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Residential Tenancies (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am not covering up.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (15 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not possible to give a specific breakdown by county of the number of units tenanted at any given time under the Rental Accommodation Scheme. Numbers in RAS constantly vary as contracts end, tenants move on to other properties, landlords withdraw from the scheme, new tenancies are allocated or vacancies in contracted units are filled. Figures in relation to RAS units are generally...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Leases (15 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 697 of 6 November 2012 which detailed the total number of units leased to end October 2012. 3,458 units have become operational under the leasing scheme to date. Of these 1,845 are unsold affordable units managed by approved housing bodies on behalf of housing authorities. A breakdown of the other 1,613 units by local authority is set out in the table....

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The facility for any member of the public to participate in the planning process by making an observation or a submission on a planning application is a fundamental and long-standing feature of the planning system in this country. In the Planning and Development Act 2000 increased rights were given to third parties in that since the enactment of that Act planning authorities are statutorily...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Asset Management Agency (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, NAMA have identified over 3,700 units from their portfolio to be considered for social housing. Of those: - 580 are in Dublin City Council's functional area, - 18 in South Dublin County Council; - 200 in Fingal County Council, and - 301 in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown. It should be noted that the properties under consideration are part of the security for loans that NAMA has acquired....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: House Purchase Schemes (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is acutely conscious of the difficulties being experienced by households in mortgage distress while at the same time remaining committed to facilitating the home ownership aspirations of creditworthy lower income households. There is no inherent contradiction between these objectives. Under the current arrangements, social housing tenants who wish to apply to purchase their...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Under section 58 of the Housing Act 1966, the management and maintenance of the local authority housing stock, including the carrying out of routine and planned maintenance programmes to properties and estates, is the responsibility of the relevant housing authority. Housing and estate maintenance programmes are funded directly by local authorities from their own resources, including from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: In accordance with Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988, my Department recoups local authorities, at the rate of 90%, in respect of approved current expenditure on the provision of accommodation and related expenses for homeless persons. Monaghan County Council submitted a Section 10 funding application to my Department in respect of the Cuan Mhuire Service. Additional information has been...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: Instead of issuing an enforcement notice (or subsequent to issuing an enforcement notice, in the event that the notice is not complied with) a planning authority, where an unauthorised development is being, or is about to be, undertaken, can also apply to the Circuit or High Court for an injunction preventing it. Significantly, any other person may also seek an injunction against an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department's role in relation to homelessness involves the provision of a national framework of policy, legislation and funding to underpin the role of housing authorities in addressing homelessness at local level. Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation and related services for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities and the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established on 1 September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004. The PRTB's annual reports and accounts are available on its website, , and the most recently published report and accounts relate to 2010. The annual reports include statistics on dispute...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: On foot of the recommendations of the Keane Report on mortgage arrears the Government launched a mortgage to rent scheme on a pilot basis in February 2012. This scheme was extended nationally in June 2012, targeting those low income families whose mortgage situation is unsustainable and where there is little or no prospect of a significant change in circumstances in the foreseeable future....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The property in question was acquired by an Approved Housing Body with funding provided by my Department under the Capital Assistance Scheme. In July 2012 I announced the allocation of €100 million in capital funding for the provision of over 800 new social and voluntary housing units over the period 2012 to 2014. This property is included in the list of approved projects. My...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (20 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: This project was submitted to my Department for funding approval by Kerry County Council in response to a call for proposals for new voluntary housing projects which issued to local authorities on 7 June 2012. Voluntary housing projects to the value of €34.5 million were approved under the call, including one project in County Kerry costing an estimated €1.017 million. Having...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rural Development Programme (20 Nov 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). In addition, I allocated €2.606 million in respect of the Housing Adaptation Grant Schemes for Older People and People with a Disability. I recently allocated a further €420,000 to the...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (21 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The mortgage-to-rent scheme is a part of the Government's response. I reject his suggestion that the Government is not responding. The Personal Insolvency Bill is proceeding through the Houses of the Oireachtas. The mortgage resolution process in the lending institutions has been set up, as has the advisory service. My Department is working on...

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (21 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Imminently.

Topical Issue Debate: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (21 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: We are certainly willing to learn from what is a totally new scheme. Initially officials from my Department worked with individual cases until we rolled out the national scheme in June. Initially, it was mainly the sub-prime lenders that engaged with the process - the main lenders did not want to know much about it at the start. However, they have now all come in and there is definite...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: We would need to have some money in the public purse to build more houses.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Nov 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: Unfortunately the troika has obliged us to cut our capital budget.