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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency Funding (10 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as environmental regulator, is responsible for setting quality standards and enforcing compliance with EU Directives and national regulations for drinking water supplies and wastewater discharges to water bodies. Irish Water is the lead authority in relation to the management and conservation of public water supplies. My Department...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under Actions 1.1, 2.5 and 5.6 of Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Housing Agency is actively engaged with banks and investment companies in relation to its acquisitions programme.  A revolving  Acquisitions Fund of €70m has been established with the objective of acquiring some 1,600 homes over the period to 2021, for onward  sale to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The preparation, in the context of National Policy Objective 37 of the National Planning Framework (NPF), of a "Housing Need and Demand Assessment" (HNDA) for each local authority area, will be important in estimating likely future housing need.  Work on this process has commenced in my Department, which includes the establishment of an expert advisory group. An evidence-based...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR) is currently based in temporarily leased office accommodation located at 77 Sir John Rogerson's Quay in Dublin 2 and will be moving to premises on the North Circular Road in the coming months. The OPR currently employs 17 staff including the Chief Executive, and will have a full staff complement of 21 once...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 and 279 together. Details of the primary legislation enacted since March 2011, for which my Department has or had responsibility, are set out in the following table. Some of these Acts, or parts of certain Acts, are no longer the responsibility of my Department due to subsequent changes in the functional responsibilities of Departments. My Department has...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Next year, we will invest €2.63 billion in housing. This represents an increase of approximately €250 million from this year's figure. We will build more new social homes with this money than have been built in any of the past 20 years and more than during the so-called boom years, when house building generally was at much higher levels. Next year, we will build more than...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (9 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Incidental expenses incurred by my Department in 2018 amounted to some €1.55 million. This includes costs associated with staff training and development and payments for cleaning and security services in respect of the Department's offices.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (9 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 is not available. However, the Board provides information in its Annual Reports on the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (9 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 was commenced in June 2018 to provide a new statutory basis for affordable dwelling purchase arrangements. Initial regulations in relation to schemes of priorities were made subsequently and further regulations will be put in place over the coming months regarding eligibility and other matters. When the operational procedures for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. In this regard, Class 31 of Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, provides that certain classes of development carried out by a statutory undertaker authorised to provide a...

Financial Resolution No. 7: Income Tax and Corporation Tax - IREFS (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:(1) THAT Chapter 1B of Part 27 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended—(a) in section 739K(1), by inserting the following definitions: “ ‘balance sheet’ means the balance sheet, statement of financial position or equivalent prepared in respect of an investment undertaking or sub-fund, as the case may be, in accordance with...

Financial Resolution No. 8: Income Tax and Corporation Tax - REITs (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:(1) THAT Part 25A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended—(a) by inserting the following section after section 705I— “Disposals and reinvestments 705IA. (1) This section applies where a REIT or group REIT disposes of a property of its property rental business. (2) Where the full proceeds from the disposal of the property are not—...

Financial Resolution No. 9: General (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:THAT it is expedient to amend the law relating to inland revenue (including value-added tax and excise) and to make further provision in connection with finance.

Financial Resolution No. 6: Capital Gains Tax - Exit Tax (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. I want to come back on a number of points relating to Financial Resolutions Nos. 7 and 8 and some changes to section 110 in the forthcoming finance Bill. We estimate that in the region of €80 million will accrue from the changes we are making in these resolutions in terms of the changes to the taxation regime and trying to go after people...

Financial Resolution No. 6: Capital Gains Tax - Exit Tax (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:(1) THAT section 627 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, as respects disposals deemed to have been made (that is to say, deemed to have been made by virtue of subsection (2) of that section) on or after 9 October 2019—(a) in subsection (2)—(i) by inserting “or, in the case of paragraph (c), at the time specified in subsection...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme (8 Oct 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 commences on 15...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Meters Installation (8 Oct 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 levels, pursuant to Section 7 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 which provided for the transfer to Irish Water of all water services functions conferred on the county and city councils by the Water Services Act 2007. Section 32...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 498 to 500, inclusive, together. Housing bodies are granted approved status by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, under Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992, for the purpose of being able to receive funding from local authorities, to provide social housing. The identification of Tiers within the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: River Basin Management Plans (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The formation of a Steering Group in relation to the fish passage at Parteen was a key commitment in the River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021.The Group, which was formally launched in October 2018, was tasked to advise on opportunities to improve fish migration in the lower Shannon. To assist the Steering Group in developing a number of viable options for consideration, external...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (8 Oct 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has set out an ambitious set of targets for the delivery of social housing in the period to 2021 in its Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan. A commitment to deliver 50,000 new social housing homes through a range of delivery mechanisms is being supported by a multi-annual Exchequer commitment totaling €6.5 billion over the period of the plan. These targets will be achieved...