Results 81-100 of 150 for 5 million speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (12 Dec 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...;to voluntary or co-operative not-for-profit housing associations. The Government continues to address affordability specifically.  In particular, for those households earning low to moderate annual gross incomes (up to €50,000 for single applicants and €75,000 for dual applicants), a multi-stranded approach is being taken to the targeted delivery of affordable housing....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (27 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...in accessing affordable housing, a multi-stranded, targeted approach is being pursued in the areas of the country most affected. The measures are targeted at households earning a maximum of €50,000 for a single applicant or €75,000 for a couple. Under Budget 2019, the Government has trebled, to €310 million, the funding available for key facilitating infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (27 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the family home, or ownership of alternative accommodation, but would otherwise qualify for social housing support. Where affordable housing rather than social housing is appropriate, under Budget 2019, the Government has trebled, to €310 million, the funding available for key facilitating infrastructure on local authority sites, to support the provision of affordable homes to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (22 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...underpin further progress in addressing the shortfall in housing supply. The Government is meeting this challenge through the launch of Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI) which will utilise up to €750 million to provide debt funding for residential development, funding new housing construction across all regions in the country. In overall terms, the key elements...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 229 together. I commenced the relevant provisions of Part 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 to provide a statutory basis for the delivery of affordable housing for purchase on local authority sites. Part 5 contains significant detail on the procedures and operation of the new affordable purchase Scheme and it will be supported...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...-stranded approach is being taken to the targeted delivery of affordable housing. In order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public lands,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (14 Nov 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ..., to voluntary or co-operative not-for-profit housing associations. In addition, in order to support the affordable housing programmes of local authorities, the Government has committed €310 million, over the three years 2019 to 2021, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) announced as part of Budget 2019. The funding is available for key facilitating infrastructure, on public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Help-To-Buy Scheme (23 Oct 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...to this, work is on-going towards increasing the availability of affordable housing in the areas of the country most affected by a lack of affordable housing supply. The Government has committed €310 million to support this programme of work, under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), as part of Budget 2019. In 2019 funding of €100 million will be available under the Fund with a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...collaboration with the market and the development sector. Working together is achieving tangible outcomes. Up to the end of the second quarter of 2018, Rebuilding Ireland has delivered more than 57,000 housing solutions across all delivery streams. By the end of this year I expect that number to have grown to approximately 70,000 and we are on course to achieve that. We committed to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...that could he used for affordable housing. These are the local authorities in Dublin as well as Cork, Galway City, Meath, Kildare, Louth and Wicklow. The call closed on 30 August and the 15 proposals submitted by nine local authorities are currently being assessed by my Department. I expect to be in a position to make the initial awards of funding next month. The Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255, 259 and 262 to 265, inclusive, together. The active management of the publicly owned housing land bank continues as a key part of a range of complementary actions being progressed under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, designed to accelerate and increase housing output. To this end, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Data (7 Sep 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1347 and 1349 together. The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) introduced in 2005 placed responsibility on local 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 has provided a more structured, accommodation-based approach to the use of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (12 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 733 and 734 together. I refer to my reply to Question No. 945 of 10 July 2018 which broadly sets out the position in relation to the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF). In addition, given that the State investment under the SSF needs to assist as many households as possible to access an affordable home, funding will be capped at €30,000 Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (11 Jul 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: Provision is made in my Department's Vote in 2018 for capital expenditure amounting to €1,631 million over the course of the year. The total such expenditure at the end of June was €517 million, which is €29 million (5%) less than was originally profiled for the first half of 2018. This is due primarily to variation between total expenditure on the Housing (€15...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (21 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...and effective. At the Housing Summit held on 22 January 2018, local authority Chief Executives were advised that, from 1 February 2018, a number of key changes were being made to the scheme. These include: - a reduction in the minimum lease term required from 10 to 5 years; - increasing the proportion of market rent available to property owners where they take on more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (21 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...currently being collated and will be available shortly. However, at the end of 2017, a total of 820 applications had been received under the scheme. Local authorities were engaging with the property owners in relation to 573 properties, 31 agreements for lease had been signed and 9 homes had been delivered and tenanted. A detailed breakdown of the RLS scheme data up to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (20 Jun 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...upfront by the local authority or an AHB. At the end of 2017, a total of 820 applications had been received under the scheme. Local authorities were engaging with the property owners in relation to 573 properties, 31 agreements for lease had been signed and 9 homes had been delivered and tenanted. A detailed breakdown of the RLS scheme data up to end Q4 2017 is available on my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (17 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: .... Building on the €1.4 billion provided for investment in housing last year, this year’s ambitious programme of delivery will be supported by funding of €1.9 billion, an increase of over 35% on 2017. In January, we held the second Housing Summit with local authority chief executives where we agreed a commitment to drive greater transparency and accountability at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (17 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Some 318 MTR cases have been completed to date. There are 671 in process at the moment. There has been a review of mortgage to rent, which has streamlined the process. We made an additional €5 million euro available in the budget for this year. There is €22 million in total available for this year. There is a pilot at the moment asking private investors to indicate their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Question Heading for question(s) 275 (17 May 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...or an approved housing body (AHB). At the end of 2017, a total of 820 applications had been received under the scheme. Local authorities were engaging with the property owners in relation to 573 properties, 31 agreements for lease had been signed and 9 homes had been delivered and tenanted. A detailed breakdown of the RLS scheme data up to end Q4 2017 is available on my...