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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 27 June 2017, I tasked the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management with convening a high-level Task Force to lead Ireland’s re-appraisal of fire safety in the wake of the devastating Grenfell Tower fire in London. As a first stage, the Task Force is overseeing the initial actions in respect of potential life safety issues already identified in Ireland and is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2015, the then Minister directed that a review be undertaken by an independent fire expert to develop a framework for general application, in the interest of supporting owners and residents living in developments where concerns regarding non-compliance with fire safety requirements arise.  A Steering Group was convened to oversee the review. The terms of reference of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In response to the tragic fire in Grenfell Tower, I requested that each local authority, as a matter of urgency, review their multi-storey social housing units to ensure that they are meeting their statutory obligations in regards to Fire Safety with the emphasis on life safety and that all early warning systems, including alarm and detection systems and means of escape including corridors,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1700 and 1701 together. Agrément certification is designed specifically for new building products and processes that are not already regulated by existing national standards, either because they are innovative or because they deviate from established norms, and do not yet have a long history of use. The National Standards Authority of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1702, 1704 and 1705 together. The application referred to was assessed in line with procedures followed for other applications assessed at the time. In addition, standard public consultation procedures were also followed for this application. It was advertised in the Southern Star and was available for inspection at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (26 Jul 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, which is available on my Department's website at the following link: The income threshold is the basic measure of whether a household is...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use. Details on the number of properties purchased and built by all local authorities for the period 2011 to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not specifically collate data on the utilisation of hotel accommodation on a national basis.  However, my Department does publish data on a monthly basis regarding the number of homeless families, including dependents, accommodated in all forms of emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities.  Official homeless reports are published on...

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

Eoghan Murphy: It is presumed that the Question is referring to children in emergency accommodation.  The Pathway Accommodation and Support System (PASS) was implemented nationally in 2014 as a national information and management system for homeless services that are overseen by housing authorities.  My Department collates PASS data from lead housing authorities on a monthly basis and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are available from the results of the summaries of social housing assessments (formerly housing needs assessments) undertaken in 2011, 2013 and 2016. The most recent statutory summary of social housing assessments, carried out in 2016, details...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is providing funding support to Kildare County Council for the remediation works to St. Patrick’s Park, Rathangan. However, the advancement of the works is a matter for the Council itself. The works are being delivered in 3 phases, with Phase 1 partially complete, involving remedial works to 35 homes and a range of other improvements to the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Action 5.9 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness commits to reviewing planning legislation to allow the change of use of vacant commercial units in urban areas, including vacant or under-utilised areas over ground-floor premises, into residential units without having to go through the planning process.  This proposal is also incorporated in Action 6 of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1712 and 1719 together. To the end of June 2017, my  Department had spent €662 million  from its gross allocation of €1,779 million (capital and current) as set out in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2017 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in December 2016. This is some €20...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1713 and 1715 together. The Pyrite Resolution Act 2013 provides the statutory framework for the establishment of the Pyrite Resolution Board and for the making of a pyrite remediation scheme to be implemented by the Board, with support from the Housing Agency.  The pyrite remediation scheme is a scheme of “last resort” and is limited in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: For all foreshore lease/licence applications, the application and supporting documentation together with all the submissions received from both the prescribed bodies and the public are considered in detail during the course of undertaking a technical evaluation of the application. Screening under Environmental Legislation, including the Birds and Habitats Directives (Environmental Impact...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Motor Tax Yield (26 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A projection of motor tax receipts for 2018 has not yet been made but will be evaluated as part of the estimates process, taking into account the emerging pattern for 2017. Similarly, 2018 allocations from the Local Government Fund, to which income from motor tax accrues, will be considered during the estimates process. The audited Local Government Fund accounts, which detail all income and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: 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 Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Security of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently no employees in my Department who are suspended from work on full pay.

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

Eoghan Murphy: No protected disclosures were received from workers of the Department in 2016 or to date in 2017.

Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Deputy is right that the knowledge is there and the review can be targeted and can use the resources and knowledge that is already there. The figures in respect of the bands that are already there show that Cavan-Monaghan is lower than Dublin city, for example. Obviously, there would be a reason for that. If we were to move the band in one area it would have an impact across the whole...