Results 101-120 of 150 for 5 million speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (17 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...owners who can avail of the scheme are aware of the benefits. By 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 social housing homes had been delivered and tenanted. A detailed breakdown of the RLS scheme...

Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply Leakages (7 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...For example, in Dublin three major bursts, in the north docklands, Infirmary Road and Skerries, were wasting the equivalent of the daily water usage of Balbriggan, which has a population of about 25,000 people. These have now been repaired. In the greater Dublin area, Irish Water saw an increase of more than 10% in the call on normal treated water supplies from Friday, 2 March to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...which includes responsibility for infrastructure such as water supply or drainage pipes extending from a waterworks or wastewater works to the curtilage of a private property. Under sections 43 and 54 of the Water Services Act 2007, responsibility for maintenance and replacement of any pipes, connections or distribution systems that are located within the boundary of a private property...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...it more attractive 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...

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

Eoghan Murphy: ...Agency are working with all stakeholders to ensure that the actions set out in the review are being effectively implemented to benefit a greater number of households. I am providing an additional €5 million for the MTR scheme in 2018, which will support at least 250 additional MTR cases to be completed by AHBs working together with lenders using the MTR scheme. The MTR Review also...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...local authority or an approved housing body (AHB). Provisional 2017 outputs, across the range of delivery methods available to local authorities and approved housing bodies, were published on 15 January 2018 and are available on my Department’s website at the following link: www.housing.gov.ie/housing/rebuilding-ireland/social-housing -delivery-2017-ministers-statement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (13 Feb 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) were submitted by 21 local authorities in October 2016, of which 34 projects received preliminary approval in March 2017, at a total cost of €226 million. A list of the 74 proposals submitted is set out in the table below. Details of the 34 projects that received preliminary approval are available on the Rebuilding Ireland website at...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...of 3,000. Under the local infrastructure housing activation fund, LIHAF, which is the current scheme we are progressing through, between 1,700 and 1,800 homes will be made available. With the €25 million secured in the budget for this year and next some 600 to 800 affordable homes will be made available under the affordable purchase scheme. Some 120 homes in O'Devaney Gardens and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...can book staff to that budget. The examples always given to me are that if they had just one more person to drive a particular project, which is a large scheme, they could get it done within the 59 weeks. We want to make sure that they can do that, and that will allow them to do so. Under the affordable purchase scheme and the cost-rental model, we want local authorities to be more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (23 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...authority and these are set out in tabular form below. Provisional 2017 outputs, across the range of delivery methods available to local authorities and approved housing bodies, were published on 15 January 2018 and are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . My Department is currently validating data from local authorities in order to report detailed progress...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply Leakages (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...for water services infrastructure including water supply pipes or drainage pipes extending from a waterworks or wastewater works to the curtilage of a private property. Under sections 43 and 54 of the Water Services Act 2007, responsibility for maintenance and replacement of any water or wastewater pipes, connections or distribution systems that are located within the boundary of a private...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (16 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...can achieve compliance with the quality parameters of the Drinking Water Regulations 2014. Under this measure schemes are funded at the rate of 100% in the case of water quality works and at the rate of 85% for other necessary works subject to a maximum of €7,650 per house (based on a cost limit per house for the scheme of €9,000) - Measure 2 - Enhancement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Review of Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 34 - Housing, Planning and Local Government (15 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...housing activiation fund, LIHAF, is an excellent initiative whereby we can use a relatively small amount of taxpayers' money to unlock very big housing sites, from which we will derive a Part 5 commitment from a developer and a cost reduction per-unit or its own little affordability scheme. However, some of the sites have a number of different owners. They might be part...

Seanad: Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (9 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...on public water supplies in need of remedial action; the discharge of raw sewage directly into local waters in over 40 urban areas at the end of last year; and the loss through leakage of approximately 45% of all water produced. The debate also outlined evolving challenges that Irish Water faces, such as dealing with the presence of trihalomethanes, THMs, a potentially harmful by-product...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Public Private Partnerships (7 Nov 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: The Social Housing PPP Programme involves an investment with a capital value of €300 million.  It is to deliver 1,500 social housing units in total, via three bundles.  The first bundle, which comprises six PPP sites, is to provide over 500 units in the Greater Dublin Area.  Two of the sites are located in the Dublin City Council area with one each in...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (27 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...,000 people on public water supplies in need of remedial action; the discharge of raw sewage directly into local waters at some 42 urban areas at the end of last year; and the loss through leakage of about 45% of all water produced. The debate also outlined the evolving challenges that Irish Water faces, such as dealing with the presence of THMs - a potentially harmful by-product of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (21 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 provides that the management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the implementation of planned maintenance programmes and carrying out of responsive repairs and pre-letting repairs, is a matter for each individual local authority. The Exchequer funding provided by my Department under the voids programme is to support the return of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (20 Sep 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...;by €10m in funding. Under the terms of the NTICI, developments subject to valid taking-in-charge applications were eligible for inclusion in the call for funding proposals.  Of the funding allocated, €7.7 million was paid to local authorities in respect of 330 developments, containing some 13,400 units. It is important to note that the NTICI was not...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (13 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...element of Rebuilding Ireland, another effective way to meet housing needs is to achieve optimum occupancy of the existing housing stock, whether social or private housing. In this context, Pillar 5 of the Action Plan is specifically focused on "Utilising Existing Housing Stock", with a key objective of ensuring that the existing vacant housing stock throughout the country and across all...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (12 Jul 2017)

Eoghan Murphy: ...for social housing use in areas of housing need. The focus under this scheme, is on older stock, and in particular derelict properties which, when complete, will improve streetscapes in towns and other urban areas as well as providing much needed accommodation. Up to €25 million is available for the ‘Buy and Renew’ Scheme in 2017 and depending on...