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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The overall aim of LIHAF is to increase housing supply by removing infrastructural obstacles that were preventing the development of key sites. A total of 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017 and 22 of those have now received final approval. I will be publishing details of these projects shortly. I expect the remaining projects to be considered and approved, if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of measures have been put in place to try to help affordability in terms of the cost of building or in the context of the ability to rent or buy on the tenant's side. I refer, for example, to the An Bord Pleanála fast-track process, the help-to-buy scheme - which was put in place for that reason, the rent pressure zones and recent changes to the apartment guidelines that are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There is no confusion at all. Under LIHAF 1 and LIHAF 2, depending on the scheme, there will be a cost reduction per unit across the site. Under other schemes there will be affordability, there will be ring-fencing of a certain number of units and affordability criteria will be put in place. If it is the affordable-to-buy scenario, there will be a greater reduction in the market price; if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The decision on the complaint to the European Committee of Social Rights by the International Federation for Human Rights regarding social housing issues has just very recently been notified to the Government. It is appropriate that we now study the report and identify the responses required. For quite a number of the points of the complaint, as lodged, the committee found there were no...

National Planning Framework: Statements (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The publication of the final national planning framework, NPF, consultation represents a unique opportunity to set out an ambitious vision and 20 year strategy for what our country should and could look like in 2040. Much work has been undertaken to get the Ireland 2040 document to the stage of being on display for its final round of public consultation. The national planning framework is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As set out in Rebuilding Ireland, it is anticipated that 4,700 Part V units will be secured for social housing. Just under 1,700 of these units will be delivered in 2018 and 2019, with 590 expected in 2018 and 1,100 in 2019. The annual increasing delivery expectation of Part V is consistent with the pace of increasing private housing construction activity. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are set out in section 10 of the Housing Act 1988.  Under that section, funding is provided annually to local authorities, on a regional basis, and the responsibility for the disbursement of funding is delegated to a lead-authority in each region.  The counties of Laois,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. My Department does not have a role in relation to operational issues, such as placements into emergency accommodation, which are a matter for the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18, 42 and 43 together. Housing affordability has been examined by my Department, in consultation with the Housing Agency, local authorities and other stakeholders as part of the targeted review of Rebuilding Ireland. The examination was carried out under the generally accepted premise that housing is deemed affordable where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently some 50,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and RAS, and some 40,000 landlords or agents currently in receipt of HAP and RAS payments. These schemes provide social housing support for households already living in the private rental sector and for households who require long-term assistance with their housing needs, by allowing them to increase their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: At the end of September 2017, some 690 families were being provided with temporary accommodation in hotel and B&B arrangements in the Dublin Region.  This number is down from the total of 871 recorded at the end of March 2017 and must also be considered in the context of the ongoing numbers of families presenting as homeless. The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a key objective is to increase the supply of housing to 25,000 homes per annum.  As we improve our housing systems and put in place a housing delivery model that is sustainable and responsive to changing economic and societal demands, it is critical that any future policy interventions that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Availability (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In the context of the current housing supply shortage, the Government recognises the pressing need to ensure that land  that is suitable for the development of housing, in urban areas in particular, is not held back by developers.  A range of measures are being implemented under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan to ensure that such land is brought...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A call for proposals under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was issued to all local authorities in August 2016. It was open to all local authorities to apply for funding towards the capital cost of public infrastructure, which, when provided, would secure the early delivery of additional housing at considerable scale and more affordable price points, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 40 together. Social housing projects funded by my Department, like all Government-funded construction projects, must comply with the Government’s Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF), the objectives of which are to ensure greater cost certainty, better value for money and financial accountability during all stages of project delivery. While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of measures have been introduced in recent years with the objective of moving towards tenancies of indefinite duration and improving security of tenure for tenants. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, enacted on 4 December 2015, provided that notice periods for the termination of further Part 4 tenancies, i.e. tenancies that extended beyond 4 years, be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships Data (26 Oct 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: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Review of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme, published on 8 February 2017, introduced a range of amendments to the eligibility criteria and administration of the MTR scheme. The Review, available at the following link: , explored the impediments to participation in the scheme and recommended a number of actions to make the scheme work better for borrowers.  Key changes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 44 together. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 prescribe maximum net income limits for each housing authority, in different bands according to the area, with income being defined and assessed according to a standard Household Means Policy. The income bands and the authority area assigned to each band were based on an assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (26 Oct 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding is provided to local authorities and approved housing bodies under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Investment programme and the Social Housing Current Expenditure programme, to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments....