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

Eoghan Murphy: Local authorities have been to the fore in the national response to the COVID-19 crisis showing great flexibility and innovation in continuing to deliver services and functions under COVID-19 response restrictions, including the closure of public offices, since the end of March. During this period local authorities put in place the new Community Call initiative...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities to support a broad range of housing programmes, including the delivery of new social housing homes through build, acquisition and leasing and programmes which support maintenance, upgrades and improvement works to existing social housing stock. The funding provided to Kerry County Council in 2018 and 2019 in respect of the various...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In 2013, the issue of external walls of dwellings displaying significant cracking in Donegal was raised with my Department. The nature of the problem related to the crumbling of the concrete blockwork in the external walls of affected dwellings, thereby compromising their structural integrity and giving rise to considerable personal distress to the many homeowners involved. At that time,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Department’s approach, based on advice to date, is that the economic functions of the Land Development Agency (LDA) do not give rise to an advantage either to the LDA or other parties under State Aid rules. The General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019 was developed taking account of legal advice in relation to State Aid.  A General Scheme of the Land...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013, a grant scheme was introduced to assist owners of premises connected to domestic wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) with the costs of remediation, repairs and upgrading to or replacement of, such treatment systems where the works arise directly from an inspection and the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) was launched on 1 February 2018. When the RIHL was initially being developed, it was estimated that the drawdown of loans under the scheme would be approximately €200 million over three years. The RIHL proved to be more successful than initially anticipated and following discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, an...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In July 2019, my Department launched the multi-annual Developer-Provided Water Services Infrastructure Resolution Programme 2019-2021.  Bids were sought from local authorities for funding under the programme and nineteen local authorities with Developer-Provided Water Services Infrastructure in estates in their areas made applications for funding.  Cork County Council included...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Firstly, I wish to acknowledge Deputy Chambers’ original correspondence to my office and apologise that the intended response did not issue before this date. My Department has taken a number of important steps in response to the current Covid19 pandemic to ensure that our planning system continues to operate in a manner that will ensure public participation throughout the period of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order (S.I. 352 of 2018, as amended by S.I. 603 of 2018) made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency. The designation of categories of officials...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is aware of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s (DLR) proposed plans for the development of social, affordable purchase and cost rental housing on their site at Shanganagh Castle.  The county council, together with the Land Development Agency (LDA), have submitted a Part 10 planning application to An Bord Pleanála for this development...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: On establishment, the Land Development Agency (LDA) had access to an initial tranche of 8 sites that have near term delivery potential for 3,000 new homes.  The sites concerned are as follows: 1. Central Mental Hospital Site, Dundrum  2. Hampton, Balbriggan 3. Hacketstown, Skerries  4. Devoy Barracks, Naas 5. Former Meath Hospital, Dublin City Centre 6. St. Kevin's...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The day to day management of the Land Development Agency (LDA) , including procurement of services, is a matter for the Chief Executive and his management team reporting to the LDA Interim Board.  The LDA is not required to inform me before it procures such services. As with all State bodies operating under the aegis of my Department, arrangements have been put in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I refer also to the reply to Question no 1183 on today’s order paper. It is understood that approximately 600 housing units are proposed for the Shanganagh Castle development to be developed by the Land Development Agency to comprise 30% Social Housing, 55% Cost Rental and 15% Affordable Purchase. Compliance with relevant guidelines and standards is a matter for An Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I made Regulations under sections 2 and 5 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1979, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, to provide for a grant scheme of financial assistance to support affected homeowners in the counties of Donegal and Mayo to carry out the necessary remediation works to dwellings that have been damaged due to defective concrete...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Working collectively with Approved Housing Bodies, local authorities in Ireland provided 10,007 built, bought or leased homes in 2019. Each of the 10, 007 homes reported in the 2019 social housing output on 22 May 2019 represents an individual home. Statistical returns of all completed homes are submitted and verified by the relevant local authority. All returns are then validated by My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (3 Jun 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1191, 1249 and 1250 together. On establishment of the Land Development Agency (LDA), the Agency was tasked with the development of an initial tranche of 8 sites, including the Columb Barracks site in Mullingar. On the basis of information provided by the LDA to my Department, I can indicate that a design team has been appointed for a site which...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Each quarter, my Department publishes a vast array of data relating to the various schemes that make up the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan across a range of platforms and in numerous formats. These include scheme specific data relating to various funding streams which have delivered more than 10,000 homes in 2019 through Build, Acquisitions and Leasing. A breakdown of these units by delivery...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I have no objection, in principle, to the recommendation of the Workplace Relations Commission to increase the retirement age of retained firefighters from 58 to 60 years of age. However, such an increase brings with it a number of statutory and non-statutory issues which must first be examined, in association with my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.  My...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), a tenant sources his or her own accommodation in the private rented market. The tenancy agreement is between the tenant and the landlord and is governed by the Residential Tenancies Acts.  HAP supported tenancies are afforded the same protections available to all private rented tenancies. Under the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest...