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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments. Details on properties purchased by local authorities for letting to those on their social housing waiting list are available on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Library Services Staff (6 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The ‘My Open Library’ service is an initiative under Opportunities for All , the national public library strategy 2013-2017. It forms part of the overall strategy to address customer demand and grants members the freedom and flexibility to use the library at the hours that suit them best. The initial ‘My Open Library’ pilot was introduced in Tullamore,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (6 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together. Under my Department’s Social Housing Capital Investment Programme, funding is provided to local authorities to deliver additional social housing stock through new construction projects and through the acquisition of new and previously owned houses/apartments. Details on properties purchased by local authorities for letting to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Dec 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. My Department does not fund any service directly but provides funding to lead housing authorities on a regional basis. Statutory responsibility in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 208 to 210, inclusive, together. The official homelessness data reports provided by housing authorities are produced using the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements overseen by housing authorities. These reports are published on my...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (6 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I informed Commissioner Vella by letter on 25th November last of my recent announcement that Ireland is beginning a process which will lead to a legislative ban on all products which contain microbeads in 2017. I subsequently forwarded a copy of my letter to Senator Grace O’Sullivan, who had tabled legislation on the issue in the Seanad. The proposed legislative ban will be part of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (6 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: I have not received an invitation to visit the site mentioned and there are no plans to visit it in the immediate future. Should an invitation be received, it will be considered in the context of my official engagements and other diary commitments.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: House Sales (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Section 23(A) of the Water Services (No.2) Act 2013 (inserted by Section 47 the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 ) requires the owner of a dwelling to either register with Irish Water as a customer or to notify Irish Water that they are not the occupier of the dwelling. Where the owner is not the occupier of the dwelling, the owner is required to notify Irish Water of the name...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: General statistics on local authority housing stock, including units that may be empty in all local authorities, including Cork City , are published by the National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC). The most recent statistics are in respect of 2015 and are available at the following link .

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Evictions (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: 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 period of 6 months and no notice of termination has been...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: State Investments (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: My Department’s Income and Expenditure is processed through Voted expenditure (Vote 34), which is managed by the Paymaster General’s Office. Guidelines on Exchequer investments are a matter for the Department of Finance. My Department has responsibility for the Local Government Fund (LGF). The LGF comprises of two bank accounts and an investment account. The investment account...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Statutory Instruments (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme became operational on a statutory basis in nine further local authority areas, including Laois County Council, on 1 December 2016, meeting the Government’s commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government and Rebuilding Ireland. This brings to 28 the number of local authorities in which the HAP scheme is operational. The statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: Up to the end of Quarter 3 2016, a total of 3,498 cases has been submitted under the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) scheme which was introduced in 2012 for borrowers of private commercial lending institutions. Of the 3,498 cases submitted, 2,642 were ineligible or terminated during the process for a variety of reasons. Of the remaining cases submitted, 669 are being actively progressed and 187 have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Ministerial Correspondence (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: In accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes (TAPs) in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Grants (7 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: It will not be a surprise to anybody to hear the Government has put a huge priority on managing and navigating our way through what will be a difficult period as we build up to Article 50 being triggered and then the consequences of that afterwards. As the Deputy has pointed out, we have had an all-island civil dialogue already. We have had a North-South Ministerial Council that focused...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: With respect, it is a little naive to start asking for detail as to how border controls will work before we even have a formal political negotiation between Britain and the European Union under way. Our job is to ensure that there will not be a need for border controls. The political engagement is intensive at senior civil servant level and also at a leadership level within Government...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Simon Coveney: It is important to deal with the facts. The subvented part of Bus Éireann's network, the public service obligation, PSO, network, is performing well and will receive additional taxpayers' resources both this year and next year. The issue arises where Bus Éireann is competing with other operators, areas in which the State is prevented from intervening in a way that would be seen to...