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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assitance Payment Implementation (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Social Housing Strategy’s targeted provision of over 110,000 social housing units to 2020, through the delivery of 35,000 new social housing units and meeting the housing needs of some 75,000 households through the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) and Rental Accommodation Scheme, will address the needs of the 90,000 households on the housing waiting list in full, with flexibility...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: It is my understanding that the Question relates to outdoor working staff. In the case of outdoor workers, currently, the rules as set out in the Public Service Stability Agreement (Haddington Road Agreement), and referred to in the reply to Question No. 788 of 16 June 2015, apply with the exception that overtime is only payable for hours worked in excess of the normal working week and is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Supply Contamination (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 613 to 615, inclusive, and 627 together. With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. Under the European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014, a copy of which is available in the Oireachtas library, suppliers of drinking water are required to ensure that the water supplied complies with the chemical and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 616 and 617 together. Responsibility for the allocation of National Lottery funding to Departmental expenditure programmes generally is a matter for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The surplus generated by the National Lottery for good causes is transferred annually to the Exchequer and is applied to part-fund the Exchequer allocations to a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statisticsthat inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on number of social housing units, that were delivered through the provisions under Part V, broken down by year and location, are included within this range, and are available on my Department’s website at : on the “Part V Scheme 2002 to date”...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2013 identified 89,872 households assessed by local housing authorities as being eligible and in need of some form of social housing support. The 2013 Summary results were analysed by the Housing Agency and on the basis of the certain assumptions and having regard to housing support mechanisms including the roll-out of the Housing Assistance Payment,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 621 and 622 together. Based on delivery to the end of May 2015 under the Social Housing Current Expenditure Programme (previously referred to as the Social Housing Leasing Initiative), the average cost of an active unit is just under € 537 per month. Of the 6,085 units delivered under the scheme to the end of May 2015 , 5,772 are active at annual cost...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: While I can confirm that my Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics, including the number and value of local authority mortgages and a breakdown of those in arrears, the data does not provide a specific breakdown in respect of shared ownership mortgages. The statistics on local authority mortgage arrears generally are available on my Department’s website at: by clicking...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Repossessions (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statisticsthat inform the preparation and evaluation of policy. Data on number of Local Authority mortgage repossessions, broken down by year and location, are included within this range, and are available on my Department’s website at: on the “Local Authority Mortgage repossession data ” link under the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Remit (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2013 provides for the establishment of Irish Water as an independent subsidiary within the Bord Gáis Éireann Group (now renamed Ervia), which conforms to the conditions set out in the Act and is registered under the Companies Acts. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, a question relating to provision of subsistence is a matter for the Chief Executive.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (18 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 to 245, inclusive, together. My Department provides funding to local authorities for various social housing supports, including for adaptations and extensions to the social housing stock to meet needs of local authority tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Funding provided by my Department meets 90% of the cost of such works, with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (18 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: My office has received correspondence from the person concerned and an acknowledgement to this effect has issued. The matter is being examined in my Department and a reply will issue as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (18 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Policy decisions to replace town authorities with a new model of municipal governance were designed to strengthen local government within counties and to address widely acknowledged and long-standing weaknesses and anomalies in the previous system, including the problems of divided administration between town and county authorities, for example, in relation to matters such as planning, rating...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I refer to the reply to Question No. 556 of 6 May 2015. MacCabe Durney Barnes Consultants were appointed in February 2014 to carry out an independent planning review on the performance of planning functions in six selected planning authorities (Carlow, Cork, Galway and Meath County Councils and Cork and Dublin City Councils) in accordance with section 255 of the Planning and Development Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (18 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: Information on Exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local authority for the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability for the years 2010 to 2014 is available on my Department’s website at the following link: , by selecting ‘Social and Affordable Housing’, ‘Housing Adaptation Grants by Area 2008 to date’....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (18 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. I have made an additional €10.5 million available nationally for homeless accommodation and related services in 2015. This is an increase in funding of approximately 20% over the initial allocation in 2014, bringing the Exchequer contribution to €55.5 million. Housing authorities were recently informed of regional...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Haulage Industry Regulation (17 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211 to 213, inclusive, together. My colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, has established an Inter-Departmental Working Group to consider issues relating to the Irish haulage industry, which includes representation from my Department. The haulage industry is seeking a reduction in motor tax for the sector, a change in the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (17 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) is a key Government priority and a major pillar of the Social Housing Strategy 2020. The HAP scheme will bring all social housing supports provided by the State under the aegis of local authorities. The scheme will remove a barrier to employment by allowing recipients to remain in the scheme if they gain full-time employment. HAP...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. The most recent Summary of Social Housing Assessments, carried out as at 7 May 2013, identified 741 households on the waiting lists of the Cavan housing authorities at that time, and 696 households on the waiting lists of the Monaghan housing authorities. The full results of the 2013 Summary are available on my Department’s...