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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, I published updated Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities, as Ministerial Guidance under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), following an extensive public consultation process.  The updated guidelines set out policy in relation to a range of apartment formats needed to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The primary objective of the legislative changes introduced last year in relation to the regulation of short-term letting sector through the planning code is to help address its impact on the supply of private rented accommodation, particularly in urban centres of high housing demand i.e. rent pressure zones. The planning system facilitates the regulation of such short-term letting uses...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In April 2018 the Department of Finance published the Stability Programme Update for 2018 which was the first set of fiscal projections produced by that Department to incorporate the CSO decision to reclassify the majority of Tier 3 Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) as part of the local government sector. This was an important first step in the Government's assessment as to the impact of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Acknowledging that renters in Dublin and other major urban centres are facing significant housing access and affordability challenges, the Government is committed to the establishment of a cost rental sector in Ireland. Cost rental is housing which does not include a profit margin and therefore rents can be set at a level that only needs to cover the cost of delivering, managing, and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) is currently established as a State body under secondary legislation pending its establishment as a commercial State agency under legislation which it is hoped will be enacted later this year. In line with all commercial and non-commercial State bodies, the LDA is required to comply with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1395 and 1396 together. Sites on which public housing is being developed are, in the main, owned by local authorities and, consistent with the Public Spending Code, it is a matter for them as Sponsoring Agencies for such public investment projects to analyse the delivery options. Any option proposed by a local authority for the delivery of public housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The expenditure by my Department in 2019 on external consultants was some €1.2 million.  Information on an average hourly rate is not readily available in respect of the range of projects concerned and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work. Consultancy service providers are only engaged by the Department where specific expertise is required...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1214, 1239, 1244, 1245 and 1279 together. The role of my Department in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of local authorities in addressing homelessness at local or regional level. Responsibility for the provision of emergency accommodation and related services...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1215 and 1249 together. As an initiative of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) is primarily designed to fund the provision of public off-site infrastructure to relieve critical infrastructure blockages and enable housing developments to be built on key sites at scale. 30...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Pursuant to the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, the Property Registration Authority (PRA) is the registering authority in relation to property registration in Ireland and, subject to the aforementioned Act, is independent in the performance of its functions. Arrangements have been put in place by all State bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1217 and 1218 together. There are no funding or grant schemes of the type referred to as private companies do not provide social housing directly. Funding is provided to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for social housing through which they can, in certain circumstances, acquire or lease housing built by private companies in order to use it...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As the provision of all hard-copy newspapers to my Department is operated as a single service with one invoice covering all titles, a breakdown by publication is not possible. The total spent on all media subscriptions is as follows:- 2017 2018 2019 2020 1 Newspapers €6,173 €8,009 ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes statistics on the delivery of social housing on a quarterly basis, including the total number of acquisitions provided for social housing. This data is provided by the 31 local authorities as the lead delivery agents and then validated by my Department and tracked against overall targets. Acquisitions may be delivered through a variety of mechanisms: - Local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The expenditure details in respect of the specific programmes requested for 2018, 2019 and to end April 2020 are set out in the following table. Programme 2018 Expenditure 2019 Expenditure 2020 Expenditure (end April) HAP €276.6m €382.4 €140.43m Homeless Accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, new emergency legislative measures were introduced to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period. In particular, section 6 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 prohibits any increases to rent for the duration of the period concerned. Initially, these emergency provisions will last for a period of 3 months, but they...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, the Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021. This funding will provide for infrastructure to support the delivery of some 6,200 more affordable homes on local authority lands. SSF has been made available to local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Government has recognised the need to increase the supply of housing and to take measures to address the affordability of housing supply.It is also recognised that the challenge of housing affordability is not one that manifests across the entire country and the targeting of affordability measures and resources to priority areas is therefore important. The assessment of an individual's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1228 and 1229 together. The Commissioner of Valuation is independent in the performance of his functions. Decisions with regard to the optimum work programme of the Valuation Office, including the selection, sequencing and grouping of rating authority areas for revaluation, are a matter for the independent Commissioner, taking into account the extensive...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (13 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not allocate specific funding towards the management and maintenance of public lighting as this is a matter for each individual local authority. Galway County Council, being the Harbour Authority for Inis Oírr Harbour, is responsible for the maintenance of the lighting at the pier. I, as Minister, have no function in this regard.