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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Over the course of the 6-year Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the Government is committed to meeting the housing needs of over 138,000 households. This will be achieved through blended delivery, involving increasing the social housing stock by over 50,000 homes, through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, and supporting some 88,000 further households through the Housing Assistance...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 685, 689, 690 and 692 together. All local authorities are being funded to significantly increase their delivery of social housing as part of Rebuilding Ireland and a strong social housing construction pipeline is already in place for local authorities and approved housing bodies. A detailed breakdown of the construction programme of new social housing build is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications Data (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are set out in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA).  Since 2016, the summary process has been carried out on an annual basis. The most recent available summary, which was carried out in 2018, details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Agency provides a central support service which assesses applications for the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan on behalf of local authorities and makes recommendations to the authorities to approve or refuse applications. I have asked the Agency to compile figures on the numbers of applications that it has assessed, recommended to approve and recommended to decline since the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan scheme remains fully operational and all local authorities are continuing to accept and process applications under scheme.   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...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The key to resolving current issues, including affordable housing, in the housing market is increasing supply. This is why the Government is committed to increasing the supply of all types of housing including social, affordable and private. Institutional investors represent one aspect of the housing market and have a role to play in increasing overall supply. Whilst the role of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (17 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  The most recently published report, in respect of July 2019, shows that there were a total of 10,275 individuals in emergency accommodation, including 6,497 adults and 3,778...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority Data (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Registry Map is available online and may be searched free of charge. In 2018 there were 2,568,068 online map searches carried out in this manner. Name and area searches incur a €5 fee as do inspections of ownership details on a Folio. The relevant fees received by the Property Registration Authority for 2018 are set out in the following table. All fees are remitted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the supervisory authority for public water supplies in Ireland. Irish Water is responsible for monitoring public water supplies while local authorities are responsible for monitoring water provided by other suppliers. The roles of the water supplier, the EPA and the Health Services Executive (HSE) in relation to measuring lead levels in public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are circa 138,000 social housing homes nationally in the ownership of local authorities. My Department has been funding an Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for these properties since 2013. The Programme has 2 Phases - Phase 1, which comprises the bulk of the work undertaken to date, has focused on the lower cost improvements such as cavity wall and attic insulation, while...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in line with the “preferred draft approach” which was announced in June 2017 by the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in conjunction with the then Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment. The review is addressing a number of key...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested by the Deputy is not collected by my Department. Under section 8 (Part II) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, each planning authority is required to maintain a register of derelict sites, including derelict houses and structures, in their respective functional areas and to have it available for inspection at its offices during office hours. In addition, some...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 9 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the 2016 Act), requires An Bord Pleanála (the Board), when making a decision on a planning application for a Strategic Housing Development (SHD), to have regard to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area in which it is proposed to situate the proposed development, the development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of the actions under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, 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 developments...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The General Scheme of the Bill to establish the Land Development Agency (LDA) on a primary legislative basis was approved by Government and has now been published. It has been referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny which is set to begin in the coming weeks. It is intended that the LDA Bill will be published and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Extensive consultation has taken place and is ongoing between the Land Development Agency (LDA) and the four Dublin local authorities. The discussions have centred around both how the LDA can assist with the formulation of plans to deliver affordable housing on local authority owned lands, and the LDA’s plans for sites in its initial portfolio that are located in the Dublin area. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legal Proceedings (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: While the State may be a co-respondent or notice party in certain legal challenges against planning decisions of An Bord Pleanála, this would not always be the case. Full details in relation to the number and nature of such cases would be held by the Board and the management of such cases is a matter for the Board itself. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Advisers Data (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Two Special Advisers, Mr. Jack O'Donnell and Mr. Paul Melia, are employed in my Department. The salary details of both advisers are set out in tabular form as follows. Name Payscale Paul Melia Principal Officer (Standard) PPC pay scale (€85,823 - €105,552). Jack O'Donnell Principal Officer (Standard) PPC pay scale (€85,823 - €105,552). There are no Special...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Increases (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: For tenancies in Local Electoral Areas (LEA's) which have not yet been designated as a Rent Pressure Zone, the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, enacted on 4 December 2015, amends Section 20 to provide that rent reviews can only take place every 24 months rather than every 12 months, unless there has been a substantial change in the nature of the accommodation that warrants a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Work is at an advanced stage of development of the new scheme referred to by the Deputy. I expect that the process will be substantially completed over the coming month when the necessary regulations dealing with the financial assistance arrangements and related administrative matters are put in place. This will enable a circular letter, terms and conditions, guidance and the application...