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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Social Housing Provision (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department is working closely with the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) to ensure that all opportunities to identify and secure housing units for social housing use are maximised. To the end of September 2015, a total of 1,600 NAMA residential properties had been delivered for social housing use, comprising 1,241 completed properties and a further 359 that have been contracted and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The procedures for assessing the eligibility of households for social housing support were updated in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and the associated Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011. The Regulations prescribed a common application form to be used by all housing authorities. The information sought in the form reflects the eligibility and need criteria set down in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: In terms of the social housing need, the 2013 Summary of Social Housing Assessments identified some 89,872 households nationally as qualified as being in need of social housing supports these results are the most up-to-date and reliable figures currently available. The majority of this number, 46,584 (52%), were found to be dependent on rent supplement and were therefore already supported in...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing supports to individual households on the waiting lists of individual local authorities , whether by local authority housing or other accommodation provided by an authority. The allocation of such support is a matter for each authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Prevention Measures (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: While my Department co-ordinates the national level response to several types of severe weather emergencies, including flooding, it has no role in relation to flood prevention or flood management. The development of flood prevention and protection measures is solely a matter for the Office of Public Works, which is the Lead Agency for flood risk management .I can advise the Deputy, however,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: In December 2013, my Department published proposed “draft” revisions to the noise, setback distance and shadow flicker aspects of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines. These draft revisions proposed: - the setting of a more stringent day and night noise limit of 40 decibels for future wind energy developments, - a mandatory minimum setback distance of 500...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (10 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I allocated total funding for 2015 of €50.5m nationally for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. This represents a 10% increase on the funding available in 2014. The allocation to Kildare County Council for 2015 for the grants was €2,429,000. To date Kildare County Council has drawn down 77% of its allocation and has not sought additional...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Consultative Group (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department has held a number briefing and update meetings on water sector reform issues for senior officials and Ministerial advisors from relevant Government Departments, generally associated with key milestones in the water sector reform programme. These meetings, which are also attended by Irish Water, are usually held in Government Buildings. Copies of these minutes have already...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Prevention Measures (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: As the Deputy will be aware the Government decided on 8 December to allocate €5m to provide emergency humanitarian support to small businesses that have been unable to secure flood insurance and have been flooded arising from the impact of Storm Desmond. The scheme is being overseen by the Department of Defence and is being administered by the Irish Red Cross. Details in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Relief Schemes (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Flood relief works are a matter for the relevant local authority and, at national level, the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Conservation Grant Administration (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The Water Services Act 2014 (Water Conservation Grant) Regulations 2015 govern the operation of the 2015 Water Conservation Grant scheme. The date for registration with Irish Water for the purposes of eligibility for payment of the grant in 2015 was set at 30 June 2015. The deadline for submitting a completed application for the g rant in 2015 was 8 October 2015, which was further extended to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Noise Pollution Legislation (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: National noise legislation does not directly address the problem of busking near residential areas. Although noise policy is a responsibility of my Department, the making of bye-laws under the Local Government Act 2001 is entirely a matter for local authorities. Enforcement of bye-laws is therefore a matter for local authorities or the Garda Síochána, as appropriate. I...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Oversight and Audit Commission Remit (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The National Oversight and Audit Commission (NOAC) was established under the Local Government Reform Act 2014 to provide oversight of the local government sector. The specific functions assigned to NOAC are set out in section 126C of the Local Government Act 2001 (as inserted by section 61 of the 2014 Act) and include scrutiny of the performance of any local government body against...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: Responsibility for the administration of my Department’s Rural Water Programme, under which funding is provided for group water schemes, has been devolved to local authorities since 1997. The selection, prioritisation and approval of individual group scheme proposals for advancement and funding under the programme, within the overall priorities set by my Department and subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: There will be no adverse implications for the quantum of private housing stock in Dublin as a result of the introduction of updated planning guidelines on apartment developments, because these guidelines will apply only to new build projects going through the planning process. The updated guidelines I propose to publish shortly are intended to address difficulties in the construction of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The provision of social housing services is a matter for each local authority as the housing authority for its area. Local authorities must identify their area’s social housing need and respond as required. This includes delegated sanction from my Department to acquire suitable properties for social housing, where they represent value for money, meet the social housing need in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Properties (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: My Department does not pay ground rent on the buildings it occupies. This would normally be a matter for the Office of Public Works, or, in the case of certain property occupied by Met Éireann, the Dublin Airport Authority and other Airport Authorities, where appropriate. The information requested in respect of State Agencies is not collected by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Application Numbers (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 to 585, inclusive, together. The statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments 2013 identified 89,872 households assessed by housing authorities as being eligible and in need of some form of social housing support as at 7 May 2013. The 2013 results provide details on the number of qualified households on the waiting lists of each individual authority...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: The matters raised by the Deputy are currently before the Courts and, as a consequence, are sub judice. In the circumstances, it would be inappropriate for me to comment at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Protection Policies (15 Dec 2015)

Alan Kelly: I assume the Deputy is referring to her letter to me, dated 4 November 2015, in follow up to her Parliamentary Question No. 1028, dated 3 November 2015. A response to the letter has now issued. The local authority mortgage protection insurance (MPI) scheme is overseen by the Mortgage Protection Committee, which is a sub-committee of the County and City Management Association (CCMA) and is...