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

Eoghan Murphy: Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, provides that the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock is a matter for each individual local authority. This includes the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs. The Voids Programme, introduced in 2014 by my Department, provides additional support to local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In relation to the housing project referred to by the Deputy, I can confirm that stage 4 approval issued from my Department to Galway County Council on 20 August 2019.

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

Eoghan Murphy: In December 2016, my Department issued Stage 1 approval for the acquisition and refurbishment of the housing project referred to by the Deputy, with an approved budget of €1.175m. The scope of the project has since been altered by the Approved Housing Body and a revised Capital Appraisal (Stage 1) was received, initially in January 2019, with further options also being provided since...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2019 regulate the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented sector, including tenancies in co-living dwellings, and set out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. The Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2019 apply to every dwelling that is the subject of a tenancy, subject to a limited number of exceptions. The dwellings to which the Act...

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

Eoghan Murphy: External consultancies have not, to date, been used to advise my Department on issues relating to GDPR. My Department has, however, procured in-house training on GDPR and data protection matters from three companies as detailed below. The services provided involved training staff in a classroom-type setting as well as the development of an e-learning module to be undertaken by all staff in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Review (6 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1959, 1969, 1974 and 1986 together. 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,...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is committed to providing a high quality service to all our customers. On occasion, it receives complaints from members of the public in relation to their interaction with the Department and we welcome these insofar as they may lead to service improvements. My Department considers every complaint received and aims to resolve it within 15 working days, in accordance with our...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme has applied to all house purchase loans approved by local authorities after 1 July 1986, including the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan introduced on 1 February 2018. The Consumer Credit Act 1995 applied conditions on lenders which applied to local authorities as well as commercial lenders. Under section 126 of the Act, the lender...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (6 Sep 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 associated services for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. My Department...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Section 49 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 will be commenced after the necessary preparations by An Bord Pleanála, and other necessary supporting requirements, have been completed. My Department is working towards the completion of this process as soon as possible.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1964 and 1965 together. Under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme, tenants source their own accommodation. The accommodation sourced by tenants must be within the prescribed maximum HAP rent limits, which are based on household size and the rental market within the area concerned. Each local authority has statutory discretion to agree to a HAP payment...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding under the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, in respect of private houses. There are three separate grant schemes available, being the Housing Aid for Older People Grant, the Mobility Aids Grant and the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability. Funding of €71.25 million has been allocated for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (6 Sep 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 overcrowding, or the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. Local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects in their functional areas and Donegal County Council included the scheme referred to in its application to my Department under the new Programme. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 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). The SSHA has been conducted on an annual basis since 2016, prior to which it was carried out once every three years with the previous Summary having taken place in 2013. The SSHA report includes breakdowns by each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 Sep 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 and drawdown...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Review Into Certain Planning Matters In Respect Of Donegal County Council, by Mr. Rory Mulcahy S.C., was received by my Department in June 2017. Following initial analysis and assessment of the report’s findings and recommendations, including interaction with the Department’s own legal advisers and the Attorney General’s Office, a comprehensive set of queries and...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The allocation of social housing support is a matter for the relevant local authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. Section 22 of the Act requires all local authorities, as a reserved function, to make an allocation scheme determining the order of priority to be accorded in the allocation of dwellings to households qualified for...

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

Eoghan Murphy: A review of public safety in Ireland is currently underway in my Department, including the licensing of both indoor and outdoor events, the planning for and management of crowd events and safety at funfairs. The Review is examining the current regime in Ireland for planning, licensing and managing such events and benchmarking against international best practice. The Review will be concluded...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Chief Executive of each local authority is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authority. Under current sanctioning arrangements Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council may fill engineering grade vacancies that arise, up to Senior Executive Engineer grade,...