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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Met Éireann's observation network is operated according to World Meteorological Organisation guidelines which, inter alia, recommend minimum distances between developments and observing sites. Applying these criteria, there are no observing sites which might be affected by the proposed development and this is reflected in Met Éireann's response on the foreshore...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Brexit Documents (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Following on from publication of the document setting out the Government's approach to the Brexit negotiations, work is underway across Departments to prepare adaptive Sectorial Brexit Response Plans to mitigate emerging sectorial challenges. These plans will build on ongoing cross-Government research, analysis and consultations with stakeholders and will encompass the following themes:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 and 487 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The compilation of the Marine Licence Vetting Committee (MLVC) Report which is a key element of the foreshore decision-making process was completed on 6 July 2017. I expect the application in question to be submitted for a decision in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2009, gives legislative recognition to rental accommodation availability agreements which underpin the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) as a form of social housing support. Consequently, since 1 April 2011, RAS  tenants are now considered to be in receipt of social housing support and should not generally remain on housing waiting lists...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A specific and targeted service for homeless households, who can benefit from the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme has been available across the four housing authorities in the Dublin Region since February 2015, and is being implemented by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE). The focus is on transitioning qualified households from emergency accommodation into private...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness emphasises the need to look at new ways of funding social housing delivery, in particular the need to provide structural, funding and policy supports to increase delivery of social housing by Approved Housing Bodies. In that context, it states that support will be provided to an Irish Council for Social Housing/sector-led new...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I am not aware of any specific blockages and issues that are affecting the rapid build housing schemes. There have been significant discussions with local authorities to ramp-up rapid build delivery, which local authorities have been responding to positively and are working hard to ensure that each project is completed and occupied by tenants at the earliest possible date.  While...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Student Accommodation (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A number of measures, many of which come under Pillar 4 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan For Housing and Homelessness, are being progressed to support greater provision of student accommodation, and thereby also increasing the availability of dwellings within the general rental market, particularly in our cities and large towns. Based on construction activity figures compiled...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: As stated previously, and as is the case with the large majority of development types, there are no specific planning guidelines in place in respect of solar farms. Proposals for individual solar farm developments are subject to the statutory requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in the same manner as other proposed developments. Planning applications are made to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government recognises the housing affordability pressures faced by households, particularly in certain parts of the country. It is for this reason that the overarching objective of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to increase the supply of new homes to 25,000 units per annum. In particular, the aim is to increase...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector did not specifically consider a town centre renewal initiative.  However, the Programme for a Partnership Government, published in May 2016, set out the ambitious priority attached to urban regeneration by the Government, incorporating a series of specific actions aimed at facilitating the regeneration of our urban centres. The Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published by my Department in December 2016, committed to the establishment of a working group in early 2017 to examine and report on the tax treatment of landlords (or rental accommodation providers), and to put forward options, where appropriate, for amendments to such treatment. This working group was set up in January 2017, is chaired by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, noted that the Programme for a Partnership Government contains a commitment to develop a "cost rental" option, taking account of work already completed in this area, including by the National Economic and Social Council and others. In line with this commitment, Action 12 of the Strategy commits my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Pillar 5 of the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is specifically focused on Utilising Existing Housing Stock, with a key objective of ensuring that the existing vacant housing stock throughout the country and across all forms of tenure, in both the public and private sectors, is used to the optimum degree possible. In this regard, Action 5.1 of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016 provides for amendments to sections 9 and 10 of the Electoral Act 1992 in order to reduce, to sixteen years, the age at which a person would be entitled to register to vote at local and European elections. The issues that arise in considering a reduction in the voting age more generally, and not just for local and European elections, are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My predecessor as Minister, in conjunction with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, recently announced a "preferred draft approach" to the review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. A copy of the announcement is available on my Department’s website at the following link: . The “preferred draft...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government sets out the Government’s commitment to ensure that the needs of people with disabilities are incorporated into all future housing policies.  While addressing the needs of people with disabilities is already well established in housing policies, the commitment in the Government Programme provides a platform to consolidate and build on the...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017 is a very short Bill, with two sections speaking to one issue. It was actually part of a previous Bill that was debated on Committee Stage. It provides for the extension of planning permission in cases in which people who are building at the moment might not be able to get a second extension to continue building their homes over the...

Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This matter has already been debated and considered at length at committee. This is a very short Bill. It speaks to one particular issue, which is the second extension of planning permissions.