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- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: I understand that the Environmental Protection Agency expects to publish the Manual to which the Question refers at an early date.
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 585 and 604 together. Allocations to individual local authorities under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability will be announced following the publication of the Revised Estimates of Public Expenditure 2009.
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: Under my Department's Capital Funding Schemes for voluntary and co-operative housing, grants of up to 100% of the approved cost of projects are available for accommodation provided by approved housing bodies. All costs necessarily incurred in respect of the purchase of land or sites, the planning & design of schemes, the construction of accommodation units and associated legal/professional...
- Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: Following the publication, shortly, of the Revised Estimates for the Public Service 2009 by the Department of Finance, allocations for the various programmes and schemes under the 2009 built heritage capital programme will be finalised and announced.
- Written Answers — Public Procurement Policy: Public Procurement Policy (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: All public bodies are subject to public procurement policy and guidelines as determined by the Minister for Finance in accordance with national and EU procurement guidelines. The relevant policy and guidance materials are published online at www.e-tenders.gov.ie. While the public procurement rules do not contain specific turnover threshold levels, there is a general requirement when...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: The information requested is being compiled, as appropriate, and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
- Written Answers — Housing Statistics: Housing Statistics (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of housing policy. Among the areas of activity covered are statistics on: the delivery of various social and affordable housing supports, housing construction activity, inspections in the private rented sector, and house prices and lending activity. My Department also collates...
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: My Department's involvement with the new Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. These schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: The Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008 provides for the introduction of an Incremental Purchase Scheme for lower income households assessed as eligible for social housing support and who wish to become home owners. The scheme will also enable existing local authority tenants who wish to become home owners to transfer to and purchase homes made available under the scheme. The scheme...
- Written Answers — Fire Stations: Fire Stations (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: The development and modernisation of the Dublin Fire Brigade's Training Centre at the O'Brien Institute, Marino by Dublin City Council will be carried out on a phased basis over a number of years. To date, the Department has recouped â¬1,031,277 to Dublin City Council in respect of Phase 1 of the project, which provided for design, architectural and engineering services, the replacement and...
- Written Answers — Building Regulations: Building Regulations (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: Responsibility for assessment of Fire Safety Certificate applications is vested in the 37 local Building Control Authorities. Applications for fire safety certificates are made to the authorities under the Building Control Regulations, 1997. When applications are validated and assessed, Building Control Authorities may grant, grant with conditions or refuse to grant a fire safety...
- Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: 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 included in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which is currently before the Oireachtas and is targeted...
- Written Answers — House Prices: House Prices (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: The price of units transferred to local authorities under Part V primarily reflects the costs negotiated, in accordance with the relevant legislation, between authorities and developers. These costs are based on the sum of the site costs, calculated at existing use value, actual construction costs as agreed between the local authority and the developer, plus reasonable profit on those costs....
- Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 598 and 599 together. My Department is finalising its examination of applications from a number of local authorities for loan approvals in respect of expenditure on water services projects, including for the Tuam Town Water Supply and Sewerage Scheme Stage 2. Local Authorities will be notified of the outcome of this examination as soon as possible....
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: I understand that the rezoning of the lands referred to in the Question has been included for consideration in the draft Clifden Local Area Plan which is currently being considered by Galway County Council. In my role as a statutory consultee on draft local area plans, my Department raised a number of concerns with the Council at draft and amendment stages of this plan in relation to the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: A reply to the correspondence in question will issue within the next 10 days.
- Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: Preparatory work on the legislative amendments required to underpin the merger of the Rent Tribunal and the Private Residential Tenancies Board is underway in my Department. While it had been intended to introduce these amendments during the passage through the Oireachtas of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2008, the need to progress other priority amendments in the context of the...
- Written Answers — Local Government Services Board: Local Government Services Board (22 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: A process is in place to bring about the merger of the Local Government Management Services and Computer Services Boards as quickly as possible. This takes into account the existing functions of the two organisations and the needs of relevant stakeholders as well as the recommendations of the OECD report and The Report of the Task Force on the Public Service. Priority is being given to...
- Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: The amount collected by planning authorities (based on returns made to my Department) for submissions and observations on planning applications, from 2004 to 2007, is set out in the following table. The data received in my Department are not broken down into different categories of planning application. Fees collected by planning authorities for submissions and observations on planning...
- Written Answers — Local Government Reform: Local Government Reform (9 Apr 2009)
John Gormley: I am currently finalising the content of the White Paper on Local Government, for Government consideration and subsequent publication.