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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1272 and 1274 together. My Department publishes ESB Networks data on residential homes connected to the ESB grid, as a proxy for house completions, as it currently represents the best available indicator, with full coverage, that a residential unit is becoming available for occupation. This ESB dataset includes recently completed one-off homes,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of social housing completions by local authority are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .Information on quarter four of 2016 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly, with information on quarter one of 2017 to follow thereafter.  The provisional data indicates that nationally in 2016, the housing needs of over...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1275, 1276, 1282 and 1284 together. My Department publishes official homeless reports on a monthly basis, the latest of which is for the month of May 2017. These reports are available on my Department's website at the following link:. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently just over 24,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and some 18,000 separate landlords and agents currently in receipt of monthly HAP payments. The nationwide roll-out of the HAP scheme was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rents Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Compiled by the ESRI and based on the Residential Tenancies Board’s own register of over 300,000 tenancies, the RTB Rent Index is a valuable source of information and provides standardised average rent data at Local Electoral Area level throughout the State, based on the actual rents reported in registrations with the RTB.  The Rent Index is updated quarterly and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: House Prices (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on house price statistics are available on my Department’s website at . Further detail is available from the Central Statistics Office who publish a Residential Property Price Index and also average house prices by Eircode area on their website at www.cso.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tax Code (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Matters of taxation policy are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Finance. My Department does not hold specific information in relation to the impact of the taxation measure cited. In terms of vacant sites more generally, the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced a new measure, the vacant site levy, which is aimed at incentivising the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a flexible and immediate housing support that is now available to all eligible households throughout the State. There are currently just over 24,000 households having their housing needs met via HAP and some 18,000 separate landlords and agents currently in receipt of monthly HAP payments. A breakdown of the number of households supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information sought in respect of funding for current and capital housing programmes for the period 2005 to 2017 is set out in the table below.  As my Department’s current financial management system was implemented during 2004, the information sought prior to that is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. The data...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 2,696 and 2,090 vacant social homes were brought back into productive use in 2015 and 2016, respectively, with funding assistance from my Department. To date in 2017, funding has been provided in respect of remediation for 115 vacant social homes and, based on proposals submitted by the local authorities, I anticipate this number to be around 1,400 by year-end.  The distribution of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: On 28 March 2017, funding was announced for 34 projects under the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF).  The cost of these projects is €226.46 million, of which €169.65 million would be funded under LIHAF with local authorities funding the remaining €56.81 million. No drawdown of funding can occur until grant agreements between my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme for borrowers of private commercial lending institutions in 2012, a total of 3,694 cases have been submitted under the scheme up to the end of June 2017.  Of the 3,694 cases submitted, 2,879 were ineligible or terminated during the process.  Of the remaining cases submitted, 265 have been completed and the remaining 550 are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The expenditure by my Department in 2016 on external consultants was €495,258. External consultancy services are only availed of by my Department in circumstances where necessary work cannot be carried out within the resources/expertise available to the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Expert Panel on Concrete Blocks (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Expert Panel on concrete blocks was established by my Department in 2016, to investigate problems that have emerged in the concrete blockwork of certain dwellings in Counties Donegal and Mayo. The panel had the following terms of reference: (i) To identify, insofar as it is possible, the numbers of private dwellings which appear to be affected by defects...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Existing provisions under planning legislation already provide for extensive housing demand assessments as part of the preparation of statutory development plans and local area plans by planning authorities. The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 introduced a requirement that all development plans must include an evidence-based ‘core strategy’. The core strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Construction Costs (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Government is committed to a broad range of measures to tackle, among other things, some of the costs associated with the provision of housing. This includes undertaking a detailed analysis, in conjunction with the construction sector, to benchmark housing delivery input costs in Ireland, in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No 5 on today's Order Paper which sets out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Data (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Planning statistics are compiled by each planning authority on an annual basis for collation and publication on my Department’s website at the following link: . These statistics include data in respect of each authority on planning applications received, the number of invalid applications, decisions to grant or refuse permission etc.  However, the statistics gathered do not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply of Question No. 18 on today's Order Paper which sets out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In October 2016, my Department issued Circular APH 5/2016 to local authorities, requesting them to prioritise Build-to-Rent (BTR) projects coming forward from housing providers for consideration in their areas and emphasising the critical role that such projects can play in addressing the current acute shortage of rental accommodation. Local authorities were also requested to consider...