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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Freedom of Information Data (4 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department received 1,493 Freedom of information requests in the years 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 (to 30 November). The breakdown of these requests is contained on the attached spreadsheet. With regards to the breakdown of requests refused, the information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Stop objecting to housing.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We doubled the vacant site levy.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Government funding.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I invite Deputies to think about the fact that more than 6,000 social housing homes and more than 20,000 private homes are being built this year. One in three homes being built this year will be used for social housing. It is nonsense for people to say that we are reliant on the market for our solutions and that our targets are not ambitious. Next year, we will build more social housing...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I have brought forward one of the most progressive rent Bills this year. Even though one of the biggest challenges we have when it comes to emergency accommodation relates to people leaving the private rented sector, the Social Democrats did not propose a single amendment to the Bill in question. Deputy Catherine Murphy wants to know what to say to people who are worried about people not...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The greatest crime in public life is to say one thing in public while doing another. This debate is full of hypocrisies.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Sinn Féin will be supporting the motion of no confidence even though it called it a stunt when it was first proposed. Sinn Féin should know what a stunt looks like when it comes to housing. Deputy McDonald has said that if she gets into government, she will have the most ambitious social housing programme in the State. I ask her to look at what we are doing. Next year will be a...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We have a challenge with housing and homelessness in this country and it is a serious one. My concern tonight is that the motivation that has brought us to this debate is not a genuine one. Nevertheless, I am the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government. I am responsible for housing and homelessness in this country and I am accountable to this House, as I always have been. I...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The provision for "any third party concerned" is the cover for what Deputy Fleming outlined. The regulator provided for in the amendment will be the primary regulator and will have MOUs with all the relevant bodies he mentioned. The amendment relates to the transfer of assets, which has happened only on occasion. We do not necessarily expect a review to happen but we consider it necessary...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Order for Report Stage (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, to delete line 11. The issue of fees was discussed at length on Committee Stage, and I am pleased to bring these amendments forward to reflect the positive engagement we had. As was said on Committee Stage, registration fees for deemed approved housing bodies, AHBs, under section 35 was deleted, but I also undertook to bring forward an amendment to...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 9, to delete line 34.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 13, to delete lines 33 to 39, and in page 14, to delete lines 1 to 39.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Deputy has seen amendment No. 8 from the Government. There is nothing wrong with the definition in and of itself. I have an issue with the definition's placement within this section and with whether it is the right place to put such a definition in terms of the different legislation we have on housing. Amendment No. 8 is offered to try to capture that, and perhaps the...

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 26, line 33, to delete “the appropriate fee” and substitute “such fee (if any) as may be determined by the Regulator”.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 6: In page 27, line 2, after “applicant,” to insert “and”.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 7: In page 27, to delete line 3.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 8: In page 35, line 17, after “AHB” to insert the following: “, including the types of dwellings provided or managed, or both, as the case may be, by each category of AHB to meet the different accommodation needs of different categories of tenants”.

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We discussed this on Committee Stage. Insofar as what the Deputy is considering with consultation, I know we discussed this happening with certain planning changes. That is when it comes with an exemption and it is something specific. It is one of a few cases where the obligation to consult is there. The point I was making on Committee Stage was that should the direction be made, I would...