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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The following table sets out the funding provided to the housing authorities concerned under the local authority capital programme for housing construction and acquisitions in the 2005-2007 period: 2005 2006 2007 €m €m €m Exchequer Allocation 12.000 17.000 25.000 Expenditure Recouped 13.569 21.815 25.441 My Department recently advised city and county councils of indicative...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (26 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 490 and 491 together. My Department has asked local authorities to indicate their capital requirements in 2008 for the Housing Adaptation Grant for People with a Disability Scheme, the Mobility Aids Grant Scheme, and the Housing Aid for Older People Scheme. On receipt of this information, my Department will notify individual local authorities of their 2008...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (26 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Bray Town Council submitted a copy of its consultants report to my Department on 29 November 2007. It is a matter for the housing authority to develop proposals to address the issues raised in the report and submit them to the Department, as appropriate.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (26 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Legislative provision to facilitate arrangements under which a local authority could agree to its clawback charge ranking in second place behind a new or topped-up mortgage charge, thereby facilitating persons in affordable housing wishing to re-mortgage with a private lender, is being considered in the Social Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which is currently being drafted. I expect...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: A review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000, undertaken by my Department in 2002 in consultation with a wide range of interested bodies including local authorities and representatives of the house building industry, professional institutes and voluntary housing providers, concluded that greater flexibility in the operation of the Part V mechanism was required. Measures to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 1404 of 30 January 2008. A scheme for the tenant purchase of local authority apartments will be introduced as soon as practicable after enactment of the necessary legislation.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department is actively engaged in improving heating standards in local authority housing. Since the introduction of the central heating programme in 2004, my Department has provided grants worth € 94 million for the installation of central heating in some 19,600 local authority houses. In line with our commitments in the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-16, this scheme...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (27 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Landlords are obliged to apply to the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) to register tenancies of their dwellings, in accordance with the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. Under section 144 of the Act, if the PRTB considers that a tenancy exists which ought to be registered and has not been the subject of a registration application, it must serve statutory notice to the landlord in...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (27 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board must number not less than nine and not more than fifteen members, including the Chairman. Board membership currently consists of thirteen people from legal, academic and relevant sectoral backgrounds, along with one local authority official and one official from my Department. Nine of the Board members were appointed on 28 October 2004, one...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (28 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will qualify for a tax refund. [8639/08]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (28 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 100: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8641/08]

Written Answers — Job Losses: Job Losses (28 Feb 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine the case of a redundancy payment for a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [8644/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department has been in consultation with Carrick-on-Suir Town Council over an extended period in relation to this scheme, and last wrote to the Council on 7 November 2007 requesting clarification on a number of issues. My Department will further consider this project on receipt of the Council's response.

Written Answers — Voluntary Housing Sector: Voluntary Housing Sector (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question Nos. 242, 243 and 245 of 14 February, 2008. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I presume that the question relates to the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS). RAS operates in all housing authorities and generally each County Council manages the scheme for the County at large. At the end of January 2008, 11,425 former rent supplement cases with long-term housing need have been accommodated through the scheme — 5,901 in either voluntary or private rented properties and a...

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: Engagement between my Department and the Department of Social and Family Affairs in relation to fuel poverty issues relates, in the main, to the identification of and reporting on, initiatives, actions and targets as set out in the National Action Plan for Social Inclusion 2007-2016, including the local authority central heating scheme. My Department is actively engaged in addressing the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 687 of 5 February 2008. Following further discussions with Cork County Council, my Department has recently issued approval to the Council to proceed to Part VIII of the planning process, to develop a detailed design for Phase 1 of the social and affordable housing elements of the project and to proceed with the development of the school and amenity facilities.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The granting of a shared ownership lease requires, inter alia, that the lessee contract not to assign, sub-let or otherwise part with or share possession of the dwelling or any part thereof without the prior consent in writing of the local authority concerned. Dublin City Council has advised that it is their policy to consider, on a case-by-case basis, each request made to them by lessees for...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: The provisions of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 are based largely on recommendations of an independent Commission on the Private Rented Residential Sector and are designed to achieve a reasonable balance in rights and responsibilities between landlords and tenants. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PTRB) has a function of reviewing the operation of the Residential Tenancies Act...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (4 Mar 2008)

Batt O'Keeffe: I refer to the reply to Question No. 1404 of 30 January 2008. The position is unchanged.