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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My predecessor as Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, 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:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Projects requiring an environmental impact assessment (EIA) by a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála (the Board), as appropriate, in respect of an application for planning consent are listed in Schedule 5 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (the Regulations). Part 1 of Schedule 5 of the Regulations includes projects such as waste disposal installations including...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Projects (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616, 617, 620, 621 and 626 together. 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 the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The primary objective of the Development Contribution Rebate Scheme is to enhance the viability of the construction and sale of residential housing units at affordable prices in the locations of greatest need. The scheme is a supply-related measure, with the cost of the rebates being funded through my Department. The rebate will be paid for those units that are completed and sold...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: A development contribution rebate scheme featured as part of the Government's housing package, entitled "Stabilising Rents, Boosting Supply", which was announced by the previous Government in November 2015.  The primary objective of the scheme was to enhance the viability of the construction and sale of residential housing units at affordable prices in the locations of greatest...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The agreed Programme for a Partnership Governmentrecognises the potential role that credit unions can play in housing finance and supports the efforts of the Registrar of Credit Unions at the Central Bank to gradually lift current lending restrictions as appropriate, including for housing. The Programme further provides for consideration, with all stakeholders, as to how credit unions can...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Finances (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 623 to 625, inclusive, 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, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The households concerned are not entitled to Social Housing Support (SHS) as they do not have residency rights in the State. It is only after their application for residency has been successfully assessed that they can be considered for SHS. The assessment of applications for SHS is the responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Seaweed Harvesting Licences (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 to 632, inclusive, together. The role of my Department in relation to the harvesting of seaweed is to regulate the activity in accordance with the Foreshore Act 1933, as amended. All applications, regardless of whether by an individual or a company, are assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Act and any environmental legislation in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to review the supports provided to councillors, in consultation with representative bodies, to enable councillors to continue their important work. My predecessor as Minister met last year with representatives of the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG) and the Local Authority Members Association (LAMA) to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme increased from €57 million in 2016 to €152.7 million for 2017. This increase is in order to meet the continuing costs of existing HAP households, and the costs of supporting an additional 15,000 households to be supported by HAP in 2017. The HAP scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer monies and tenant differential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: While I fully acknowledge that funding for social housing delivery was severely constrained for a number of years, given the economic circumstances prevailing at the time,  under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Government has committed funding of €5.35 billion to accelerate the delivery of 47,000 social housing units through build,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department's new Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016 - 2018 was developed through a working group of key stakeholders involving local authorities, the Water Services Transition Office, Irish Water, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes as well as my Department. Under the new programme there are six different funding measures as follows: - Measure 1 - Environmental and public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Ballyduff Upper Group Water Scheme, a small existing three house scheme located on the Cork – Waterford border, was included by Cork County Council in its 2016 bids under Measure 3 of the Multi-Annual Programme Rural Water 2016 – 2018. This measure supports social and economic development in rural towns and villages and their hinterlands by providing new group water schemes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department established a Steering Group, consisting of representatives from Irish Water, the Environmental Protection Agency as well as from within my own Department, to oversee the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative, including funding allocations. The Steering Group selected the following seven local authorities for demonstration projects - Cork, Clare, Donegal, Galway,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the question refers to the payment of Local Property Tax from the Local Government Fund.   The Local Property Tax allocation for Meath County Council in 2017 is €13,954,243. To date Meath County Council has received €6,977,121.60. A further €6,977,121.60 will be paid by the end of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (4 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 the transitioning of qualified households from emergency accommodation into...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (4 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 is now nearing completion. I expect the report to be approved shortly and for the application in question to be submitted for a decision in the coming weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Only Irish citizens are entitled to vote at referendums, in accordance with of the Constitution.  I have no plans to seek to amend the Constitution to give the right to vote in referendums to any other persons. British citizens, who are ordinarily resident in the State and are 18 years or older, may vote at Dáil, European Parliament and local elections if they are entered in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (4 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 643 and 675 together. The aim of the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is to relieve critical infrastructural blockages in order to enable the accelerated delivery of housing on key development sites in urban areas with high demand for housing.  On 28 March 2017, funding was announced for 34 projects under LIHAF....