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Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Senator Healy Eames has been following this issue and asking me about it for quite some time, and I understand her frustration and that of the residents. I thank her for raising the issue in the House. Matters relating to planning disputes of this nature are matters for the individual local authority involved. I know Senator Healy Eames has heard this before but I have no jurisdiction in...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am chairing the national co-ordination committee on unfinished housing developments to oversee implementation of the report of the advisory group on unfinished housing developments, together with the Government's response to the recommendations. The committee includes representatives from the Irish Banking Federation, local authorities, the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency, NAMA...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: If any information comes to my attention that would suggest that the site is totally abandoned, then it can come under the PSI. However, the information available to the Department at the moment is that the site is inactive rather than abandoned. As the Senator has said, the site has active planning permission. The council is in regular contact with the developer and is doing what it can....

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I was invited to the large hole party.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is not in one of those categories.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: There will be a decision soon whether it falls under the Derelict Sites Act and that should enable progress. I have been told it is not an abandoned site and it cannot therefore be covered under the public safety initiative. If there is information to suggest it has become an abandoned site, we can respond and have funding available.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Planning Issues (27 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I hope we will see progress in the near future and I commend the Senator for her vigilance and persistence on this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Eligibility (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the Affordable Housing Scheme a mortgage subsidy is payable to qualifying households based on income bands. A similar subsidy applies under the Shared Ownership Scheme towards the rent payment for that portion of the equity not yet purchased. The level of subsidy ranges between €2,550 for incomes up to €13,000 and €1,050 for incomes up to €28,000 and its...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together. Notwithstanding the constraints on capital expenditure across all the various measures under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, I will continue to support the National Regeneration Programme to the fullest extent possible. I am determined that there will be no loss of momentum in 2013 in progressing regeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 458 of 12 February which sets out the position with regard to the insulation of local authority housing stock.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (28 Feb 2013)

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. Data on local authority housing stock broken down by dwelling type are included in this range. However, the dwelling type variables are house or flat/apartment. Data are not compiled on local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date, 31 housing units in County Longford and 32 housing units in County Westmeath have been identified by the National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) as being potentially available for social housing purposes. The Local Authorities and the Housing Agency are working systematically with NAMA to determine if there is a social housing demand for these properties. Currently demand has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (28 Feb 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I intend to announce the details of the 2013 capital allocations to local authorities under my Department’s Social Housing Investment Programme, including the suite of Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, in the coming days.

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank Deputies Robert Troy and Sean Fleming for raising this matter. As Minister of State with responsibility for housing, I am keenly aware of the challenges the Government faces in delivering housing supports to a range of vulnerable households and groups. The difficulties facing the State's finances and the necessity to reduce public expenditure to sustainable levels are having an...

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I will revert to the Deputy in this regard.

Topical Issues: Housing Adaptation Grants Expenditure (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As the Deputy noted, this contingency fund is in place and the Department certainly intends to use it in a focused way. I also am considering the possible reduction in the upper limit of the grants because in some cases, the averages are only between 30% and 50% of the actual upper limits. This would be a way of spreading the money around further. I am also engaged in attempting to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Mahon Tribunal currently retains copyright in all of its transcripts. The copyright in the transcripts for days 1 to 326 was originally retained by Doyle Court Reporters but was subsequently purchased by the Tribunal. The transcripts are presently available on the Tribunals website: ().

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The information sought in the question is not available in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Mar 2013)

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, in this instance...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Any works to be carried out on a privately owned estate are a matter for the management company and/or owner of that estate. The use of NAMA monies in this, or any regard, is a matter for NAMA alone. My Department has no function in relation to these matters.