Results 861-880 of 15,555 for speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme enables credit-worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties in a suitable price range, where they cannot obtain sufficient mortgage finance from a commercial lender. As with the previous local authority loan offerings, the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan is available to first-time buyers...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Appeals (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not collate planning statistics regarding the number of decisions to grant permission for one-off houses that were subsequently appealed to An Bord Pleanála; or when decisions to grant permission were subsequently determined by the Board. Regulations provide for a weekly list of appeals and referrals received by the Board and appeals or referrals determined or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A key priority in the Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to provide direct capital funding to the Housing Agency to facilitate the acquisition of suitable portfolios of properties for social housing from financial institutions and investors (Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6). An acquisitions fund of €70 million, which is a revolving fund, was established with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department incurs expenditure on campaigns, events and launches to ensure the public, elected representatives, stakeholders, interested parties and media are and informed of policies and legislation, schemes and other initiatives. Communications campaigns for public consultations is an important activity for raising awareness of draft policies and legislation so the public and interested...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Data Sharing Arrangements (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Data sharing agreements are typically in place when an organisation is disclosing information to another organisation in compliance with data protection legislation and with the principles relating to the processing of personal data. My Department does not have any data sharing agreements in place with commercial operators or service providers. However, Government Departments, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Freedom of Information Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The table below shows the number of Freedom of Information requests received and the number of such requests refused by my Department for the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (to end November). My Department does not routinely collate the information sought in respect of the Information Commissioner's decisions in the format requested, but details on decisions made by the Information...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Agencies Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The State bodies under the aegis of my Department, together with the requested information, are as set out in tabular form below. Body Number of Positions on Board Number of Vacant Positions on Board An Bord Pleanála 11 1 An Fóram Uisce (the Water Forum) N/A N/A Docklands...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is set out for the end of each year in the table below. Year Payroll Budget Staff - Whole Time Equivalent 2014 €48.300m 720.51 2015 €47.291m 721.32 2016 €42.610m 647.22 2017 €43.136m 655.52 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ground Rents (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Property Registration Authority (PRA) was established under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 replacing the Registrar of Deeds and Titles as the State registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland. The PRA deals with applications under Part III of the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (No. 2) Act 1978, whereby owners of leasehold properties can...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In the Dublin Docklands, the North Lotts and Grand Canal Dock area has been designated as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), for which Dublin City Council is implementing the associated Planning Scheme. Accordingly, it is a matter for the Council to manage large-scale developments in the area in accordance with the approved SDZ Planning Scheme. Notwithstanding this, I am aware that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has received a Stage 4 (post-tender) proposal from Limerick City and County Council, which is now being examined and a response will issue to the Council, as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Review of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (NHSS), also known as the Fair Deal Scheme, was published by the Minister for Health in July 2015. A Working Group is overseeing the implementation of its recommendations, including any legislative changes that may be required. Action 17 of the Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, undertakes to examine the treatment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department engages with An Bord Pleanála on an ongoing basis to ensure that it has the appropriate resources to perform its broad range of functions which includes planning appeals, strategic infrastructure and strategic housing development planning applications, vacant site levy appeals and other matters which are submitted for determination under Planning and Development, Water...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Pillar 5 of Rebuilding Ireland sets out a range of measures to assist in meeting Ireland’s housing needs by ensuring that Ireland’s existing housing stock is used to the greatest extent possible. An overarching action within that Pillar is a commitment to develop a National Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy. This Strategy, which I published July 2018, strives to provide a targeted,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department currently publishes data on a monthly basis outlining the number of homeless persons accommodated in emergency accommodation funded and overseen by housing authorities. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities, produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The reports are collated on a regional basis and are published on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the Just Transition proposals for the midlands region, Budget 2020 has made provision for an additional €20 million to fund energy efficiency upgrades to local authority houses in the affected midland counties. This funding is in addition to the €25million, which my Department is making available in 2020 for energy efficiency upgrades to the existing local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities are empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market value of relevant vacant sites. These arrangements commenced in respect of vacant sites included on local authority vacant site registers prior to 1 January 2018 with payment of the levy due in January 2019. The Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (5 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding is available to all Local Authorities from my department to acquire homes on a targeted basis for Social Housing use.  Ultimately, it is the local authorities that identify housing need in their area and oversee and prioritise the development of appropriate responses to meet this need. My Department does not prescribe how this is implemented at local authority level.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency Data (5 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. Housing Agency recommendations are then considered by the Credit Committee in each local authority, which issues loan approvals.  Each local authority must...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are no staff employed on an agency basis in my Department. The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned.  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...