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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: We will pilot the HAP in seven local authorities. It is a mixture of different types of local authority. Obviously, when the HAP scheme is introduced, people will be paying differential rent. That will address the issue of rent caps. The pilot scheme areas are being chosen in conjunction with the local authorities - the ones that are ready and where there would not be a huge difference...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In terms of keeping it open, my understanding - we can check this out - is that every local authority should have all schemes available to citizens.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Deputies for their questions. On local government funding and the property tax, an interdepartmental group is examining the various issues in detail at present. Obviously, a model will have to be worked out in regard to how the 80:20 allocation is administered and how the entire Local Government Fund is administered. The interdepartmental group will be bringing forward...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: It is as much as we can estimate in accordance with our current information.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 25 - Environment, Community and Local Government (Revised) (9 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Some work is being undertaken in consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on reviewing the various options for streamlining the valuation process. His Department is central to the issue, but I take Deputy Coffey's point. We will convey this debate to central government.

Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Projects (10 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department received 169 submissions following publication of the Dublin Array Environmental Impact Statement. All submissions are available on my Department’s website. No assessment of the application will take place pending publication of the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (10 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government is acutely conscious of the difficulties many households are facing in terms of mortgage arrears. Where any borrower, either from a local authority or from a private financial institution, is facing difficulties in meeting mortgage repayments, they should engage proactively and constructively with the lender to seek to achieve an agreed solution. The services of the Money...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (10 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 and 199 together. On 22 February 2013 I announced capital allocations to local authorities under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability amounting to €42.750 million. This year I allocated local authorities the full amount of their contractual commitments and the balance of the available funding was allocated on the basis...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Unfinished Housing Developments (10 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 180 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 applies to estates which have been granted planning permission and includes the construction of two or more houses (which as defined in the Act includes apartments) and the provision of new roads, open spaces, car parks, sewers, watermains or drains. In relation to estates which have been completed to the satisfaction of the planning...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On 22 February 2013 I announced capital allocations to local authorities under the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability amounting to €42.750 million. This year I allocated local authorities the full amount of their contractual commitments and the balance of the available funding was allocated on the basis of each authority’s share of the new applications...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: National Spatial Strategy (11 Jul 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, and nine hub towns, together with complementary policies to...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Event Licences (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. Provisions in relation to event licences are contained in Part XVI of the Planning and Development Act 2000 and Part 16 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001. My Department does not hold information in relation to the number of event licences issued by local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Government's housing policy statement, published in June 2011, clearly identifies that the priority for Government will be to meet the most acute needs of households applying for social housing support. It also identifies approved housing bodies (AHBs) as key partners in the delivery of social housing recognising both the constrained funding levels available for local authority...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Chief State Solicitor’s Office issued a draft foreshore lease to solicitors acting for Crosshaven Community Association on 30 April 2013. A further draft was issued on 3 May 2013. This would normally signal that an application is close to conclusion. However, the Association subsequently requested a revision to the legal structure of the lease, with a view to naming the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Application Numbers (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. My Department does not hold information on the number of applicant households for social housing support, or on the number of households on local authority waiting lists. These figures fluctuate as households are allocated housing and new households apply for support. In accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Management Companies (11 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: A total of 704 housing associations were granted approved status by my Department under Section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 for the provision and management of housing. Of these , some 444 have been approved for funding for the construction and/ or acquisition of properties under the Capital Funding Schemes. My Department’s role in relation to the voluntary...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The planning review report I published on 12 June 2012 was prepared internally by my Department. I committed to having the report assessed by an independent planning expert and on 8 March 2013, I published the independent evaluation of the planning review report of June 2012 prepared by Mr. Hendrik van der Kamp. The planning review report produced strong recommendations which have stood up...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In the interest of accuracy, first, it was a review and not an inquiry and second, it was not instigated. A panel was set up but the process was not commenced by the then Minister, Mr. Gormley, nor was it commenced by Deputy Ó Cuív who took over when Mr. Gormley resigned from the then Government. A decision was made in good faith by my predecessor to carry out an internal review....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: No, we are not because we have had a number of recommendations from the internal review and also from Mr. van der Kamp's appraisal of the review. I intend to implement those very solid and practical recommendations with regard to the planning process. On the Deputy's second point, I am now having a review by external experts. I cannot use the process and the people put on the panel by Mr....