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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Coimisiún na Teorann (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Díreach tar éis don Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh réamhthorthaí Dhaonaireamh 2016 a fhoilsiú ar an 14 Iúil 2016, agus de réir fhorálacha an Achta Toghcháin 1997, rinne mise Ordú a bhunaigh Coimisiún um Thoghlaigh chun dáilcheantair Dhála agus toghlaigh Pharlaimint na hEorpa a athbhreithniú. Is é feidhm an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 and 209 together. Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of the local authorities for which he or she is responsible. In this regard, it is a matter for each individual Chief Executive to recruit and assign staff to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under section 159 of the Local Government Act 2001, each local authority Chief Executive is responsible for the staffing and organisational arrangements necessary for carrying out the functions of their local authority. My Department works closely with each local authority to ensure the right number of staff are in place for optimal service delivery. However, it is a matter for each...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: The national library management system being introduced for all public libraries will provide significant benefits to the public. The system will facilitate a number of new services such as a single membership card across all public libraries, universal membership for all children and a virtual library. The quality and strength of the library collections will be enhanced and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212, 237 and 238 together. Under Section 3(A)(9) of the Water Services Act 2014 (inserted by Section 48 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015) a person who is a tenant of a dwelling let to him under the Housing Acts 1966 to 2014 and who proposes to purchase the dwelling shall before completion of the sale provide the local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rural Resettlement Scheme (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, my colleague, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, has overall responsibility for regional and rural matters and is advancing a broadly-based rural development strategy, in the context of the Programme for a Partnership Government. However, up until 2012, my Department provided grant assistance to Rural Resettlement Ireland for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Information regarding the annual Estimates of public expenditure, including the amounts allocated to housing programmes, is available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at the following link: The following table contains the figures for housing expenditure for the period 2006 to 2015. In relation to 2016, the following table contains the budgeted amount for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department provides current funding to housing authorities towards the cost of providing accommodation and related services for homeless persons under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Under ‘Section 10’ funding arrangements, housing authorities must provide at least 10% of the cost of any service they are funding, from within their own resources. Furthermore, housing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Data (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 216 and 218 together. The implementation of the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme is a key Government priority and the accelerated roll-out of the scheme on a national basis is an important early action for completion in the Government’s Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness. Local authorities and my Department are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities to support the development of new social housing units, through the acquisition and construction of houses and apartments to accommodate persons on local authority social housing waiting lists. Data on the number of units acquired and constructed in respect of all local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: To date 22 rapid-build housing units have been delivered in Poppintree, Ballymun. I am advised that works will commence on a number of sites very shortly and units will be handed over on a phased basis, to local authorities, over the coming months. I envisage that there will be more than 320 homes either complete or under construction on site by end-2016.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: The provision of public library services is a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority under the Local Government Act 2001. This includes the procurement of books and other library related services. My Department has no direct role in these matters. I understand that the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is currently working with the Educational...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 221 and 223 together. The provision of public library services is a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority under the Local Government Act 2001. This includes determining the need for library branches or mobile libraries in their respective areas. My Department has no role in this matter. My Department is currently working with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Funding (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under section 78 of the Local Government Act 2001, the provision and management of library services is a matter for each local authority in its capacity as a library authority. Accordingly, expenditure on library services is a matter for each local authority. My Department has no direct role in these matters. However, information is compiled by the Department on annual budgets and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Severe Weather Events Response (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department is not involved in funding flood prevention works. Flood prevention and flood mitigation are the responsibility of the Office of Public Works which operates a Capital Programme and a Minor Works Scheme that provide funding for the construction of flood protection and flood prevention works. Following last winter’s flooding my Department made €18m additional...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Government has published Rebuilding Ireland: Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, which is available at the website www.rebuildingireland.ie. The Plan sets out a practical and implementable set of actions that aim to increase the supply of homes to 25,000 units per annum by 2020, thereby creating a functioning and sustainable housing system. This cross-Government plan is divided...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: In July 2016 new qualifications for library staff were declared that removed the obligation for candidates to be fluent in Irish, in order to be considered for library posts. In 2015 a working group was set up to revise the qualifications for professional and non-professional public library grades. The working group consisted of members of my Department, County Librarians (also members...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: State Bodies Data (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. The details requested in relation to bodies under the aegis of my Department are a matter for the individual bodies concerned. Arrangements have been put in place by each Agency to facilitate the provision of information by State Bodies directly to members of the Oireachtas.The contact email address for each agency is as follows: ...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a planning authority may, on application and in certain circumstances, extend once only the duration of an existing planning permission for a maximum period of 5 years, subject, at the authority’s discretion, to compliance with certain conditions. The Government’s Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for national policy on public procurement, including construction procurement, and details in this regard can be found on www.constructionprocurement.gov.ie. Issues in relation to the reform of public sector construction procurement, including issues relating to the national...