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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: The report Social Housing Output in 2015contains details on the progress made under each of the social housing programmes last year and is available on my Department’s website at:. Under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (SHCEP), a target of 3,000 units was set for delivery in 2015. To the end of November 2015, a total of 1,084 units were delivered under the SHCEP. While...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under the terms of the various funding schemes overseen by my Department, Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are the de factoowners of the properties concerned and are required to make them available for social renting for the duration of the mortgage or, as the case may be, the availability agreement.  My Department cannot unilaterally make provision for their sale to tenants. On expiry of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Tyre Disposal (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 to 544, inclusive, together. Prior to the announcement in November 2013 that a full compliance scheme for waste tyres would be introduced in Ireland various approaches to dealing with waste tyres were examined and considered in the context of the Review of the producer responsibility initiative Model in Irelandbased on successful examples from other EU...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: In February 2014, the then Minister of State for Housing Jan O’Sullivan, T.D., appointed an independent interim regulator within the Housing Agency to assess the governance, financial management and performance of Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs). The Regulation Office is led by a Regulatory Committee of non-executive members and is independent in its decision making powers....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on social housing units constructed in respect of all local authorities, including both Cavan and Monaghan County Councils, 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 available, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department is responsible for the response phase only of severe weather related emergencies including flooding. As part of the response related activities undertaken in relation to the recent flooding, my Department wrote to the Local Authorities and asked them to submit details of the exceptional costs they incurred in the response, clean-up and necessary immediate works. As part of this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) generally use the differential rent scheme as applied by the relevant local authorities to determine the rents of their dwellings. Under this system the amount of rent to be paid by a tenant is based on the income of the household.  Approved Housing Body rents for their social housing tenants are set when the AHB signs an agreement with the housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has not incurred any expenses relating to public relations and advertising in the administration of the Water Services Act 2013 in the period 2013 to 2015 nor has it provided any funds pursuant to Section 15 of the Water Services Act 2013 for any item of expenditure during this period.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Support provided by my Department in respect of refurbishment or adaptations to houses are primarily in respect of social housing. In the case of private houses, the main programme of support funded by my Department is via the local authorities and is focussed on house adaptations for older people and people with a disability. The suite of grants under the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: By the end of December 2015 a total of 147 cases had been completed under the Mortgage to Rent Scheme since its commencement. In addition, 619 cases were actively being progressed. A breakdown of this information on a county basis is provided in tabular form below. In July 2015, the Government announced changes to the mortgage to rent scheme as part of a broader package of measures to deal...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on local authority housing stock - which incorporates owned housing stock and accommodation provided under the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme - are available on my Department’s website at: , by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisation arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. My Department, however, works closely with local authorities with regard to the implementation of the Government's Social Housing Strategyand in 2015all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department provides funding under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability in relation to Private Homes and, separately, funds adaptations and extensions to social housing stock in order to address serious overcrowding and, in certain cases, to meet the needs of tenants with a disability. Stair lifts are one element of a wide suite of works which may...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Alan Kelly: Since July 2011, my Department’s website has been used as the primary mechanism for seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced persons, for consideration as members or chairpersons of the boards of State bodies under my Department’s aegis. In line with a Government Decision last Autumn, a Revised Model for Ministerial Appointments to State Boards,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has a wide and diverse business agenda, including providing necessary housing supports, fostering community and rural development in partnership with local government and other local development bodies, and protecting the environment. In order to deliver on this broad business agenda, my Department allocates significant resources to a wide range of organisations, including local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337 to 339, inclusive, together. My Department provides funding under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. There are three separate grants available and local authorities receive an overall allocation, with the responsibility for the apportionment between the three grants being a matter for each authority. The Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. Irish Water customer billing is a matter for the utility and one in which I have no function. Irish Water has established a dedicated team to deal with representations and queries from public representatives. They may be contacted via email at or by telephone on 1890 578 578. The number of Water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: The numbers of domestic waste water treatment systems in Counties Galway and Mayo, as indicated under the Central Statistics Office’s Census 2011 report, were 43,506 and 26,659, respectively. The Local Government Management Agency, which administers the central registration bureau on a shared service basis on behalf of the local authorities, has advised that, as of 26 January 2016, the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (28 Jan 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 in accordance with a water charges plan to be approved by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Section 22(5) of the Act provides that a water charges...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Development Contributions (28 Jan 2016)

Alan Kelly: Development contributions are a key part of securing investment in enabling infrastructure required to facilitate future development. A planning authority may, when granting a permission under section 34 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), include conditions requiring the payment of a contribution in respect of public infrastructure and facilities benefiting development in...