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Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons (19 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan for raising this issue. I have just come from Blessington Street, in her own constituency, where the Simon Community was opening a homeless facility for 12 people with support. I agree with her that good work is certainly being done by a number of voluntary housing associations. It is never acceptable to have people sleeping on the streets. At this time...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Persons (19 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan and fully agree with her that we need to talk regularly to those who provide such services. I again pay tribute to the Capuchins, the Simon Community, Focus Ireland and all the other voluntary bodies that do tremendous work in this area. We must ensure that we are all working together in partnership to deliver the best possible result for those who need these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Drugs Strategy Budget (19 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: The projects in question no longer operate as mainstreamed drugs projects under my Department ’s Housing programme. However, I understand that my colleague, the Minister of State with responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy, announced on 11 December 2012 that funding of €50,000 has been allocated to the Tallaght Local Drugs Task Force to support the projects in question...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (20 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department is taking legal advice on the issues arising in this case. In the circumstances it is not appropriate for me to comment further at this time.

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

Jan O'Sullivan: The Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012 is currently before the Oireachtas and is a matter for the Minister for Finance. Until such time as the Bill is enacted I cannot comment on the implications, if any, the legislation may have for the Private Resid ential Tenancies Board.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences (20 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 489 of 22 May 2012. As this matter continues to be the subject of court proceedings, it is not appropriate for me to comment further.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants (20 Dec 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Alternative Energy Projects (20 Dec 2012)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 13 December I received a request for a meeting from the organisation referred to in the question. I intend to meet with this organisation in the New Year.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory Instrument No. 83 of 2007 (Planning and Development Regulations 2007) introduced an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission for solar panels on a house or on any building within the curtilage of a house. The exemption is subject to certain conditions and limitations, as set out in the table below. The exemption was introduced following public consultation. ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory Instrument No. 235 of 2008 (Planning and Development Regulations 2008) introduced an exemption from the requirement to obtain planning permission for photo-voltaic solar panels on industrial buildings, light industrial buildings or business premises. The exemptions are subject to certain conditions and limitations, as set out in the table below. The exemptions were introduced...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears (16 Jan 2013)

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 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department does not hold information on the number of households on local authorities’ waiting lists. This figure fluctuates continually according as households are allocated housing and other households apply for housing support. Detailed information on the latest statutory assessment of housing need, carried out in March 2011, including a breakdown by housing authority, is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Central Statistics Office published a special Census report, Homeless Persons in Ireland, on 6 September 2012. This report indicated that 59 people were sleeping rough in the Dublin Region on Census night, 10 April 2011. The report identified that a further 2,316 people in the Dublin Region were housed in accommodation defined as emergency, transitional or long-term. Outside of Dublin the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Statutory responsibility in relation to the provision of accommodation for homeless persons rests with the housing authorities and the purposes for which housing authorities may incur expenditure in addressing homelessness are prescribed in Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988. Details of the funding provided by my Department, under Section 10, for the years 2008 – 2012 in County Louth...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Responsibility for the development and provision of services to support victims of domestic abuse rests with the Minister for Health and Children and is delivered through the Health Service Executive. In addition Cosc, the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence, which was established in June 2007 as an executive office of the Department of Justice and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Regulation 22 (1) of the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 provides that a household with alternative accommodation that would meet its housing need is ineligible for social housing support. Paragraph (2) of the Regulation clarifies that paragraph (1) does not operate to exclude from eligibility for social housing support an applicant who owns accommodation that is occupied by his or...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 sets out the rights and obligations of landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector. The Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB) was established under the Act to operate a national tenancy registration system and to resolve disputes between landlords and tenants in the private rented residential sector. My Department conducted a review...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (16 Jan 2013)

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 tree encroaching on one's property, there is no civil law remedy in respect of the loss of light in a garden...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Household Charge Exemptions (16 Jan 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The list of housing developments which have been designated eligible for a waiver from the household charge in 2012 was extracted from the National Housing Survey 2011, having regard to the categorisation of estates by local authorities under the Unfinished Housing Developments Public Safety Initiative. This list is set out under the Local Government (Household Charge) Regulations 2012. All...