Results 221-240 of 2,386 for speaker:Michael Finneran

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Delivery of homes under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2006 is, necessarily, subject to a number of variables. These include the volume of housing development for which planning permission is granted, the finalisation of individual agreements between local authorities and developers, the timing of commencement and phasing of individual developments and the general level...

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Deputy Flanagan referred to PPPs and the regeneration projects, which are the subject of a Private Members' motion last night and tonight. I made a statement on this situation last night. We are in consultation with Dublin City Council and I hope to meet it in the coming week to discuss this issue. I have met one of the groups involved and will meet with the other two this week. Regarding...

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: This was the subject of a question I answered in the House some weeks ago. Off the top of my head, some €20 million was allocated to this project in 2008.

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I am not sure of the figure but I will provide a definite figure to the Deputy. The budgetary situation in 2009 has not been decided yet and it is a matter for discussion about all projects and housing developments for 2009.

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The Government is committed to the Limerick regeneration project. It would be inappropriate for me to give any figure for 2009, which I do not have at this stage.

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I stated that the Government is committed to the Limerick regeneration project.

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Obviously, if the Government is committed to the project, it must be funded.

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: A statutory assessment of housing need is carried out every three years by all housing authorities. The last assessment took place in 2005 and indicated that there were 43,684 households on local authority housing waiting lists. Detailed information on this assessment is available on my Department's website. Local authorities are currently carrying out the 2008 statutory housing needs...

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The first question concerned housing assessments. The last was in 2005 and we await the return of the others. Some 65 out of 88 have been returned. That is the system at present but I take the point that it could be annual. It is a three year assessment at the moment. The Deputy referred to my reply citing building starts. The target was 9,000 and the number of starts was 9,061. Social...

Social and Affordable Housing. (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: Our target is 27,000 new homes up to 2016 and we are well on target for this, with more than 9,000 this year. With regard to the question from Deputy Flanagan, this matter was debated by the Seanad yesterday and information was relayed to us that there may be empty houses. Some local authorities tell us they are in a position to turn around the houses inside of four weeks. We will seek an...

Public Private Partnerships: Motion (Resumed). (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The county councils gave him the contracts, not the Government.

Public Private Partnerships: Motion (Resumed). (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The Deputy has given a simplistic view.

Public Private Partnerships: Motion (Resumed). (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: What about the projects in Fatima Mansions and Ballymun?

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The new homeless strategy is now being finalised and I expect that it will be published shortly, following the resolution of a number of outstanding issues. It will set out a vision to address adult homelessness over the next five years. In particular, key objectives will be the elimination of long-term occupancy of emergency homeless facilities and the need to sleep rough by the end of...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The vast bulk of the delivery to date under Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2006 has been in the form of completed homes, land and individual sites. Financial settlements account for only a small share of the delivery and any such monies received by a planning authority must be used as capital for its functions under Part V or for its functions in relation to the provision...

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The triennial statutory assessment of housing needs provides information on homelessness, including details of the number of homeless households by local authority area. The Government's housing policy statement, Delivering Homes, Sustaining Communities, published in February 2007 announced a new means of assessing housing need. My Department is currently considering the implementation of...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 72 together. Standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations, 1993. Responsibility for enforcing the regulations rests with the relevant local authority, supported by a dedicated stream of funding allocated by my Department. The revision of these regulations is an important element of An...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 85 together. The triennial statutory assessment of housing needs provides information on homelessness, including details of the number of homeless households by local authority area. These are published in the Annual Housing Statistics Bulletins, which are available in the Oireachtas Library and on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. The most...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 84 together. Information on housing activity, including under Part V, up to the end of 2007 is available on my Department's website at www.environ.ie. Information is also published in my Department's Housing Statistics Bulletins, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. My Department is collating data on output for the first quarter of...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (9 Jul 2008)

Michael Finneran: The administration of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability is a matter for individual local authorities. My Department made a combined capital allocation of €71.4 million to all local authorities on 21 May for the operation of the adaptation grant schemes in private houses in 2008. The schemes are funded by 80% recoupment available from my...