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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The taking-in-charge of residential estates by planning authorities is provided for under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and applies to developments which include the construction of two or more houses and the provision of new roads, open spaces car parks, sewers, water mains or service connections relating to such development. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Agency Portfolio (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme.  The Agency has been tasked with establishing a revolving fund to acquire some 1,600 units over the period to 2020 for social housing use. In accordance with the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Louth County Council's initiative to buy and renew private properties in need of remediation and make them available for social housing use is ongoing. I am advised that Louth County Council are targeting 47 properties at present under the buy and renew initiative, of which 11 are renovated and tenanted. A further 12 are undergoing remediation, with varying...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of voted capital allocations for the years concerned in respect of programmes funded by my Department are set out in Revised Estimates for Public Services 2017 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, details of which are available at pages 165-174 (Vote 34) of the document available at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Capital Advance Leasing Facility (CALF) is capital support provided to approved housing bodies (AHBs), by local authorities, to assist with the financing of the construction or acquisition of units that will be provided for social housing use.  CALF can support up to 30% of the eligible capital cost of the project, where the units will be provided under long-term lease arrangements...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I will shortly establish an expert advisory group whose terms of reference will include the development of a process for the identification, designation and recommendation of candidate marine areas which require protection. Work is on-going to determine the appropriate composition of the group and relevant selection criteria and I anticipate that a broad range of relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Living Wage (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Payment of salaries to staff of my Department is made in line with pay scales approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If a minimum payment of €11.70 an hour were introduced, the additional costs for my Department are estimated to be in the region of €3,000 annually (not including Employer’s PRSI).  This figure reduces as and when the staff...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 234 of 30 May 2017, which provided the Deputy with details on housing expenditure in 2016 and the allocation for housing programmes in 2017 in relation to both capital and current programmes.  The details now requested by the Deputy in respect of current housing programmes in 2016 and for 2017, are provided in the following table. Housing Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No 637 of 4 July 2017. I understand that a proposal for the Ballyduff Upper Group Water Scheme was received in the past week in my Department and this will be examined as soon as possible. My Department's Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016 - 2018 is focused on existing quality deficient group water schemes, particularly through Measure 1 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Expenditure (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information in relation to the amount spent by local authorities on outsourcing for each of the years 2008 to 2016 and to date in 2017 in each of the local authorities is not available in my Department. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including monitoring of local government sector employment levels. Staffing numbers for the local authority sector are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank website, which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the local government element of which is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 821 and 822 together. My Department gathers quarterly data on staff numbers in local authorities. The data gathered does not provide detail in respect of the number of staff that have retired from the outdoor road staff and housing maintenance departments. Neither does it provide detail on the number of staff taken on in the outdoor road and housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is one of the suite of social housing options available to local authorities to meet housing need. Once a household has been deemed eligible for social housing support, it is a matter for the local authority to examine the suite of social housing supports available, including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) has been an important contributor to social housing supply since its introduction on a pilot basis in 2005. From its commencement in late 2005 to 31 May 2017, some 33,992 households have been transferred from Rent Supplement to RAS. My Department does not hold information on the current number of households in RAS at any given time....

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department did not incur any expenditure on public relations or media interview training and preparation in the past five years. Details of expenditure from 2012 to 2016 on photography, advertising, communications advice and website development is set out in the following tables. Year Photography costs Relevant Campaign or Policy Payee 2012 €170.00 Launch of CEDRA...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 826 and 827 together. A proposal for a 25 unit project in Dunshaughlin was recently submitted to my Department from Meath County Council. Following an initial examination of the proposal, additional information was sought from Meath County Council in order to facilitate a full assessment of the project in question.  I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 to 830, inclusive, together. Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a planning authority may, on application and in certain circumstances, extend once only the duration of an existing planning permission for a maximum period of 5 years, subject, at the authority’s discretion, to compliance with certain...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The oversight and management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is a matter for the relevant housing authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, and associated regulations. Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 requires all housing authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 832 and 833 together. 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...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the response to the commitment contained in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness that, by mid-2017, hotels will only be used as emergency accommodation in limited circumstances, housing authorities are delivering a number of family-focused, supported temporary accommodation facilities. These custom-developed facilities will offer family living...