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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Cyber Security Protocols (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department recognises fully that cyber security is of central importance in ensuring the security and integrity of its systems, files and data and implements a multi-layered approach to cyber security. This is achieved through a combination of awareness-raising for staff, having appropriate processes in place, ICT security policies, Business Continuity Planning, Cyber Incident Response...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The statutory role in relation to the provision of housing is vested in the local authorities in their capacity as housing authorities. Accordingly, consideration of the purchase of lands for housing is a matter for the relevant housing authority, rather than my Department, in the first instance. The existing significant public land bank for housing is already being activated...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Living Wage (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Payment of salaries to staff of my Department is made in line with pay scales approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. If a living wage of €12.30 was introduced, the increased annual cost to my Department would be approximately €3,600, based on the civil service 37 hour standard net working week. This figure will reduce as and when the staff concerned...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) established in 2004 placed responsibility on housing authorities to meet the accommodation needs of people in receipt of rent supplement for 18 months or longer, and, who are assessed as having a long-term housing need. RAS tenancies are governed by the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 -2019. Under the terms of the RAS scheme, payments by the tenant in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of income streams paid directly to my Department are recorded as Appropriations-in-Aid in the annual Appropriation Accounts which are published by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and made available via their website www.audit.gov.ie . Copies of the Appropriation Accounts for this Department for 1999, 2009 and 2017 (the most recent Appropriation Account published) are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 947 to 951, inclusive, together. Local authorities and bodies under the aegis of my Department enter into capital contracts in the course of their work, some of which is funded through the Department's Vote; my Department itself does not directly engage in any major capital projects. As regards relevant contracts for which local authorities are responsible,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The provision of fire services is a statutory function of fire authorities under the provisions of the Fire Services Acts 1981 and 2003. In the case of Dublin, the City Council also provides fire services on behalf of the other three Dublin local authorities. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting national policy, providing a central training programme, issuing guidance...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (11 Jul 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: Land Development Agency (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) has been established on an interim basis by statutory instrument under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971. The Establishment Order is an initial and enabling measure to get the LDA up and running as quickly as possible, ahead of the provision of a more comprehensive primary legislative basis for the Agency and its intended scope of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Communications (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a broad remit with responsibility for housing, planning, water, local government and the provision of weather information and related services. In the period since 2016, the Department would have issued a vast array of communications of the kind referred to and has a variety of arrangements in place, ranging from formal statutory arrangements through to more informal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has played an active part in the development of the Government’s Climate Action Plan 2019 and has also been assigned lead and supporting roles in the implementation of a range of actions set out in the Plan. In addition, prior to the finalisation of the Climate Action Plan, I met on a bilateral basis on several occasions with my colleague, the Minister for Communications,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, bids were invited from public bodies for funding support from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) either under Category A, for projects that were proposed as being ready to be initiated, or under Category B, as projects that required further consideration and development. On 26 November 2018, initial URDF support of €100m was provisionally allocated to a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2019, a total of €71.25 million is available for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability Scheme, in respect of private houses. This is made up of €57 million exchequer funding, which is an increase of some 8% on the 2018 figure, with the balance of €14.25m being contributed by the local authorities. Information on the individual...

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019: Motion (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019,a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 24th June 2019.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I thank the Deputy for his question. It is a very significant project. If I recall correctly, under the urban regeneration and development fund, it received one of the largest allocations of funding under the first round of funding but it was just a first round. There are subsequent rounds to come over the period of the fund - €2 billion over ten years. The project has a number of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes information on the overall number and value of (i) local authority loan approvals and (ii) local authority loan drawdowns. Information up to the end of Quarter 1 2019, including in relation to number and value of mortgage drawdowns, broken down by local authority, is available on the Department's website at the following link: .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála Data (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Since the establishment of An Bord Pleanála in 1977, planning legislation has clearly assigned final responsibility for decisions on planning appeals to the Board and not to inspectors preparing reports and making recommendations to the Board. The number of inspectors’ recommendations not generally accepted in the final decisions made by the Board for the years 2011- 2017 is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Administration (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, my Department provided almost €4.4m in Exchequer funding to the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) towards operational costs (current expenditure). Increased Exchequer funding of €7.010m was secured for the Board's 2019 operational costs, to support the on-going delivery of its core functions and to reflect the additional powers and functions conferred on the RTB by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events Response (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is the Lead Government Department for coordinating the response to severe weather events, including those involving high winds. One of the most widespread and potentially dangerous consequence of high wind is the risk of trees breaking and/or blowing over, which can disrupt transport networks, as well as posing a danger to motorists and pedestrians in the vicinity. This was...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Shareholdings (10 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Details of the relevant entities, and of the number of shares held in them by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government or the Department, are set out in the following table. Entity No. of Shares Held Irish Water 325 Housing Finance Agency 2 It should be noted that the Minister also holds 90% of Ervia stock.