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Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: My Department continues to work closely with Dublin City Council in progressing ambitious regeneration proposals for the two former PPP regeneration projects at O'Devaney Gardens and Dominick Street. The plans for these regeneration projects are currently going through the statutory planning process, following which the City Council will prepare detailed designs and implementation plans for...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. My Department conducted a review of the Act in 2009 with a specific emphasis on whether the Act best supports the PRTB's key functions and on whether legislative amendments would support either the achievement of additional operational efficiencies by the PRTB in the...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: My Department continues to work closely with Dundalk Town Council in progressing a number of improvement works and regeneration projects across the town council area. My Department made the following allocations in respect of these projects this year: Cox's Demesne Regeneration - €500,000 Muirhevnamor Remedial and Energy Efficiency Works - €600,000 In the case of Cox's Demesne, the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: As part of the Housing Management Initiative, from 1 January 2007 local authorities were given delegated sanction for the delivery of their annual improvement works programmes subject to specific conditions and overall programme approval from my Department. Funding for these programmes was provided from the authority's own internal capital receipts from the sale of local authority dwellings....

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: Following recent discussions with Dublin City Council, a detailed submission was received by my Department in May 2011 with regard to the proposed project at Buttercup Park. This submission is currently under consideration by my Department with a view to early progression of the project as a remedial works scheme.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: As announced in June 2010 it remains the intention that the existing tenant purchase arrangements will be wound down in 2012 to be replaced by a new scheme for existing local authority housing. It is not possible at this stage to specify the terms of the new scheme but the intention is that it will be modelled on the incremental purchase scheme introduced in June 2010 for newly-built social...

Written Answers — Urban Renewal Schemes: Urban Renewal Schemes (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: The Sustainable Communities Fund (SCF) provides revenue funding to local authorities for initiatives focused on estate renewal and regeneration, as well as for initiatives that contribute to the development and support of sustainable communities. Funding for a 3-year period was approved for the projects in question under the first call for proposals under the SCF in 2007, and was recouped to...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: It is open to any person or household to apply to a housing authority for an assessment of their housing need. It is a matter solely for the housing authority concerned to determine whether an applicant for social housing support is eligible for and in need of that support in accordance with the provisions of section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, regulations made...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: Provision was made in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 to allow purchasers under the new Affordable Dwelling Purchase Arrangements to re-mortgage or top-up their mortgage without triggering the clawback. However, the Act does not provide this facility for purchasers under existing affordable housing or shared ownership arrangements. I have asked my Department to arrange to...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: Sections 124 and 126 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 make provision for the enforcement of determination orders made by the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB). Under section 124 of the Act the Board or a party mentioned in a determination order, if satisfied that another party has failed to comply with one or more terms of that order, may make an application to the Circuit Court...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. My Department conducted a review of the Act in 2009 with a specific emphasis on whether the Act best supports the PRTB's key functions and on whether legislative amendments would support either the achievement of additional operational efficiencies by the PRTB in the...

Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established under the Residential Tenancies Act, 2004, and cannot therefore comment on the specifics of any individual case. The Act regulates the tenant-landlord relationship in the private rented residential sector. My Department conducted a review of the Act in...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: My Department has allocated some €78 million in 2011 to local authorities for the maintenance and improvement of their stock, and these improvement works programmes include remedial action necessary to convert bed-sits. It is a matter for Dublin City Council and other authorities, within their own improvement works allocation, to determine their improvements works programme including any...

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: This application was referred to the Chief State Solicitor's Office for legal advice following a challenge to the State's ownership of the foreshore concerned. On foot of a request for further information from that office, my Department has compiled the necessary response which is expected to issue in the coming days.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: There has been no delay in the putting in place of a new allocation scheme for Dublin City Council. The new allocation scheme was adopted by the Council on 9 May 2011. Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, which provides for the allocation of dwellings by a housing authority, was commenced in June 2010 and replaces the previous requirements which had governed the...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: On 16 June I launched the Government's new housing policy statement which will serve as a framework for a sequence of legislative and policy initiatives in the short to medium term. Based on a number of fundamental principles and goals that will form the foundation of a substantial reform programme, the new framework for housing policy responds to current and emerging conditions in the...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (5 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: On 9 June 2011, I published the Final Report of the Advisory Group on Unfinished Housing Developments, entitled Resolving Ireland's Unfinished Housing Developments, together with my Department's response to the recommendations. Both reports are available on my Department's website - www.environ.ie. The main recommendations of the Advisory Group were in respect of: · driving a more...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: My Department's Guidelines to Planning Authorities on the Planning System and Flood Risk Management, which were published on 30 November 2009, are aimed at ensuring a more consistent, rigorous and systematic approach to flood risk assessment and management in the planning system. The Guidelines were issued under section 28 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) which requires...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: It remains open to the public to make detailed submissions on zoning for consideration by the planning authority in respect of draft development plans and draft variations to such plans under sections 12 and 13 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), with similar provisions applying in the case of draft local area plans under section 20 of the Act. Notwithstanding these...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (6 Jul 2011)

Willie Penrose: I have no plans at present to introduce specific legislation to regulate the permitted heights of hedges and trees in privately owned gardens. Planning legislation does not place restrictions on the height of hedges or trees nor does it make any particular provision for recognition of a right to light or remedy from any other nuisance which may be caused by trees in an urban residential...