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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 522 and 530 together. Information in relation to ‘Total Social Housing Dwellings Stock’, including ‘Percentage Vacant’, is available on a local authority basis on the website of the National Oversight and Audit Commission, as is information in relation to ‘Average Re-letting Time & Cost; Maintenance Cost by...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rent Controls (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015, enacted on 4 December 2015, introduced a number of measures to address rent stability and housing supply. In relation to rent stability, the Act provides, inter alia, that the minimum period between rent reviews for tenancies is being increased from 12 to 24 months and this new provision will apply for a 4 year period. In addition, the minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 526 and 537 together. There is a serious problem with waste tyres in Ireland. In discussions prior to the adoption of the 2007 Tyre Regulations, it was made clear that this was the last opportunity for the tyre industry to embrace environmental compliance and take responsibility for the waste it produces. If the required improvement did not happen, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electoral Reform (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 527 and 528 together. Section 5 of the Electoral Act 1997 provides for the establishment of a Constituency Commission upon the publication by the Central Statistics Office of preliminary census results. Census 2016 is to be taken on 24 April 2016 and the Central Statistics Office expect to publish the preliminary results in July of this year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: A shortage of supply is at the heart of the current challenges in the housing sector and a comprehensive set of responses to increase the supply of all forms of housing, while also taking action to stabilise the rental market as that supply increases, was put in place during the last Dáil. In order to stimulate the extra supply of houses, in line with the Government’s Construction...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Mortgage to Rent Scheme (AHB-mortgage-to-rent) an AHB can acquire ownership of a property with an unsustainable private mortgage, enabling the household to remain in their home as a social housing tenant. To be eligible for the scheme a household must have had their mortgage position deemed unsustainable under the Mortgage Arrears Resolution Process...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Closed Circuit Television Systems (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: My Department has provided an allocation of €55,000 towards the cost of pilot rural CCTV initiatives located in Birdhill, Burgess and Littleton subject to certain criteria being met. In addition, funding has been allocated to two other pilot projects in County Laois. CCTV cameras will be located in strategic positions in rural locations, with the aim of increasing public safety...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Applications (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I understand that Dublin City Council and the approved housing body involved with this development are considering a revised plan for the entire site at Jamestown Court, which will include any issues relating to access. It is a matter for the Council and the housing body to decide the best approach to implementing this project and I expect that once the revised plan has been agreed by them,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Stations Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of individual fire authorities under the Fire Service Act 1981. My Department supports the fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central training...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: On 5 February 2016, I announced total funding of €56.25 million for the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability. I have increased the level of funding available for the grants by some 10% in 2016. This funding will see over 8,000 homes receiving grant aid in 2016. Details of the allocations are available on my Department’s website at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 539 and 540 together. My Department has developed two Mortgage to Rent schemes - one which is available to borrowers of private commercial lending institutions and a separate scheme for local authority borrowers. The Local Authority Mortgage to Rent (LAMTR) scheme has been developed specifically for local authority mortgage borrowers, as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: A shortage of supply is at the heart of the current challenges in the housing sector. A number of important measures have been taken already aimed at improving housing viability and increasing supply, through the actions set out in Construction 2020 and the Social Housing Strategy 2020. The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, which commenced in September 2015, introduced a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenancy Protection Scheme (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 to 544, inclusive, together. The Department of Social Protection’s Interim Tenancy Sustainment Protocol currently operates in Cork and Dublin in conjunction with a local authority funded tenancy protection service; the local authority funded service is provided through the non-governmental organisation Threshold. Under these arrangements,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) is already playing an important role in the delivery of social housing. To the end of December 2015, a total of 2,000 residential properties which are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired had been secured for social housing use . These comprise 1,426 completed properties and a further 574 that had been contracted and where...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Provision (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: The most recent statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments was carried out as at 7 May 2013 which showed that there were a total of 4,112 households on the local authority waiting lists for Kerry County Council and the former town councils in the county. These results are available on my Department’s website at: . The 2013 figures are the most up-to-date figures available on...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: Information on social housing units constructed and acquired in respect of all local authorities and approved housing bodies and funded by direct capital investment by my Department, is published on my Department’s website at the following link: . Data up to Quarter 3 of 2015 is currently published, including a breakdown across the different categories of delivery for all local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: Under section 20 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 and Regulation 22(1) of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, a household is ineligible for social housing support if a member owns alternative accommodation, to the household’s current accommodation, that is suitable for the household to live in. Regulation 22(2) of the 2011 Regulations provides that this...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (22 Mar 2016)

Alan Kelly: There are currently no vacancies within my Department for which candidates must display competence in the Irish language.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: Wait for round two.

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 Apr 2016)

Alan Kelly: No point scoring.