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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Administration (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is deemed to be a social housing support under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014. As a long term housing support, an assessment of housing need must be completed in order for a household to qualify for HAP. Any household with an identified housing need is eligible for HAP. The Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provide that subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 627, 629 and 630 together. 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 the delivery of social housing, with a target of delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently developing a national policy approach to Cost Rental as a new form of tenure for Ireland. Under the Cost Rental model, rents cover the cost of delivering, managing, and maintaining the homes only, less both the profit margin seen in the private rental sector and any financial supports provided by the State/local authorities. With the resulting rents...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 631 and 632 together. My Department has met with Leitrim County Council on three occasions recently with a view to agreeing the scope of the Council's proposed research project proposal examining the feasibility of a zero discharge wastewater system for single houses. Separately, the Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing its ‘Code of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Funding (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has had statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Irish Water, as a single publicly owned national water services authority, is taking a strategic, national utility approach to asset planning and investment, and meeting customer requirements. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Budget 2020 (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The table at the link gives information on the estimated current and capital allocations for 2020 in respect of each relevant programme/scheme, on the basis of the financial provision made for my Department in the Expenditure Report 2020 published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform following decisions made in the context of Budget 2020.  The table does not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Efficiency (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for the SEAI Deep Retrofit Programme rests with my colleague, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment.  I am responsible for programmes that support energy efficiency renovations to local authority homes. On the latter, a new scheme announced under Budget 2020 will provide for energy efficiency renovations to a large number of social homes in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has had statutory responsibility for all aspects of public water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. In May 2018 the Government approved the Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025 and I subsequently approved the Irish Water Strategic Funding Plan 2019-2024 in November 2018.  The Strategic Funding Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (15 Oct 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: Fire Safety (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 27 June 2017, following the fire in London’s Grenfell Tower, I tasked my Department’s National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM) with convening and coordinating a high-level Task Force to lead a re-appraisal of fire safety in Ireland.  The Task Force completed its work, and provided me with a full report in May 2018, entitled “Fire Safety in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is funded through a combination of Exchequer funding and tenant differential rents collected in respect of HAP tenancies. Budget 2019 increased the Exchequer funding for the HAP scheme to €422 million. This will allow for the continued support of existing HAP households and also meet the needs of the additional 16,760 households targeted...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was designed to activate housing supply by putting in place the enabling public infrastructure necessary to ensure that large scale development could take place on key sites in urban areas of high housing demand. Approval was given for 30 projects under LIHAF in 2017 and these projects will stimulate development of approximately 20,000...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 provides for, among other things, the establishment of a tenancy deposit protection scheme to be operated by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB). There have been significant changes in the rental market since the 2015 scheme was first envisaged and designed. For example, the draft scheme was originally intended to be financed by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In June 2017 a Working Group was established involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements.  Having considered the Working Group's report as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has written to Galway County Council regarding concerns over the increased cost for the delivery of this social housing scheme. The Council now needs to work with the approved housing body involved on these issues and my Department awaits their response so that further consideration can be given to the revised Stage 1 submission.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (15 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The advancement and completion of this project is, in the first instance, a matter for Kildare County Council.   Notwithstanding this, I am advised by the Council that as per the reply to Question No. 204 of 26 September 2019, they have recently completed the preliminary appraisal stage of the project in accordance with Transport Infrastructure Ireland's Project Management...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility (10 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, to assist eligible people in private houses to make their accommodation more suitable for their needs.  The suite of grants includes the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Aid for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (10 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: When the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) scheme was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans would be approximately €200 million over three years.  However, the RIHL proved to be more successful than initially anticipated. My officials began engaging with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in October 2018 when higher lending...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (10 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Where a local authority is developing new social housing on land it has acquired, including where the acquisition was financed by borrowings, the capital funding for the development that is provided by my Department recoups the amount of the loan and any associated loan interest charges, to the local authority. Where a local authority has indicated an intention to make homes available at...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Conservation (10 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 274 together. The provisions of the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services have now been largely legislated for, as required, in the Water Services Act 2017.  Promoting the efficient and sustainable use of water is central to my Department’s water policy. The Government's Water...