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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1355 to 1357, inclusive, 1361 and 1379 together. My Department provides funding to local authorities to support a broad range of housing programmes, including the delivery of new social homes through build, acquisition and leasing and programmes which support maintenance, upgrades and improvement works to existing social housing stock. The funding provided to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR), headed up by the new Planning Regulator, was established on 3 April 2019. The OPR is responsible for the independent assessment of all local authority and regional assembly forward planning, including development plans, local area plans, regional spatial and economic strategies.  It can also review the organisation, systems and procedures...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Arts Centres (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Cork Event Centre is included as a commitment under Project Ireland 2040 and it underlines the Government’s objectives around urban regeneration, enhanced amenity and heritage, associated quality of life standards, balanced regional development, and the regeneration and development of Cork City Centre.  It was agreed in the context of Budget 2020 that responsibility at central...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Further to the COVID-19 related restrictive (including stay at home) measures introduced on foot of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020, enacted on 27 March 2020, and subsequent extensions of the initial restrictive measures, the Government has, to date, made three Orders under section 251A of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: While I have responsibility for broad oversight of the local government system I have no function in relation to this specific matter. I understand that local authorities will however, in delivering their public space and street hygiene and maintenance programmes, have due regard to the direction, guidance and advice from the Department of Health and the National Public Health Emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: On 29 March 2020, the Government, following my request and taking account of the considerations under section 251A(5) of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, made an Order under section 251A(3) of that Act which resulted in the extension of time for a range of specified or appropriate periods and timelines in the Planning Acts and associated planning regulations. In determining...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: As part of 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...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In relation to the site referred to in Lusk, County Dublin, I can confirm that Fingal County Council has received approval in principle from my Department for Serviced Site Funding (SSF) of €1.5 million to assist its delivery of 39 affordable homes.  The latest information from Fingal County Council indicates that a contractor has yet to be appointed to construct these homes and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966 Since 2014, Exchequer funding has also been provided through my Department's Voids...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order 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.  A General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill to establish the LDA as a commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2013, NAMA established a special purpose vehicle (National Asset Residential Property Services Limited ‘NARPS’), to take ownership of properties where there is an established demand for social housing and then lease them on a long-term basis to an approved housing body (AHB) or local authority. In these projects, NAMA funds the remediation of the common areas and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Dispute resolution is a key function of the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2019. Enforcement of RTB dispute determination orders has a firm legal base in those Acts. When landlords, tenants and third parties access the RTB dispute resolution service through mediation, adjudication or an appeal through a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 63(3) of the Local Government Act 2001 provides that, subject to law, a local authority is independent in the performance of its functions.  In addition, Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 specifically provides that the Minister's power to issue policy directions and guidelines to housing authorities in relation to their housing functions should not be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Estates (20 May 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.  Kildare County...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1381 and 1382 together. Social housing construction is funded under a range of different initiatives such as local authority construction, turnkey developments, rapid delivery and regeneration programmes and through direct construction and turnkey developments by approved housing bodies.  Since the commencement of Rebuilding Ireland in 2016, almost...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: To qualify for HAP, a household must be qualified for social housing support by their local authority, which means the household must qualify to go on the local authority housing waiting list. HAP tenants find their own accommodation in the private rented market and are advised that this accommodation should be within the HAP rent limits provided to them by the local authority. The limits...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department provides funding to local authorities for the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in respect of private houses, with funding of €73.75 million being made available for 2020.  Information for the years 2016-2018, showing the numbers of grants funded and the amounts provided to Westmeath and Longford County Councils, is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1385 and 1386 together. The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a form of social housing support for people who have a long-term housing need. It is available in all local authority areas and its introduction ensures that all social housing supports can be accessed through the local authorities. HAP will replace Rent Supplement (RS) for those...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: In 2018, I published updated Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities, as Ministerial Guidance under Section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), following an extensive public consultation process.  The updated guidelines set out policy in relation to a range of apartment formats needed to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (20 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The primary objective of the legislative changes introduced last year in relation to the regulation of short-term letting sector through the planning code is to help address its impact on the supply of private rented accommodation, particularly in urban centres of high housing demand i.e. rent pressure zones. The planning system facilitates the regulation of such short-term letting uses...