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Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: Following the enactment of the Foreshore and Dumping at Sea (Amendment) Act, 2009, my Department assumed responsibility on 15 January 2010 for a range of foreshore functions including all foreshore energy-related developments (including oil, gas, wind, wave and tidal energy). Responsibility for foreshore projects relating to aquaculture and sea fisheries remained with the Minister for...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: The day to day administration of the register for architects provided for under Part 3 of the Building Control Act 2007 is carried out by the Royal Institution of Architects of Ireland in its capacity as the designated registration body. All costs are met from funds arising from fees charged for the purposes of registration and no direct costs to the Exchequer arise from the operation of the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. It is a matter for local authorities to decide on the specific level of funding to be directed to each of the various grant measures from within...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: The high-level Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, established in October 2010 following the publication of my Department's National Housing Development Survey database, is identifying practical and policy solutions to address the difficulties associated with unfinished housing developments effectively and promptly. On foot of the interim analysis and findings of the Advisory...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: I refer to the reply to Question No. 107 of the 6 of April 2011, which sets out the position on this matter.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: I have no plans to introduce such a scheme.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: Information on the number of affordable units purchased to the end of 2008 can be found in my Department's annual Housing Statistics Bulletins which are available on www.environ.ie Full details for the year ending 31 December 2009 will be published on the website in the coming weeks. The information regarding 2010 and 2011 is still being collected by my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (3 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: To date, 129 applications have been made under the Home Choice Loan scheme. Of these, 22 have been approved, with 10 loans now drawn down, 7 have been withdrawn and the remaining applications have been declined. The total cost to date of administering the scheme is approximately €306,000. These costs were met fully from within existing resources of the Affordable Homes Partnership and,...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: Under my Department's Social Housing Improvement Programme, funding of up to 90% of the approved cost is provided to Housing Authorities to undertake improvement works to occupied and vacant social housing units, including works to improve the energy efficiency and general standard of the houses concerned. In the case of works to improve the energy efficiency of a dwelling, authorities are...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (4 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: Under planning legislation, the decision as to whether to grant a planning application, with or without conditions, is a matter for the relevant planning authority in the first instance, in this case Dublin City Council, and for An Bord Pleanála in the case of an appeal. I understand that planning permission for mixed use development was granted by the Council on 19 November 2003 subject to...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (4 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: The sixth Annual Report of the Local Government Management Services Board, published in February 2011, and which details service indicators in local authorities in 2009, shows the average number of weeks it takes each local authority, from the date of vacation of a unit to the date when all necessary repairs are carried out, to relet a unit. In the case of Dublin City Council, this was 19.5...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (5 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 379 and 421 of 3 May, 2011 which sets out the position in relation to this matter.

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Donations) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: We are poor too.

Electoral (Amendment) (Political Donations) Bill 2011: Second Stage (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: At the outset, I acknowledge that the Bill contains some good and welcome proposals and I would not take issue with a number of the points made by Deputy Ó Cuív. However, in many respects the Bill is too limited and narrowly focused. It also contains a number of flaws that would make some of its intended provisions unworkable. The Government has a more ambitious programme for the reform...

Schools Building Projects (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn. I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and giving me an opportunity to outline to the House the position of the Department of Education and Skills regarding the allocation of funding for Abbeystrewry national school near Skibbereen in County Cork. In July 2008, the...

Community Development (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: I thank Deputy Bannon for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton. The community services programme is designed to address locally identified gaps in the provision of services to communities and exploit the potential of community assets and resources already in place in support of the delivery of services to...

Local Authority Housing (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: I thank my party colleagues, Deputies Ciarán Lynch and Kevin Humphreys, for raising this important matter and am pleased to have the opportunity to inform the House of the position with regard to the proposed scheme for the tenant purchase of apartments. The sale of local authority apartments to tenants has a long and chequered history, as outlined by my colleagues, due largely to the...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Payments: Social Welfare Payments (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: According to the Department's computer records, rent supplement is payable in respect of a number of tenancies at the location in question.

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: My Department's involvement with the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. The grant schemes are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority. The...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (10 May 2011)

Willie Penrose: My Department's involvement with the suite of Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability relates primarily to the recoupment of a proportion of local authority expenditure on the payment of individual grants. The grant schemes, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the...