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Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Deputy might be sore this evening, but I will take no lectures from the likes of him.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I am glad to have the opportunity to make a contribution. The Deputy opposite might rant and rave, but that does not solve any problem. It does not resolve any of the issues he has highlighted and the challenges that remain.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The reason hard budget decisions had to be made was the Government had to correct the horrendous public finances inherited from Fianna Fáil.

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The position is that the deficit has fallen from €22 billion in 2010 to a forecasted €4.5 billion in 2015. In contrast, the Fine Gael-Labour Party Government has guided the country out of the bailout programme that we inherited from the party of which the Member opposite is a member. We have corrected the public finances more quickly than anticipated. That might be difficult...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Everybody on this side of the House and I accept that the issue of housing is a significant challenge because it is a dysfunctional sector that has experienced a huge bust. However, we are determined to give the issue priority. The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Alan Kelly, and I already announced a €4 billion social housing strategy earlier this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 was commenced with effect from 1 September 2015, with the exception of section 34. Section 34 amends section 96 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to provide, amongst other things, that Part V obligations on the provision of social and affordable housing may be fulfilled by developers through rental accommodation availability agreements....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (14 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The necessary Regulations for the new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines are at an advanced stage and are expected to be finalised and signed by end October. Once operational, sales under the new Scheme will generate funds for the local authority to invest in new social housing supports or the refurbishment of existing housing.

Topical Issue Debate: Valuation Office (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and I am replying on behalf of the Minister, Deputy 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 of Valuation has...

Topical Issue Debate: Valuation Office (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: As I stated in my introductory remarks, 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 Valuation (Amendment) Act 2015, to which Deputy has referred, is under the remit of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: South Dublin County Council is seeking to amend the 2006 Government Order that designated 180 hectares of land at Clonburris as a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ), by extending the SDZ boundary to incorporate an additional 100 hectares of land. Section 166 (1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) provides for the making of such an Order by the Government when so proposed by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 658, 659 and 681 together. The necessary Regulations for the new scheme for the tenant purchase of existing local authority houses along incremental purchase lines are at an advanced stage and are expected to be finalised and signed by end October 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: There are no reports of the kind referred to in the Deputy’s question underway in my Department. However, there are currently two Planning reviews being carried out by my Department. The first has been undertaken by MacCabe Durney Barnes Consultants, who were appointed in February 2014 to carry out an independent planning review on the performance of planning functions having...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The most recent data from the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) for Q2 2015 show that on an annual basis, nationally, rents were 7.1% higher than in Q2 2014. Rents for houses were 6.4% higher, while apartment rents were 7.6% higher than in the same quarter of 2014. These annual rates of increase were driven mainly by the Dublin market. Overall, in the 12 months to the end of Q2...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: As provided for under section 31 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, I can direct a planning authority on their development plan up to four weeks after the plan has been adopted where I have formed the provisional opinion that firstly the Planning Authority has ignored or not taken account of a submission made on my behalf in respect of the development plan and secondly that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Event Licensing Regulations (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Event Licensing Review Group conducted its deliberations on the event licensing legislative regime over the period October 2014 to March 2015 and submitted recommendations in April 2015. Having considered these recommendations, I signed new amending event licensing regulations on 19 June 2015. These regulations came into effect on 1 October 2015. The principal new provisions are: - event...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Law Society has in recent days consented to its submission on the review of SI No. 9 of 2014 being placed in the public domain. A copy of the submission has issued by email from my Department to a number of persons who had previously requested it. Any other person who requires a copy may obtain it from my Department by emailing .

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: There are no plans to introduce grant assistance to assist owner occupiers to fund fire safety repairs in apartment blocks. I have no function in relation to tax credits, although it is worth noting that relevant repair works of this nature already come within the scope of the Home Renovation Incentive scheme which I understand has recently been extended to December 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the landlord-tenant relationship in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established as an independent statutory body under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants. The 2004 Act sets out the rights, duties and obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: Homeowners who intend upgrading or extending their home have a statutory obligation to ensure that the works are designed and constructed in accordance with the relevant requirements of the second schedule to the Building Regulations. My Department has recently published a helpful guidance note which can be accessed by clicking on the following weblink:. Any consumer engaging a builder to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Oct 2015)

Paudie Coffey: I understand that the gardens at the rear of the homes concerned are backing onto a river and are private property. I further understand that this development was examined under the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management Study for the South West Region which has concluded that there is no risk of flooding to the homes concerned. I have no function in relation to the alleged erosion of...