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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Following the retirement of the most recent permanent Chief Executive of Galway County Council, in line with section 145(6) of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended, the then Minister with responsibility for local government, appointed a Temporary Chief Executive to the post. This temporary appointment commenced on 05 July 2014. A permanent appointment has not yet been made. The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide the detail the Deputy is looking for in terms of vacancies within Galway County Council. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Housing Assistance Payment scheme (HAP), a tenant sources their own accommodation, the tenancy agreement is between the tenant and the landlord and is covered by the Residential Tenancy Act 2004 (as amended). The accommodation sourced should be within the limits of the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on the household size and the rental market within that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The current position is that, pending any legislative change, arrears of water charges incurred by households remain to be discharged before the sale of a dwelling.  Under Section 3(A)(9) of the Water Services Act 2014 (inserted by Section 48 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2015) a person who is a tenant of a dwelling let to him under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Shared Ownership Scheme was introduced in 1991 and was stood down in 2011.  From 1991 to 2010, a total of 16,492 loans were issued under the scheme, of which 3,585 remained at the end of Q1 2017.  The attached table gives a breakdown of outstanding Shared Ownership loans by local authority at the end of Q1 2017. Table 1: Shared Ownership Loans by Local Authority Area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Strategic Housing Development) Regulations 2017 (the Regulations) set out procedural and administrative matters relating to proposed strategic housing developments, as provided for under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. Article 301 of the Regulations details the requirements for making an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 797 and 798 together. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 amended section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 so that dwellings let by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Irish Water Business Plan 2014-2021 forecasts €5.5 billion in capital expenditure over the period.  It is anticipated that €2.2 billion will be spent by the end of 2017, leaving some €3.3 billion to be invested to the end of the Plan period.   The Commission for Energy Regulation has approved the capital spending for the current regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Expenditure (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. If Deputies have any queries on specific issues in relation to water services, they may be aware that Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (20 Sep 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 in order for it to work better for borrowers.  My Department and the Housing Agency are working with all stakeholders to ensure that the actions set out in the Review are being effectively implemented to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Exemptions (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 12 of the Water Services Act 2014 states that public water services property is not rateable for the purposes of the Valuation Act 2001.  This exemption applies to Irish Water for the provision of water supply and waste water treatment.  Government provides equivalent funding directly to local authorities, through the Local Government Fund, in respect of rates income...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The taking-in-charge of housing estates is a matter for the relevant local authority.  In an attempt to enhance learning and systems development and to accelerate the taking-in-charge process of housing estates, my Department launched the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative (NTICI) in April 2016.  The Initiative was set up on a time-bound basis in order to both better understand...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: There was no direct funding provided by my Department towards unfinished housing estates in 2016 and 2017.  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. Funding of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 806 and 807 together. Rebuilding Ireland has put in place both the targets and the funding resources to accelerate the delivery of social housing for all local authorities, including Cavan and Monaghan County Councils. There are currently over 600 social housing construction projects included in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 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 the income needed to provide for a household's basic needs...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (20 Sep 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 in order for it to work better for borrowers.  My Department and the Housing Agency are working with all stakeholders to ensure that the actions set out in the Review are being effectively implemented to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1940 to 1944, inclusive, together. Total gross receipts from motor tax collected each year from 2011 to 2016 and for 2017 (up to 31 August) are set out as follows: Year Total gross motor tax receipts 2011 €1.010bn 2012 €1.054bn 2013 €1.137bn 2014 €1.159bn 2015 €1.124bn 2016 €1.051bn 2017 (to 31 August)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Motor Tax Collection (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Non-Use of Motor Vehicles Act 2013 came into effect on 1 July 2013. The primary purpose of the Act is to replace the system whereby a vehicle was declared off the road retrospectively with a system under which the vehicle must be declared off the road in advance. The system of making retrospective declarations had become a means of evasion of motor tax estimated to have cost some...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Borrowing of money by local authorities is governed by section 106 of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended). The decision to borrow is a reserved function of the elected members of local authorities, who have direct responsibility in law for all reserved functions and are accountable for all expenditure by the local authority.  As such, it is a matter for each local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

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