Results 81-92 of 92 for rebuilding ireland come loan speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (3 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF) over the period 2019 to 2021. This funding will provide for infrastructure to support the delivery of some 6,200 more affordable homes on local authority lands. SSF is being made available in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (19 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 665 to 667, inclusive, together. In line with the commitments in Rebuilding Ireland to support the delivery of discounted homes to buy or rent, this Government has allocated €310 million under the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF), from 2019 to 2021, to provide infrastructure to support the delivery of some 6,200 affordable homes on local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...the allocation of affordable housing in due course. The new scheme will be set in the context of moderating growth in house prices and rental levels in the market and will complement other key Government affordability initiatives.  These include the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan, which has seen 720 loans to a total value of some €127.5m drawn down,...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...He was a person who I thought was a leader who was interested in solutions and delivery. I know he will be very much missed by his wife and son and that staff in Clúid will feel a great loss today and into the coming weeks. On my behalf and that of the Department, which worked so well with him and Clúid over the past number of years, I extend my sympathies to all of the staff...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: ...of emergency accommodation, we brought in a new quality standards framework last summer, which was put together with the NGOs and local authorities and rolled out across Dublin. It is now to become the national standard. What we have seen in this crisis, because we have decongregated heavily congregated settings, is outcomes for individuals in those new settings that are far superior to...

Covid-19 (Housing, Planning and Local Government): Statements (7 May 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: I very much welcome the opportunity to discuss with colleagues today the many issues that fall under my Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. I recognise that many people might want to focus on the issue of housing in particular because it is so important but I would like to speak, if I have the time, to issues that have happened around the planning area, local government,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (13 Jun 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 247 together. Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are making an important contribution to social housing delivery, as envisaged in Rebuilding Ireland. My Department and local authorities administer a number of funding programmes to assist AHBs with the cost of building, buying and leasing new social houses. All funding is conditional on the properties being...

Building the Housing of the Future: Motion [Private Members] (10 Apr 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...up and running. It has a pipeline of sites that it will take from other State bodies. It will lodge its first planning applications this year. There will be significant capital investment by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, when the legislation passes through the House. The agency is already funded from my Department with enough capital to begin its work. It has its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (25 Jan 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...dispute the need to make sure that we have proper protections for tenants. I do not think that we have a mature rental market in this country. We need to try to develop one because renting is becoming more of a lifestyle choice for a lot of people. However, there are many who are forced to rent who would rather be able to buy. That is why we have been focusing more on affordability for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (12 Dec 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...to build on the significant progress made between 2016 and 2018 in terms of supporting new households into homes. As of the third quarter of 2019, more than 90,000 additional households across Ireland have received social housing support under Rebuilding Ireland. Looking at this in another way, when we set out with the plan, there were 92,000 households on local authority waiting lists....

Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...housing market in this country, or a properly functioning housing system, for decades. I am part of a generation that has been stung twice. The problem for those in my generation, when they were coming out of college and starting work, was that they could not afford to buy homes, even though twice the amount of homes needed were being built. Those whom we thought were fortunate enough...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Update on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Discussion (18 Sep 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...social housing approval process, I cannot confirm anything because I have not had an opportunity to consult the Department of Finance on the need for a derogation and whether such a derogation would be forthcoming. As we made clear as a Government at the time, most projects coming before the Department could come in under the one-stage approval process and did not need to go through the...