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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (27 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: ...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 where rents only cover the cost of delivering, managing, and maintaining the homes. Cost rental lacks the profit margin involved in the private rental sector and...

Covid-19 (Finance): Statements (20 May 2020)

Neasa Hourigan: .... Given the distress that many businesses now face and the increase in savings by individuals, the Green Party believes the co-operative business model could and should provide a core part of rebuilding efforts after Covid-19. This model of community-based economic organisation ensures that our business community is guided by the principles of economic democracy and that such...

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...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020) See 4 other results from this debate

Eoghan Murphy: ...of emergency accommodation, we brought in a new quality standards framework last summer, which was put together with the NGOs and local authorities and rolled out across Dublin. It is now to become the national standard. What we have seen in this crisis, because we have decongregated heavily congregated settings, is outcomes for individuals in those new settings that are far superior to...

An Bille um Bearta Éigeandála ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail (Covid-19), 2020: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2020)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: ...this Bill but there are certain measures I wholeheartedly support. I commend the civil servants across the island for their hard work and for the long hours spent away from precious family time to come into work and make sure these Bills go through. While we have seen our soldiers out building mobile test centres in collaboration with our communities and GAA clubs, I am concerned that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021 to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands.  A maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 is available per home. This sum comprises  €44,500 (or 89%)...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019) See 3 other results from this debate

Eoghan Murphy: ...to build on the significant progress made between 2016 and 2018 in terms of supporting new households into homes. As of the third quarter of 2019, more than 90,000 additional households across Ireland have received social housing support under Rebuilding Ireland. Looking at this in another way, when we set out with the plan, there were 92,000 households on local authority waiting lists....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoghan Murphy: ...this are in place now, it took some time for them to be constructed. We have a number of people working on the different types of finance available and how it might be structured into longer-term loans. These are the National Development Finance Agency, the European Investment Bank and some private consultants for some of the individual sites. I have no doubt that as we continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced at that time also reflected a blanket increase of €5,000 introduced prior to the new system coming into operation, in order to broaden the base from which social housing tenants are drawn, both promoting sustainable communities and also providing a degree of future-proofing. Given...

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

Eoghan Murphy: ...that renters in Dublin and other major urban centres are facing significant housing access and affordability challenges, the Government is committed to the introduction of a Cost Rental sector in Ireland. Cost Rental relates to housing where the rents charged cover the cost of delivering, managing, and maintaining the homes only as opposed to private sector rentals where rents are set by...

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There is a discrepancy between existing and new tenancies but we have addressed that with an annual rent register that will come into force next year and through new powers and inspectors for the RTB. Cases are already under way. We changed the qualifying criteria for rent pressure zones and more than 65% of rental properties in the State now come under rent control. We have extended rent...

Seanad: Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (10 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I will come to the Central Bank point in a minute as it is a little bit tangential in this Bill. The Senator talked about the quality of new homes and the cost of heating same. Every time I visit a new housing estate and meet new families who have already moved in, because sometimes I meet them a couple of months after that, the first thing they talk about is the comfort of the home, how...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Home Loan Scheme (4 Dec 2019)

Damien English: I thank Senator Mulherin for raising this issue of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme and the issue in general of people who have gone through difficult times in this country but wish to get back on their feet again. Senator Mulherin mentioned the mortgage-to-rent scheme, which I will come back to in a moment. It is another important scheme. I am glad we were able to reform it to make...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (3 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoghan Murphy: ...on the market for our solutions and that our targets are not ambitious. Next year, we will build more social housing homes than were built in any of the boom years. We cannot escape such facts. Rebuilding Ireland is working. As supply increases, we are locking in affordability. Since 2016, 50,000 new homes have been bought by first-time buyers. That number comes from the CSO and is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced at that time also reflected a blanket increase of €5,000 introduced prior to the new system coming into operation, in order to broaden the base from which social housing tenants are drawn, both promoting sustainable communities and also providing a degree of future-proofing. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, this 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 is being made available in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Dec 2019)

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

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (28 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, this 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 affordable homes on local authority...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: ...will not be affordable to the households which so desperately need them. For example, we are currently looking at the first affordable cost rental scheme in Enniskerry Road in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown coming in with rents of €1,200 per month. For those households whose incomes are above the threshold for social housing eligibility, €1,200 a month is not affordable. It...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (26 Nov 2019)

Damien English: ...cost of housing accommodation across the country. It is important to note that the limits introduced at that time also reflected a blanket increase of €5,000 introduced prior to the new system coming into operation. This was done to broaden the base from which social housing tenants are drawn, both promoting sustainable communities and also providing a degree of future-proofing....