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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: There is no legislation in Ireland regulating the height of trees and hedges. My Department understands that there is no right in Irish law to receive light in a garden and that, while there is a civil remedy, of nuisance, available in respect of the branches or roots of a neighbour's trees encroaching on one's property, there is no civil law remedy in respect of the loss of light in a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: All aspects of the Planning Regulations, including the requirement to publish notice of planning applications in a national newspaper, are kept under review in my Department. I have no plans currently to amend the newspaper notice requirements for planning applications.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I recently approved funding under my Department's Social Housing Investment Programme for the construction of three rural houses in County Kerry over the period 2012 – 2014. It is a matter for Kerry County Council to decide on the location and future tenancy arrangements for these properties.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (20 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. Details relating to the maximum size of property eligible under the Home Choice Loan are set out in the Housing (Home Choice Loan) Regulations 2009. These specify that loans may not be made available for the purchase or construction of a house where the total floor area of the house is, or would exceed, 175 square metres. This is a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department issued budget approval of some €3.6 million to Dublin City Council for this project in 2012. It is a now matter for Dublin City Council to progress the project to construction stage. I understand the City Council expect work to commence later this year and anticipate a completion date of mid-2013.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The claw-back provision is intended to prevent short-term profit taking on the resale of the house to the detriment of the objectives of the schemes. However, where a person is selling and the clawback amount payable would reduce the proceeds of resale below the initial price actually paid, the legislation provides for the amount of the clawback payable to be reduced to the extent necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 286 together. My Department does not collect the information sought. The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of housing authorities as an integral part of the housing management functions and there are many different rent schemes in operation across housing authorities. The decisions on whether or not to disregard either a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Exemptions (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, launched 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 — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Schemes (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my 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, including the regeneration of large housing estates and flat complexes, estate-wide remedial works schemes, funding for extensions and adaptations to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The relevance of the difference between projected mortgage repayments and current rental payments for a prospective purchaser is very limited. It takes no account, for example, of the fact that while rent levels can be adjusted to reflect changing household income, mortgage repayments cannot. Nor does it take account of the additional costs taken on when a household becomes a homeowner...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: This year I allocated some €8.643 million to Kerry County Council in respect of the various measures supported under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) . I recently allocated a further € 420,000 to the Council for the construction of three rural houses over the period 2012 – 2014. Having regard to the high level of commitments under the SHIP...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: House Prices (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: A statistician is assigned to my Department’s Planning and Housing Division to deal with a wide range of issues including the compilation of relevant indices of activity and outputs, of which the house price series is one . The increment of the officer’s time involved would not be significant.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Thatching Grants Eligibility (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s grant scheme for the renewal or repair of thatched roofs a grant of 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Statistics (25 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department collates and publishes a wide range of housing and planning statistics that inform the preparation and evaluation of policy, and those data are available on my Department’s website . While we do not col late the exact number of depende nts listed on applications for social housing, the 2011 assessment of housing need, which is broken down by local authority, is available...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to share my time with Deputy Bernard J. Durkan. I commend my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, for bringing this transformational proposal for a referendum before the House. I also commend all Members of the House for the cross-party support for this measure. I commend the civil society groups which have been forceful in their...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Leanaí) 2012: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (Children) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to share my time with Deputy Bernard J. Durkan. I commend my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, for bringing this transformational proposal for a referendum before the House. I also commend all Members of the House for the cross-party support for this measure. I commend the civil society groups which have been forceful in their...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Correspondence (26 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the process of preparing the National Housing Development Survey 2011, launched 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 — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: URBAN Operational Programme (26 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 127 together. The European Commission published its proposals for the 2014-2020 round of funding on 6 October 2011.  Discussions and negotiations on the proposals have been taking place at European Council level since that date.  The future of cohesion policy is being framed in the context of the current economic downturn and the challenge...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding (27 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 116 together. Funding for transactions completed under the Mortgage to Rent scheme this year will be drawn from within the existing housing budget for 2012. Provision in respect of the scheme for next year will be determined in the context of the overall Estimates process for 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Drugs Strategy Budget (27 Sep 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The projects concerned operated as mainstreamed drugs projects under my Department’s Housing programme. Following significant reductions in the funding available to support these projects in 2012 my Department, exceptionally, provided pro rata funding to support the projects until end June 2012 only. Following a consultation process, Dublin City Council identified interim funding of...