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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1151 and 1152 together. The information sought is not collated in the precise format requested but there is a large volume of relevant data available in respect of many of the categories included. Data on social housing stock occupied as distinct from owned at the end of each year has been collected and reported by the Department from 1994 until 2016. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1153 to 1156, inclusive, together. My Department does not hold or collate the information referred to in the Questions. The Clerk of the Dáil requested that arrangements be put in place to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies to members of the Oireachtas. Following the issue of Circular LG (P)05/16 on 20 September 2016 from my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts Data (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the contracts referred to by the Deputy are published in the annual Appropriation Accounts. The account for 2017 is available at: while that for 2018 is available at: . In summary, my Department complied with the guidelines with the exception of five contracts in 2017 totalling €425,388 (excluding VAT) and eight in 2018 totalling €770,842. The exceptions generally...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Addressing homelessness is an absolute priority for the Government. Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, is designed to significantly increase the supply of social housing by 50,000 homes in the period to 2021, double the output of overall housing to at least 25,000 homes per annum by 2020, support all tenure types (social, private and rental),...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Housing is a key Government priority, as can be seen with almost €2.4 billion being provided in 2019 for all housing programmes - this is a 25% increase on the 2018 allocation. The level of progress being made is reflected in social housing waiting lists, which have reduced by 26% nationally, from 91,600 households to just over 68,000 between 2016 and 2019. In 2018, Meath County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Usage (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2017, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme. The Nitrates Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not allowed and in Ireland the closed season commenced on 15...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: This year, more than €2.4 billion was allocated to the delivery of social homes nationwide, as part of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. As part of this programme, targets are set against a range of delivery mechanisms and resources are allocated to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies, as the key delivery agents for this work. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The table below sets out the recoupment by my Department to local authorities each year since 2016 under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme which includes Group Water Schemes, Group Sewerage Schemes, Individual wells (more commonly known as private or household wells) and on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks). Local Authority 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Funding approval of almost €500,000 has been given to Cavan and Monaghan County Councils this year under the voids programme, based on the number of properties submitted by them. In recent weeks, Monaghan County Council has submitted additional properties for inclusion under the programme, which have now also been approved for funding subject to the conditions attaching to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme has applied to all house purchase loans approved by local authorities after 1 July 1986, including the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan introduced on 1 February 2018. Mortgage protection insurance is charged at the rate of 0.555%. It is obligatory for all local authority borrowers who meet the eligibility criteria to join the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the question is in reference to a Study visit to London organised by the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), that took place from 16 to 18 October 2019. I should clarify that events such as this, organised by professional bodies such as the IPI, form part of a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programme for those working in the planning or other...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The speech referred to in the question was given at an event organised by the London Irish Town Planners Network on 17 October last, to which I was invited as Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to give an address on the theme of “Densification in an Urban Context”. Separate to the London Irish Town Planners network event, there was a study tour to London...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (5 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. While responsibility for the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities, the administration of homeless services is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 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 emergency accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. My Department does not fund any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Services (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with standard arrangements, the Water Services Bill 2013, enacted as the Water Services Act 2013, was drafted by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel, in close consultation with my Department. No external legal advice was procured by my Department in relation to the drafting of this legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government’s Strategy for the Rental Sectorrecognises that rapidly increasing rental inflation is the most significant challenge to security of tenure in the rental sector and that there is a need for a targeted, time-bound and transparent policy response to the issue of rising rents. To address this, the Government introduced the Rent Predictability Measure. This measure, which...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (5 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: Emergency Accommodation Data (5 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 emergency accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. My Department does not fund any...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the actions under the Government's Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness – Rebuilding Ireland, the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the Act) introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation or shared accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (5 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1185, 1189, 1192 and 1195 together. The delivery of new social housing is a priority for the Government as can be seen in the targeted delivery this year, of 10,000 new social homes through build, acquisition and lease, under Rebuilding Ireland. In addition, the Government's commitment to the delivery of social housing homes is evident from the National...