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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Community Development Projects (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: Lead responsibility in relation to rural development matters rests with my colleague, the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Insofar as my Department is concerned, the Programme for Partnership Governmentgave a commitment to develop a new Community Development Scheme in 2017. The new Communities Facilities Scheme will provide for small scale capital grants to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The role of Local Community Development Committees (LCDCs ) is to secure a more joined-up delivery of public-funded local development and community development programmes in both urban and rural areas. This will be achieved primarily through the community elements of the 6-year Local Economic and Community Plans prepared by each LCDC. It will also be progressed through the LCDCs’...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: A response to this query issued on 13 February 2017. The standard annuity mortgage available from local authorities is targeted at lower income first time buyers who are unable to get a loan from a building society or a bank. The relevant terms and conditions applying to local authority housing loans are as set out in the following regulations - the Housing (Local Authority Loans)...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Urban Renewal Schemes (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The schemes in operation, or which are shortly expected to come into operation, with an urban regeneration aspect under the auspices of my Department include the: - Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), - Revitalising Areas by Planning, Investment and Development (RAPID), - Community Facilities Fund, - Repair and Leasing Scheme, - Buy and Renew Initiative, and -...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The preparation of the register of electors is a matter for each local authority, as a registration authority, under the Electoral Act 1992. The removal of persons from the register arises in cases where a person is deceased or where the registration authority cannot establish to their satisfaction that the registered person is still resident at the address. Under section 20 of the Electoral...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: Details of the application in question, including relevant environmental reports and other supporting documentation submitted by the applicant, can be viewed on my Department’s website at: www.housing.gov.ie/planning/foreshore/applications/marine-in stitute-spiddal. The next stage in the processing of this application is that all aspects of the application and its supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department’s new Multi-annual Rural Water Programme 2016-2018 was developed through a working group of key stakeholders involving local authorities, the Water Services Transition Office, Irish Water, the National Federation of Group Water Schemes as well as my Department. The programme provides for the funding of demonstration Group Sewerage Schemes, through Measure 4(d), where...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 amends the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone.  Following receipt of such a proposal, the Minister requests the Director of the Residential...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Repair and Leasing Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) has been developed to assist private property owners and local authorities or Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) to harness the accommodation potential that exists in certain vacant properties across Ireland. The scheme was launched in Waterford and Carlow in early October 2016 on a pilot basis and my Department is currently working with local authorities to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The initiative to support the purchase and renewal of private houses for social housing use will be available in all local authority areas, including Tipperary during 2017. I have made an initial €25 million available for this initiative this year and propose to increase this to as much as €50 million in 2018, depending on the uptake. I expect this investment to deliver...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Estates (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The National Taking-in- Charge Initiative (NTICI) for residential estates, with funding of €9 million, was launched in April 2016 to explore enhanced systems and procedures and new methods of working to accelerate the taking-in-charge process of housing estates. Of the funding allocated, €7.7 million was paid out to local authorities and almost 330 developments containing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 231 together. The provision of social housing support to qualified households is a matter for individual housing authorities in accordance with the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and regulations made thereunder. The Act provides for a range of social housing supports which qualified households may avail of in order to meet their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Government has set out ambitious targets for the delivery of social housing supports over the lifetime of Rebuilding Ireland. Last year, over 18,300 social housing supports were provided across a range of delivery programmes. Within this, preliminary data shows that around 5,280 new social houses were either purchased, leased, remediated or built by local authorities and approved...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Derelict Sites Act 1990 requires every owner and occupier of land, including a statutory body and a State authority, to take all reasonable steps to ensure that land does not become or does not continue to be a derelict site. It also requires that local authorities take reasonable steps, including the exercise of appropriate statutory powers, to ensure that any land within their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. The Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 amends the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 to provide that the Housing Agency, in consultation with housing authorities, may make a proposal to the Minister that an area should be considered as a Rent Pressure Zone.  Following receipt of such a proposal, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: In line with the commitment given in Rebuilding Ireland- Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, a review of all aspects of the first 12 months of operation of the Tenant (Incremental) Purchase Scheme 2016 is currently being undertaken by my Department. To inform the review, a public consultation was undertaken, with a closing date for submissions of 10 February 2017. The submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Cyber Security Policy (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department’s Information and Communications Technology Unit provides services to safeguard the Department’s computer and data networks. For security reasons, details of the measures used to strengthen our system against cyber attacks are not published.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Septic Tank Inspections (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 assigns responsibility to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to make a National Inspection Plan (NIP) for domestic wastewater treatment systems and neither I, nor my Department, has any direct role in monitoring the implementation of the plan by the local authorities. The EPA was the supervisory body for the purposes of the National Inspection...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: Section 136 of the Local Government Act 2001, as amended by the Local Government Reform Act 2014, provides for the preparation of a monthly management report by the Chief Executive of a local authority in relation to the performance of his or her executive functions during the preceding calendar month, and its circulation to elected members of that local authority. My Department, pursuant...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (14 Feb 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 240 and 241 together. Up to 31 December 2016, a total of 3,575 cases have been submitted under the Mortgage to Rent (MTR) Scheme, which was introduced in 2012 for borrowers of private commercial lending institutions. Of these, 2,723 were ineligible or terminated during the process, 217 have been completed with 635 being actively progressed. The reasons why a...