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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 242 and 243 together. The new Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme came into operation on 1 January 2016. The Scheme is open to eligible tenants, including joint tenants, of local authority houses that are available for sale under the Scheme. To be eligible, tenants must meet certain criteria, including having a minimum reckonable income of €15,000 per...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Air Quality (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Air quality monitoring in Ireland is carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency to meet the requirements of EU Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, known as the CAFÉ Directive. The Directive requires that certain minimum levels of monitoring are carried out for the purposes of assessment and management of air quality. The EPA monitors a range of...

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

Simon Coveney: Details on the number of housing units completed under the Capital Assistance Scheme are published by my Department as part of a wide range of housing statistics. This information is available by local authority area and is at the following links: . Detailed breakdown of these figures for individual towns or areas may be obtained from individual local authorities.

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

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246, 247 and 254 together. 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...

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

Simon Coveney: 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 and related services for homeless persons, including emergency accommodation, rests with housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Land Ownership (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Solicitors acting for the person named have been in touch with my Department and have been advised by my Department that the area in question appears to be reclaimed foreshore. They were further advised that all of Ireland’s foreshore is considered to be owned by the State , unless valid alternative title is provided.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not as yet received a formal proposal for the construction of 24 social houses adjacent to Pinewood Estate, Balbriggan. The development of such a proposal, including issues around the housing provision, access, services, etc will, in the first instance, be a matter for Fingal County Council to advance. My Department will work with the local authority on receipt of a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Scheme to Support National Organisations (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The organisation in question submitted an application to Pobal under the Scheme to Support National Organisations in the Community and Voluntary Sector. In total 148 applications were received and assessed by Pobal on behalf of my Department with 70 organisations to receive funding. The standard of application received was generally of a very high quality ensuring the appraisal process was...

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

Simon Coveney: The Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016, which was published in January 2016 and is currently on the Dáil Order Paper awaiting Second Stage, proposes to amend section 33 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide that the Minister may , subsequent to the enactment of the Bill, make regulations to facilitate the on-line submission of planning applications and...

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

Simon Coveney: 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: Waste Disposal (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Eastern-Midlands Regional Waste Management Plan published in May 2015 indicated at the time , based on 2012/2013 available data , that there was sufficient available capacity for Construction and Demolition Waste. However, there has been a significant increase in activity in the sector over the last two years and additional capacity will be required to meet current and future demands....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Road Projects Expenditure (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I announced recently the Government’s approval to the establishment of a Local Infrastructure Fund of €200 million to relieve critical infrastructural blockages to enable the accelerated delivery of housing on key development sites and improve the economic viability of new housing projects in Dublin and in urban areas of high demand for housing. The Fund will be composed of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258 and 259 together. The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector and sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants. Security of tenure under the Act is based on rolling four-year tenancy cycles. Where a tenant has been in occupation of a dwelling for a continuous...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: A fund of €10m has been made 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. Local authorities were invited to submit proposals based on an indicative allocation of €3.5m proposed to be made...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Expenditure (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: Over the period 1999 to the end of 2015 , my Department provided over € 764 million to Ballymun Regeneration Limitedand Dublin City Council towards the physical, social and economic regeneration of Ballymun. While investment in the physical regeneration of Ballymun is largely complete, my Department is continuing to support certain social and economic interventions in Ballymun over the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 264 together. Regeneration projects being funded by my Department target the country’s most disadvantaged communities, including those defined by the most extreme social exclusion, unemployment and anti-social behaviour. My Department currently supports a programme of large-scale regeneration projects in Dublin, Cork and Limerick and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The new Programme for Partnership Governmentsets out the ambitious priority attached to urban regeneration by the new Government, with a series of specific actions set out therein as to how it is proposed to facilitate the regeneration of our urban centres. In this context, I have established a working group of officials (comprising senior representatives from my Department, local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The site in question, at Glin, County Limerick, was accepted into the Land Aggregation Scheme in 2011. Under that Scheme, the Housing Agency is responsible for engaging with local authorities, and approved housing bodies, regarding the appropriate development of the lands, prior to seeking the necessary approval from the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. The...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: It will be a matter for the new business committee and the Whips to determine when a debate is scheduled in the Dáil, but I would certainly welcome it. Regardless of when that happens, in the context of putting together an action plan for housing, which will be in place and published before the end of July, we will take on board the detail of the work done by the all-party committee. I...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Jun 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy can rest assured that detailed consideration of the report will be part of the putting together of the action plan for housing.