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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL) and Dublin City Council are continuing to explore all options to further the economic objectives of the Ballymun Masterplan including the redevelopment of the privately owned Ballymun Shopping Centre and the adjoining lands owned by the Council. Planning permission for the redevelopment of the centre and the adjoining lands was granted in September 2009....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Status (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department has provided over €700 million to support the Ballymun regeneration programme to date. This has facilitated the demolition of all but one of the towers and nearly all the flat blocks as well as the construction of over 2,900 social, voluntary, private and affordable residential units, new local parks and playgrounds, neighbourhood centres and a new traditional style main...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: 2011 is the latest year for which audited local authority Annual Financial Statement data is available. The amount of income collected from housing rents by local authorities in 2011 was €315,205,241. Housing rents are set in accordance with a rent scheme adopted by each local authority. The making and amending of rent schemes is the responsibility of housing authorities as an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Water Treatment Issues (16 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, water mains 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: Departmental Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: An application for additional funding in respect of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability has been received from Kerry County Council. I am keeping the funding of the housing adaptation schemes under active review, and expect to contact all local authorities in regard to their allocation by the end of this month.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Valuations (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 828 and 829 together. The Land Aggregation Scheme was introduced in 2010 as part of revised arrangements for the funding of land for social housing purposes. From the introduction of the Scheme up to the end of 2012 lands with an estimated total loan value of €147.1m have been approved into the Scheme in respect of 68 sites in nineteen local...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My priority is to maximise delivery of social housing to cater for the greatest level of need at good value. It is simply not possible to purchase or build anything like the same number of units as can be provided for through the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social the Leasing Initiative. Leasing offers an effective and efficient response, taking account not just of the availability...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licences Applications (17 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As indicated in the replies to Questions Nos. 489 of 22 May 2012 and 196 of 20 December 2012, this matter continues to be the subject of court proceedings and it is not appropriate for me to comment further. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (17 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Traditionally it has been difficult to quantify the number of homeless persons on an on-going basis; this is in part a consequence of the volatility within this cohort of housing need. However, during the course of 2013 the Pathway Accommodation & Support System (PASS), which commenced operation in Dublin in 2011, is being extended nationally. When PASS is fully implemented nationally...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As Minister, I am precluded, under section 30 of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, from involvement in relation to any individual planning application or appeal with which a planning authority or An Bord Pleanála is or may be concerned.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Environmental Policy (17 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank the Senator for raising this issue which I am taking on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Phil Hogan. In October 2012 the European Commission published proposals to amend the environmental impact assessment Directive. According to the Commission, the proposed new directive is aimed at strengthening existing provisions...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 4.In page 8, line 42, to delete “and” and substitute the following: "(f) section 120 shall not apply in respect of a dwelling the subject of a tenancy referred to in section 3(4), and".Amendments Nos. 4, 5 and 9 are technical amendments which arise out provisions inserted on Committee Stage relating to approved housing body tenancies. Amendments Nos. 4 and...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 8, line 43, to delete "(f) section 139" and substitute "(g) section 139".

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 9:In page 15, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:14.--Section 144 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (5) by--(a) substituting "shall apply as if subsection (2) or (2A)" for "shall apply as if subsection (2)", and (b) substituting "or 137A(6)" for "(fee of double the ordinary amount to be paid on late application))".".

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 10:In page 17, to delete lines 27 to 35 and substitute the following: " "(a) the rent payable under the tenancy concerned shall continue to be payable --(i) to the landlord by the tenant or, as the case may be, each multiple tenant, or (ii) where the dwelling concerned is the subject of a sub-tenancy, to the head-tenant by the sub-tenant or, as the case may be, each...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: On the non-payment of rent, the purpose of some of the amendments, including on Committee Stage, is to ensure that where a person has an obligation to pay rent, even in the case of disputes, he or she continues to do so. This was the principal issue brought to our attention by landlords. The issue of deposit retention by landlords is the other side of the coin as it affects tenants. We...

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 11:In page 25, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following:“(ii) the tenant,”.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 12: In page 25, line 37, to delete all words from and including “, or” down to and including “86(1)(a)(ii),” in page 26, line 1.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 13:In page 26, to delete line 4.

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I move amendment No. 14:In page 26, to delete lines 6 to 8 and substitute the following:“the tenant referred to in section 86(1)(a)(i) has failed to comply with section 86(1) (a).”.