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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (26 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Through the Social Housing Strategy 2020I have put in place the necessary framework, targets and funding to increase the supply of social housing by 110,000 additional units by 2020. The Strategy has been supported by two successive budgets, with €1.7 billion allocated to social housing in 2015 and 2016. Under the Strategy, local authorities can acquire suitable private housing with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Constituency Boundaries (26 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides for the establishment of a Constituency Commission upon the publication by the Central Statistics Office of preliminary census results. Census 2016 was taken on 24 April 2016 and the Central Statistics Office expects to publish the preliminary results in July of this year. The function of the Constituency Commission is to make a report on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (26 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Waste Management (Collection Permit) Regulations 2007, as amended, require a waste collector to weigh household waste and charge on a per kilogramme pay by weight basis. A service fee may also be charged. In the case of multi-unit complexes, such as apartment blocks who share bins, such fees will be charged to the management company or person who arranges for the collection of the waste...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Criteria (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) has two key objectives, namely, the elimination of dependence on the Department of Social Protection’s Rent Supplement by persons assessed as being qualified for and in need of social housing support, and the enhancement of the position of local authorities to respond to social housing need. RAS is a social housing support targeted primarily at...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Irish Water’s capital investment in the period 2016 to 2021 will be funded by a mix of debt and equity (including capital transfers from Government), with the investment programme for the period after end 2016 being subject to future review by the Commission for Energy Regulation, and Government funding being subject to future budgetary decisions. Irish Water’s detailed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Motor Tax Rates (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The basis of assessment for motor tax for private vehicles may be either on the basis of engine capacity or carbon emissions, depending on the date of first registration of the vehicle. All private vehicles registered prior to 2008 are taxed on the basis of engine capacity. Private vehicles of EU class M1 only, registered from 2008 onwards, are taxed on the basis of carbon emissions. A...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The legislation requiring that mortgage protection insurance is held by mortgage holders is contained in the Consumer Credit Act 1995. This legislation is the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme is overseen by the Mortgage Protection Committee which is a sub-committee of the County...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Planning statistics are submitted by planning authorities on an annual basis and are subsequently collated by my Department. Such statistics include the number of invalid planning applications received by each planning authority but not the type of detailed information sought by the Deputy in the second part of the Question. Furthermore, Cork County Council ’s planning statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 to 128, inclusive, and 130 and 141 together. My Department’s role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. In accordance with section 37 (2) of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department does not fund any homeless service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Under Section 10 funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of such services from their own resources. Furthermore, housing authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department does not fund any homeless service directly but provides funding to housing authorities towards the operational costs of homeless accommodation and related services under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Under Section 10 funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of such services from their own resources. Furthermore, housing authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Traditionally, data on the number of homeless households were not quantified nationally on an ongoing basis. Some data on homelessness are available through Housing Needs Assessmentreports; these reports, which were generally carried out every three years, analysed categories of housing need, including in respect of homelessness, but only where an application had been made to a housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 to 138, inclusive, together. The oversight and management of housing waiting lists, including the allocation and transfer of tenancies, is a matter for the relevant housing authority in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and associated regulations. My Department does not collate the detailed data sought on an ongoing basis....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. The management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including the carrying out of pre-letting repairs and returning vacant units to productive use, is a matter for each local authority, is carried out under their ongoing maintenance programmes and is not ordinarily directly funded by my Department. My Department does provide...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Community Care Provision (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department is providing €2.3 million through the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) to Monaghan County Council for the construction by Castleblayney Care Housing Association of 18 units of accommodation at Drumilliard, Castleblayney, County Monaghan, to cater for persons with disabilities. I understand that this project is largely complete and 10 of the 18 units have tenants allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (21 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. The charges applied by waste management companies are a matter between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has developed two Mortgage to Rent schemes - one which is available to borrowers of private commercial lending institutions and a separate scheme for local authority borrowers. The Local Authority Mortgage to Rent (LAMTR) scheme has been developed specifically for local authority mortgage borrowers, as part of the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process (MARP) arrangements which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 533 of 22 March 2016. The up-to-date position in relation to the specific case raised is that the Housing Agency is continuing to engage with the local authority, several approved housing bodies and the lender in order to progress this case.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: There is no limit within existing legislation covering the extent to which a local authority can purchase houses in an existing residential estate for social housing purposes. However, my Department has issued guidelines on Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities (available at the following link: )which covers issues such as tenure mix, estate composition and specific local needs. When...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (20 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has allocated initial funding for 2016 to all local authorities, including Sligo County Council, in respect of continuing their work to deal with vacant social housing units. In the nature of social housing stock for which there is always a level of turnover in tenancies, I expect further proposals to be made by local authorities in respect of the refurbishment of vacant units...