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

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021 to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands.  A maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 is available per home. This sum is comprised of €44,500 (or 89%)...

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

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021 to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of more affordable homes on local authority lands.  A maximum SSF funding amount of €50,000 is available per home. This sum comprises  €44,500 (or 89%)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Budgets (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The capital allocations for my Department over the period 2020-22, as announced in Project Ireland 2040: National Development Plan 2018-2027, are set out below (no specific Departmental allocations were made in respect of 2023-25): Capital Allocations 2020-22 (€m) 2020 2021 2022 Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department is currently drafting Regulations to further amend the exempted development provisions of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, which are required to be made prior to the commencement of section 8 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2018 in order to facilitate the operation of this amendment. Due to the complexity of some of the issues arising, my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Valuation Office (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Valuation Tribunal is an independent body under the Valuation Acts of 1988 and 2001. It deals with appeals against decisions of the Commissioner of Valuation on the valuation of commercial properties for rating purposes and appeals against determinations of market value on derelict sites or vacant sites made by local authorities under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 and the Urban Regeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department does not have any credit cards issued to Ministers or officials. My Department operates a Purchase Card system, which was implemented in July 2019 and was drawn down from the Office of Government Procurement framework agreement for the provision of purchasing card programmes to the Irish Public Sector. The Purchase Cards replaced credit card use in my Department. The information...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Data (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: While application of the vacant site levy is a matter for individual local authorities, my Department monitors the implementation of the levy with a view to ensuring that it is being effectively applied, in line with its intended purpose of incentivising the development of vacant or under-utilised sites in urban areas. To support this work, my Department issued Circular PL 09/2019 on 13...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), all development, unless specifically exempted under the Act or associated Regulations, requires planning permission. Section 4 of the Act and Schedule 2 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended, set out various exemptions from the requirement to obtain planning permission. Any such exemptions are subject...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Finance Agency Funding (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Housing Finance Agency (HFA) raises long-term fixed rate finance, as needed, for on-lending by local authorities for Rebuilding Ireland Home Loans (RIHL). The HFA advanced €62m and €178m in RIHL to local authorities in 2018 and 2019, respectively. Borrowing costs relating to the financing of the RIHL scheme by the HFA are included in the lending rate to local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 368 and 369 together. The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) was developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or approved housing bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant dwellings across Ireland. RLS has both capital and current funding streams. The capital element funds the repairs to the property;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Section 247 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that any person intending to apply for planning permission for development on land in which he or she has an interest may request a pre-application consultation with the relevant planning authority about the proposed development. This consultation is held subject to the agreement of the planning authority, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 76 together. The Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was designed to activate housing supply by putting in place the enabling public infrastructure necessary to ensure that large scale development could take place on key sites in urban areas of high housing demand. Funding of €200 million was originally made available under...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 95 together. Rebuilding Ireland sets out a range of measures to assist in meeting Ireland’s housing needs by ensuring that our existing housing stock is used to the greatest extent possible. A central action within it is a commitment to develop a National Vacant Housing Reuse Strategy. This Strategy, which I published July 2018, strives to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The Land Development Agency (LDA) is currently working with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council on a delivery plan for the site referred to. This site can yield approximately 600 homes, which are likely to be primarily social and affordable housing. Ultimately, any decision regarding the ownership and development of the site will be a matter for the local authority. As provided for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Fingal County Council, on behalf of Irish Water, operates the Leixlip water treatment plant. Following the recent incidents, water provided by the Leixlip plant is currently safe, and is not subject to a restriction. However, the plant remains in need of improvement works that will make it resilient and prevent future issues. I remain concerned about the vulnerability of this plant. My...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 84 together. Land utilisation and activation, including the development of land for the delivery of more affordable private housing, is, in the first instance, a matter for the relevant local authority and its elected members. Moreover, local authorities are required to frame the planning policies in their development plans in a balanced and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Rebuilding Ireland will deliver over 50,000 new social homes by the end of 2021 through a combination of Build, Acquisition and Leasing. In 2019 alone, 10,000 new social homes will be delivered utilising these methods, including 6,545 build homes delivered by Local Authorities nationwide, in partnership with Approved Housing Bodies. My Department publishes comprehensive quarterly statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 94 together. Applications for social housing support are assessed by the relevant local authority, in accordance with the eligibility and need criteria set down in section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, as amended. The 2011 Regulations prescribe maximum net income...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Under the vacant site levy provisions in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, planning authorities are empowered to apply a vacant site levy of 3% of the market value of relevant vacant sites where a site exceeds 0.05 hectares in area, was in the planning authority’s opinion vacant or idle in 2018, and is in an area identified by the planning authority in its development plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Abstraction Regulation (11 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: The abstraction of water is governed by the Water Supplies Act 1942, which deals with the abstraction of water for public drinking water supply purposes only. Under this Act, there are no requirements to be met in respect of licensing or charging for abstractions for bottled water, or indeed for other purposes. However, the Water Framework Directive requires that abstractions of surface...