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Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019: Second Stage (20 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...its scope extends to cover household and industrial cleaning products containing plastic microbeads, which no other EU member state has done to date. This reflects our national position, held since 2015, seeking for all such products to be phased out across the EU at the earliest opportunity. I know my concern about microbeads is shared across all parties and throughout broader...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (13 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Affordable housing for purchase is being provided under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. The new affordable housing for purchase scheme replaces the time-limited claw-back which applied under the various previous affordable housing schemes.  Under the scheme, a discount of up to 40% may be provided by the local authority to the prospective purchaser of an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Policy (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 to 37, inclusive, together. When the Rebuilding Ireland home loan was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would be approximately €200 million over three years. From the data collated on the scheme to date, the home loan has proven to be more successful than initially anticipated. The Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...within a suitable price range. Applicants must be in continuous employment for a minimum of two years (primary earner) or one year (secondary earner). For single applicants, the income limit is €50,000, rising to €75,000 for joint applicants. The maximum price range for the value of a house that can be purchased under the scheme is €320k in Cork, Dublin, Galway,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Affordable housing for purchase is being provided under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), €310 million is being made available over the 2019 to 2021 period to support the delivery of infrastructure on local authority sites, which will deliver over 6,000 affordable homes. The first call for proposals under the SSF in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...on a programme of family hubs to ensure we have increased accommodation available that is appropriate for families and their children. We now have 27 hubs in operation nationally, providing 650 units of accommodation with further hubs being developed. I recently met the Ombudsman for Children and we discussed a number of issues that he raised in his recent report. My Department will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (29 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Of course we do so. These are people's homes, so State management in this regard is very important. We have hardwired this into all the regeneration programmes we have coming out. Some €310 million was made available for the serviced sites fund in budget 2019, comprising €275 million from the Exchequer and €35 million from local authorities. The breakdown on this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (14 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: .... Firstly, the Housing Agency, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and two Approved Housing Bodies (Respond and Túath) are working on a project at the Enniskerry Road, Dublin, which will deliver 50 Cost Rental homes. Tenders for the project have been assessed and the contract is due to be awarded shortly, with construction expected to commence by the end of this month. An...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...for Local Authorities, it is a requirement that such apartment developments are owned and operated by a single entity and that individual units are not sold or rented separately for a minimum of 15 years. This requirement relates to the need for a clear management structure and shared communal facilities for this particular form of development. It is important to recognise the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (8 May 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...on my Department's website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/sites/default/files/publications/files/un finished_housing_developments_-_2017_annual_progress_report_ 0.pdf The PSI consisted of a €5 million fund to specifically address health and safety issues such as site access to an unfinished housing development. The Special Resolution Fund (SRF) was introduced in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Ireland Home Loan was launched on 1 February 2018 to replace the existing House Purchase and Home Choice Loan schemes, providing a new line of mortgage finance, including fixed rates over 25 to 30 years, to creditworthy first-time buyers who cannot access sufficient mortgage finance from commercial lender.   The HFA borrowed €200 million to fund the scheme, and it was...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (11 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Even if it is €5 million over ten years, they will spend billions of euro over that period on housing for tenancies.

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: It cannot be wished up overnight; we cannot all of a sudden add an extra 50,000 homes to the housing stock in a year. We have to be honest with the public about the time it takes to get shovels into the ground to get things built. Yes, we have cut the red tape where it has been safe to do so, making sure it will not result in a fall in standards. We have to be honest with the public about...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Sites Levy (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 117 together. Under the vacant site levy provisions of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities are empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market value of relevant vacant sites. These arrangements commenced in respect of vacant sites included on local authority vacant site registers prior to 1 January 2018 with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...to middle-income households and workers. A multi-stranded approach is being taken to support such households in achieving home ownership, particularly those households earning annual gross incomes up to €50,000 for single applicants and €75,000 for dual applicants. In terms of affordable purchase, I commenced the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Housing...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Loans (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...loan scheme was launched on 1 February of last year to replace the existing house purchase and home choice loan schemes. It provides a new line of mortgage finance that includes fixed rates over 25 to 30 years to creditworthy first-time buyers who cannot access sufficient mortgage finance from a commercial lender. The Housing Finance Agency borrowed €200 million to fund the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...respecting the statutory requirements for public consultation in respect of such proposals. Since the new SHD arrangements came into operation up until 28 February 2019, the Board had received 65 SHD applications and had decided 43 cases, 22 of which related to development projects in Dublin.  The Dublin SHD projects in respect of which planning permission has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...and delivery by the Land Development Agency.  It is expected that with construction progress being made in 2019, the first homes would become available from 2020 onwards.   Approximately 2,350 affordable homes will be delivered on mainly publicly owned lands supported through LIHAF, while 5,600 further homes will benefit from a LIHAF related cost reduction.  Under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...pressures that exist for low to middle income households, particularly in Dublin and other main urban centres.  Affordable housing will be available either to purchase, under Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, or through 'cost rental' which is dealt with on an administrative basis. In terms of the priority areas for the operation of Affordable House...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Ireland Home Loan was launched on 1 February 2018 to replace the existing House Purchase and Home Choice Loan schemes, providing a new line of mortgage finance, including fixed rates over 25 to 30 years, to creditworthy first-time buyers who cannot access sufficient mortgage finance from commercial lender.   The HFA borrowed €200 million to fund the scheme, and it was...