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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Direct Provision System (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Community Call initiative is a coming together of National Government with Local Government and the Community and Voluntary Sector, to put in place a safety net for people who are cocooning and need extra help at this time, particularly if their usual networks of support are unable to reach them. Forums were put in place in all 31 local authority areas over the weekend of 28/29 March. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: There is no single, comparable set of data pertaining to the output of public housing in the State which spans the near century covered by the Deputy's query. The Central Statistics Office does hold records pertaining to housing units 'rented from Local Authority', which span back to prior to the formation of the State but even in the early decades of the State some of the these homes were...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Government's Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan on Housing and Homelessness, the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 (the Act) introduced new streamlined arrangements to enable planning applications for strategic housing developments (SHDs) of 100 housing units or more, or student accommodation or shared accommodation developments of 200 bed spaces or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The staffing arrangements, including recruitment and the detailed role and functions of the posts within a local authority, are a matter for the individual Dublin local authorities. In accordance with section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, the Chief Executive of the local authority makes such staffing and organisational arrangements as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 715 and 716 together. My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS). The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As set out in the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness (Action 2.15) it has been an objective of my Department to establish a statutory Regulator to oversee the effective governance, financial management and performance of voluntary and co-operative housing bodies and to transition from the current voluntary regulatory environment. The legislative basis for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Compliance with the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in case C-261/18 (Derrybrien Wind Farm) will be achieved when the Derrybrien Wind Farm in County Galway is subjected to retrospective environmental impact assessment (otherwise known as substitute consent). The Electricity Supply Board (ESB), which owns and operates the wind farm through a subsidiary, has...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, under new emergency measures introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period, tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances. The measures also prohibit any increase to rent for the duration of the emergency period. Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, under new emergency measures introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period, tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances. The measures also prohibit any increase to rent for the duration of the emergency period. Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of 3...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: There are a number of variables involved in estimating the cost of providing social housing units, such as the form of delivery, size of unit, land, funding, etc. In terms of construction and 'all-in' costs, the averages as sought for the various sized units, based on full capital costs, are set out in the following tables, where the data is shown in terms of houses and apartments, both for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 10 of the Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (as amended), enabled the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to prescribe a list of unfinished housing developments to which an exemption from the local property tax applies. An exemption from the local property tax applies to developments listed in the Schedule to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Regulations 2013 (S.I....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Responsibility for Children and Young People's Services Committees (CYPSCs) and the management and the provision of services to support victims of domestic abuse rests with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and are delivered through Tusla, the Child and Family Agency. Under my Department’s Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS), capital funding may be provided, through...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As housing authorities, local authorities are responsible for the identification of the social housing need in their area. The statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA) carried out annually since 2016 captures the total number of households qualified for social housing support to better inform policy and to allow local authorities, such as Dun-Laoghaire Rathdown County Council,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (9 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In relation to the figure of 228 council house completions across the four Dublin local authorities cited by the Deputy, the total build output of the four Dublin local authorities in 2019 was in fact 1,665 social housing homes. This comprised 381 homes built directly by the local authorities, a further 658 homes delivered in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs), 526 homes...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In June 2017 a Working Group was established involving representatives of all major public stakeholders with a policy interest in short-term lettings, to develop guidance in relation to planning applications, changes of use relating to short-term lettings and to examine the need for new regulatory arrangements.  In October 2018, having considered the Working Group's report as well...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, under new emergency measures introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period, tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances. The measures also prohibit any increases to rent for the duration of the emergency period.  Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that are overseen by housing authorities. Official homeless reports are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Registration of Title (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I understand that the Property Registration Authority (PRA) is upscaling its operations on a gradual basis in line with Covid-19 recovery planning.  As part of a phased recovery plan, the PRA is implementing a graduated increase in the level of applications processed for registration.  New work practices and projects are being successfully incorporated into this phased increase. ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In Autumn 2019, Louth County Council submitted a proposal to my Department proposing the creation of two senior positions, one each in Drogheda and Dundalk, to enhance planning and development within the towns in alignment with the requirements of the National Planning Framework (NPF) and in coordination with Meath County Council in the context of Drogheda. The Council sought financial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme which came into operation on 1 January 2016 is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per annum and having been in receipt of social housing support...