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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for the advancement of proposals for the development of the Cork Events Centre remains, in the first instance, a matter for Cork City Council.  It was agreed in the context of Budget 2020 that responsibility at central government level would transfer to my Department.  Discussions in relation to the transfer process are underway.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (22 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Value for Money Reviews (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Consultancy service providers are only engaged by my Department where specific expertise is required which is not available in the organisation at the relevant time. The consultancy expenditure by the Department in 2018, together with the purpose of each service engagement and the expenditure programme concerned, are set out in the following table.  It is the general...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Value for Money Reviews (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Government Departments regularly review expenditure programmes under the established system of value for money and policy reviews (VFMs). Departments also undertake the related focused policy assessments (FPAs) as part of this initiative. In the period under question my Department was engaged in conducting one VFM review of Exchequer spending on the provision of homeless services and one FPA...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Oct 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 the housing authorities. Decisions on the range...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 646 and 648 together. Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission.  Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (22 Oct 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: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (22 Oct 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: Land Development Agency (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department was invited by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) to meet with, and brief,  EUROSTAT in relation to the Land Development Agency (LDA) as part of a routine EUROSTAT European Deficit Procedure (EDP) Dialogue visit to EU member states on 26 February 2019. In relation to the classification of the LDA, it is understood that the CSO will not take a definitive view...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 2 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 commenced on enactment of the Act, on 19 July 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Increasing the supply of housing, private and public, is essential to address many of the core challenges in the housing sector.  Housing supply lead indicators provide a basis for confidence that there will be continued expansion. The rolling annual total of planning permission for residential dwellings has exceeded 30,000 units for the first time since early 2010, up more than 21%...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015, provide the basis for the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme for existing local authority houses.  The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme.  To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban renewal/regeneration, and fire services. To achieve its business objectives, my Department allocates significant resources to local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 322 and 323 together. Addressing homelessness is an absolute priority for the Government.  Rebuilding Ireland, the Government’s Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, is designed to increase the delivery of housing across all tenures to help individuals and families meet their housing needs and address homelessness. The plan focuses on increasing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 324 and 325 together. Limerick City and County Council provide a highly effective transactional-shared service on behalf of all HAP local authorities. The HAP Shared Services Centre (HAP SSC) manages all HAP related rental transactions for the tenant, local authority and landlord. Once a HAP application has been received and confirmed as valid by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Freedom of Information process is the usual route for access to specific records such as these and is availed of regularly by public representatives. However, I am keen to facilitate the request in so far as possible and, while the information cannot be provided within the normal timeframe, my Department will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 126 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, An Bord Pleanála (the Board) has a statutory objective to determine planning appeals within 18 weeks of receipt of the appeal. Where the Board does not consider it possible or appropriate to reach a decision within 18 weeks (e.g. because of the particular complexities of a case or the requirement to hold an oral...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Appeals (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Legislative provision already exists to ensure appeals to An Bord Pleanála can identify appellants and gives the Board the discretion to dismiss appeals. Appeals to the Board are made under section 37 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended (the 2000 Act), where an appeal is lodged the applicant must provide a name and address and pay the prescribed fee for the appeal....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the establishment of An Bord Pleanála (the Board) in 1977, planning legislation has clearly assigned final responsibility for decisions on planning appeals to the Board. The Board can decide to confirm, vary or reverse the planning authority’s decision. The specific information requested is not available. However, the Board provides information in its Annual Reports on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: A person that has an authorised development, which is authorised by way of a planning permission, does not require retention planning permission for that specific development. Retention permission is only required for unauthorised development, such as in circumstances where a development was, or is being, carried out without the required planning permission.  In cases where a...