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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Members (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The allowances and expenses payable to elected members of local authorities to assist them in carrying out their statutory functions are as provided for under the Local Government (Expenses of Local Authority Members) Regulations 2014, other secondary legislation and associated guidelines/directions (including Circular LG 5/2015 of 25 June 2015). Other supports are provided by individual...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: As the Deputy is aware, I have made €10m available from the proposed carry-over of capital savings in 2015 to be used in 2016 to fund a new initiative to accelerate the taking in charge of estates irrespective of the wider development context that they are located within. The National Taking in Charge Initiative will assist local authorities in developing new approaches to addressing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department does not collect information regarding the number of children at primary school level included in families accessing emergency accommodation. Monthly reports are provided to my Department regarding the number of individuals accommodated through housing authorities in State-funded emergency accommodation facilities; these monthly reports are made available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Government waste policy is predicated on the waste hierarchy as set out in the EU’s Waste Framework Directive. A number of specific measures have been, and will continue to be, introduced to reduce the amount of waste generated in the State and to increase the segregation of waste which cannot be prevented, in line with Government policy. The introduction of pay-by- weight (PBW)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies and funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Data up to Quarter 3 of 2015 are currently published, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Since my Department introduced the current programme to support local authorities to return vacant social houses to productive use in 2014, exchequer funding has been provided for some 5,000 such housing units at a cost of almost €60 million. This funding is provided to compliment the efforts that local authorities make from within their own resources to repair and re-let vacant social...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Data (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: All Motor Tax income accrues to the Local Government Fund. The Fund has historically provided local authorities with finance for funding some of their day-to-day activities, including elements of water services costs, through General Purpose Grant allocations; for non-national roads; and funding for certain local government initiatives. Details of the General Purpose Grant allocations to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Transfers (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Land Aggregation Scheme was introduced in 2010 as part of revised arrangements for the funding of land for social housing purposes. The primary purpose of the Scheme was to assist in the gradual unwinding of loans taken out by housing authorities to purchase land for the social and affordable housing investment programme. Applications to the value of some €163 million in loans...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: 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. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with individual housing authorities. With regard to rapid-delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy 2020,launched in November 2014, provides for an investment with a capital value of €300 million in social housing through the public private partnership model.  In total the programme is expected to deliver 1,500 social housing units. To enable delivery to commence as quickly as possible, the PPP programme is being rolled-out in three bundles. The...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: We cannot have a situation where there is no analysis of this. We have to analyse how public money is being spent. However, changes have been made which need time to bed down. Once they are bedded down, they will be shown to have worked. I acknowledge the support of Deputies from a number of political backgrounds. I ask the House to support what I said in my opening statement. We must...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I congratulate the Ceann Comhairle on his elevation. I thank all Deputies who are present. Some of them have been here for a long period. A total of 11 Members remain, which reflects their priorities and those of others in the context of this debate. I congratulate all those who made contributions, most of which were constructive, and, in particular, those who made their maiden...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: That needs to be recorded.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I would take it anytime.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is not true.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I referenced it.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I ask Deputies to cast their minds back to 2012 when many reports were being published on the sorry state of the economy and property market at the time. One report issued a severe warning to the property sector that it could take more than 40 years to deal with the oversupply of housing unless we started bulldozing houses. The report stated: "Barring a sudden and sizeable recovery in Irish...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I challenge those Deputies who believe they have all the answers to take the opportunity to step up to the mark, enter government and continue the work of solving the housing problem. This is an incredibly difficult and complex challenge, one from which, based on their utterances, many parties in the 32nd Dáil have effectively walked away because they refuse to countenance entering...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 515 and 520 together. While my Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics, the full range of which can be viewed on my Department’s website at the following weblink: , the data sought on the number of vacant units by county are not collected. The most recent information relating to vacant residential units can be found in...