Results 461-480 of 6,745 for speaker:Eoghan Murphy in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Inspections (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Between 2005 and 2018, over €39 million was paid to local authorities to assist them in the performance of their functions under the Housing Acts, including the inspection of rented accommodation. Over 258,000 inspections were carried out during this period. The Rental Strategy recognises the need for additional resources to be provided to local...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The broad policy context for the development of water services is set out in the Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025, as published in May 2018 following the approval of Government. This includes the ongoing transformation process to position Irish Water as the single, publicly owned national water services authority, accountable to the Oireachtas.  Related to this process, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Investigations (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I received the report, entitled 'A Review Into Certain Planning Matters in Respect of Donegal County Council', by Mr. Rory Mulcahy S.C., on 11 June 2017. Following initial analysis and assessment of the report's findings and recommendations, including interaction with my Department's own legal advisors and the Attorney General's Office, a comprehensive set of queries and a request for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Under Pillar 5 of Rebuilding Ireland, which aims to ensure that existing housing stock is used to the maximum degree possible, the Vacant Homes Unit was established in 2017 within my Department with the primary aim of driving and coordinating actions at central and local government levels and to support local authorities in identifying vacant properties. Since 2018, my Department has secured...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Mar 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 them maintain their tenancies. The National Implementation Plan for Housing First was published in September 2018. The Plan includes an overall target of 663 tenancies in the period 2018-2021, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Court of Justice Rulings (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Following a judgment in March 2019 by the Court of Justice of the European Union on Ireland's non-compliance with the urban wastewater treatment directive, my Department, accompanied by Irish Water, met with European Commission officials in June last year and proposed a programme of measures to ensure that the findings in the judgment were addressed.  My Department will maintain close...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Residential Tenancies Acts 2004-2019, with one of its key functions being to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. Due to the quasi-judicial and independent role of the RTB, it would be inappropriate for me, as Minister, to intervene in specific disputes. Security of tenure for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (5 Mar 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 around the country for funding under the programme. The closing date for bids was 18 September 2019.  A total number of 19 local authorities with Developer Provided Infrastructure in estates in their areas...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan (RIHL) 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: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (5 Mar 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Targets for the delivery of new social housing were issued to all local authorities and the funding to support this delivery is being provided to them under Rebuilding Ireland. The targets out to 2021 are publicly available on a local authority basis at the following link: . In delivering against these targets, local authorities are bringing forward new proposals to my Department on a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Over the course of the 6-year Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan, the Government is committed to meeting the housing needs of over 138,000 households. This will be achieved through blended delivery, involving increasing the social housing stock by 50,000 homes, through build, acquisition and leasing programmes, and supporting some 88,000 further households through the Housing Assistance Payment...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The recent High Court judgment set aside the European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Peat Extraction) Regulations 2019 made by the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the supplementary Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) Regulations 2019 made by me. These Regulations, in combination, introduced a streamlined system for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Data (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 461 and 472 together. My Department publishes information on the sale of local authority houses each year. This information can be accessed on my Department's website at the following link: Data for 2019 sales will be published when they become available. This is expected to be towards the end of quarter 1 2020.  The operation of the current Tenant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (18 Dec 2019)

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 recent summary, conducted in June 2019, shows that 68,693 households were assessed as qualified for and being in need of social housing support. This represents a decrease of 3,165 households or 4.4% on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 Dec 2019)

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. The most recent homelessness...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: HAP application processing times within local authorities vary. Once a HAP application has been received and confirmed as valid by the relevant local authority, it is entered on the system by the local authority and then submitted for processing and payment by the HAP Shared Service Centre. If there are delays at the processing stage within a local authority, payment to the landlord will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: 104 new staff were recruited into my Department since January 2019. While some of these were additional staff, others were replacements to fill vacancies that arose.  Information in relation to grades/titles is set out below in two separate tables for general service grades and professional and technical grades.  In addition to these staff one special adviser and one...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) play an important role in the delivery of social homes across the country. Over the period 2011 to 2018 more than 11,000 new social homes have been delivered by AHBs and last year 38% of all the social homes delivered by the Rebuilding Ireland were delivered in partnership with AHBs.  Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Advertising Data (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has incurred no expenditure on advertising relating to Brexit in 2018 or to date in 2019 . Awareness-raising on Brexit issues related to policies areas under my responsibility has been through direct online communications with those potentially impacted, information resources (e.g. online content, leaflets, editorial content in sectoral publications) as well as stakeholder and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Personal Injury Claims (18 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Local Authorities are independent statutory bodies responsible, through the Chief Executive and the elected Council, for the execution of executive and reserved functions. Therefore, local authorities are  accountable for all expenditure incurred including for personal injury claims. I have no function in relation to the matters raised and consequently the...