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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Proposals for a new Housing Bill currently being developed in my Department include a revised procedure to replace section 62 of the Housing Act, 1966, which will enable housing authorities to recover possession of their dwellings from households in serious breach of their tenancy agreements, including engaging in anti-social behaviour. I hope to be in a position to submit the General Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: The Provision of Schools and the Planning System - A Code of Practice was jointly published, in August 2008, by my Department and the Department of Education and Skills. The Code of Practice sets out co-ordinated actions to be taken in relation to forecasting future demand for school places by the Department of Education and Skills and planning for the provision of school sites within the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Taxation Exemptions (18 Jul 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. This Survey was carried out over the course of summer...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 475 and 476 together. One of the key informants of social housing supply policy is the level of demand for social housing support nationally and individually at local authority level. Sections of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 dealing with social housing support, and related Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011, contain national...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have been keeping the funding of the suite of Grants for Older People and People with a Disability 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: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Jul 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department , in conjunction with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, is currently undertaking a review of aspects of the Wind Energy Guidelines 2006. The indicative timetable for the publication of the draft guidelines is Quarter 4 2013. The draft guidelines will then – like all other new or revised guidelines – go out for extensive public...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: Section 35 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, provides that a planning authority may refuse permission to an applicant where it is satisfied that the applicant is not in compliance with a previous permission, or has carried out a substantial unauthorised development, and it consequently forms the opinion that there is a real and substantial risk that the development the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department currently supports an ambitious programme of regeneration which seeks to address the causes of disadvantage in communities and large social housing estates through holistic programmes of physical, social and economic regeneration. This year, my Department is providing funding of over €6 2 million to Dublin City Council in respect of their 2013 social housing programme....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (18 Sep 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: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: As part of the programme for social housing reform I am keeping the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 under review. I expect as part of this process to issue revised Regulations and further guidance to housing authorities on this area. These will be informed by , amongst other things, areas highlighted for revision as a result of the summary of assessments 2013, the results of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 846, 930, 952 and 966 together. While the 1995 tenant purchase scheme for existing local authority houses closed for new applications on 31 December 2012, two incremental purchase schemes remain in operation, one for newly-built local authority houses and the other for local authority apartments. Work is proceeding on the preparation of the General Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Issues (18 Sep 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 relating to annual housing rents arrears are included in this range.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In June 2013 my Department invited each City and County Council to submit proposals under the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) for the purchase of built properties which would facilitate people with a disability to live independently within communities. Approvals were based on the priority afforded to the proposals by the Council . I subsequently announced a funding programme of over...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Height Restrictions (18 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (18 Sep 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 the number of shared ownership loans per local authority are included in this range. Unfortunately, while my Department collects loan arrears data across local authorities these data are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: In March 2013 Wicklow County Council received an allocation of €310,532 in respect of the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for 2013. Under this measure grants of up to €3,500 per dwelling are available for a suite of energy retrofitting works aimed at improving the energy efficiency and overall standard of local authority homes. Following the approval on 5 June of the...

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

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department received no complaints from the Office of the Ombudsman in relation to the counties in question.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: My Department understands that Dublin City Council is currently preparing tender documentation for the demolition of vacant housing in the area in question . It is expected that demolition works will commence before the end of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (18 Sep 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. Through active management of my Department's overall housing budget for 2013, I allocated further funding across all Local Authorities on 19 July bringing the overall funding for these grants to €45.607...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Residential Tenancies Board Remit (18 Sep 2013)

Jan O'Sullivan: I have no function in the operational matters of the Private Residential Tenancies Board (PRTB), an independent statutory body established on 1 September 2004 under the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 . The Act provides for data exchange between the PRTB and a number of specified bodies; the Health Service Executive (HSE) is not a specified body.