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

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, new emergency measures were introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period. Rent increases are prohibited and tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances, during the COVID-19 emergency period. Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of 3 months, but they may be...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1196, 1210 and 1211 together. Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1197, 1243 and 1259 together. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, my Department has taken a number of measures to assist local authorities with the financial difficulties they are experiencing. At the outset and to minimise cash flow challenges, my Department arranged for the early payment of Local Property Tax (LPT) to all local...

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

Eoghan Murphy: This is a matter for the Property Registration Authority. In relation to any specific cases, arrangements have been put in place by all State bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas.  Further information in relation to the specific case referred to may be obtained by contacting the dedicated e-mail address...

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

Eoghan Murphy: With effect from 27 March 2020, new emergency measures were introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period. Rent increases are prohibited and tenants cannot be forced to leave their rental accommodation, other than in exceptional circumstances, during the COVID-19 emergency period. Initially, these emergency laws will last for a period of 3 months, but they may be...

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

Eoghan Murphy: There is an important obligation under section 16 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 to protect the identity of individuals who make disclosures of information with reference to the Act. In this instance, I can however confirm that my Department, following consultation with the Office of the Attorney General, is finalising its analysis of the submission in...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The current cost guidelines for the acquisition of houses and apartments for use as social housing were issued to local authorities in April 2019, under Circular 15/2019. These will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1202 and 1204 together. Of the 50,000 social housing homes to be delivered under Rebuilding Ireland, over 10,000 homes are targeted to be leased by local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) under leasing arrangements from a range of different sources including direct leasing by local authorities and approved housing...

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

Eoghan Murphy: A total of 1,326 Part V homes were delivered by local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) for social housing in 2019.  A detailed breakdown of these homes across all local authority areas in the period up to end Q4 2019 is available at the following link: Of the 1,326 Part V homes provided for social housing in 2019, 589 homes were delivered by LAs. 578 of these fall...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Details on the number of households qualified for social housing support in each local authority area are set out in the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments (SSHA). The most recently conducted SSHA details the number of households on all local authority waiting lists as at 24 June 2019 (the count date). The full report, including breakdowns by each local authority across a...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Social Housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme, which is being progressed by my Department in conjunction with the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA), in its role as procuring authority and financial advisor, as well as Dublin City Council and Cork County Council, as lead local authority and Sponsoring Agency for Bundles 1...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. With effect from 27 March 2020, new emergency measures were introduced into law to protect tenants during the COVID-19 emergency period. Tenants cannot be...

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

Eoghan Murphy: While my Department does not maintain a central register of vacant sites, as each local authority administers the vacant site register in respect of their own functional area, the Department does engage proactively  with local authorities with a view to ensuring that the vacant site levy achieves its full potential in terms of bringing concerned sites into productive use. In this...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities were empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market valuation of relevant properties which were listed on local authority vacant site registers in 2018, which relevant owners were liable to pay in January 2019. The rate of the levy increased to 7% for sites listed on...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In December 2019, following a public consultation on reforms to the electoral register, the Government approved a number of detailed proposals to modernise the electoral registration process to make it more streamlined, secure and accessible.    The proposals approved included reforms such as the introduction of a rolling register; optional online registration; identity...

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

Eoghan Murphy: As mortgages under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) and the Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) are between local authorities and the relevant AHBs, information on the position of the mortgages is not held by my Department.  However, my Department is currently working with the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) regarding the longer-term treatment of properties that are exiting...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1216 to 1218, inclusive, together. Section 3 of the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004 - 2019 provides that those Acts apply to every dwelling the subject of a tenancy, apart for the limited exceptions set out in subsection (2) of that section. Section 19 of those Acts provides for the annual rent increase restriction in Rent Pressure Zone (RPZs), subject to...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department wrote to the European Commission in January this year to outline progress on the programme of measures to address the 2019 Court of Justice of the European Union judgment on Ireland's non-compliance with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive.  A response has not been received from the Commission.  My Department will continue to update the...

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

Eoghan Murphy: Housing First enables homeless individuals with high levels of complex needs to obtain permanent secure accommodation with the provision of intensive housing and health supports to help the individuals concerned maintain their tenancies. The National Implementation Plan for Housing First was published in September 2018. The Plan includes an overall target of...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In response to the COVID-19 health emergency, I and my Department have engaged with local authorities and Traveller representative groups to put a responsive plan in place to address identified and emerging health risks to the Traveller population nationwide, particularly as some members of the Traveller community, such as those living on sites with limited facilities, may be particularly...