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

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Nitrates Directive, Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme is due for review this year.  Negotiations with the European Commission are ongoing with a view to having a revised Nitrates Action Programme in place by the end of 2017. As part of the review, a full public consultation process was undertaken and this closed on 3 May 2017. ...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As part of Budget 2018, I announced an additional €50 million funding which will be available for a second call under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) and which will again be subject to matching funding of 25% by local authorities. This capital funding will facilitate the provision of more infrastructure to unlock further sites...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The allocation of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for the local authority concerned, in accordance with its allocation scheme made in accordance with section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Regulations. Therefore, my Department does not hold the information requested.

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

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 and 272 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  These are five-year rolling...

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

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently two house purchase loan offerings available to lower income first-time buyers from local authorities. The first is a standard annuity mortgage available from all local authorities.  A first-time buyer unable to get adequate loan finance from a building society or a bank, may be eligible for a mortgage from the local authority concerned to purchase a new or second...

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

Eoghan Murphy: 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 households, particularly low or moderate income...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, my Department has established, and chairs a Working Group of all the major public stakeholders with a policy interest in Short-Term Letting, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications and changes of use relating to short term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements.  The...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is presently engaging in consultations with a number of other Government Departments and agencies in relation to vacancy issues and I am keeping the range of schemes in place to address vacancy, particularly the Repair and Leasing and Buy and Renew schemes, under review in that context. Ahead of the conclusion of this work shortly, a range of vacancy related actions have...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 277 and 278 together. Details in relation to social housing construction completions and acquisitions are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . Information is available therein for 2016 and to the end of quarter 2 of 2017. Information on quarter 3 of 2017 is currently being collected and will be published as soon as possible. ...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the existing Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme for borrowers of commercial private lending institutions that was introduced in 2012, an eligible household with an unsustainable mortgage voluntarily surrenders their property to their lender who in turns sells it to an Approved Housing Body (AHB).  The AHB becomes the landlord and the household gets to remain in the family...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280, 284 and 287 together. To support and accelerate the delivery of social housing, as set out in Rebuilding Ireland, the necessary funding is in place, with a greater emphasis now being placed on direct build activity for local authorities and approved housing bodies.  In 2017, funding of almost €1.3 billion is being made...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 281 and 282 together. Utilising innovative construction technologies can accelerate housing provision, as timeframes are considerably less than for traditional build. Faster delivery may also mean that homes can be provided at more affordable rates than traditional build. To date, my Department's focus in relation to this form of house...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In relation to the planning process, the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 amended section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, relating to the arrangements for approval by local authorities of their own development proposals, often referred to as the Part 8 process, to provide for greater clarity around timelines associated with the various steps...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The purpose of the assessment is to count the total number of households qualified for and in need of social housing support across the country on a specified date in order to inform policy and plan...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 27 April 2017, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership were published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map, with the potential to accommodate some 42,500 homes nationally. The map also includes details of some 300 hectares of land in ownership of other State or semi-State bodies, with the potential to deliver a further 7,500 homes....

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

Eoghan Murphy: Kildare County Council, along with all other local authorities, is being funded to increase significantly its delivery of social housing as part of Rebuilding Ireland.  In Budget 2018, I secured €1.9 billion for housing programmes next year, a 46% increase over 2017.  It will support the housing needs of 25,500 households. I also secured an...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289 and 292 together. 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.  Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation and related services...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The management of issues related to this development are primarily a matter for Kildare County Council and one in which I have no function.   Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be involved,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated Regulations, the allocation of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for Kildare County Council. Therefore, my Department does not hold the information requested.