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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Dog Licences (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Control of Dogs Acts, local authorities are solely responsible for operating and managing dog control and licensing services in their administrative areas and my Department has no direct role in this regard. Each year my Department publishes statistics in respect of a range of dog control responsibilities of local authorities, including fines and prosecutions taken for breaches...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: 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, including the Dog Warden service, of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. Statistical information of the number of dog wardens, broken down by local authority, is available on my Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Special Amenity Areas (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is not in receipt of any recent correspondence in relation to this issue. In 2009, the then Minister requested the relevant authorities (South Dublin County Council, Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and Kildare County Council) to consider the evaluation of lands to be the subject of a further Special Amenity Area Order for the purpose of extending the existing area...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Street Nomenclature (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The relevant statutory provisions relating to changing of place names are contained in section 79 of the Local Government Act 1946, as amended, under which the changing of the name of a locality is a reserved function of the council of the relevant local authority.  Certain procedural matters relating to changing of placenames are provided for in the Local Government (Changing of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides capital funding to Local Authorities to undertake adaptations and extensions to their existing social housing stock. The scheme applies to extensions that are needed to address over-crowding. Local Authorities are also encouraged to use Internal Capital Receipts to provide adaptations and extensions where required. It is a matter for the Local Authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not awarded any contracts to the company in question since March 2011. Information in relation to contracts awarded by agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each Agency. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Premises consisting of a dwelling house occupied as a single dwelling are specifically excluded from the  general obligations with regard to fire safety, as well as the inspection and enforcement provisions, in Part III of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. However, the provisions of this legislation are generally taken as applicable in dwellings within multi-unit developments or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has completed a Regulatory Impact Analysis in relation to the General Scheme of the proposed Building Control (Construction Industry Register Ireland) Bill 2017, which is available on my Department's website at: . The proposed Bill will establish a mandatory statutory register of builders in Ireland with a view to ensuring quality, competence and good practice in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2207 and 2208 together. In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas.  My Department’s role...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Services Infrastructure (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department launched the National Taking-in-Charge Initiative (NTICI) in 2016 to support and accelerate overall national and local action on the taking-in-charge process of housing estates, including estates with developer-provided water services infrastructure (DPI). A specific focus of the initiative was to expedite progress by local authorities and relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not paid any monies to the organisation in question. The information in relation to agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each Agency. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is as below: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant housing authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations.  In order to qualify for social housing support and be placed on a housing list, an applicant must be assessed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Data (20 Jun 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: Construction Industry (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2215 and 2216 together. 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, including apartments. This involves undertaking a detailed analysis, in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Electoral law provides for an entitlement rather than an obligation to be registered as an elector when eligibility criteria, including reaching the age of 18 years, are met. The preparation of the register of electors is a matter for each local authority, as a registration authority. It is the duty of registration authorities to ensure, as far as possible and with the cooperation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: No former TDs have been appointed to the boards of State Agencies under the aegis of my Department through the Public Appointments Service process. Details in relation to the membership of State Boards including the dates of appointment and mechanisms of appointment of members are available on my Department’s website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level.  Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of homeless accommodation rests with individual housing authorities.  Therefore, operational issues,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The cost of employing Irish language officers is an operational matter for each agency or body under the aegis of my Department. Arrangements have been put in place by each agency and body to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. The contact email address for each agency is as below: Agency Email address An Bord Pleanála...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Control of Dogs (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2221 and 2230 together. The overall thrust of dog control legislation is to place the onus on dog owners and those in control of dogs to act responsibly by keeping their dogs under effectual control, irrespective of breed. Such responsible dog ownership is the key to reducing incidences of dog biting and other problem behaviours. The Control of Dogs...