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Written Answers — Private Rented Accommodation: Private Rented Accommodation (9 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 120 together. Minimum standards for rental accommodation are prescribed in the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations 2008, made under section 18 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. These Regulations were further amended by the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 which expanded the definition...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (9 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes 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 each local authority to decide on the specific level of funding to be directed to each of the various grant measures, and to manage the operation of the schemes in their areas from within their allocation....

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (9 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Sections 34(4)(g) and 180(2)(b) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 provide respectively that a planning authority may attach conditions to a planning permission requiring the giving of adequate security for the satisfactory completion of a proposed development and, if a development is not subsequently completed satisfactorily, may apply a security, given under section 34, for the...

Written Answers — Separation Agreements: Separation Agreements (9 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 101 of 2 May 2012, which sets out the current position on this matter. Regulation 22 is worded in such a way that once there is a Deed of Separation in place, this aspect of eligibility for social housing support can be determined. As stated in the reply of 2 May 2012, my Department is currently reviewing the social housing assessment provisions and will...

Leaders' Questions (10 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Look at what Fianna Fáil did to the health service.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Private Members Bill put forward by Deputy McGuinness provides for the Comptroller and Auditor General to audit local authority accounts, local authority audits and local auditor reports and the accounts of the Housing Finance Agency. There is also a provision concerning the timeframe for responses from Accounting Officers to requests from the Committee of Public Accounts. Having...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Deputy should look behind him.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I reiterate my thanks to Deputy John McGuinness for bringing this Bill before the House and to all of the Deputies who contributed to the debate. It has been a very useful discussion featuring good ideas from all sides of the House. We have seen a general agreement on the need to achieve better accountability, transparency and value for money with regard to the expenditure of public funds...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not true and is not what I said.

Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (11 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was speaking on behalf of the Government.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Department's Social Housing Investment Programme, local authorities are allocated capital funding each year in respect of a range of measures to improve the standard and overall quality of their social housing stock. The programme includes a retrofitting measure aimed at improving the energy efficiency of older apartments and houses by reducing heat loss through the fabric of the...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 339, 340 and 350 together. My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of housing policy and these can be viewed on my Department's website www.environ.ie Data regarding the number of completed shared ownership transactions are available on the website and the most recent data relate to...

Written Answers — Protected Structures: Protected Structures (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department's Renewal or Repair of a Thatch Roof of a House grant scheme, a grant up to €3,810, or two thirds of the approved cost, whichever is the lesser, may be payable in respect of necessary works to renew or repair the thatched roofs of houses. A higher grant of up to €5,714 may be payable where the house is situated on certain specified islands off the West and South...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The necessary statutory instruments were made in December 2011 under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 to enable the new scheme for the tenant purchase of apartments to come into operation on 1 January 2012. Further regulations will be made in the coming months prescribing the form of the transfer orders for the three transfers of property ownership involved in the scheme. I...

Written Answers — Local Authority Funding: Local Authority Funding (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In March I announced details of the 2012 housing capital allocations to local authorities, totalling some €251.5 million. In excess of €62 million has been made available for the various housing programmes in the Dublin City Council area. Of this, €2,928,150 has been allocated for the operation of the energy efficiency/retrofitting measure.

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: As indicated in the reply to Questions 187 and 193 of 28 March 2012, part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011 involved the provision by local authorities of 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...

Seanad: Farm Inspections (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am replying to this matter on behalf of the Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Shane McEntee. In the context of delivering the single payment scheme, disadvantaged areas scheme and other area based schemes, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is required to carry out annual inspections covering the eligibility of the land declared...

Seanad: Farm Inspections (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I certainly will convey that suggestion to the Minister and the Department.

Seanad: Water Conservation (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Senator Colm Burke for raising this issue of water conservation, which is a priority area under the Department's water services investment programme. The main objectives of the water conservation programme are to reduce water loss in the public supply networks, to obtain value for money by deferring capital expenditure on new water supply schemes through improved supply and reduced...

Seanad: State Examinations (15 May 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am taking this Adjournment matter on behalf of my colleague the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn. The State Examinations Commission, SEC, was established as an independent agency in 2003 to deal with all operational issues relating to State examinations. The Minister has no role in the appeal mechanisms for decisions made by the SEC. The SEC has provided the...