50,000 social housing units to be delivered under the  Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, almost 33,500 will be constructed, while 6,500 will be purchased by local authorities and approved housing bodies, directly from the market or through the Housing Agency, with a portion of these being newly...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The initial target under Rebuilding Ireland was to deliver 47,000 homes, with 11,000 of these to be delivered through acquisition. However, following the first phase of my review of Rebuilding Ireland and with the provision made under Budget 2018 for social housing delivery, there is now a greater emphasis on direct build activity by local authorities and approved...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is in the process of finalising, for publication, a number of reports underpinning the publication of the Ireland 2040: Our Plan draft National Planning Framework. This will include an ESRI Demographic and Econometric modelling report setting out full details in relation to the population and demographic projections. The purpose of both the National...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Senior Counsel has completed his review of certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County Council and a report was submitted to my Department on 12 June 2017. Legal advice has been sought on a number of points in this regard, including on the issue of publication. I currently await advice from the Attorney General in relation to this. Once all legal advices and a...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In an ongoing correspondence with my Department the named individual has submitted several alleged instances of planning irregularities to my predecessors. My Department has considered each of these in turn. The bulk of the named individual's allegations have been the subject of a review by Senior Counsel. My Department has received Counsel's report and I await legal advice from the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In an ongoing correspondence with my Department the named individual has submitted several alleged instances of planning irregularities to my predecessors. The bulk of the named individual's allegations have been the subject of a review by Senior Counsel. My Department has received Counsel’s report and I await legal advice from the Attorney General in that respect. Other allegations...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: It is important that we let people know exactly how the scheme will work. We will try to make sure the scheme works in conjunction with Deputy Cowen's legislation. Those leases will be for social housing, which will come on stream next year.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not sure what data the Deputy is basing his figures on. If he is basing it on the figure someone is putting up on a website as the rent they would like to get, that does not mean it will be the rent he or she will get.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Let them pay the excessive rents then. That will free up more stock for people on social housing supports to get them into those other tenancies and that is what we will do. Where the Deputy has had individual problems with people trying to access accommodation through social housing supports, the Department has worked with him to get them help and get them into accommodation. That is what...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The housing assistance payment, or HAP, offers opportunity to families already living in the private rental sector and who require long-term assistance with their housing needs by allowing them to increase their income without the risk of losing their housing support, unlike rent supplement. Therefore, it offers families more security and allows them to plan for their future.  HAP will...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: We met the targets this year and last year.

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payment (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The housing assistance payment plan has worked to date and we have been able to secure accommodation for people who need our help using this support. Where we have encountered difficulties, we have put in place things like the HAP place-finder service which we are now rolling out nationally. That will help with issues such as the deposit and the first month's rent, which is important. I...

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As a result of their efforts this year, today there are more than 2,500 families and individuals who are not in emergency accommodation-----

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: -----and who would be, if not for their efforts. We are seeing some progress. With regard to Deputy Ó Broin's other question I must wait until I get the quality standards framework from the Dublin regional homeless executive and the advisory group-----

Other Questions: Emergency Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: -----as well as whatever recommendations are presented to me. When I have reviewed those I will have a better understanding of what will need to be put in place to make sure we can implement those recommendations.