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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is lead tenant in a number of Government Offices, however the properties it occupies are rented or leased by the Office of Public Works, and  are not directly under the ownership of the Department. Office space in the case of Met Éireann for the placement of meteorological equipment and staff accommodation at Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports is rented rather than...

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

Eoghan Murphy: The Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan Scheme is designed to enable credit worthy first-time buyers to access sustainable mortgage lending to purchase new or second-hand properties. The low rate of fixed interest associated with the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan provides first-time buyers with access to mortgage finance that they may not otherwise have been able to afford at a higher...

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

Eoghan Murphy: I approved a new funding scheme for on-site wastewater treatment systems (more commonly known as septic tanks) under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme to replace the current grant which was brought into operation by the Domestic Waste Water Treatment System (Financial Assistance) Regulations 2013.  The grant scheme is also being expanded to support the attainment of water...

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

Eoghan Murphy: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, covering a broad range of functions, including local authority housing, voluntary housing, homeless services, estate regeneration, energy efficiency retrofitting, housing grants, rural water schemes, urban regeneration, and fire services. In order to achieve its business objectives, the Department allocates significant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Finance Agency (HFA) plc is a non-commercial semi-State company under the aegis of the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government, limited by shares under the terms of the Housing Finance Agency Act 1981. The principal objectives of the HFA are to advance funds to local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHBs) to be used by them for any purpose authorised under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Project Ireland 2040 Expenditure (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 731 and 757 together. The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF) is a flagship element of Project Ireland 2040.  The URDF was established to support more compact and sustainable development, through the regeneration and rejuvenation of Ireland’s five cities and other large towns, in line with the objectives of the National Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 732 and 756 together. My Department is currently undertaking a focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines in line with the “preferred draft approach” which was announced in June 2017 by the then Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, in conjunction with the then Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals.  At the end of Q3 2019, nearly 67,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 50,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 29,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals.  At the end of Q3 2019, nearly 67,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 50,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 29,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals.  At the end of Q3 2019, nearly 67,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 50,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 29,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 736 and 770 together. My Department publishes a monthly report on homelessness. The monthly report is based on data provided by housing authorities on a regional basis and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System.  The report captures details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 737 and 738 together. Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals.  At the end of Q3 2019, nearly 67,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 50,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 29,000 separate landlords and agents...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Pressure Zones (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Planning and Development and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2016 introduced the  Rent Predictability Measure to moderate rent increases in those parts of the country where rents are highest and rising, resulting in great difficulty for households finding affordable accommodation. In these areas, called Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ), rents can only increase by a maximum of 4%...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 740 and 741 together. On 8 February 2019, I announced details of the eight measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021 (MARWP). Local authorities were subsequently invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects under Measures 1 through 7, in their functional...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. In parallel to the announcement local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding schemes or projects in their functional areas, with the deadline for receipt of proposals set as 14 March 2019. The new multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 743 and 744 together. On 8 February this year, I announced details of the measures being funded through my Department under the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2019-2021. Local authorities were invited to submit their bids for the funding of schemes or projects in their functional areas. Mayo County Council made a number of bids under Measure 6...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: There are currently two Mortgage to Rent (MTR) schemes funded by my Department. A Local Authority MTR scheme exists whereby a local authority can acquire ownership of properties with unsustainable local authority mortgages, thus enabling the household to remain in their home as social housing tenants.  From the scheme's inception in 2013 to the end of Q3 2019, 467...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not hold this type of information which is a matter for individual local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 748 to 752, inclusive, together. A range of housing options are necessary to ensure a supply of accommodation to meet different types of social housing need. Harnessing the off-balance sheet potential of private investment in social housing is an important objective of the Government and the social housing targets set out in Rebuilding Ireland over the period...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment Data (17 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme plays a vital role in housing eligible families and individuals.  At the end of Q3 2019, nearly 67,000 HAP tenancies had been set-up since the scheme commenced, of which there were more than 50,000 households actively in receipt of HAP support and over 29,000 separate landlords and agents providing accommodation to households supported by...