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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016.  The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme.  To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of social...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations Upgrade (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In February 2016, my Department announced a five-year Fire Services Capital Programme with an allocation of €40 million, based on the current annual €8 million allocation, to be used for the purchase of fire appliances and specialist equipment, building or upgrading of prioritised Fire Stations, an upgrade of the Communications and Mobilisation system and improvements to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 amended the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone.  Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was piloted in Carlow and Waterford and has been rolled out nationally since 23 February last. Data gathered during 2017 will inform and guide the development of a national scheme up to 2021. My Department has been working intensively with local authorities and AHBs to develop and implement the scheme. There have been a number of national and local press...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Charges Refunds (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The estimated cost, including administrative costs, of refunding all customers of Irish Water that paid domestic water charges totals some €179m.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: With regard to the number of homeless persons, official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a monthly basis and can be accessed using the following link: . These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  These reports capture details of individuals utilising...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, estate regeneration,  energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, foreshore regulation, fire services, Met Éireann, and the electoral and planning systems. In order to achieve its business objectives, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities for certain housing-related supports for persons with disabilities. This includes adaptations to both private and social housing, to support adaptations and extensions to meet the needs of people with a disability. Funding is provided by my Department to local authorities to undertake adaptations and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the powers contained in Section 2 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, a local authority may grant a Shared Ownership lease and administer the Shared Ownership loan scheme.  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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2009 and 2036 together. The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was piloted in Carlow and Waterford and has been rolled out nationally since 23 February last. Data gathered during 2017 will inform and guide the development of a national scheme up to 2021. My Department has been working intensively with local authorities and AHBs to develop and implement the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2011, 2017 and 2046 together. Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation pursuant to the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The levying and collection of rates are matters for each...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2012 and 2013 together. Matters in relation to Brexit are managed by the business unit responsible for the coordination of EU and international business in my Department, with input from relevant line sections and experts across the organisation, as necessary.  The relevant team, in the Assistant Secretary led Corporate and Business Support...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2015 and 2070 together. The extent to which Brexit will impact on the private rented residential sector or indeed on the housing market generally, is uncertain at this point in time as it will be determined at least in part by the nature of the future relationship between the EU and the UK. In May 2017, my Department and the Economic and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme provides a means whereby properties can be built or bought by Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) with the combined use of State and private funding, and leased by AHBs and Local Authorities from private providers, for the provision of social housing.  This scheme is underpinned by a lease and other legal agreements.  These provide that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding in respect of homeless services is provided on a regional basis.  During 2016, my Department recouped over €68.6 million to the Dublin Region housing authorities, while payments exceeding €23.7 million have been recouped to date in 2017.  With regard to the number of homeless persons, official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently conducting a review of the Rent Predictability Measure and, on the basis of the RTB rent data and of the recently conducted consultation on the operation of the Rent Pressure Zones, is examining whether there is avoidance, either through the unjustified use of the exemptions or the introduction of extra charges by landlords or the implementation of increases...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are making an important contribution to social housing delivery as envisaged in Rebuilding Ireland. My Department and local authorities administer a number of funding programmes to assist AHBs with the cost of building, buying and leasing new social houses. All funding is conditional on the properties being made available to households on local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department, generally, does not provide services or payments directly to the public; services tend instead to be provided to the public through our agencies or through the local authorities. I do not currently have any plans to make the use of the Public Services Card by the public mandatory for the receipt of services directly from my Department.   The...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (11 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, published in July 2016, sets out the Government’s approach to addressing the current challenges in the housing sector.  It is focused on increasing supply across all tenures and, in respect of social housing, the target is to deliver 47,000 housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisition and leasing over the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under Section 18(2) of the Fire Services Acts, 1981 and 2003, there is a standing responsibility for fire safety in buildings of all kinds to which this legislation applies on the “person having control” of the premises.  In addition, the design and construction of buildings is regulated under the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014 and the primary responsibility for...