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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: To support the implementation of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, I have secured €5.35 billion in investment to deliver 47,000 social housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisitions and leasing, over the period to 2021. Within the 47,000 social housing units to be delivered it is estimated at this stage that approximately 26,000 will be...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is not available in my Department. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels, including non-domestic billing. Prior to this, non-domestic water charging and billing were matters for the relevant local authority. Irish Water has established...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is not available in my Department. Since 1 January 2014, Irish Water has statutory responsibility for all aspects of water services planning, delivery and operation at national, regional and local levels. Connections to the public water or waste water network are a matter for the utility and I have no function in the matter. Irish Water has established a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: There are no specific planning guidelines in place in respect of solar farms. Proposals for individual solar farm developments are subject to the statutory requirements of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, in the same manner as other proposed developments. Planning applications are made to the relevant local planning authority with a right of appeal to An Bord...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for workforce planning for the local government sector, including monitoring of local government sector employment levels. Staffing numbers for the local authority sector are available on the Public Service Numbers Databank which is hosted and maintained by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and is available at the following link: . The Databank...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime for large-scale peat extraction. Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its examination of licence applications for existing and new peat extraction of 30...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 to 148, inclusive, together. The present position in this matter is set out in the reply to Questions Nos. 152, 153, 154, 155, 156 and 157 of 17 May 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 152 together. Official homeless reports are published on my Department's website and can be accessed using the following link:. These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), the single integrated national data information system on State-funded emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Official homeless reports are published on my Department's website on a monthly basis and can be accessed using the following link: . These reports are based on data provided by housing authorities and produced through the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS).  These reports capture details of individuals utilising State-funded emergency accommodation arrangements that...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Details on the number of properties purchased by all local authorities, for letting to those on their social housing waiting lists are available on my Department’s website at the following link: . Information on quarter one of 2017 is currently being finalised and will be published shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department does not collate data in relation to accommodation let on a short term basis for tourism purposes. Article 10(4) of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2015, dealing with change of use exemptions for planning purposes, provides that development consisting of the use of not more than 4 bedrooms in a house, where each bedroom is used for the accommodation of not more...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together. To support the implementation of Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness, I have secured €5.35 billion in investment to deliver 47,000 social housing units through build, refurbishment, acquisitions and leasing, over the period to 2021.  This €5.35 billion investment comprises some €4.5...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (18 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: My Department is working closely with all local authorities in relation to increasing and accelerating the delivery of a range of social housing programmes and supports, including rapid build/delivery homes. At the end of 2016, a total of 350 rapid build homes were advancing through various stages of delivery, including construction, with 22 such homes being delivered and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Nitrates Action Programme Implementation (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2014, as amended, give legal effect in Ireland to the Nitrates Directive and to our Nitrates Action Programme (NAP). The Directive requires all member states to define set periods when the land application of fertiliser, including slurry, is not allowed and in Ireland the closed season commences on 15...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bord na Móna (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278 and 281 together. My Department is currently progressing draft Regulations under the European Communities Act 1972 that will establish a new regulatory regime in respect of large-scale peat extraction.  Under the new regime, the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to carry out an environmental impact assessment as part of its...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Affordable Housing Schemes helped qualifying applicants, who would not have otherwise been in a position to purchase a home, to become home owners through the purchase of designated affordable units. Houses sold to first time buyers under the various affordable housing schemes were priced at a significant discount from their market value. Buyers are free to sell their...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Article 10(4) of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2015, dealing with change of use exemptions for planning purposes, provides that development consisting of the use of not more than four bedrooms in a house, where each bedroom is used for the accommodation of not more than four persons as overnight guest accommodation, shall be exempted from the requirement to obtain planning...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Local authorities are under a statutory obligation to levy rates on any property used for commercial purposes, in accordance with the details entered in the valuation lists prepared by the independent Commissioner of Valuation under the Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015. The Valuation Acts 2001 to 2015 provide for global valuations of public utility undertakings to be carried out by the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: Information on the Exchequer funding provided by my Department to each local authority under the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability is available on my Department’s website at the following link: http://www.housing.gov.ie/housing/statistics/social-and-affo rdble/other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics.  On top of the exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 May 2017)

Simon Coveney: The recording and reporting of statistics on housing activity is a complex matter that involves tracking a range of different indicators – including planning permissions, commencement notices, ESB connections and several others - from various sources, each of which measures different aspects of housing market activity.  Each dataset presents part of the overall housing activity...