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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: We have the agreed breakdown now and as much as €100 million will go into the site. There are no policies from Fianna Fáil in this area and that is why its leader is heckling me while I am trying to answer. His party has no solutions for housing. It has supported Rebuilding Ireland for the past three years, during which time it has not produced its own housing plan, as...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The majority of affordable houses will sell to members of the public for €300,000. A teacher and garda, for example, earning €55,000 between them, will be able to afford one of these homes.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department awarded a Mobile Voice and Data contract to Vodafone in September 2016 procured through an Office of Government Procurement (OGP) Framework, using a Supplementary Response Framework Tender.  My Department is currently preparing to undertake a competitive tendering process in conjunction with the OGP again for our voice and data services, the contract for which is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a judgment in March 2019 by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Ireland's non-compliance with the urban wastewater treatment directive, my Department, accompanied by Irish Water, met Commission officials and proposed a programme of measures to ensure this case is resolved.  My Department will maintain close contact with the Commission while the case remains open. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There were 775.21 staff serving in my Department at the end of October 2019, as calculated on a fulltime equivalent basis.  The information requested is set out in the following table.  Grade Male Female Total ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER 9.50 13.00 22.50 ADVISORY COUNSEL GRADE 3 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Two special advisers are currently used by my Department.  There has been one change of adviser during my time as Minister and details are set out in the following table.  These advisers work across a wide range of areas within the remit of my Department including Housing, Planning, Local Government, Water Services and Electoral Reform as well as liaising with the media and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is implementing Dignity at Work, the Civil Service anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy, in the manner required.  There have been no complaints of bullying and sexual harassment in my Department in the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Dismissals (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There have been no dismissals or suspensions in my Department in any of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

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. Working with the broader Housing and Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is not directly involved in housing procurement and as such there are no staff employed in such procurement within the Department. The procurement of housing as social homes is a matter for the Local Authorities and Approved Housing Bodies. The Housing Delivery Division in my Department supports a significant number of actions under the Government's Action Plan on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitment given in the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, a review of the operation of the first 12 months of the Tenant Purchase (Incremental) Scheme has been completed and a full report has been prepared setting out findings and recommendations.  I intend to bring a comprehensive package of social housing reform measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: From the introduction of the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme in 2012 to end October 2019, a total of 4,984 cases had been submitted.  Of these 4,984 cases, 3,253 were ineligible or terminated during the process. Of the remaining cases submitted, 606 have been completed and the remaining 1,125 are actively being progressed.  The number of completed MTR cases is increasing every...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Statistics in relation to social housing stock are published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) in their annual reports on Performance Indicators in Local Authorities. These reports provide a range of information in relation to social housing stock, including the average time taken to re-tenant a dwelling.  The most recent report, relating to 2018, is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, is a matter for each individual local authority. Local authority housing stock becomes vacant and is refurbished and re-let on a continuous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Acknowledging that renters in Dublin and other major urban centres are currently facing significant housing access and affordability challenges, the Government is committed to the introduction of a Cost Rental sector in Ireland. My Department is currently developing a national policy approach for this new form of rental tenure. This work includes the development of two pathfinder...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (20 Nov 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. The Board currently has a complement of 10 members and has over 160 other staff employed. Section 116 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), provides for the payment to the Board in each financial year of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Strategy for the Rental Sector, published in December 2016, set out a series of measures to be introduced to ensure the quality of private rental accommodation by strengthening the applicable standards and improving the inspection and enforcement systems. The Strategy acknowledged the overall low rates of inspection of the private rental stock and low rates of compliance, as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Choice Based Letting (CBL) is a method whereby available social housing stock is let by being openly advertised by local authorities to persons on the social housing waiting list. This allows qualified applicants to 'register an interest' in available homes.  Applicants can act on their own initiative to respond to adverts and express an interest in dwellings that they...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Aggregation Scheme (LAGS) was introduced in 2010, to assist in the gradual unwinding of loans taken out by housing authorities to purchase land for the social and affordable housing investment programme.  This was in cases where loans were due to mature and where it was considered unlikely that land would be developed in the short to medium term. A...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness included the commitment to explore a range of structural, funding and policy supports that could help to increase delivery by AHBs.  In 2016, my Department established an Innovation Fund to support Tier 3 AHBs (i.e. those larger organisations with 300+ homes in their stock) in their development of innovative financial models...