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

Eoghan Murphy: Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides for the establishment of a Constituency Commission upon publication by the Central Statistics Office of preliminary census results.  Census 2016 was taken on 24 April 2016.  The function of the Constituency Commission is to make a report on the constituencies for the election of members of the Dáil and for the election of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments - otherwise known as the Mahon Tribunal - was established by Order of the then Minister for the Environment and Local Government in 1997 to inquire into, and report on, various planning matters, as set out in resolutions passed by the Dáil and Seanad in relation to the establishment of the Tribunal. The Tribunal made in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is in the process of reviewing the current Dog Breeding Establishment Guidelines, in collaboration with the County and City Management Association Dogs Working Group.  Following the production of a first draft revision of the Guidelines, it was considered important to broaden the review of the Guidelines to a more formal public consultation, both for quality...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that no employees of my Department attended meetings of the group referred to in the course of their official duties.

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

Eoghan Murphy: Historically, over many years, infringement cases would have been initiated by the European Commission in relation to infringements  of relevant EU legislation. In the period since May 2016, when the Government was formed following Election 2016, my Department has received notifications from the European Commission in respect of four cases in which Ireland has been deemed to be in breach...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 made provision for the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to enter into a contract for the development, implementation and maintenance of a national postcode system.  Responsibility for the Eircode system rests with the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. In terms of the impact on...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is available to all local authorities, including Laois County Council, for the construction and acquisition of suitable houses and apartments for social housing use. Local authorities have delegated sanction for the majority of acquisitions they undertake and my Department does not specify the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In accordance with the Nitrates Directive, Ireland’s Nitrates Action Programme is due for review this year.  Negotiations with the European Commission with a view to having a revised Nitrates Action Programme in place by the end of 2017 have commenced. As part of the review, a full public consultation process was initiated and closed on 28 April 2017.  All submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (20 Jun 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (20 Jun 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 and positively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme. €70m is being provided in 2017 to the Housing Agency to establish a revolving fund to acquire some 1,600 units over the period to 2020 for social...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Programme for a Partnership Government, published in May 2016, includes a commitment to examine reclassifying and incentivising the use of underutilised or vacant areas over ground floor premises in urban areas, for both residential and commercial use. Similarly, a key objective of Pillar 5 of the Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness – Rebuilding Ireland, launched...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment under Action 2.9 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a dedicated Housing Delivery Office (HDO) was established within my Department, in August 2016, to support the accelerated delivery of housing across the social and private sectors, and tenure spectrum, in an integrated and timely manner. The Housing Delivery Office comprises a team...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 2235 and 2236 together. Rebuilding Ireland has put in place both the targets and the funding resources to accelerate the delivery of social housing for all local authorities, including Cavan and Monaghan County Councils. There are currently over 600 social housing construction projects included in the Status Report on Social Housing Construction Projects,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each housing authority area are provided in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments.  The most recent figures available are the results of the 2016 Summary which can be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link: . The 2016 results show that there were 1,596 households on...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Regarding the vehicle in question, while it appears that two differing weights have been recorded on the National Vehicle and Driver File in respect of the technically permissible laden mass of the vehicle, following roadworthiness testing, there is a single motor caravan motor tax rate of €102 annually, regardless of the weight of the vehicle....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (20 Jun 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme in 2012, a total of 3,679 cases have been submitted under the scheme to the end of May 2017.  Of the 3,679 cases submitted, 2,870 were ineligible or terminated during the process.  Of the remaining cases submitted, 256 have been completed with 39 of these cases completed during the period January to May 2017 and the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Motor tax is based on the construction and use of a vehicle.  In order to qualify for the commercial rate of motor tax, a vehicle must be constructed or adapted for use as a goods vehicle and used solely for the conveyance of goods in the course of trade or business. Licensing authorities have an obligation under Article 3 of the Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing)(Amendment)...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In 2015, on the basis of a consultation paper prepared by my Department, and at the invitation of the then Minister, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht undertook a public consultation process on the establishment of an electoral commission. The Committee published a report on the consultation in January 2016. This report contains a series of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Local Property Tax (LPT) was introduced to provide an alternative, stable and sustainable funding base for the local authority sector, providing greater levels of connection between local revenue raising and associated expenditure decisions and making the taxation system less dependent on other taxes. It is a positive outcome from the policy of local retention of LPT that local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 sets out the process through which Rent Pressure Zones can be designated.  It provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the...