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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (22 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 to 210, inclusive, together. The management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, including the compilation and implementation of planned maintenance programmes and the carrying out of responsive repairs, including addressing damp, and pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, is a matter for each individual local authority under...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: In order for a property to be considered under the mortgage to rent scheme it must be purchased by an Approved Housing Body for less than €220,000 (per property) in the Greater Dublin Area and €180,000 (per property) in the rest of the country. These limits were determined by a working group which took account of available market data and the current social housing acquisition...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: Currently, a person experiencing noise nuisance may contact their local authority, which may initiate proceedings on grounds of noise nuisance under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992. This Act also provides for any person, or group of persons, to seek an order in the District Court to have noise giving reasonable cause for annoyance abated. The procedures involved have been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 507, 512 and 537 together. I share the Deputies’ concerns regarding the media reports about an alleged pollution discharge to Lough Ross in Co. Armagh entering the River Fane system which is the source of the drinking water supply for Dundalk.  It is the responsibility of Irish Water to assess the risk of contamination to public water...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The inclusion of Section 41(1) of the National Lottery Act 2013 , incorporating the new heading “natural environment” as one of the purposes for which the proceeds of the National Lottery may be applied, is to be welcomed. My Department is currently giving consideration to an appropriate mechanism for the disbursement of funds under this heading. It is worth noting that my...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: There are currently two mortgage-to-rent schemes in operation through my Department. A scheme exists whereby a local authority (LA) can acquire ownership of properties with unsustainable local authority mortgages, thus enabling the household to remain in their home as a social housing tenant (LA- mortgage-to-rent). The other scheme provides for an Approved Housing Body (AHB) to acquire...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 4 December 2014, I hosted a special Summit on Homelessness to reaffirm the Government's commitment to end involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. A number of actions arising from the Summit were considered at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy and Public Service Reform on 8 December and were then formalised into an Action Plan to Address Homelessness which...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I have not been made aware by local authorities or An Bord Pleanála of any difficulties or issues regarding the procedures for the compulsory acquisition of land at dangerous locations along regional and local roads for road enhancement purposes, and I have not received any request to amend the relevant procedures in this regard which are set out in the Housing Act 1966, as amended....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I will be seeking Government approval shortly to publish the Water Services Bill 2015 which will provide for a number of outstanding issues relating to the water charges package I announced on 19 November 2014. These matters were not included in the Water Services Act 2014 due to the requirement for additional consultations to take place with stakeholders. The Bill will, in the main, make...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I am assuming the Question is referring to the Action Plan to Address Homelessness arising from the special Summit on Homelessness which I hosted on 4 December 2014. That Summit reaffirmed the Government's commitment to end involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016. A number of actions arising from the Summit were considered at the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Social Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: With effect from 1 January 2014, Irish Water is responsible for public water services. The Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 provides that Irish Water shall collect charges from its customers in receipt of water services provided by it. The Act also provides that responsibility for the independent economic regulation of the water sector is assigned to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER)...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 519 and 520 together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 916, 917, 918, 919 and 920 of 14 January 2015, in which I stated that “ The introduction of the rent framework will mean that, on the expiry of the 2 year transitional period, the amount of rent payable by some households may be lower in some cases, and higher in others, than the rent...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department publishes a wide range of housing statistics. It includes data on the number of units provided directly by local authorities and approved housing bodies (under the voluntary and co-operative heading), broken down by year. The statistics requested are available on my Department’s website at: by clicking “Social Housing Outputs” under the Social Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Information and Communications Technology (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Local Government ICT Strategy Implementation Plan identifies priority ICT enabled projects for the sector in areas such as shared services and online services. The plan also identifies the need for enabling technologies and infrastructure which would be used across all of these projects. The local government sector has delivered major improvements in customer service, efficiency and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: Details of targets and timelines for delivery of social housing units are set out in tables 1 and 2 of the Social Housing Strategy 2020, which is available on my Department’s website at the following link: The provision of 35,000 new social housing units under the Strategy is set out in two phases: Phase 1 targets the delivery of 18,000 additional housing units by the end of 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: 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 Act 2001. The Commissioner o f Valuation has sole responsibility for all valuation matters. The Annual Rate on Valuation (ARV), which is applied to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics on our website and the total number of local authority housing units occupied can be found at the following link, under the area titled ‘LA rented units by area 2003+’ within the Social Housing Supports contents: . This information does not cover households currently renting directly from Approved Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: On 20 May 2014, the Implementation Plan on the State's Response to Homelessnesswas published in which the Government's approach to delivery on its objective of ending involuntary long-term homelessness by the end of 2016 was outlined. A copy of this plan is available on my Department's website at the following link: . This plan sets out a range of measures to secure a ring-fenced supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The issue raised concerns moving existing Rental Accommodation Scheme and Local Authority tenants that have been nominated by Mayo County Council, into a new development provided under the Capital Assistance Scheme. The charging of rent is, in the first instance, a matter for the approved housing body concerned; however, housing authorities have a clear right of consultation in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges Yield (27 Jan 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Annual Financial Statement of each local authority provides an analysis of their income from goods and services. South Tipperary County Council and North Tipperary County Council’s income from parking fines and charges in respect of the years 2011 to 2013, the latest year for which audited information is available, is set out in a table. Local Authority 2011 € 2012 ...