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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Disabled Persons Grants (DPG) Scheme applies to works that are necessary to address the needs of older people or people with a disability in local authority housing. This may involve minor adaptations such as stair-lifts, grabs-rails, showers, wet-rooms, ramps etc. It also provides funding for more major adaptations such as extensions, for example in the case of overcrowding, or the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group water schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. Prior to the commencement of Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme in January 2016; the selection, prioritisation and approval of individual group water scheme proposals for advancement was a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding is available from local authorities, with 80% exchequer support provided by my Department, for eligible applicants under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability scheme, which assists people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.  Under this scheme, the Housing Aid for Older People Grant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government I have responsibility for overall policy in relation to water services and Irish Water. The Water Advisory Body (WAB) is an independent body that was formally established on 1 June 2018 under the Water Services Act 2017 (Part 7) to provide oversight to Irish Water on measures needed to improve the transparency, accountability and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 12 of the Water Services Act 2014 provided that the property of the public water system was not rateable. Prior to this provision, some water assets were valued for rates purposes. Irish Water was therefore not liable to pay rates during the years referred to in the question. This exemption was ended by section 61 of the Water Services Act 2017, which was commenced with effect from 18...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under normal circumstances the developer is responsible for the maintenance and operation of housing estates until the local authority agrees to take them in charge.   The progression of individual developments through the taking-in-charge process is a matter for the relevant housing developer, the residents in such developments and the relevant local authorities, following the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to operate a national tenancy registration system and to facilitate the resolution of disputes between landlords and tenants.  The service provided by the RTB is quasi-judicial and all of their mediators, adjudicators and tribunal members have independent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Remuneration (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It is a matter for each local authority to determine its own spending priorities, including taking account of  payroll costs  in the context of the annual budgetary process, having regard to both locally identified needs and available resources. As a matter of course, a local authority's payroll costs may increase because of the awarding of pay increments in the course of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 to 667, inclusive, together. 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 Sites Fund (SSF), from 2019 to 2021, to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of some 6,200 affordable homes on local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in Section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended.  The 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income limits for each local authority, in different...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As the Deputy will be aware the development at O'Devaney Gardens is based on a tenure mix, which includes 30% of the homes on site to be designated as social homes. In relation to the cost of the social housing homes that will be developed under Part V, it is not possible at this juncture to provide that financial information at this time as it may have the effect of compromising the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is a flagship element of Project Ireland 2040.  Under the stewardship of my Department, the Fund was established in 2018 to support more compact and sustainable development, through the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning Framework and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 671 and 674 together. I welcome the resolution by the elected members of Dublin City Council on Monday 4 November to approve the redevelopment Council lands at O’Devaney Gardens. I understand that the advice of the Council executive to the Council members at the meeting was that an exhaustive process had been undertaken over the last number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Aid for Older People scheme provides grants of up to €8,000 to assist older people, aged 66 or above, living in poor housing conditions to have necessary repairs or improvements carried out. The grant is available to eligible members of owner occupied private homes. However in cases where the applicant is not the registered owner, or the registered owner is not in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018 included funding for six group sewerage schemes as demonstration or pilot projects for connection to the Irish Water waste water network, where clustering of households on individual septic tanks was not a viable option, particularly from an environment perspective. An Expert Panel was convened by my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local level.  Irish Water as a single national water services authority is taking a strategic, nationwide approach to asset planning and investment, and meeting customer requirements.  Irish Water is best placed to provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of this first tranche of approvals under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF), Westmeath County Council was approved for URDF support in respect of preliminary costs, including technical assistance, for the development of a masterplan for the comprehensive regeneration and redevelopment of the southwest quadrant of Mullingar’s urban core. The advancement and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I am joined by my officials - Paul Lemass, Rory O'Leary and Catherine Rawson. We spent a good deal of time on Second Stage nd people were able to put their views on record. We all agree we need to regulate and have strong regulation of the approved housing body, AHB, sector. It is important that regulation is effective without it being unduly onerous on the AHBs and that in no way does...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, to delete line 18 and substitute the following: “ “charitable trust” means- (a) a charitable trust within the meaning of the Charities Act 2009, or (b) the Iveagh Trustees (also referred to as the Iveagh Trust) within the meaning of the Iveagh Trust Acts 1899 to 1961;”. These amendments are straightforward. Amendment...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “ “common areas, structures, works and services” means, in relation to dwellings provided for the purpose specified in section 26(2)(b)(i), areas, structures, works and services that are, or are intended to be, common to such dwellings and enjoyed therewith, including, where...