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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Barry did not do so.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: What about the 1920s?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not hold or collate the information referred to in the Question. The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) which was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts  2004-2019, operates a national tenancy registration system. The Clerk of the Dáil requested that arrangements be put in place to facilitate the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has not hired or engaged any agency staff in the past 5 years to date.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme was rolled out in four waves between September 2014 and March 2017. The nationwide rollout of the scheme was completed with its introduction, on 1 March 2017, to the administrative areas of Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council and Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. HAP plays a vital role in housing eligible families...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is a grant currently available, which is funded by my Department through the local authorities, for the provision or necessary improvement of an individual water supply in a house.  This is more commonly called the individual or private wells grant. The grant, subject to certain conditions, assists households dependent on these supplies with the costs incurred in providing such a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness is a priority for this Government. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness includes a range of measures  relating to the provision of emergency accommodation and the range of supports to be provided to households experiencing homelessness. Under Rebuilding Ireland, my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Supporting families experiencing homelessness is a key priority of Government.  Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, includes the objective that hotels will only be used in limited circumstances as emergency accommodation for families.  Rebuilding Ireland also sought to ensure that families experiencing homelessness are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Supporting individuals and families experiencing homelessness is a priority for this Government. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness includes a range of measures relating to the provision of emergency accommodation and the range of supports to be provided to households experiencing homelessness. Arising out of a commitment made in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

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 for the provision of accommodation and related services rests with individual housing authorities. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing First enables homeless individuals with high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent secure accommodation with the provision of intensive housing and health supports to help them maintain their tenancies. The National Implementation Plan for Housing First, published in September 2018, which puts the programme on a national footing, is designed to provide this response, by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Data (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), capital funding of up to 100% of project costs may be advanced by local authorities to Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to provide housing for specific categories of housing need, which can include persons leaving State care. Under this heading, where a local authority is informed by Tusla that there is a need for accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence Policy (27 Nov 2019)

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 accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with individual housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Agency (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Pillar 2 of Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness committed to the establishment of a Housing Procurement Unit within the Housing Agency to provide a procurement centre of excellence and advice to support local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (ABHs) in the accelerated delivery of their social housing programmes.  The unit forms...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As indicated in my reply to Question No. 1768 of 16 January 2018, in making a decision on a planning application or appeal, a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála must consider the proper planning and sustainable development of the area concerned while having regard to the provisions of the relevant development plan, relevant Ministerial or Government policies and guidelines, as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The amendments to sections 137 and 137A of the Residential Tenancies  Act 2004, as amended, update the RTB tenancy registration fee in the context of the move to annual registration - providing a €40 fee per tenancy registration by private providers and €20 per tenancy registration by an Approved Housing Body (AHB).  Under the new annual registration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Grant Aid (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is no grant aid available from my Department for the provision of granny flats.  My Department does provide funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.  The suite of grants includes the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “ “microbead” means a solid plastic particle that is- (a) not water soluble, (b) not more than 5 millimetres at its widest point, and (c) not less than one nanometre at its narrowest point;”. We had a good debate on Second Stage, where we went through a lot of...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 4, to delete line 23 and substitute the following: “(b) contains microbeads in excess of the permitted concentration.”. This is in line with what the REACH proposals intend to get to in the future. It is to make sure that we allow for a very small allowance for microbeads that might unintentionally make their way into a product, so we have...