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Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not currently collect information regarding the number of homes available and applications received under the Incremental Purchase Scheme in housing authorities. I consider it appropriate that my Department should collect this information and it is currently under consideration as to how best this should be done.

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has received no applications for funding under the Public Safety Initiative from Kerry County Council nor have any estates in the Council's functional area been categorised as category 4 rendering them eligible for consideration for such funding.

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 162 of 2 February 2012, which outlines the policy in place for updating details or circumstances of households deemed qualified for social housing support and placed on the waiting list. Notification of change of details of the household to the housing authority does not, in itself, require resubmission of an application form. However, the housing...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Part 3 of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, sets out the timeframe in which a housing authority must assess an applicant for qualification for social housing support. A housing authority should deal with the application within a period of 12 weeks of receipt or, where the authority has requested additional information for the purpose of verifying information relating to the...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (1 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information requested is not collected by my Department.

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources...

Written Answers — Home Purchase Schemes: Home Purchase Schemes (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is committed to supporting access to home ownership for lower income households and a range of paths to home ownership will remain in place in that regard. These include the incremental purchase scheme, the availability of loan finance from local authorities for house purchase, including open market purchase, and the tenant purchase scheme. Two types of house purchase loan...

Written Answers — Private Residential Tenancies Board: Private Residential Tenancies Board (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 347 and 348 together. I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established on 1 September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. While the PRTB received Exchequer funding for a number of years, it has operated on a self-financing basis since 2010. The Table...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The enforcement of the conditions attached to a planning permission is a matter for the relevant planning authority and I have no role in that regard. Under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, I am specifically precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned,...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Housing Act 1988 statutory responsibility for determination of eligibility and for assessment of housing need in relation to the provision of accommodation, including for those persons assessed as being homeless, is entirely a matter for the housing authorities concerned. Accordingly my Department does not hold the information requested in relation to the numbers accommodated from...

Written Answers — Retail Sector Developments: Retail Sector Developments (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to finalise the draft Guidelines for Planning Authorities on Retail Planning by April 2012. These are aimed at: ensuring that the planning system plays a key role in supporting competitiveness in the retail sector; advancing choice for the consumer while promoting and supporting the vitality and viability of city and town centres; and, contributing to a high standard of urban design...

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The list of housing developments which have been designated eligible for a waiver from the household charge is set out under the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012. All households resident in a development prescribed as an unfinished housing estate for the purposes of the Local Government (Household Charge) Act 2011 are covered by the waiver. There is no appeals procedure....

Written Answers — Household Charge: Household Charge (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 367 and 368 together. As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: Category one, where the development is...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department understands that Dublin City Council will be implementing an interest rate cut of 0.25% from 1 February 2012 for all variable loans; a further rate cut of 0.25% is scheduled to be implemented on 1 April 2012.

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (6 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 37(1) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 provides that an applicant for permission and any person who made submissions or observations in writing in relation to the planning application to the planning authority in accordance with the permission regulations and on payment of the appropriate fee, may, at any time before the expiration of the period of four weeks beginning on the...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Planning legislation provides for extensive public notification of proposed development. For example, article 17 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 – 2010 requires an applicant to erect a site notice in order to lodge a valid application for planning permission. Article 19 of the Regulations requires that this notice must be placed in a conspicuous position on or near the main...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, published by my Department in October 2011, local authorities provided details of all unfinished housing developments in their areas. Unfinished housing developments were divided into four categories as follows: Category one, where the development is...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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, introduced in November 2007, are funded by 80% recoupment available from my Department together with a 20% contribution from the resources...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (7 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The table sets out the information sought in respect of activity under the Home Choice Loan. 2009 2010 2011 2012 Total Applications 44 78 18 2 142 Approvals 4 6 3 0 13 Loans drawn down 4 6 2 0 12