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

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 3: In page 4, to delete line 26 and substitute the following: “(b) contains microbeads in excess of the permitted concentration.”.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 4: In page 4, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “(5) In this section “permitted concentration” means, in relation to a cosmetic product or cleaning product containing microbeads, a concentration of microbeads that does not result in the aggregate weight of the microbeads in the product exceeding 0.01 per cent of the weight of the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, to delete line 39 and substitute the following: “7. (1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act (other than an offence under subsection (5)of section 5)shall be liable—”. The amendments follows advice from the Parliamentary Counsel. It is around the different fines and offences under the Bill. There is a difference between...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authority "own" developments prescribed in Part 8 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, are exempted development under section 4 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and therefore no planning application is required for local authority development of this nature. Section 179 of the 2000 Act provides that, with certain exceptions, Part 8 type...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The design and construction of buildings is regulated under the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014. The building regulations set the minimum performance requirements that a building must achieve, to provide for the health, safety and welfare of people in and about buildings. The building regulations apply to the design and construction of a building, material alterations or extensions of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 23 July this year my Department launched the multi-annual Developer Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme. In parallel to this, local authorities were invited to submit their bids under the programme for the funding of projects in their functional area. The development of such a multi-annual funding programme was a key recommendation of the report on the National...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Through the supports made available under Rebuilding Ireland, funding is available to all local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments for social housing use. Given the emphasis on achieving best value for exchequer investment, a set of cost guidelines for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I refer to the reply to Question No. 586 of 12 November 2019 on this matter, in which I indicated that to search for and provide the full breadth of correspondence sought would involve a disproportionate level of work. As the Deputy will be aware, there is a vast number of housing projects in Cork City and County, including build, acquisition and leasing projects. This is In addition to a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Over the course of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the Government is committed to meeting the housing needs of over 138,000 households. This will be achieved through blended delivery, involving increasing the social housing stock by 50,000 homes, through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, and supporting some 88,000 further households through the Housing Assistance Payment and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In the judgment delivered on 12 November 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union in case C-261/18 (the Derrybrien Wind farm case) ruled against Ireland and imposed the lump sum fine of €5m referred to in the question. While detailed payment instructions are awaited from the EU Commission, the lump sum fine of €5m will likely be payable before end 2019. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (26 Nov 2019)

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 of the local authority for which he or she is responsible. My Department oversees workforce planning for the local government sector, including the monitoring of local government sector employment levels. To this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applicants for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan must be of good credit standing and have a satisfactory credit record. The Housing Agency provides a central credit assessment service to local authorities and credit checks are undertaken as part of the credit assessment process. The final decision on loan approval is a matter for the relevant local authority and its credit committee on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A voted provision of €1.2 billion is included in the 2019 Estimates in respect of Irish Water’s domestic water services operational and capital expenditure in 2019. At the end of September 2019 €806m of this provision had been provided to Irish Water. I expect to be providing the full €1.2 billion to Irish Water in 2019 in respect of Irish Water’s...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department oversees a number of legislative provisions aimed at addressing dereliction and vacancy in our cities and towns, including the derelict sites levy. The only circumstances under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 where the derelict sites levy may be waived is on hardship grounds. In this connection, section 26 of the Act provides as follows: 26.-'Where, in the opinion of a local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness recognises the key contribution that Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) make to the delivery of social housing. Approximately 34,000 homes are managed by AHBs, meeting the housing needs of families on low income, older persons, persons with disabilities and households experiencing homelessness. AHBs are committed to delivering a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local authority land utilisation and activation is, in the first instance, a matter for the local authority and its elected members including the development of its land for the delivery of affordable housing. In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 to 524, inclusive, together. Details of the number of homes constructed and acquired in each local authority area, are available on my Department's website at the following link www.housing.gov.ie/node/6338. I also publish details on the outputs under Part V arrangements and these are also available on the website at the following link:...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (26 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. In parallel to the announcement local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding schemes or projects in their functional areas, with the deadline for receipt of proposals set as 14 March 2019. The new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions in 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 in 2018. The rate of the levy has increased to 7% for sites on a local authority vacant sites register from 2019 onwards and in respect of which site owners will become liable to with effect from...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Meetings (21 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government I have not met with any representatives from insurance companies or Insurance Ireland since taking office in June 2017. In the period since 1 January 2016, my Department has met with the insurance sector on a number of occasions as outlined in the following table. Date of Meeting Insurance Company Purpose of...