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Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am determined to ensure that the social housing programme is framed in a manner which optimises the delivery of social housing and the return for the resources invested. To achieve this it is essential that we tailor the use of available Exchequer supports to prevailing conditions and explore the full range of solutions to address housing needs. The social housing capital budget has been...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Housing authority rents are set in accordance with a rent scheme adopted by each local council. The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of housing authorities as an integral part of their housing management functions. It is a matter for housing authorities, when assessing individual households, to consider whether rents payable are in accordance with the authority's...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Decisions on the eligibility of specific persons for social housing support and the allocation of that support are a matter solely for the housing authority concerned. Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2009 specifically provides that the Minster's power to issue policy directions and guidelines to housing authorities in relation to their housing functions is not to be...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 411 and 430 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 — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The range of social housing delivery mechanisms has broadened in recent years in response to the diversity of need of households unable to secure accommodation from their own resources. The needs of households in receipt of social housing support can also change over time, requiring arrangements to be put in place for transfer to other forms of social housing more suited to their current...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Allocations under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme for 2012 were notified to local authorities last week. Under the programme, funding is provided for a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of the local authority housing stock. The allocation notified to Galway City Council included funding of €238,800 for the retrofitting of older social housing...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's new housing policy statement launched in June 2011 announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes, including shared ownership, in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000. Following conclusion of the tendering process for the review, I anticipate that a contract will be awarded in the near future. . The Government is...

Written Answers — Homeless Strategy: Homeless Strategy (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 417 to 420, inclusive, together. The current homeless strategy The Way Home - A Strategy to Address Adult Homelessness 2008-2013 sets out Government policy on tackling homelessness and has a number of key aims including: preventing homelessness; eliminating the need to sleep rough; eliminating long-term occupation of emergency accommodation; providing...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The planning review announced by the former Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government was intended to assess the application of planning legislation, policy and guidance within the development plan and development management systems at local level and to inform further policy development in these areas. A number of planning authorities, representing a broad geographical...

Written Answers — Local Authority Charges: Local Authority Charges (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: 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 still being actively completed by the developer, or where no...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Data on local authority housing stock, broken down by county, city, borough and town council, are available on my Department's website www.environ.ie and the most recent data published in this regard relate to 2010. Local Authorities provide information on the proportion of stock that is vacant at the end of each year and this information is collated and published as part of the annual...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authorities' waiting lists, or on the number of households that may, at some point in the future, apply for social housing. The number of households on waiting lists continuously fluctuates as households are allocated housing and new households apply for housing support. Detailed information on the latest statutory...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In 2012 new social housing supply will be delivered through a range of measures under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, including the construction and acquisition of social housing units directly by local authorities and by approved housing bodies, the Social Housing Leasing Initiative, the Capital Advance Leasing Facility and the Rental Accommodation Scheme. Investment...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Decisions on the eligibility of specific persons for social housing support and the allocation of that support are a matter solely for the housing authority concerned. The household concerned may be determined to be in need of social housing support where, in accordance with the 2011 social housing assessment regulations, a housing authority considers that the household's current...

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy's own selectivity is remarkable too.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: He never set them up in the first place. He never appointed anybody to do them.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not fair. There was no attempt to suppress anything.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: He never set it up. He did not appoint people in the seven months.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: He had seven months.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: He had seven months and he never set them up.