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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Among the targets set in the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness was a target to secure a doubling of housing output to 25,000 homes p.a. by 2020. Housing is, and will remain, a top priority for the Government. The CSO reports there were 18,016 new dwelling completions in Ireland in 2018, up 25% on 2017. When account is taken of the 817 homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (24 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 24A of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, as amended, provides that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered for designation as a Rent Pressure Zone. Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) to conduct an assessment of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (24 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Kildare- Newbridge Local Electoral Area (LEA) was designated a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ) on 27 January 2017 under section 24 of the Residential Tenancies Acts (2004-2019). Subsequently, the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee No 1 Report in 2018 recommended that Monasterevin be moved from the Athy LEA (which is not a designated Rent Pressure Zone) to a newly created Kildare LEA. New...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. This was a fantastic decision made by the people of Limerick. To give credit where credit is due, Deputy Niall Collins did a great job, working with other parties and people, to get it over the line. It is a pity other members of his party did not take a similar view in places like Cork. However, that has been decided now. I met the outgoing...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. What I told his colleague at yesterday's committee meeting was that a commitment was made last year to review the public spending code, in order to see if we could increase the threshold from €2 million to €6 million. Doing that would require a derogation to the public spending code, which would have to come from the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (19 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Further to my reply to Question Nos 1974 and 1977 of 6 September 2019, I can confirm that my Department has not received any correspondence from any other approved housing body or organisation in relation to funding under the capital assistance scheme or the capital advance leasing facility in respect of the property referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (19 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department conducted Unfinished Housing Developments surveys with assistance from all local authorities between 2010 and 2017. The initial and consequent surveys were focused on a particular period of time from 2007 onwards (during the economic downturn). A Progress Report was prepared each year based on the data and analysis from each survey. All reports and auxiliary data...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (19 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. The Regulation of Lobbying Act was enacted in 2015. Section 22 of the Act provides that specific categories of Designated Public Officials (“DPOs”) are subject to a one-year “cooling-off” period, during which they cannot engage in lobbying activities in specific circumstances, or be employed by, or provide...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In line with Part L of the Building Regulations, the use of fossil fuel (e.g. gas) boilers is permitted in new social housing with a photovoltaic installation to achieve compliance with Part L 2019. Alternatively, heat pumps or district heating may be used where appropriate. Oil boilers with photovoltaic may be acceptable, subject to specific conditions and where cost effective relative to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under the Housing Act 1966.  Local authorities return vacant properties to use through their own resources, but my Department also...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 to 257, inclusive, together. There are currently 36 local authority social housing construction projects that have been or are being advanced through the single-stage approval process, which covers projects with an all-in budget up to €2 million and up to 15 homes. The breakdown of these projects by local authority and year received, is set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In order for a household to qualify for the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme, the household must first be assessed as eligible for social housing support by their local authority. Any household assessed as eligible for social housing is immediately eligible for HAP.  The application form for social housing support, prescribed by the Social Housing Assessment...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank Deputy Coppinger for the question. On her initial point about protections for renters, earlier this year, we enacted the most substantial reform for protecting tenants that has been enacted since we brought in rent controls in the first place. Implementing those protections had the support of a majority of this House because they are so important. The specific case that the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: With regard to the Deputy's wider point and research carried out in the UK, I will talk to the Minister for Justice and Equality about what might be possible to address the situations in which women might find themselves. What happened is reprehensible.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I see the Standing Order, a Cheann Comhairle. You are correct.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It was like that when I got here.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputies for their questions. The previous Fianna Fáil and Green Party Government did not invest in water and in wastewater treatment like it should have.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Of course, this overflow is not normal but unfortunately the discharges have been necessary because if the discharges had not occurred into the sea they would have occurred into the streets and into people's businesses and homes. The health repercussions of that would have been far more significant than what we have seen. There are other complex pollution issues happening in Dublin Bay...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Yes, capital investment was cut to protect current expenditure investment. It was not Fine Gael's reckless policies that drove the economy off a cliff. We wanted to protect schools, hospitals, nurses, social welfare payments and so on. We cut the capital spending-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wastewater Treatment (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: -----but we are investing €8.8 billion into our water infrastructure between now and 2027. This is very important.