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

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 28 of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2010 amended Section 42 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 to provide that the duration of a planning permission may be extended where substantial works have not been done, or where the development has not even commenced, in cases where the planning authority is satisfied that there were considerations of a commercial, economic...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168, 169 and 183 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. 169 of 7 March 2013 which sets out the position with regard to the current status of the Approved Housing Body (AHB), Léim an Bhradáin, and the roles and responsibilities of my Department and the housing authorities in relation to the voluntary housing capital funding schemes and the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (17 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Residential Tenancies Act 2004 regulates the tenant-landlord relationship 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. I have no function in the operational matters of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (18 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: A full listing of the developments to which an exemption from the local property tax applies is available on my Department's website at

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (18 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: An exemption from the local property tax applies to developments listed in the schedule to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Regulations 2013. The list of unfinished housing developments eligible for the exemption was compiled by local authorities utilising the categorisation employed for the purposes of the National Housing Survey 2012. The Survey was carried out over the course of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Flood Risk Assessments (18 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) provides that a planning authority may attach conditions to a planning permission including related to the provision of infrastructure such as drainage. It is a matter for the planning authority to decide on the planning conditions to be attached including the enforcement of these conditions thereafter. My Department understands from...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: An exemption from the local property tax applies to developments listed in the schedule to the Finance (Local Property Tax) Regulations 2013. The list of unfinished housing developments eligible for the exemption was compiled by local authorities utilising the categorisation employed for the purposes of the National Housing Survey 2012. The Survey was carried out over the course of summer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under the 2011 Regulations, where a household refuses two reasonable offers of accommodation within a continuous 12 month period that household will not be considered by any local authority for social housing support for a period of 12 months from the date of the second refusal. In such cases, the household remains on the list but is excluded from consideration for offers of accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (23 Apr 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 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: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Decisions on the eligibility of specific persons for social housing support and the allocation of that support are a matter solely for the housing authority concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I am chairing the National Co-ordination Committee (NCC) 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The 1995 tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses closed for new applications on 31 December 2012. However, two tenant purchase schemes by way of incremental purchase remain in operation, one for newly-built local authority houses and the other for existing local authority apartments. It is a matter for the housing authority concerned to decide whether or not it is...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The 2002 National Spatial Strategy (NSS) is Ireland's first national strategic spatial planning framework.It provides the spatial vision and principles to achieve a better balance of social, economic and physical development and population growth between regions through the co-ordinated development of nine gateway cities and towns, including the midland gateway, and nine hub towns together...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Applications (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 634 of 16 January, 2013, which sets out the position in this matter. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: To date Meath County Council has confirmed demand for 38 of the units in their area identified by NAMA as potentially suitable for social housing. Discussions and negotiations are ongoing between relevant parties (the housing authority, approved housing bodies, NAMA and the developer) in relation to these units with a view to securing them for social housing purposes as soon as possible. It...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: For purposes of preparing the final list of developments to which the exemption from the local property tax would apply local authorities were asked by my Department to confirm or update the then existing list as appropriate. Decisions and analyses in relation to the inclusion or exclusion of particular estates were therefore a matter for individual local authorities according to criteria set...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under Section 21 of the 2009 Housing Act all housing authorities have been directed to provide a summary report of social housing assessments under this provision as at 30 April 2013 including detail relating to the number of households who are on the housing waiting list. The findings from these summaries will be published in the autumn.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under my Department’s 2012 Social Housing Investment Programme, funding of €2.8 million was provided to Dublin City Council in December 2012 for the purchase of 24 apartments at Herberton, Rialto, Dublin 8 for social housing purposes. The Residential Property Price Register is produced by the Property Services Regulatory Authority, which falls within the remit of my colleague...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: This year I set aside a small capital reserve under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability to deal with any acute or particular difficulty which might arise in the operation of the schemes over the course of the year. I recently announced supplementary allocations to 13 local authorities including an allocation of €114,694.50 to Kerry County Council. This...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Under Section 22 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 all housing authorities are required to make an allocation scheme (in place of a scheme of letting priorities) for social housing. The making and amendment of such an allocation scheme is a reserved function of the elected members of each housing authority. The Social Housing Allocation Regulations 2011, which came into...