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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Investigations (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613 and 626 together. Senior Counsel has completed his review of certain planning matters in respect of Donegal County Council and a report was submitted to my Department on 12 June, 2017. My Department is currently reviewing and assessing the contents of the report with the aim of preparing a submission for me as soon as possible. Legal advice has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The recently established Housing Data Analytics Group is made up of key stakeholders with a significant role and interest in housing matters. The membership of the Group is as follows: - George Hussey, Niall Cussen, Barry Quinlan, Eoin Corrigan, and John Wickham (Department of Housing, Planning Community and Local Government); - Diarmuid Reidy (Department of Education and Skills); -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: To date, my Department has published two quarterly Status Reports on Social Housing Construction Projects. These reports contain details of all approved capital construction projects, including county location and number of housing units. An updated Status Report will be published each quarter and these will contain details of all projects newly approved in that quarter. The most recent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is set out in the following table. County Number of Full Time Clerical Officers Clare 1 Dublin 50 Mayo 22 Meath 1 Wexford 10

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is set out as follows. 2015 County Retired Resigned Promoted Dublin 0 0 5 Mayo 0 0 4 Wexford 1 0 4 2016 County Retired Resigned Promoted Dublin 1 0 1 Mayo 0 0 1 Wexford 0 0 0 2017 County Retired Resigned Promoted Dublin 0 0 0 Mayo 0 1 0 Wexford 0 0 0

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is set out in the following table. Year Total Clerical Officers Appointed Dublin Wexford Mayo 2015 0 0 0 0 2016 9 5 4 0 2017 4 3 0 1

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is set out in the following table. Year Total Temporary Clerical Officers Appointed Dublin Wexford 2015 0 0 0 2016 4 2 2 2017 3 2 1

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Action 18 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector requires the establishment of a Working Group to provide clarity in relation to the appropriate regulatory approach, from a planning perspective, for short-term tourism-related lettings to address unintended consequences of short-term lettings, including withdrawal of supply from the rental market. The Working Group met on 14 June and had a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 and 629 together. Under the provisions of Section 131 and Schedule 14 of the Local Government Act 2001 (as amended), reserved functions include the making or revoking of an order or the passing or rescinding of a resolution by virtue of which an enactment is brought into operation in or is made to apply to the functional area or a part of such area of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Fire Services Acts, local authorities are designated as fire authorities and as such may serve a Fire Safety Notice on the owner or occupier of any building which appears to the authority to be a potentially dangerous building. A Fire Safety Notice may specify a time-frame under which remedial actions must be completed and failure to comply with the requirements of a Fire Safety...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The number of safety certificates received by my Department in relation to funfairs in County Meath for 2016, and to date in 2017, is set out in the following table. Due to the voluminous number of certificates, a copy of each certificate is being forwarded under separate cover. Fairground Safety Certificates - County Meath Year Number of Certificates Received 2015 - 2016 54...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 635 to 638, inclusive, 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 NESC and others. In line with this commitment, Action 12 of the Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (27 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 introduced a new measure, the vacant site levy, which is aimed at incentivising the development of vacant, under-utilised sites in urban areas.  Under the Act, planning authorities are required to establish a register of vacant sites in their areas, beginning on 1 January 2017, and to issue annual notices to owners of vacant sites by 1...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: This hotel will eventually become a hub. A hub is not a permanent form of accommodation. It is just a first response to make sure we can get families who are homeless out of hotels, because they should not be in hotels. I had an opportunity to visit one of the hubs that is under construction at Mater Dei, where 50 families will be housed. It is a fantastic facility with play areas, a...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. One of the key commitments contained in Rebuilding Ireland is that, by the middle of 2017, hotels will only be used as emergency accommodation in limited circumstances. My Department, housing authorities and approved housing bodies have been working hard to deliver on this very ambitious commitment. As Deputies will be aware, statutory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Chairman for her good wishes and I thank the committee for the opportunity to appear here on one of the first sessions since my appointment as Minister. I see today’s meeting as a chance to hear at first hand the committee's views on how we can build on the significant progress being made to implement the Government’s Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the members for their questions. I have taken a note of each one and I will come back to each. Please bear with me. Deputy Ó Broin raised the issue of the numbers of reported homeless, what we count and how we count it, and it is a valid question. We in the Department are responsible for our own numbers and we publish them. We are good in getting the information we get out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: We do not yet know the total number who will present-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Of the approximately 650 families there at the end of May, a large number will move out of commercial accommodation in hotels into hubs or other supports while others who will not have been moved by the of the month will have been notified by letter where they are going.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (22 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: No.